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About  Konso 

Konso  is one among the Woredas /districts of the Segen Area Peoples’ Zone of Southern  Nations, Nationalities’ and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNPRS) in Southern  Ethiopia. Karat, the centre and capital of Konso, is located at about 595 and  365 km south west of Addis Ababa and Awassa respectively. The total land area of  Konso is about 2355km2  characterized by hilly, mountainous intersected by gullies and valleys, most of  which have been under cultivation over a period of hundreds of years. Konso  population living in this geographical location at present is about 248,780(51.76% females & 48.24  males) with annual growth rate 2.6%.  
 
Konso  is known for its hard-working people who endowed with extraordinary skill and  knowledge, particularly in Indigenous Water and Soil Conservation and Management  Practice. They managed to survive in marginal environment using the indigenous  skills and knowledge that enabled them to make optimal use of unfavorable  terrain and climatic conditions in innovative manner. This creative, indigenous  and noble work culture has qualified Konso people in 1995 for UN prize and  recognition and registration of Konso landscape as cultural heritage site by  UNSCO in 2010. 
 
Despite  this spectacular deed by the people, it remained in food insecurity and abject  poverty. This is due to natural calamities and other factors. Erratic and  unreliable rainfall, recurrent drought, population increase, depletion of soil  fertility and other natural resources; small farm land holdings; unimproved  agricultural farming can be mentioned as factors that compelled this  hard-working people to stay in distressed livelihood.    Poor socio-economic condition of the community is also another factor  contributed to this. 
 
Currently  the government is implementing food security, poverty reduction and other  development programs that contribute to the socio-economic development of the  community. Konso Development Association (KDA) is one of the NGOs working in Konso supporting Development initiatives and contributing towards the  socio-economic development of the Konso; thereby the region and the country as   a whole.  




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