Poster for the ‘Market-Oriented Smallholder Development: IPMS Experience-Sharing Workshop,’ Addis Ababa, 2-3 June 2011

1. Cereal value chain development
interventions and lessons
Knowledge management
Value chain interventions
and capacity development
Input supply interventions Initial diagnosis
• Farmers and traders recognized the domestic market potential
for selected cereals (rice, wheat and teff)
• In the past, extension services focused heavily on cereal
production which has resulted in knowledge gaps in ‘new’ areas
such as seed multiplication
• Role of women in cereal production was mainly limited to
weeding, harvesting and sale of small quantities while major
Bread wheat seed packaging and supply to sales were done by men
farmers by farmers
• Insufficient uptake of improved varieties, lack of labour/animal
traction, fluctuating rainfall and limited use of fertilizer and
The use of audiovisuals for skills
other inputs resulted in low production/productivity of existing
development on cereal production
cereals
• Production and availability of seed for improved varieties was
limited
• Poorly developed input supply system for fertilizers, seeds, and
agro chemicals often resulted in delayed availability and/or lack
of critical inputs
Private seed protection service • Linkages between producers and other value chain actors were
limited Field day demonstration on
bread wheat production
Value chain actors, service
providers and linkages
Production interventions
Credit
Microfinance
institutions
Promoting upland Cooperatives
Private industry
rice production
Additional ICT supported
information/knowledge via
Ethiopian Agriculture Portal (EAP)
Knowledge / Skill
Input supply/
www.eap.gov.et
National research
services
Ministry of Agriculture
Consultants
Cereal Cooperative shops
Private enterprises
Specialized farmers producers
Promoting
NGOs
Cooperatives
Public enterprises
Ethiopian Seed
enterprise
Targeting
Students
Conservation tillage for
efficient labour cost
Market
Cooperative s
Export traders
Ethiopian Seed
enterprise
Processing / Marketing Targeting women and farmers
with entrepreneurial skill willing
interventions to invest
Lessons and challenges
• Knowledge sharing, training, follow up of interventions, and partner linkages contribute to improving the skills and
knowledge of value chain actors and service providers, including women
• Availability of improved (preferred) varieties results in expansion of cereal production areas. E.g. upland rice,
Teff ( Kuncho) and non sprouting wheat varieties (HAR 604‐ Galema, and HAR 3730‐Gassay)
Market access and linkages • Conservation tillage contributed to wider adoption of cereal crops because it had limited need for animal traction
and reduced the labor burden on women
• Farmers (individually and in groups) successfully multiplied improved seed varieties. Supply of basic seeds for crops
such as wheat and upland rice varieties remains a challenge
• Farmer‐to‐farmer exchanges, cooperatives, farmer groups and the OoA make up the market for improved seeds.
Different options can be used depending on the stage of development
• When credit is available, cooperatives were ready and able to sell improved seeds and fertilizer
• Small village shop keepers were effective suppliers of agro‐chemicals for conservation tillage
Promoting threshers and rice polishers for • Agrochemicals had a negative effect on apiculture production. Some farmers tried to mitigate the negative impacts
better quality grain/seed by using ‘less harmful’ chemicals and better timing of application.
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