Welcome to PELUM ETHIOPIA CONSORTIUM
Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Ethiopia Consortium was established on 27 April 2016 by six (6) member organizations. Now there are thirteen(13) members. It is a member of the PELUM Association established in 1998 with its head office in Zambia. It has over 250 Civil Society Organizations throughout the 12 member countries. The CSOs are directly working with smallholder farmers on different areas such as environment, agriculture and food security, climate change, inter-generational link, lobby and advocacy etc

Our Key Areas
Agriculture/Agro-ecology, Livelihood and Nutrition
PELUM Ethiopia is envisioned to see communities in Ethiopia make their own choices towards an improved quality of life through socially, economically and ecologically sustainable means. African agriculture is highly affected by land degradation and frequent drought aggravated with the negative effect of climate change.
Agroecologically based food and nutrition security, and food sovereignty is an identity reflected by the decision making process not only on what inputs to use and what to produce but also the decision when to plant.
The core values of PELUM Ethiopia in pursuit its vision and mission it will implement based on: People-centered development, Empowerment of land users, Respect for indigenous knowledge, Creativity and innovation, Commitment to action and impact, Gender sensitive development, Participation, Sustainability, and Transparency and accountability.
A project supported by the Bread for the World/ PADD entitled by “Scaling up of Agroecology in Ethiopia through networking” is under implementation in seven weredas of Five Regional States and one City Administration. These are:
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Ambassel Wereda of Amhara Regional State
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Arba Minch Zurya wereda of SNNP Regional State
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Assosa Wereda of Benshangul Gumuz Regional State
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Atsbi-Wemberta Wereda of Tigray Regional State
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Koneba Wereda of Afar Regional State
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Semurobi Gelaelo Wereda of Afar Regional State
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Wereda 10; Yeka Sub-city of Addis Ababa Administration
Natural Resource Management and Climate Change
Knowledge Development, Dissemination and Capacity Building
Partnership and Networking
Lobby and Advocacy

News and Events
National Biosafety Workshop: Concerns and Emerging Issues
PELUM-Ethiopia, MELCA-Ethiopia and YALTA jointly organized national bio-safety workshop: the workshop mainly focused to create awareness on biosafety and discuss matters related to the emerging issues...
Read MoreConsultative meeting on Agriculture, Pest Management, Environment and Health
PELUM Ethiopia Consortium in collaboration with Pesticide Action Nexus-Ethiopia ( PAN Ethiopia) initiated discussion forums to synergize the efforts of stakeholders engaged in agricultural development...
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the Ministry of Agriculture and Partners organized national stakeholders consultative meeting on use of natural fertilizers
The Ministry of Agriculture and its partners organized national stakeholders consultative meeting with a theme of "Organic Fertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture, Environmental Health and Foreign Curr...
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Member Organizations