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The World Bank's active agricultural and rural operations include the sixth Productive Safety Net project (US$200 million, approved March 2026), the second phase of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (US$340 million, approved 2024), the CRISP irrigation project and the second landscape management programme (US$200 million each, approved 2026) and the US$700 million Financial Sector Strengthening Project approved in December 2024, while a US$250 million agricultural value chain operation was in the pipeline with a planned Board date of 28 January 2027245502551. IFAD finances rural finance through RUFIP III, with US$40.0 million of IFAD financing in a programme costing US$305.79 million, and climate-smart agriculture through PACT, with an IFAD DSF grant of US$78.2 million in a programme costing US$179.6 million3052. The UN in Ethiopia reports a grant agreement of US$106.54 million signed on 8 May 2023, made up of US$78.2 million from IFAD, US$17.84 million from the European Union and US$10.5 million from ASAP53. IFAD's design report shows an EC grant of US$16.86 million52. The amounts are commitments at approval, not disbursements.
| Operation | Funder | Approved | Closing | Amount (US$ m) | Status, 19 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthen Ethiopia's Adaptive Safety Net (P172479) | World Bank IDA | 25 Nov 2020 | 30 Jun 2026 | 1,100.0 | Closed |
| Financial Sector Strengthening Project (P171627) | World Bank IDA | 17 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2028 | 700.0 | Active |
| Climate Action through Landscape Management (P170384) | World Bank IDA | 13 Jun 2019 | 7 Sep 2026 | 500.0 | Closed |
| Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Phase Two (P180076) | World Bank IDA | 22 Mar 2024 | 30 Jun 2029 | 340.0 | Active |
| Rural Connectivity to Support Food Security (P176303) | World Bank IDA | 29 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2029 | 300.0 | Active |
| Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) | World Bank IDA | 23 May 2019 | 10 Oct 2025 | 222.7 | Closed |
| Productive Safety Net Project 6 (P511478) | World Bank IDA | 3 Mar 2026 | 31 Dec 2031 | 200.0 | Active |
| Climate Resilient Irrigation for Sustainable Production (P508364) | World Bank IDA | 31 Mar 2026 | 30 Jun 2032 | 200.0 | Active |
| Community Action for Landscape Management II (P510697) | World Bank IDA | 30 Apr 2026 | 29 Aug 2031 | 200.0 | Active |
| Livestock and Fisheries Sector Development (P159382) | World Bank IDA | 12 Dec 2017 | 7 Jul 2026 | 169.9 | Closed |
| Agriculture Value Chains for Jobs (P510576) | World Bank IDA | Planned 28 Jan 2027 | β | 250.0 | Pipeline, not approved |
| RUFIP III, IFAD financing (total programme cost US$305.79 m) | IFAD | Report of 29 Nov 2019 | Six years | 40.0 | β |
| PACT, IFAD DSF grant (total programme cost US$179.593 m) | IFAD | Report of 28 Dec 2022 | Seven years | 78.2 | Grant agreement signed 8 May 2023 |
| FP058 drought resilience, GCF grant | GCF | 2 Oct 2017 | 31 Aug 2025 | 45.0 | 100% disbursed |
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Productive Safety Net Project 6 (PSNP 6, P511478) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Agriculture | US$200 m | Approved 3 Mar 2026, closing 31 Dec 2031 | Aims to improve access to better jobs and livelihoods, build the resilience of the poorest households and improve the effectiveness of the adaptive social protection system2. |
| Strengthen Ethiopia's Adaptive Safety Net (P172479) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Agriculture | US$1,100 m | Approved 25 Nov 2020, closed 30 Jun 2026 | Expanded the coverage and service delivery of the rural safety net for extremely poor and vulnerable households in drought prone communities, with additional financings approved in 2021, 2022 and 202454. |
| Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project, Phase Two (LLRP II, P180076) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands | US$340 m | Approved 22 Mar 2024, closing 30 Jun 2029 | Aims to enhance the resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities to climate change in the lowlands4. A further US$50 million (P519581) was in the World Bank pipeline with a planned Board date of 7 December 2026 and was not approved on 19 October 202659. The first phase (P164336, US$222.7 million) closed on 10 October 202557. |
| Climate Resilient Irrigation for Sustainable Production (CRISP, P508364) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands | US$200 m | Approved 31 Mar 2026, closing 30 Jun 2032 | Aims to improve access to resilient irrigation services in selected areas5. |
| Second Community Action for Landscape Management Program for Results (CALM II, P510697) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Agriculture | US$200 m | Approved 30 Apr 2026, closing 29 Aug 2031 | Aims to expand the area under sustainable land management, secure land tenure and increase market linkages in highland areas50. It follows the Climate Action through Landscape Management Program for Results (P170384, US$500 million, approved 2019), which closed on 7 September 202655. |
| Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa (P178566) | World Bank (IDA), regional | Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia), with IGAD, CCARDESA and Madagascar | US$808.1 m (regional total) | Approved 21 Jun 2022, closing 29 Jun 2029 | Aims to increase the resilience of food systems and preparedness for food insecurity, with Ethiopia among the borrowers60. The projects database gives no separate amount for Ethiopia60. |
| Financial Sector Strengthening Project (FSSP, P171627) | World Bank (IDA) | Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, National Bank of Ethiopia and Development Bank of Ethiopia (listed implementing agencies) | US$700 m | Approved 17 Dec 2024, closing 31 Dec 2028 | Aims to improve the basic functionality of core financial markets, strengthen supervisory oversight and expand efficient and accessible financial services25. |
