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The Amhara Cooperative Promotion Bureau that was established in 1991 E.C. as per proclamation no. 40/1991 with three departments and two services has been operational with a total of 2,851 personnel that are placed from regional to woreda levels. However, in 1994 E.C., the Regional Cooperative Bureau along with all other government offices, was reorganized (proclamation no. 60/1994) with the number of departments reduced to two, the zonal cooperative structure cancelled and establishment of cooperative desk at Woreda level. Again the cooperative promotion bureau was reorganized and renamed as Amhara Regional State Cooperative Promotion Agency (proclamation no. 124/1998). Some of the major activities carried out by the Agency (formerly by the Bureau) until 1998 E.C. include the following: provision of different types of agricultural inputs (such as fertilizer, farm seeds), farm machineries, and insecticides; facilitate conditions for cooperatives to get involved in marketing of agricultural and animal products; provision of working capital to basic cooperatives on loan; supporting cooperatives in urban areas engaged in construction of residential houses and employment generating; market stabilization through purchase of whole sale and distribution and purchase of agricultural products from surplus producing areas and supplying to deficit areas; establishment of flour mills and promoting of animal carts that are reducing specially the work load of women; provision of technical support and professional secondment to lower structures; organizing and executing various relevant training programs aimed at building the capacity of professional and management staff of cooperatives; provision of guarantee to banks to allow cooperatives have access to loan services; attempt to improve the participation of women in cooperatives and in management which has resulted to increase their participation from 5% in 1995 E.C. to 10% in 1998 E.C.; involved in enhancing the roles of cooperatives in prevention and control of HIV/AIDS through provision of training programs and supply of condoms. Table 3, below shows the size and makeup of cooperatives in the region Table 3 Basic Cooperatives in Amhara (up to 1998 Ethiopian fiscal year) S/N Type of Basic Number of Basic Membership Size Available Cooperatives Cooperatives Male Female Total Capital In Birr 1 Multipurpose 1,546 1,502,071 194,713 1,696,784 2 Milk Production 68 1,925 22 1,947 804,272 3 Incense Production 10 1,164 70 1,234 103,391 4 Irrigation 105 8,039 740 8,779 4,405,247 5 Fishery 2 247 16 263 1,386,893 5 Bee keeping 16 3,670 90 3,760 686,013 6 Livestock fattening 7 346 16 362 199,382 7 Saving & credit 361 18,997 7,082 26,079 22,781,378 8 Housing 319 11,328 4,811 16,139 11,638,787 9 Electric users 3 933 435 1,368 82,472 10 Electr. Installation 4 78 26 104 3,465 11 Consumers 3 342 177 519 89,465 12 Craftsmen 160 30 0 30 3,300 13 Mineral 1 2,089 1,758 3,847 2,997,281 15 Grain and forestry 4 694 102 796 742,923 Total 2,609 1,551,953 210,058 1,762,011 45,924,269 110
2.2. Distribution of NSA in ANRS The distribution pattern varies according to the typologies. Most of the international NGOs and FBOs are concentrated in the drought prone and food insecure zones of the region. Table 4 presents the zonal distributions of NGOs and their projects within Amhara. North Shoa, which is the closest to Addis Ababa and also the drought prone zone, has the highest rank both in number of operational NGOs and their programmes and projects. It appears that a number of national NGOs have opted to roll-out their programmes out of Addis Ababa to this zone as the logistical requirements are relatively affordable or manageable. Table 4. Zonal Distributions of ongoing NGO projects in ANRS S/No Administrative Zone No of NGO's No of ongoing Projects % of Projects 1 North Shoa 34 61 19 2 South Wollo 30 51 16 3 North Gonder 24 29 9 4 North Wollo 22 45 14 5 Bahir Dar 22 31 10 6 South Gonder 16 38 12 7 Region 11 15 5 8 West Gojjam 10 14 4 9 East Gojjam 11 16 5 10 Waghemra 6 9 3 11 Oromia 4 4 1 12 Awi 4 4 1 Total 317 Source based on data from the Regional FS&DPPO To a large extent the NSA landscape is dominated by institutions that have urban-based origin and focus. This situation is expected and unavoidable. For example, the HIV/AIDS pandemic had the greater impact so far on the urban population; hence most of the anti-AIDS clubs and Reproductive Health Associations are of urban origin and focus. In the rural areas cooperatives and local branches of the region-wide membership-based associations are omnipresent. According to the Cooperative Promotion Agency, about 1.88 million people (which is about 64% of the rural house-holds) are members of the various agricultural cooperatives. At local level, particularly the region-wide membership-based associations are invisible, due partly to capacity and positioning. In Gubalafto Woreda of North Wollo, the Secretary of the Woreda Women's association is sharing the office space and operational budget of the Woreda Women's Affairs' Office. On the other hand, apart from ORDA, it has no operational partnership and linkage with other NGOs and FBOs operating in the Woreda. In summary, the current distribution of NSA is biased and in favour of urban and drought prone parts of the region. Perhaps more coordinated effort is needed to ensure that more and more NSA focused to the rural and agricultural innovation and intensification fields are brought to the picture. 111
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