Soy-Maize – GUTS Agro – Ethiopia

A propos du partenariat

GUTS Agro produces CSB+ (a corn & soy based food supplement fortified with micronutrients, called Super Mom) and other nutritious foods for which maize and soybean are the main ingredients. This partnership aims to enable GUTS Agro to source maize and soybean from SHFs as well as avail affordable animal feed to dairy cooperatives. 2SCALE will also support GUTS Agro to serve the urban BoP.

Achievements

Development and launch of the new product CSB+

Invest in packaging and improvement of the production line.

Establish cattle feed & soya oil manufacturing plants

Provide forward delivery agreements for supply of maize and soy to FCUs

Promote the new product and set up distribution networks

Facilitate implementation at Woreda and Kebele level and liaison with local government

Facilitate access to finance to the partners

On the job training for Guts Agro technical staff (extension)

Support capacity building of SHFs and negotiation skills

Targets

Involve 21,000 smallholder farmers and 34 small and medium enterprises (20 female-headed). The lead partner’s target in terms of volumes equals 7,200MT of maize, and 1,890MTs of soybean over a period of three years.

Market segments

CSB+ will be distributed to low income consumer groups in Hawasa, Adama and Dire Dawa Ethiopia.

Les partenaires du projet

Sidama Elto, Anger Abeya, and Hunde Chewaka Farmers’ Cooperative Unions

Bako and Jimma Agricultural Research Institutes

Hawasa University

N2Africa

District Agriculture and Cooperative Agency offices