Agri-MSMEs Development for Jobs (AMD4J) Project Ethiopia

Adaptation Need

Ethiopia faces frequent climate-related shocks including droughts and floods, impacting agriculture, water resources, and food security. These shocks could reduce Ethiopia’s GDP by 10% by 2045, affecting 1.5 million people annually due to water scarcity and significantly impacting agriculture and infrastructure. Agriculture is a climate sensitive sector and a key source of income and livelihood for the population of Ethiopia including youth and women, and climate change impacts adversely affect production and productivity. These impacts on the sector pose the risk of youth shying away from engaging in agricultural activities and related enterprises.

GCA’s Added Value

GCA will conduct a national labor market assessment in Ethiopia to identify skills gaps, labor demands, and enterprise strengthening strategies that can enable the creation of adaptation jobs for youth and women in the agriculture sector. The findings will guide the design of a tailored capacity-building component, employing GCA’s Pre-Incubator Toolkit to deliver technical assistance, business development support, and training to emerging entrepreneurs, strengthening their ability to integrate climate adaptation into their business models and contribute to resilient employment generation.