Programme
Complete
Strengthening agricultural market systems in Amhara, Ethiopia
Country
Ethiopia
Running from
2020-2023
People reached
123,666
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Connect farmers to markets
Increase access to finance
The project aimed to contribute to sustainable food security and livelihood improvement for rural families by making sure smallholder farmers had access to the buyers and suppliers they needed to build thriving farming businesses.
Access to agricultural supplies was improved by facilitating the start-up of independent agro-dealer businesses, with these new local suppliers reporting a total of 70,000 customers by the end of the project. Crop productivity and profit was improved through improvements in post harvest technology, the introduction of cluster farming systems, and the creation of a digital market prices App, which enabled 1,300 farmers to track local market prices digitally. Access to finance was improved through the development of inclusive, low-capital intensive financing solutions which enabled 7,943 smallholder farmers to access finance for the first time.
1,300
farmers enabled to receive market information using mobile SMS, following establishment of a digital market information system.
This project was funded by the Embassy of Sweden:
Country
Ethiopia
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Increase food security and nutrition
Strengthen food systems
Strengthening agricultural market systems
A summary report of Farm Africa’s market systems project in Amhara, Ethiopia, which aimed to improve food security and livelihoods of small-scale farmers by making market systems more inclusive. This project was part of the Growth for the future project, funded by Sida.
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Country
Ethiopia
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Increase food security and nutrition
Strengthen food systems
