Wereda Disaster Risk Profiling Programme: SNNP
Disaster Risk Profile: Humbo Wereda (February 2017)
HOUSEHOLD AND COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY
The l ivelihood of the community i s highly dependent on cereal crop s uch
a s s orghum, wheat, teff, barley a nd maize. Haricot bea n, s weet pota to,
pota to, and root a nd tubers are a lso produced i n the woreda. Selli ng of
cerea ls a nd other foods a nd rearing & s el l i ng a ni ma l s (ca mel s , ca ttl e,
s heep, goa ts ) i s the s ource of i ncome .
Li ves tock number is reported decreasing over ti me ma i nl y due drought
a nd disease. 83% of the households have received formal transfers in the
form of ca s h-for-work, food for work a nd emergency food a i d.
La ck of enough farming land, lack of family planning, a nd l a ck of na tura l
res ource cons erva ti on a cti vi ti es a re a mong the wea knes s of the
communi ty whi ch ma kes them vul nera bl e .
Termi te i nfestation, no a cces s to roa ds , el ectri ci ty, a nd l a ck of cl ea n
dri nking water, and unsatisfactory s anitati on i s a l s o fa ctors expos i ng
them to di s a s ter.
Accessibility:
Access to road and urban centre: 62% of the households reported either there is no road or dirty road that is difficult for car. The average time taken to reach the nearest
paved road in the woreda is 1 hour and 18 minutes and the average time to reach the nearest urban canter is only 29 minutes
Accesses to electricity: Of the household surveyed 14.00% are located in the community with electricityand 10% of the community located with electricity are actually
connected to electric power.
Access to veterinary facility: of the total households surveyed, 66.76% and 66.40% of them reported to have poor (very poor) access to veterinary service an d livestock
drugs respectively.
Access to market: Most of the kebels reported the problem is during harvesting time where the price is decreasing, price fluctuation and lack of road accessibility.
Access to agricultural extension service: All most all households reported there is no problem and there is an increasing condition from the last decade in a better way.
Also from the survey findings 92.08% of the households have received agricultural extension service
Access to fertilizer, pesticides and improved seeds: Most of the households use fertilizers both chemical and Natural (35%) they reported also that they uses chemicals
(49%) and Natural/Animal manure (10%), 74% of the households uses pesticides where 90% of them uses improved verity of seeds
Access to water and sanitation: Most of the households (97%) use water for drinking from communal tab (bono), river (streams) and piped water outside the house.
where 74% of them have no treating methods. Out of the surveyed households 7% have no toilet facilities in the house and 92% of them are using outdoor latrines.
5.35% of them are sharing toilets.
Access to credit: 82% of the households surveyed have borrowed money for different proposes mainly to buy agricultural inputs(47.37%) and 35% to buy food the main
source is bank or formal institutions (91%)
Pasture and water for livestock: Pa s ture a nd water availability for l ivestock is most problematic from Tir to Megabit (Janua ry to Ma rch) Ma y). In both
s ea s ons the ma i n s ource of wa ter i s ri ver a nd s trea m .
Level of Awareness and Institutional Development
Literacy level The proportion of literate population above 7 years old is 10.03% out of which 26.38%
completed below 1st grade level, 43.16% and 27.68% of the population completed primary and secondary
school respectively. With regard to gender parity in education the proportion of women is higher than me n
1st grade level only. But their number is dominated by the male students at primary, secondary and higher
levels. From the total number of households surveyed, only 20.73% of them are female headed households.
Community awareness about disaster risk management system and actors is relatively good There are
different Community based organizations such as Edir to facilitate funeral ceremonies , equb (informal),
Omo micho and microfinance help them to save money for social service ( formal organization). There are
also some formal associations such as women association, farmers and youth association engaged in
different activities. There are also different non government organization such as WFP, IRC, IMC, concern
worldwide, World vision and CDC working on providing supplementary food like oil and csb, providing seed,
food , shelter and logistics for immunization.
InfoBits:
Population
Sex ratio
Urban Population
Mean Altitude
Mean Slope
Road density
Measles caseload
:125,286 (2007)
:989.7 F/1000 M
:6,246(2007)
:1430.84 m
:3.7 %
:31.3 %
: 17 (2004-2009)
Sources: Various Secondary S ources
COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO COPE
Major coping mechanisms are sel l more livestock than usual, consumption rather than sale of crop surplus, borrowing of food or cash
(i ncl uding purchasing food on credit) a nd Seek alternative or additional jobs
In the woreda i t is reported that 52% of the households managed to recover from l oss of disaster faced.
In the events of more resource available :- 44.62% a dopted economic activities to hazards s eason (e.g. cropping cycl e, short term crops, etc.),
25.46% of the households a dopted Storage of food a nd other necessities and 21% Phys ical protection of buildings and property.
Duri ng disaster 86% of the hous ehol ds a re a bl e to ra i s e Bi rr 500.00 i n one week through s a vi ng a nd perha ps but doubt from others .
The social capital i s helping each other during time of disaster a nd strong cooperation i n all a ctiviti es , l oa n wi th no i nteres t, s eed gi ft, free
l a bour a nd edi r, i n ti me of dea th.
Crop a nd l ivestock diversity: The most commonly grown crops i n the woreda are Teff, wheat, sorghum, barley, maize a nd legume followed by
ha ri cot bean, s weet potato, potato, a nd root a nd tubers. The major types of livestock reared in the woreda a re ca ttl e, s hoa ts , ox, cow a nd
donkey (for tra ns porti ng goods ) a nd poul try