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Key achievements of the BENEFIT Partnership five-year programme
We are pleased to share with you a brochure that highlights the key achievements of the BENEFIT partnership five-year programme (2016-2021).
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Sesame and soya bean market starts at a relatively lower price compared to last year
The 2020 sesame marketing season started in October. The highest price of Whitish Humera Gondar sesame traded in ECX reaches 5,500 ETB, while the lowest is 4,300 ETB per quintal in October. This year’s price is a little lower compared to last year. In October last year, the price was 6,400 ETB while the lowest…
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RAPID ASSESSMENT- SESAME ALERT #03
Benefit-SBN in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Amhara and Tigray Regions Agricultural Research Institutes (ARARI and TARI) conducted the third rapid assessment of the most pressing challenges facing the sesame sector in light of the current circumstance. Data was collected from about 80 respondents from woreda, zone, region, and national levels; and…
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Updates from SBN
We herewith provide you with an update on the activities and initiatives that the SBN stakeholders, partners and the government are undertaking in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. In the Amharic version contents covered are: Soya bean farmers and Richland Biochemical Pvt signed marketing agreement Cooperatives in West Gondar get credit through guarantee fund…
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Field visit conducted at Metema woreda
West Gondar Zone Agriculture Department in collaboration with Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) organized a field visit for more than 100 SBN stakeholders in Lemlem Terara Kebele, Metema woreda on the 15th of September 2020. The objective of the field visit, according to Mr. Getenet Belihun, head of the West Gondar Zone Agriculture Department, was to…
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RAPID ASSESSMENT- Sesame Alert #02
At the end of August 2020, the second rapid assessment of the most pressing challenges facing the sesame sector in light of the current circumstance including the Covid-19 pandemic was conducted by Benefit-SBN in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Amhara and Tigray Regions Agricultural Research Institutes (ARARI and TARI) . Data was…
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Review meeting on guarantee fund
Cooperatives from West and Central Gondar zones, participating in guarantee fund scheme, discussed with Abay Bank and Benefit-SBN on the experience of the last four years from 2016 to 2020 and the way forward, in the meeting held at Gondar on the 4th of September 2020. The main objective of the meeting was to review…
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SBN Newsletter 24
The 24th issue of the SBN Newsletter informs you about the activities done in the context of Covid-19: Among others are, weather information in the sesame sector, effect of the pandemic on labour availability and welfare, extension communication activity, unions and cooperatives cash guarantee for marketing credit, Amhara region high-level officials visit in the sesame…
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Labour and Labourers in the Sesame Lowlands: Analysis and Action for Health and Wealth
Benefit-SBN has conducted a thorough analysis of the labour situation in the sesame zone. This issue brief underscored the importance of labour for the success of the sesame sector and the employment opportunities for a huge number of seasonal labourers. The focus is to deal responsibly with the particular situation of this year and to…
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Updates from the SBN
We herewith provide you with an update on the activities and initiatives that the SBN stakeholders, partners and the government are undertaking in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. In the Amharic version contents covered are: Providing extension materials to WoA Advice as soya bean may have a better market opportunity (with the establishment of…
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