(RMOS) for Irrigated High Value Crops (Ihvc) in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
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Regional Market Opportunity Study (RMOS) for Irrigated High Value Crops (iHVC) in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia Mekele, Ethiopia July, 2019 Participatory Small-Scale Irrigation Development Program (PASIDP-II) Regional Market Opportunity Study (RMOS)for IrrigatedHigh Value Crops (iHVC) in 13Woredas of Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia Prepared by the Bafana Business Management Consultant (BBBMC) and commissioned by Tigray Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development (BoARD) and Financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) through its project Participatory Small-Scale Irrigation Development Program (PASDIP). DISCLAIMER: The study is made possible by the support of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IFAD. i Acknowledgements The authors greatly acknowledge the contribution of everyone who participated in the study. Our heartfelt thanks go to the farming communities of the study area who provided their invaluable time, experience and knowledge through patiently answering our numerous questions. We also duly acknowledge the data collection team leader Haile Bayru Desta and several enumerators who were involved in gathering quality data. We owe special thanks to the Woreda Office Agriculture andRural Development (WoARD) for facilitating the access to secondary information, arranging household surveys and organizing focus group discussions (FGD). Tigray Agricultural Marketing Promotion Agency (TAMPA) provided access to secondary information including weekly price information of vegetables and fruits. The team would like to extend many thanks to Tigray Region State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development (BoARD) particularly the PASDIP team for facilitating the link with respective study Woredas and We thank Mr. Fitsum Gebremichael (IFAD-PASDIP Coordinator, BoARD), Mr. Hailefom Abrha (IFAD-PASDIP Agribusiness expert, BoARD). Several individuals have contributed to the realization of the RMOS. We thank Bereket Abrham for responsibility and patience in coding, entering and management of the bulky data very shoprt period of time as well as Sadik Muzemil for assisting in data analysis. 1 PREFACE This document is the final report 1 to the assignment to study regional market opportunity study (RMOS) for irrigated high-value crops in 13Woredas of Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The report is based on primary data of individual farmer survey, compilation of secondary data, in-depth literature review as well as combination of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) based data collection approaches such as key informant interviews, field observations and Focus Group Discussions (FDG). The report is prepared by Temesgen Magule, Admassu Baffa, Timoteos Hayesso, Biruk Hailemariam and Takele Honja. Copyright©2019 Bafana LTD @2019 President Admasu Baffa Bafana Bafana Business Consulting (BBBC) Hawassa, July 2019 Baffana Bafana Business Consulting (BBBC) Telephone: +251916830482 Fax: +251462201002 P.O.Box: 1891, Hawassa SNNPR, Ethiopia Email:[email protected]@gmail.com 1To be cited as “Regional market opportunity study for irrigated high-value crops in Tigray Region, Ethiopia” Bafana Bafana Business Consulting, 2019 2 List of abbreviations and acronyms AAA Adaptation of African Agriculture AGP Agricultural Growth Program AISE Agricultural Input Supply Enterprise ATA Agricultural Transformation Agency BBBC Bafana Bafana Business Consulting BoA Bureau of Agriculture BoARD Bureau Of Agriculture and Rural Development BoTI Bureau of Trade and Industry CBO Community Based Organization CSA Central Statistical Agency CSO Civil Society Organization DAs Development Agents DCSI Dedebit Saving and Credit Institute EEW Expert Elicitation Workshops EHDA Ethiopian Horticulture Association EIAR Ethiopian Institute for Agriculture ETB Ethiopian Birr FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FDRE Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia FFS Farmers Field School FGD Focus Group Discussion GDP Gross Domestic Product GIS Geographic Information System GoE Government of Ethiopia GTP Growth and Transformation Plan IFAD International Fund of Agricultural Development IFC Irrigation Farmers Cooperative IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute iHVC irrigated High Value Crops IoT Institute of Technology IWUA Irrigation Water Use Association KII Key Informant Interviews MAA Market Access Alliance MFI Microfinance Institutes MoFED Ministry of Finance and Economic Development MPCs Multi-PurposeCooperatives MSEs Medium and Small Enterprise NGO Non-GovernmentalOrganization OoARD Office of Agriculture and Rural Development PASIDP Participatory Small-Scale Irrigation Development Program PIM Project Management Implementation Manual 3 PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal QGIS Quantitative Geographic Information System REST Tigray Regional Seed Enterprise rHVC rain-fed High Value Crops RMOS Regional Market Opportunity Study RPSC Regional Program Steering Committee RuSACCO Rural Saving and Credit Cooperatives SCP Special Country Programs SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SPSS Statistical Package for Social Science SSI Small-Scale Irrigation TAMPA Tigray Agricultural Marketing Promotion Agency TARI Tigray Agricultural Research Institute TBoWR Tigray Bureau of Water Resources TRS Tigray Regional State TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training TWWSDSE Tigray Bureau of Water Works Study, Design & Supervision Enterprise UDB Urban Development Bureau UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WoARD Woreda Office of Agriculture and Rural Development 4 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................... 1 List of abbreviations and acronyms ................................................................................................. 3 List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................... 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 11 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 13 1.1. Background .................................................................................................................................................................... 13 1.2. Small-scale irrigation development in Tigray .................................................................................................. 14 1.3. The PASIDP Program and Rationale of RMOS ................................................................................................. 14 1.4. Objectives the RMOS ................................................................................................................................................. 15 1.5. Scope of the study ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 1.6. Organization of the RMOS Report ....................................................................................................................... 16 1.7. Limitation of RMOS .................................................................................................................................................... 17 2. Study Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 18 2.1. Study area and local context .................................................................................................................................. 18 2.2. Sampling methods and sample sizes .................................................................................................................. 21 2.3. Data and data collection methods ....................................................................................................................... 22 2.4. Pre-testing...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 2.5. Conceptual framework .............................................................................................................................................. 23 2.6. Data verifications, triangulation and analysis .................................................................................................. 25 2.6.1. Verifications and triangulation ................................................................................... 25 2.6.2. Descriptive and multivariate analysis ....................................................................... 25 3. Assessment findings ....................................................................................................................... 26 3.1. Central Zone................................................................................................................................... 27 3.1.1. iHVC production in Central Zone, Tigray ....................................................................................................... 28 3.1.1.1. Socio-demographic and socio-economic contexts of iHVC production . 28 3.1.1.2. Agronomy