Wereda Disaster Risk Profiling Programme: SNNPR
Disaster Risk Profile: Meskan Wereda
SUMMARY OF WEREDA PROFILE
Drought and flooding are the most challenging disaster
risk in the wereda which resulted in other serious
problems of the community followed by crop disease,
frost/ cold wave and livestock, which affect the
households.
Environmental problems such as deforestation, soil
erosion, crop pest, water pollution, lack of irrigation,
population pressure lack of soil and water
conservation, weak capacity of the community, high
illiteracy level, and poor preparedness measures, are
among the major vulnerability factors in the wereda.
Enhancing utilization of irrigation schemes, solving
social and financial problem in the community, having
cooperatives, provision of improved crop seed based
on agro ecology, natural resource conservation,
developing underground water, and awareness
creation on family planning, and improving
infrastructures like road and electricity are some of
the suggestion intervention in the woreda.
MAJOR DISASTERS REPORTED IN WEREDA
Kebele
Disaster 1
Disaster 2
BATI FATO
BATI LEJANO
BECHE BULCHANO
BERESA
DEBO TUTO
DEBUB SHERSHERA
DEGAGOGOT
DIDA
DIRAMA
DOBENA
Drought
Drought
Drought
Drought
Flood
Drought
Livestock disease
Drought
Flood
Drought
Crop diseases
Flood
Flood
Flood
Drought
Flood
Flood
Crop disease
Drought
Flood
GIDENA ABORAT
GOYBAN
ILE
INSENO USME
JOLE ANDENYA
JOLE HULETENYA
MEKICHO
MESERETEWEGERAMO
MIKAELO
Flood
Flood
Flood
Drought
Flood
Flood
Drought
Flood
Flood
Frost / Cold waves
Drought
Drought
Livestock Disease
Drought
Frost / Cold waves
Flood
Livestock Disease
Frost / Cold waves
MIRAB IMBOR
MIRAB MESKAN
OCHAGENEME
SEMEN SHORSHORA
SHERSHERA MACHMENA
WEJABATI
Flood
Flood
Drought
Drought
Drought
Drought
Drought
Drought
Flood
Flood
Flood
Crop disease
Gurage-Siltie Highland Enset and Barley Livelihood Zone
This zone has historically been self-sufficient in crop
production, and households remain generally food secure.
But population pressure is increasing, and already there is
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major work out-migration of young men as far as Nazareth,
Addis Ababa and even Dire Dawa, although men from
poorer households tend to work more locally. Apart from
enset the main food crops are barley, pulses and Irish
potato. Space for pasture and therefore plough oxen is
limited. Eucalyptus is also planted, and is both used for
firewood and sold for use in construction.
Gurage-Siltie Midland Enset and Chat Livelihood Zone
Population density is high and a wide variety of crops are
grown, including the main staple, enset, and the main cash
crop, chat. Even poorer households produce an unusually
high proportion of thier basic food needs, but they depend
for cash on casual work locally and in towns. All wealth
groups, particularly the better-off, receive significant
remittances from family members working longterm in
urban centres, including Addis Ababa. This has been a food
secure zone, but is under some economic stress as income
from the capital has been affected by competition from
migrants from other areas, official restraints on street
vending, and the official tax on chat entering the city.
Gurage-Siltie Enset and Teff Livelihood Zone This is a fertile
zone, but until recently a large part of it has not been
cultivated due to government set-aside for the resettlement
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programme and to trypanosomiasis, which severely inhibits
local oxen production. Some tractors are now being used to
open new land. Enset is the main staple food, together with
maize, sorghum and chickpeas. Erratic spring or summer
rains can be particularly damaging to production given the
high moisture requirement here. Teff and Niger seed are the
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Livestock Disease
Snow
Livestock Disease
Flood
Livestock Disease
Drought
Frost / Cold waves
Landslide
Livestock Disease
Kebele
Frost / Cold waves
Frost / Cold waves
Livestock Disease
Soil Erosion
Livestock disease
WITA
WOLENSHO ANDENYA
YETABON
YIMERWACHO 2NYA
YIMERWACHO 3NYA
Location of Meskan Wereda SNNP Region
Tigray
Benishangul Gumuz
Afar
Amhara
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
Hareri
Gambela
Guraghe Zone
Meskan Wereda
SNNPR
Oromia
Somali
200
400
Km
Administrative boundaries couldn't be authorized as llegal
Proportion of households by m
disaster suffered last five yea
7% 4%
10%
45%
11%
Disaster 1
Disaster 2
23% Drought
Flood
Drought
Flood
Flood
Livestock Disease
Drought
Flood
Drought
Crop disease
Disaster 3
Livestock Disease
Snow
Drought
Livestock disease
Flood
Dr
Flo
Cro
Fro
Liv
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SHORT NARRATIVE ON MAJOR DISASTERS:
The hydro metrological hazard drought, flood and frost/cold waves are the major disaster risks in the wereda which are the ma in ca uses for crop da ma ge,
l oss of i ncome, livestock damage, illness/ health problem a nd Phys ical damages on houses a nd properties. Li vestock diseases s uch a s Lumpy Skin Di s ea s e
(LSD), Anthra x a ffecti ng ca ttl e, Foot a nd mouth di s ea s e, Newca s l e di s ea s e (Chi cken) a nd Bl a ck l eg) a re a l s o preva l ent i n the a rea .
Proportion of households by main disaster
losses
8%
6%
9%
9%
68%
Crop damage
Physical damages on
houses and property
Livestock damage
Loss of income
Disasters
Drought
Flood
Crop disease
Frost/cold
waves
Livestock
disease
EFFECT OF DISASTERS
Loss 1
Crop Damage
Crop damage
Crop damage
Loss 2
Loss of income
Physical damages on
houses and property
Loss of income
Crop damage
Loss of income
Livestock
damage
Illness/health
problems
Loss 3
Livestock disease
Had to flee/change
residence area
Loss of saving
Illness/health
problems
Livestock damage
Others