Agricultural Growth and Food Security

Smallholder Horticulture (SHH) Project

Date of Operation: 2012 - 2015

Primary Implementing Partner: MASHAV: Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation

Regions of operation:  Amhara, Oromia, SNNP and Tigray

Goal:

Promote economic growth of small-scale horticulture holders by strengthening the commercial viability of fruit and vegetable production.

Project Objectives:

  • Develop a competitive and sustainable horticulture sector
  • Provide a technical and financial support to improve technologies that have a potential to increase production and productivity
  • Create quality standards that increase farmers’ and national foreign exchange income

Description:

Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) – Agribusiness and Market Development

See also: Crosscutting Issues

Date of Operation: 2011 – 2016Ethiopian man in a nursery

Primary Implementing Partner: ACDI/VOCA

Other Implementing Partner: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), John Mellor & Associates (JMA), Booz Allen Hamilton, Danya International, Inc., Kimetrica, Coffee Quality Institute, and Crown Agents

Regions of Operation: Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, and Tigray

Goal:

Sustainably reduce poverty and hunger by improving the productivity and competitiveness of value chains that offer job and income opportunities for rural households.

Project Objectives:

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