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Strategic analysis and intervention plan for wheat and wheat products in the Agro-Commodities Procurement Zone of the pilot Integrated Agro-Industrial Park in Central-Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia w Project UNJP/ETH/092/UID Technical Support for the Implementation of an Integrated Agro-Industrial Park (IAIP) in Ethiopia Strategic analysis and intervention plan for wheat and wheat products in the Agro-Commodities Procurement Zone of the pilot Integrated Agro-Industrial Park in Central-Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia Filippo Brasesco FAO Agribusiness Officer Desta Asgedom Senior National Value Chain Expert Valentina Sommacal International Gender/Value Chain Expert Giacomo Casari UN Fellow - Agribusiness FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Addis Ababa, 2019 Required citation: Brasesco, F., Asgedom, D., Sommacal, V., Casari G. 2019. 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CONTENTS Preface .............................................................................................................................................................................................vii Acknowledgements..................................................................................................................................................................... viii Acronyms ..........................................................................................................................................................................................ix Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................................................xi PART 1. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Objective and outputs ........................................................................................................................................................4 1.3 Rationale ................................................................................................................................................................................4 1.4 Methodology .........................................................................................................................................................................7 PART 2. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS .........................................................................................................................11 2.1. The wheat sub-sector in Ethiopia .................................................................................................................................11 2.2. End markets for grain and wheat products from Central-Eastern Oromia ......................................................16 2.3. The wheat value chain in Central-Eastern Oromia ................................................................................................. 21 2.3.1 Value chain map ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 2.3.2 Production ............................................................................................................................................................................22 2.3.3 Aggregation .........................................................................................................................................................................25 2.3.4 Processing.............................................................................................................................................................................28 2.3.5 Distribution ..........................................................................................................................................................................29 2.3.6 Physical inputs .................................................................................................................................................................... 31 2.3.7 Non-financial services .....................................................................................................................................................34 2.3.8 Financial services ...............................................................................................................................................................35 2.3.9 Technology generation and utilization .....................................................................................................................35 2.3.10 Value chain governance and linkages .......................................................................................................................36 PART 3. SYSTEMIC CONSTRAINTS AND UPGRADING OPPORTUNITIES ........................................................39 3.1 Constraints related to the core value chain ..............................................................................................................39 3.2 Constraints related to the extended value chain .................................................................................................... 41 3.3 Constraints related to the enabling environment ...................................................................................................45 3.4 Gender-based constraints and challenges at individual and household levels ..............................................45 3.5 Opportunities for upgrading ..........................................................................................................................................49 iii PART 4. STRATEGIC INTERVENTION PLAN ......................................................................................................51 4.1 Vision and targets ............................................................................................................................................................. 51 4.2 SWOT analysis ....................................................................................................................................................................52