1. Feed The Future Partners Coordination Meeting
AGP-AMDe
Presented to
Feed The Future Partners Coordination Meeting by
Tim Durgan
Chief of Party
Addis Ababa May 3, 2012

2. Presentation Outline Project objectives & components
How AGP-AMDe fits into AGP
Targeted value chains & woredas
Capacity building & analytical studies
Nutrition-related activities
Implementation approaches/methodologies

3. AGP-AMDe’s Objectives
In line with the overall objectives of AGP, AGP-AMDe will sustainably reduce poverty and hunger by improving the productivity and competitiveness of value chains that offer jobs and income opportunities for rural households.
Intermediate Results:
Improved performance of the agriculture sector
Increased livelihood transition opportunities
Improved private sector competitiveness
Increased resiliency to and protection from shocks

4. How AGP-AMDe fits into AGP
1.1 Institutional Development
Component II
Small-Scale Rural Infrastructure Development & Management
Component III
AGP Management & Monitoring, Evaluation, Review and Learning (MERL)
Component I
Agricultural Production & Commercialization
1.2 Scaling up Best Practices
1.3 Agribusiness & Market Development (AMDe)

5. AGP-AMDe Components Improve VC competitiveness
Improve access to finance
Improve the enabling
environment of selected VCs
Stimulate upgrading &
investment through innovation
& demonstration funds
Cross-cutting themes:
Gender, HIV/AIDS, nutrition,
environment/NRM
AMDe: The Pillar of My Home
VC Competitiveness
Access to Finance
Enabling Environment
Innovation Grants
Improve Value Chain Competitiveness:
Increase availability of improved seeds
Transform coops/unions, private agro dealers, traders, and development agents to become effective service providers
Expand agro processing and value addition
Demand driven capacity building for key associations
Improve Access to finance
Increase access to and enhance performance of credit products currently available
Develop, pilot test and roll out new value chain finance products
Build capacity of financial institutions and value chain actors:
Financial Institutions: Training to understand value chain finance
VC Borrowers: Training to prepare bankable business plans
Training in debt management
Improve the Enabling Environment of selected Value Chains:
Support overall policy development in support of value chains
Conduct competitiveness constraint analysis for value chains
Support implementation of new policies and guidelines that enhance VC
Support working PPP forums between government and Value chain actors
Stimulate up-grading and investment through innovation and demonstration funds
Provide stimulating grants for action initiatives that result in positive VC externalities
Cost share in investments on innovative and role modeling initiatives
Cost share and invest in applied research opportunities that improve VC competitiveness and productivity

6. Targeted Value Chains and Woredas
Oromia
SNNPR
Amhara
Tigray
Maize -
Wheat
Coffee
Sesame
Honey
Chickpea

8. Capacity Building Activities
M3 assessment of FCUs, primary cooperatives and private- sector associations (13 assessments so far)
Sell More For More training to FCUs and primary cooperatives (rolled out in April)
Cost share to leverage investments in machinery, storage facilities & enhance the capacity of research centers for increased output of foundation seed
Leverage investments by seed producers (producers, cooperatives) to expand seed cleaning, processing, packaging & distribution to fulfill unmet demand
Develop new enterprises &profit centers within cooperatives for input supply, commodity handling & marketing, mechanization services

9. Capacity Building Activities
Train unions and cooperatives in the maize, wheat and chickpea VCs in management, marketing & post-harvest handling to build capacity to meet WFP and private processors contract demands
In partnership with Winrock, organize training programs for processors & beekeepers on demo site management & modern beekeeping management
Train CIGs, private commercial farms, primary cooperatives and smallholders on nursery management & seedling marketing to increase coffee productivity
Train FCUs on post-harvest handling & warehouse management to reduce losses & improve standards for sesame

10. Analytical Studies Planned
Fertilizer industry competitive constraints & enabling environment analysis – in process
Business Enabling Environment assessment to identify policy/regulatory constraints to growth & opportunities
Analysis and policy recommendations to address liquidity problem in private banks, in collaboration with ATA
Financial system assessment of selected VCs to identify opportunities & constraints related to access to finance
Assess potential for mobile banking services to promote rural financial flows & increase savings.
Transport route analysis using UNESCAP time/cost/ distance model; storage analysis will also be included

11. Nutrition-related Activities Planned
Fortification program with General Mills and Technoserve, wheat flour
Industry promotion of chickpea to increase demand & educate consumers on nutritional benefits – EPOSPEA
Consumer education program on health benefits of table honey – EAB
Integration of nutrition into Sell More For More training series

12. M i n i s t r y o f A g r i c u i t u r e
Targeted Beneficiaries/Partners at Critical Nodes
Critical Nodes
Agricultural Input
Production
Post Harvest Handling
Agro Processing
Marketing
M i n i s t r y o f A g r i c u i t u r e
C oops/Unions
Research Centers
Ethiopian Seed Enterprise
Private Seed Enterprises
Coops/ Unions
(SHF)
DAs
Ethiopian Grain Millers Association
ECX
Traders
Feed Plants
Flour Mills
Chamber of Com & Sec. Assn, Eth consultants assn
Private agro dealers
Targeted Beneficiaries/ Partners

13. Targeted Beneficiaries
Smallholder farmers (1 million)
Farmers who apply new technologies (750,000)
Private enterprises
Producer organizations
Women’s groups
Trade & business associations
Public-sector actors receiving capacity building
MSMEs accessing bank loans
Banks, MFIs & SACCOs receiving capacity building

14. AGP-AMDe’s Approach
Focus on regions & woredas with high agricultural potential
- % of current output (20% for maize, 47% for wheat, 81% for sesame)
The Agribusiness & Market Development Project under AGP
- Working with businesses and supporting entities to provide input & other services to processors & exporters
- Improve efficiencies & expand output of VCs
- Contribute to GTP targets
Interventions planned to ensure businesses & participants sustain efficiencies & outputs within the VCs through returns on investments

15. Thank You