Holeta is a town in the special Zone of Oromia region, Ethiopia. It is located about 40 Km West of Addis Ababa, the Country’s capital. With its suitable agro ecology, a number of farmers produce vegetables for home consumption and as a source of cash income.
Workie Shumeye is one of those farmers who grow vegetables
year round–in different seasons. Workie and her colleagues used to grow
vegetables conventionally using toxic agrochemical inputs both for soil fertility
enhancement and plant protection.
As the Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) project
started in Holeta some ten years ago; Workie and other farmers her village
became members of the project. The project came up with trainings and technical
support for farmers on how they can implement organic farming practices and
technologies to gradually convert their farm into an organically managed farm.
By fully taking up the EOA technologies and practices,
Workie became a fully fledged organic farmer. She manages poultry, produces
milk and vegetables in her backyard. Her plot is fully transformed as she uses
the manure from the cows and poultry in her farm and the crop resides and
weeded materials are used as animal feeds.
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Harvesting Swiss Chard in her garden |
Workie is not only an organic farmer now; she is a
trader of organic products and also a strong proponent and promoter of organic
farming. She collects organic vegetables, fruits, dairy products and farm eggs
and sells in the farmers’ market day which happens in Addis Ababa—fortnightly.
Workie in the farmers' Market day in Addis Ababa - happens every two weeks |
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