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Main chain supporters

Main chain supporters.

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Main chain supporters

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  1. Main chain supporters Harbu Micro Finance Institution: Established in 2005 and is affiliated to Facilitator for Change (NGO). Harbu MFI aims at boosting agricultural productivity and agricultural marketing by supporting value chain development and access to financial services. Harbu currently operates in 13 Branches Having 17,000 clients operationally sustainable with OSS by 127% and the PAR to the level of <1% Facilitator for Change (FC): a national NGO established in 1998 that works with disadvantaged communities overcome their poverty. It focuses on enabling them to improve their livelihoods using their own resources, skills and experiences, with minimum external support. FC currently has eight projects in Oromia and Amhara states in Ethiopia. It is heavily involved in value chain promotion, especially on soybeans. So far it has organized about 5,000 farmers into 64 farmer marketing organizations. It promotes soybean value chain in Jimma zone.

  2. Overview of main chain actors • Smallholder farmers: Soya producers in Kersa, TiroAfeta and Omo Nada of Jimma zone • Farmers’ marketing organizations (FMOs): 30 FMOs consisting of 2,570 (18% female) • Women Groups (CLA): Women groups organized into SHG/CLA in Jimma town (219 members) • TsehayeAbebe: An entrepreneur in Jimma town • Consumers:Jimma University, cafeterias and restuarants

  3. Functions and Chain Actors Main functions Main actors Chain supporters and enablers /promoter Consuming JU Students &Dwellers Retailing Tsehay Aabebe Retailers Processing and wholesaling Women CLAs FC, & Harbu Collection and storage FC, Gov. , Coop. & Harbu FMOs Production FC, Gov, Research and Harbu Smallholder farmers

  4. Harbu’s Loan products across the chain actors Actors • Working capital loan • Short term & installment payment • Lease financing • Working capital loan • Agricultural loan • bullet payment loan: • payments made at harvest time Products • Processing machine • Working capital • Stocking Purchase of inputs Purpose Stocking& Semi-processing

  5. Technical, information and seed capital Financing more than one VC actor

  6. Challenges HARBU • Limited funds for loans to meet the needs of different actors. FARMERS • Lack of confidence to shift to new and commercial produces • Usually looking to down ward risks

  7. Challenges of working with SHG/CLA

  8. PARTNERS Swiss hand

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