Ethiopia: Grain Sourcing for Poultry Feed, 2019 – 2021
Client: International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Goal
To design and implement an input sourcing business model for a private animal feed manufacturing company that would be replicable to other companies.
What we do
The Ethiopian feed sector is faced with several constraining factors:
- Shortage of feed and feed ingredients for the production of affordable quality compound feeds
- Increasing price of feed ingredients and compound feeds: with prices for feed constantly changing
- Limited knowledge/technology, experience, capacity of, and capital for compound feed producers
- Limited animal feed quality and safety analytical services and control mechanism
- Import dependency on feed supplements (premixes, minerals, vitamins)
IFC contracted EUCORD to identify potential maize and soy producers and design a sustainable input sourcing business model for a private animal feed manufacturing company and link producers to this company. Specifically, EUCORD will perform the following major activities:
- Identify and assess farmers’ production and supply capacity, supplier selection and design sourcing model
- Assess training needs, develop module and provide training
- Facilitate contract farming agreements for sustainable market linkage between suppliers and the company