Indira Gandhi National Open University School of Continuing Education Department of Rural Development The Role of Smallholder Farmers in the Import Substitution and Industrialization of Ethiopia: The Case of Malt Barley Producers in Arsi and Bale Areas, Ethiopia Submitted to: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) St. Mary's University (SMU), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia By; Tarekegn Garomsa Enrolment No: 109100733 Tel: +251 913 289151 E-mail:
[email protected] November, 2016 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1 | P a g e Declaration I hereby declare that the dissertation entitled " The Role of Smallholder Farmers to the Import Substitution and Industrialization of Ethiopia: The Case of Malt Barley Producers in Arsi and Bale Areas, Ethiopia", submitted by me for the partial fulfillment of MA degree in Rural Development to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, is my own original work and has not been submitted earlier either to IGNOU or any other institutions for the fulfillment of any course of study. I also declare that no chapter of this manuscript in whole or part is lifted and incorporated in the Thesis from any earlier work done by me or others. Place: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Date: November, 2016 Signature: Name: Tarekegn Garomsa Enrolment No: 109100733 Address: Tel: +251 - 913 289151 E-mail:
[email protected] 2 | P a g e Certificate This is to certify that Mr. Tarekegn Garomsa, Student of Master of Art in Rural Development from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, has been working under my supervision and guidance for this project work. His project work entitled "The Role of smallholder farmers in the Import Substitution and Industrialization of Ethiopia: The Case of Malt Barley Producers in Arsi and Bale Areas, Ethiopia", which he is submitting, is genuine and original work.