Having worked in a managing role in the Ethiopian wheat value chain for some time now, I quite understand the terrain. Like Nigeria, Ethiopia has not attained total wheat production sufficiency for demographic reasons and new consumption habits in urban areas. For decades, the Ethiopian government has promoted structural interventions for increased in-country wheat production and the effectiveness and efficiency of its value chain. The impact of government interventions in the Ethiopian wheat value chainSo far, remarkable results have been achieved in the Ethiopian wheat value chain, recording significant increases in yield from about 1.3 tonnes per ha in the nineties to 2.8 at present. Increased support for farmers’ cooperatives as part of the wheat development planWorthy of note in the Ethiopian case study is that the farmers’ cooperatives are strategic in any wheat production development plan.

Source: Ethiopian News June 30, 2022 08:52 UTC