Affordable and nutritious porridge for low-income consumers

About the partnership

Ethiopia

Staple Crops

Status:

Stopped

The aim of this partnership is to develop a nutritious consumer food product, especially focused on reducing malnutrition in children. In Ethiopia, only 4.2% of breastfed children aged 6–23 months have a minimum acceptable diet.

The collaboration between EATBI and 2SCALE will focus on new product development, based on the current production of Corn Soy Blend (CSB) that the company is producing for relief markets. Next to product development and marketing & distribution to Base of Pyramid markets, this partnership will also focus on local sourcing of raw materials from smallholder farmers, mostly focusing on maize.

About the business champion

East African Tiger Brands Industry PLC (EATBI) is a food processing company. Though this company is an independently registered private company, it can also be refereed to as a sister (subsidiary) company that is further accountable to its big umbrella company known as East African Holdings S.C. (EAH). EATBI was established in the year 2017 with its manufacturing facilities located at Dukem town, about 40km west of Addis Ababa. Under one of its factory units, EATBI operates the production of supplementary food known as corn soy blend plus (CSB+).

Key interventions

Increase farmer's productivity of relevant crops and link to EATBI sourcing activities

Organize smallholder farmers in clusters and strengthen their collective voice

Facilitate access to finance for smallholder farmers

Develop a new nutritious food product for BoP consumers

Develop & implement with EATBI marketing & distribution activities in BoP markets

10,000 smallholder farmers involved.

250 micro-small and medium enterprises involved

22 producer organizations involved.

€ 759,995 private sector co-investment

50,000 BoP consumers with better access to nutritious food

Get in touch

Curious about this partnership? Get in touch with the Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor.

E-mail Dehab Mehari

Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor

	Dehab Mehari
	dmehari@2scale.org

Project partners

Bore Bako Farmers’ Cooperative Union

Farmers’ union that will supply maize to EATBI. It will facilitate all activities focused on smallholder farmers in this partnership

Buzuayehu Tadele Foundation

Facilitate activities in developing the distribution system to the BoP consumers and training SMEs/MSMEs engaged in the distribution network.

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