1. Ministry of Agriculture
Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
SMALLHOLDER HORTICULTURE AND
TRIANGULAR COOPERATION
IN ETHIOPIA
Ilan Fluss
Director of Policy Planning and External Relations, MASHAV
Dr. Workafes Woldetsadik - SHH Program Coordinator, Ministry of
Agriculture, Ethiopia

2. OUTLINE
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 Main Objective
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 Triangular Cooperation
 The Smallholder Horticulture Programme
Ministry of Agriculture
Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia

3. MAIN OBJECTIVE
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 To advance Ethiopian agriculture and increase food security
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1. Commercialization
2. Sustainable
horticulture
To expand
opportunities for
smallholder farmers by
improving their
livelihood through:
3. Distributing
horticultural varieties
quality plant
propagation to local
commercial investors
4. Local experts in
plant propagation

4. TRIANGULAR
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 Political
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Principles
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Triangular to move up Identifying relevant areas for cooperation and the
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expertise needed
Cooperation
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Ensuring the cooperation will create positive
synergies
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Looking to create connections with other
programmes
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Programme
Management
1. Overall implementation and programme
coordination
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2. Day to Day management

5. PROGRAMME ORGANISATION
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Steering
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Committee
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Coordination
Office
Tech. Comm (3)
PTC, Nurs. Ext.
Nurseries
PTC
Extension Capacity
(4 regions) building
Seed NGO
BoA
Info
Collaboration
MARKETING
other
programs

6. THE SMALLHOLDER HORTICULTURE
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PROGRAMME
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• Plant propagation
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• Extension to small holder farmers
• Capacity building on horticulture
• Information on fruits and vegetables and marketing contracts
• Collaboration with other relevant projects in Ethiopia

7. PLANT PROPAGATION:
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MAIN ACTIVITIES
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Assistance with est. fruit and vegetableup and down… materials, repair of TC
Support of critical
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nurseries, production planning and quality
equipment and modification of some tissue
control.
culture facilities
Introduction of new fruit tree varieties
Assistance with mass production via plant
tissue culture propagation
Introduction of new vegetable varieties and
testing of their adaptation to local conditions.
All plant propagation sites that are addressed
should become self supported and sustainable
through profitable sales

8. TISSUE CULTURE (TC)
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Need:
Target Crops:
Immense
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in need for plant tissue culture
Banana, pineapple, enset, potato mini-tubers, sweet potato,
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apple, coffee, apple rootstocks
Sustainability of the TC laboratories should be achieved with
plant sales.
Minituber production at Bahir Dar
Transfer of tissue culture plants
Sustainability:
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9. FRUIT TREES AND VEGETABLE
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NURSERIES
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MCG of citrus at Bicolo
Areka Nursery
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10. MINI NURSERY APPROACH
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Objective
Challenge
Solution
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To establish mini nurseries and introduce
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horticultural crops to small holders.
The condition of vegetable nurseries for
the small holder farmers is poor.
Small Scale Model
Mini Vegetable Nurseries
Scaled Up Model

11. MINI NURSERIES VS. TRADITIONAL
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RAISED SOIL
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Celled trays
Saves water and fertilizer
Modular
Easily transferred
Affordable
Ensure timely planning

12. UNIQUE APPROACH TO
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
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Rapid “turnover” of extension staff.
Challenge
Solution
 Extension staff do not visit farmers horticulture fields
as frequently as other crop farms.
 Lack of horticulture knowledge and skills
 Establishment of large groups of model farmers
 Better salaries for extension staff and longer stay of
extension personnel frequent farmers’ site visits
 Profits can be used to provides bonuses the Bureau of
Agriculture extension staff.
 Capacity building on horticulture for extension personnel
(training of trainers)