Scenario+1

This 43 year old Ethiopian farmer can barely support his wife and their four children, aged between 14 and 20. The family owns only an acre of land and are dependent on farming as a means of survival. Yet, because of the erratic rainfall and limited resources, they struggle to put enough food on the table and often all went to bed hungry, heavily dependent on emergency food rations from sponsoring organizations. They are also barely able to meet their daily necessities such as clothing, household items, shelter and none of the children can attend school.

 There is such a great struggle for this family because this farmer suffers from severe arthritis leading to a predominant dysfunction in his right hand. Because of this, it takes him significantly longer to plow with just one hand and he is deeply dependent on his children to help him carry heavy loads and labor on his land. When his children are not available to help, he uses his regular two-wheel bicycle to carry heavy items, but it can only hold up to 50-60kg, making his farming an extremely slow process. The acre of land is used to grow corn - one of the most common crops grown in Ethiopia. There are plenty of corn in production throughout Ethiopia, thus there is increasing competition between the farmers and this farmer cannot afford the technology to irrigate his land at the same pace as his competitors.