up close : A gro - enterprise through G irls ’ I rrigation G roups Sitting on the edge of their shallow well, the Biruh Tesfa Group has able to prosper in small-scale agroenterprise in extremely dry and drought-prone region of Tigray region. Parents have been mobilized to support girls by allocating a small portion of their own land for girls’ ownership and irrigation. The girls have planted high-yield crops that draw a greater profit on the market. Parents who farm in surrounding areas without irrigation testify to how the harvest results are remarkable, yielding three times than unirrigated land. Girls have been able to use the profit to pay for their own school expenses, develop leadership capacities, and practice financial management skills through savings and irrigation group activities.
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