PROJECT

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Summary of Advisory Services Project Information

Project Number

602023

Primary Business Area

Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services

Disclosure Date

Jan 25, 2019

Country

Ethiopia

Region

Africa

IFC Approval Date

Oct 23, 2017

Status

Completed

Estimated Total Budget

$999,998.00
(Project budget includes all project-funded activities)

Last Updated Date

Jun 12, 2021

Project Estimated Start Date

Oct 15, 2017

Project Estimated End Date

Dec 31, 2019

Project Description

In December 2017 IFC signed a Project Services Agreement with Heineken in Ethiopia to improve the quality and quantity of smallholder-based malt barley production. The two year project (2018-2019) will focus on (a) improving the productivity of 40,000 smallholder farmers through agronomic training and the distribution of high yielding seed varieties, (b) building the business management capacity of around 80 malt barley aggregators (c) investigation of farmer financing models, and (d) supporting a multi-stakeholder working group to realize Ethiopia's potential as a regionally competitive malt barley producer. The project should result in an additional annual production of 100 000 metric tonnes of barley for both food uses and further processing.

Development Results

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