| Rural Connectivity to Support Food Security Program (P176303) | World Bank (IDA) | Agricultural Transformation Institute and Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure | US$300 m | Approved 29 Mar 2024, closing 31 Mar 2029 | Aims to improve access to markets and services through selected climate-resilient rural roads56. |
| Livestock and Fisheries Sector Development Project (P159382) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Agriculture | US$169.9 m | Approved 12 Dec 2017, closed 7 Jul 2026 | Supported productivity and commercialization in selected livestock and fisheries value chains58. |
| Agriculture Value Chains Development for Productivity, Commercialization and Jobs (AVC4Jobs, P510576) | World Bank (IDA), proposed | Ministry of Agriculture | US$250 m (proposed) | Pipeline, Board date planned 28 Jan 2027 | A proposed operation for dairy, poultry, red meat, avocado, maize and soybean value chains, with total financing of US$272.82 million including US$22.82 million of private capital, listed as pipeline and not approved on 19 October 202651. |
| Rural Financial Intermediation Programme III (RUFIP III) | IFAD with EIB, EU and AGRA | Government of Ethiopia, DBE, CBE, Ethiopian Insurance Corporation, MFIs and RUSACCOs | US$305.79 m total cost (IFAD US$40.0 m) | President's report dated 29 Nov 2019, six-year programme | IFAD provides a loan of US$4.90 million and a grant of US$35.10 million, the EIB loan of US$112 million was subject to EIB approval when the report was issued, and DBE, CBE and the Ethiopian Insurance Corporation planned US$25 million, US$20 million and US$15 million of domestic co-financing30. The programme targeted 13.5 million clients with access to financial services by 2025 (target)30. |
| Participatory Agriculture and Climate Transformation Programme (PACT) | IFAD with GCF (IGREENFIN), EC and GTM/BMGF | Six regional States (programme area) | US$179.6 m total cost (IFAD grant US$78.2 m) | Executive Board December 2022, grant agreement signed 8 May 2023 | A seven-year programme to help 150,000 vulnerable rural households in Oromia, SNNP, Amhara, Sidama, Somali and South West Ethiopia improve incomes, nutrition and climate resilience, with a planned IGREENFIN loan of US$35.0 million52. The UN in Ethiopia reports a grant agreement of US$106.54 million signed on 8 May 2023, made up of US$78.2 million from IFAD, US$17.84 million from the European Union and US$10.5 million from ASAP53. IFAD's design report shows an EC grant of US$16.86 million52. |
| GCF FP058, drought resilience of the most vulnerable communities | Green Climate Fund | Ministry of Finance (accredited entity) | US$45.0 m GCF grant (US$50 m total) | Approved 2 Oct 2017, completion date 31 Aug 2025 | Aimed to build gender-responsive resilience to drought. By October 2026 100% of GCF financing had been disbursed, and the project anticipated 1.3 million people with increased resilience9. |
National programmes
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) | Government of Ethiopia with the World Bank and other partners | Ministry of Agriculture | Sixth phase supported by an IDA credit of US$200 m | PSNP 6 project approved 3 Mar 2026 | The government's rural safety net, implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, entered a sixth phase focused on jobs, livelihoods and adaptive social protection2. The previous World Bank operation financed expansion to drought prone communities from 202054. |
| Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) and ACCII | Government of Ethiopia | Agricultural Transformation Institute and regional bureaus | Over 4.4 m farmers reached in phase one (ATI) | Phase one 2019β2025, followed by ACCII | The first phase reached over 4.4 million farmers, of whom more than 2.5 million were organized into Farmers' Production Clusters, and the grain marketable surplus rose from 28% in 2019 to 58% in 2024 according to ATI14. ACCII will operate in nine regions14. The grain cluster component targets 2.5 million smallholders in 62,500 clusters for teff, maize, wheat, malt barley, soybean and sesame (targets)61. |
| Digital agriculture and rural finance services | Government of Ethiopia | Agricultural Transformation Institute, RuSACCOs and microfinance institutions | No amounts published | Ongoing in 2026 | ATI runs the 8028 farmer hotline, a national market information system, national farmer profiling and the input voucher and e-voucher system, and works to strengthen RuSACCOs and align input payments with microfinance institutions48. The page gives no farmer counts or loan amounts48. |
| Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development (CREW) | Not stated by ATI | Agricultural Transformation Institute | Not published | Ongoing in 2026 | The project seeks to raise wheat productivity and production and, in its second component, to strengthen post-harvest handling and market infrastructure62. Irrigated wheat figures in this profile are Ministry of Agriculture statements, not ESS survey estimates63. |
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- Ethiopia Rural Connectivity to Support Food Security Program, P176303 (Projects API, JSON) β World Bankverified
- Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project, P164336 (Projects API, JSON) β World Bankverified
- Livestock and Fisheries Sector Development Project, P159382 (Projects API, JSON) β World Bankverified
- Projects API, Ethiopia (countrycode ET), all projects (JSON) β World Bankverified
- Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa, P178566 (Projects API, JSON) β World Bankverified
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- Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development (CREW) (web page) β Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI)verified
- Wheat Initiative (web page) β Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)verified
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