Agri-ProFocus Ethiopia
Annual Network Day
Working Group on Contract
Farming
13 December 2013
Addis Ababa
Background
• Created on the APF Annual Network day of
13 December 2012
• Conducted 2 regular meetings
• Many members (next slide)
• Chairperson: Solagrow, but open
Member Organizations
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Target Consult
HEDBEZ Consult
Meset Consult
FFARM
FC
Hundee
SOS Sahel
CDI
SNV
EUCORD
Terrafina
RNE
FSRE
Future Agri-Consortium
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Solagrow
Fair Fruit
AfricaJUICE
Woira Oil Plc
Africa Bamboo
Maranatha Farm
Heineken
Velocity
Marginpar
Van Oers
Eco Coffee
Arbaminch-Silk
Approach and progress of the WG
• Two presentations :
 Outgrowers Incubator Project AfricaJUICE
 Pioneer hybrid maize seed production
• The follow up discussions focused on:
 The role of Producers’ Organisations in
Contract Farming
 The role of MFIs in Contract Farming.
Second meeting: FSRE winners
FSRE fund winners - Contract farming
Facilitators for Change
• Catalyzing Transformation of Chickpea Value Chain Project
• Boost on-farm production and productivity through new practices and
by facilitating input access and providing chickpea agronomy training
• Build capacity of cooperatives to deliver post harvest services to
members: aggregation, cleaning, grading, packing and sales;
• Facilitate linkages and purchase agreements between agro-processors
(GUTS Agro processing) and Hundura Becho union
• Enable smallholder farmers to receive quality inputs, technical
assistance, and a guaranteed market (purchase agreements) from
agro-processors in exchange for a reliable quality and quantity of raw
materials.
FSRE fund winners - Contract farming
Arbaminch-Silk
 Produce quality and quantity silk and silk products
 Process the silk products into threads and garments
 Creating international market link (How do the farmers lead to a
international market link?)
 Out growers will be trained by the AMSPC
 Castor & Mulberry will be cultivated on Company’s and out
growers’ farm
 Eri & Mulberry silkworms will be reared to produce cocoon
 Purchasing and installing reeling, spinning & weaving machines
 Cocoon Spinning, weaving & painting
FSRE fund winners - Contract farming
Ayetu Agriculture and Trading PLC (Eco-Coffee)
• Testing inclusive business model in coffee value chain
• Boost incomes of 1560 coffee growers and the company by
catering more lucrative and expanding specialty coffee seeds
production and marketing, improving quality, productivity of
coffee, providing coffee processing services and promote
ethical and environmental friendly business practice.
• Affordable and environmentally sound wet coffee processing
(washing) technologies adopted and functioned
• Sustainable and affordable access to specialty Coffee seeds
enhanced in the project vicinity & beyond
The way forward: Plans in 2014
1. Checklist of issues in contract farming
2. Set up a database with experiences and ideas
3. Check regulatory issues with MoA
4. Explore:

Contract farmers exporting (outside ECX); e.g.
sesame and (haricot) beans

Busa Gonofa and Wassasa work with Malt Barley

Farm Africa and Diageo work in Ambo on malt barley
5. Field visits to explore these and test checklists
6. Identify best practices and list of DO’s and DONTs
7. Make a format / model that can be used in Ethiopia
8. Look for funding of local initiatives
FEEDBACK AND IDEAS PLEASE !!
Contacts
Agri-ProFocus in Ethiopia:
Fair & Sustainable Ethiopia
Phone: +251 (0) 11 467 1059
Email: gholtland.agrihub@gmail.com
Mr: Jan J. van de Haar
Tel: +251
Email: jjhaar@wxs.nl