The study also found that farming represented less than half the income of farmer households.

An increasing number of farmer households is entering the dairy business, knowing that this can bring financial stability.

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Farmer households could own up to 10 hectares of land per person and the excess farmland was owned by co-ops, agricultural companies or local communities.

The Zonal Food Security and Disaster Prevention Office reported in December, 2006 that 3,466 farmer households with 15,000 members who were part of the resettlement program in Limmu Sakka and Chora Botor woredas have achieved food self-sufficiency within a short time.