Worldwide Labour Group empowers Ethiopian ladies poultry farmers

ETHIOPIA – The Worldwide Labour Group (ILO) is actively supporting ladies poultry farmers in Ethiopia by way of a ProAgro challenge.

The ILO’s ProAgro Ethiopia challenge is devoted to advancing medium and small agro-processing enterprises, with a selected emphasis on ladies concerned in poultry farming.

The initiative lately collaborated with Yegna Farms, a women-owned enterprise, to increase assist for inclusive agri-business fashions.

This partnership goals to generate sustainable employment alternatives inside the poultry worth chain.

As a part of this effort, a workshop and experience-sharing occasion befell from July 25 to 26, 2024, in Addis Ababa.

The occasion drew twenty-eight feminine poultry farmers from Holetta and Sendafa cities, together with native officers, Woreda/District agriculture specialists, and researchers from the Worldwide Livestock Analysis Institute (ILRI) and Holetta Agricultural Analysis Middle (HARC).

Throughout the workshop, the Holeta Agricultural Analysis Middle reported that 216 ladies poultry farmers within the two cities had acquired coaching in hen administration and neighborhood poultry immunization.

This coaching lined the Bovens, Sasso, and Koekoek breeds by way of the Tropical Platform initiative.

The collaboration between ILO’s ProAgro Ethiopia challenge and ILRI additionally introduced technical advisory assist on nutrition-sensitive agriculture to those farmers.

The ProAgro challenge, along side Yegna Farms, is working to enhance market entry for these poultry farmers by organising a system to gather, pack, and distribute eggs to markets in Addis Ababa.

Ongoing discussions are centered on negotiating with bigger companies within the metropolis to boost market attain.

Key challenges confronted by the ladies poultry farmers embrace the shortage of high quality feed, excessive feed prices, fluctuating egg market demand, and restricted market alternatives.

In response, the concerned organizations—ILO, ILRI, and HARC—have agreed to collaborate on creating different, cost-effective poultry feed options.

Moreover, efforts are being made to ascertain direct market connections with supermarkets to deal with the problem of restricted market entry.