Value Chain Programs

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 The Agriculture Transformation Agency’s Value Chains work focuses on strengthening the functioning of the entire product cycle for the crops and livestock that are most important to Ethiopia’s farmers. The ATA will focus on the specific value chains that comprise the highest share of smallholder production and consumption.

According to the ***0/***1 forecasts from Ethiopia’s Central Statistics Authority, of the *2.0 million hectares under cultivation by smallholder farmers, cereal production accounts for 9.9 million hectares or *3% of the total. The remaining *7% is made up by pulses (1.3 million hectares) and oilseeds (**1 thousand hectares). In addition, livestock also play a crucial role in the agricultural sector, in both highland and lowland production systems.

Given that cereals account for the largest share of smallholder agriculture production, in the initial stages, the ATA focused much of its effort within this area.  Among cereal crops, Tef (*7%), maize (*1%) and wheat (*6%) account for the largest segment of the land under food production and were the primary area of the Agency’s initial crop focus. Cereals also comprise the value-chains that involve the greatest number of smallholders in production. Currently the Agency also works on Barely, Pulses and Oilseeds.

Over time the Agency also expects to begin working on rice and livestock, as these are sizable areas of opportunity and also provide additional benefits from a nutritional, soil nutrient replenishment, and household asset perspective.

ATA’s Value Chains Program will focus on the following:

    Tef
    Wheat, Maize & Barley
    Pulses & Oilseeds
    Rice
    Livestock