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Changing the value chain to create nutritious sorghum products

Industry
  • Animal Production Related
  • Fresh Produce
  • Soy and Oil Seeds
  • Staple Crops
Country
  • Burkina Faso
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • South Sudan
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Industry
  • Animal Production Related
  • Fresh Produce
  • Soy and Oil Seeds
  • Staple Crops


Country
  • Burkina Faso
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • South Sudan

About the partnership

Ethiopia
Staple Crops
Status:
Suspended

In this partnership, 2SCALE is working with two unions that lead the production of sorghum in the North-West of Ethiopia. The goal is to build more commercial opportunities in sorghum, benefiting smallholder farmers with increased access to markets, as well as providing BoP consumers with nutritious sorghum products.

There is a lack of proper market demand for sorghum-based products, limited availability of improved inputs, and poor agronomic practices for sorghum in the Northwest of Ethiopia, making the sorghum market in Ethiopia large, yet challenging. 

About the business champion

This is a syndicated partnership with two business champions: Setit Humera and Dansha Aurora, both farmer unions based in Northwest Ethiopia. Setit union is based in Humera town while Dansha union is based in Dansha town. These two unions mainly supply agricultural inputs to farmers and provide a market for their produce.

Key interventions
Improve productivity and resilience of sorghum production
Increase the postharvest quality of sorghum by introducing improved storage
Improve the organizational capacities of the farmer unions involved
Develop new sorghum based products & marketing activities in BoP markets
Contribute to the creation of sustainable sorghum market linkages
Increase the involvement of women and youth in the sorghum value chain
Broker for access to finance for sorghum farmers and unions
15,000 smallholder farmers involved.
10 micro-small and medium enterprises involved.
20 producer organizations involved.
€ 333,227 private sector co-investment
12,000 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 Yemisrach Aseffa
Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor
Yemisrach Aseffa
yaseffa@2scale.org
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