The FSCs were inaugurated in separate ceremonies on June 10 and 11, and are part of broader plans to have four farm centers in Southern regional state and 20 in total. He further says the farm service centers are pilot projects, which are based on experiences of Asian and African countries, and if successful will be scaled up with the involvement of ministries and regional agriculture bureaus. FSCs are part of ATA’s strategy to identify systematic bottlenecks in the agricultural sector, having the device and means to address this systematic bottleneck, and pilot innovative ideas such as this one” says Biruk. By consulting international case studies and leveraging best practices, the study proposed a prioritization process (such as the Transformation Agenda) to identify and resolve systemic bottlenecks in Ethiopia’s agriculture sector. The study examined how Ethiopia could replicate the agricultural transformation seen in many Asian countries during their first phase of development.

Source: News Business Ethiopia June 14, 2017 15:49 UTC