The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE), represented by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), is implementing the Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) for Eastern Africa to address key food and nutrition security challenges at the national level.

The FSRP aims to improve food security and management in its production procedures in Eastern Africa, with Ethiopia as one of the focus countries. This initial program is meant to help prepare for emergency food insecurity and poverty protection measures and investments. It focuses on the country’s 10-year agricultural plan, 10 regions, and two city administrations (Addis Ababa and Diredawa) to improve the food system's resilience and its preparedness for food security.

The FSRP projects are led by the government, through the MoA, and financed by the World Bank through grants from the International Development Association (IDA). Particularly in the case of the FSRP, IDA financing comes from the national allocation to Ethiopia.

The MoA has established a FSRP Projects Implementation Unit (PIU) to manage the preparation and implementation of the projects, where technical assistance under the project management component is planned to leverage opportunities for capacity building.

The Food System Resilience Program is a government-led project designed with technical and financial support from the World Bank and other development partners. The program is under implementation through the federal government and seven regional states spread throughout the country. The regions are Oromia, Amhara, Tigray, Sidama, the South West Region, Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Harari, and Dire Dawa. Its program development objective (PDO) is to increase agricultural productivity and market access for key crop and livestock products in targeted woredas with increased participation of women and youth.

In this regard, ARARI is the beneficiary of the FSRP under the subcomponent of Subcomponent 1.2, "Agricultural Technology Generation and Research System Transformation.". FSRP-ARARI has implemented several agricultural research technologies throughout the program's seven years. This means accelerating farmers' adoption of new technology, enhancing the generation and distribution of agricultural innovations, and bolstering the capacity of research systems operating in the Amhara region.

World Bank [2023 ~ 2029]

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SN	Activity	Sector	Program	Duration From	Duration To	Center
1	Evaluation of open pollinated and hybrid Tomato varieties under polythene in different seasons and agro ecologies in Amhara region	Crop Research Directorate	-	2023	2024	Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center
2	Crop rotation based 4R validation and climate smart trials on wheat	Crop Research Directorate	-	2021	2024	Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center
3	Bread Wheat Varity Verification Trial	Crop Research Directorate	Cereal	2024	2024	Adet Agricultural Research Center
4	Evaluation of an optimum nitrogen fertilizer rates for acid tolerant Variety of bread wheat in acid prone area of northwestern Amhara	Crop Research Directorate	Cereal	2023	2024	Adet Agricultural Research Center
5	Hybrid maize Variety verification trail	Crop Research Directorate	Cereal	2024	2025	Adet Agricultural Research Center
6	Evaluation of an optimum rapeseed support seeding rate for maximum field pea grain yield in NWA	Crop Research Directorate	-	2023	2024	Adet Agricultural Research Center
7	Potato variety verification trial for table purpose- (2019 crossing)	Crop Research Directorate	-	2024	2025	Adet Agricultural Research Center
8	Potato variety verification trial for processing purpose (from Adet 2019 crossing)	Crop Research Directorate	-	2024	2025	Adet Agricultural Research Center
9	Potato variety verification trial for bio fortification-(from introduction)	Crop Research Directorate	-	2024	2025	Adet Agricultural Research Center