Awra Amba RJ 300612 EN - Contacter un comité local d'Attac
Awra Amba RJ 300612 EN - Contacter un comité local d'Attac
Awra Amba RJ 300612 EN - Contacter un comité local d'Attac
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4. Social organisation<br />
the table: Question 21 in Annex), tef and beans (boloqie): see Table 4. Maize (or sorghum) has a<br />
much higher yield per hectare than the other crops. The average yield – for all crops – is higher by<br />
14 % than the Ethiopian yield, which is 13.3 q/ha, and by 26 % than the regional yield, which is<br />
12.0 q/ha (Ya08/102).<br />
The comm<strong>un</strong>ity owned 18 zebus, 1 donkey, 1 mule and 44 hens in 2005 (At05/39), and in 2008 16<br />
male zebus, 11 female ones, 1 donkey and 4 sheep among others (Ya08/120), which were not kept<br />
close to the houses according to At05/39, or which stayed in their stables most of the time and are<br />
fed here according to Crespo (2012). Therefore, it seems the livestock increased in three years. A<br />
barn has been financed by the USA (Jo10b/7).<br />
The peasants plough their land with a wood mouldboard plough drawn by two zebus (Picture 6 and<br />
Picture 7). Surprisingly, several fields have not been cleared of stones, as the Picture 7 shows, which<br />
should considerably increase the work involved in ploughing and maintenance, and greatly reduce<br />
their productivity. The cooperative considers clearing the stones would take too much work<br />
according to Jo10b/8, or it is a usual way to combat rain and wind erosion according to Crespo<br />
(2012). Finally, <strong>un</strong>like the rest of Ethiopia, <strong>Awra</strong> <strong>Amba</strong> inhabitants use saws and not only axes to cut<br />
eucalyptus for timber or firewood.<br />
Picture 6:<br />
Ploughman with his plough and his yoke leaving for fields.<br />
Picture 7: Ploughing, in April 2010.<br />
As they cannot live on agriculture alone, given the poverty and the scarcity of the soil, they have<br />
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