Ethiopia - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Our project uses circular economy to produce high-quality organic livestock and crop products by using natural inputs to meet consumption demand. This will have a significant impact on the green economy and assist in achieving sustainable development.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Our project idea intends to create high-quality organic crop and livestock products to meet the current and future high consumption demand( households, industries...) by utilizing natural inputs in a systemic circular economy paradigm. This will accomplish inclusive, sustainable development and make a major contribution to the green economy. It intends to stabilize high inflation rate on food items, Improving living conditions, and propelling Ethiopia's growth by harnessing the nation's untapped natural and human resources via the use of machinery and contemporary technology. The project also aims to reduce living expenditures for lower-income groups, support healthier living, and lowers inequalities among regions. Because the initiative is located in a rural area (the Gambella region), it will benefit vulnerable and underprivileged communities. Additionally, by placing women and people with disabilities in regional distribution centers, it will encourage inclusive participation.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

The following are the primary issues our project raises: 1. The extensive use of chemicals rather than organic inputs in the production of crops and livestock has a significant negative impact on the health of communities. 2. Female and disabled groups, who make up sizable portions of the population and make significant contributions to a nation's development, are excluded from the current market and supply chain. 3. The high rate of inflation makes the cost of livestock and agricultural products unaffordable for the low-income population, drastically lowering and negatively impacting people's standard of living. 4. While there are abundant natural resources in some parts of our country, such as Gambella, the area is still underdeveloped and prone to both natural and human misery.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

1. Providing customers with wholesome, organic food products that promote a healthier lifestyle 2. Working in remote and underdeveloped regions means growing and fostering regional equalities 3. Our products will generate revenue and employment opportunities, which will help sustainably raise people's standards of living and advance our nation's ambition to become a middle-income nation. 4. Providing organic food products at a lower price while maintaining excellent quality and quantity helps to fulfill the current high demand and stabilize the inflation rate. 5. Through distributors, our products will be available to customers in every part of the nation without incurring any additional fees or costs associated with transportation.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Our project is centered on underprivileged (remote) communities and people who have been uprooted from their homes due to political unrest and conflict in different parts of the country. In general, it aimed at serving with our products for exporters, small households for their daily needs, and for hotel and food processing industries as a raw material inputs.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-08-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

4

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

2

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Bruck G/Tsadik: He is a strong and well-educated individual and has a BA degree in economics and a masters degree in developmental economics from Addis Ababa University. He publishes his master's degree research on the title of Sustainable Crop Production in Ethiopia using system dynamics. Netsanet Kefale.:- A grow minded and a hard worker girl who have a BA degree in surveying engineering and currently she is a trader and honeybee keeper. Demeke Tefera: a driven and trustworthy person with a BA in agro-economics who works for a non-profit organization as a distributor of inputs for agricultural produce. Mesaw Alayu: a driven and devoted person with extensive experience in crop farming and cattle production who is pursuing a final year bachelor's degree in management at Addis Ababa University. Sindu Cherei : A driven and dedicated person with extensive experience in chicken farming and have bachelor's degree in economics from Wulkite University.

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

l) Agriculture

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

6

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Our project will contribute for the no-poverty goal by creating jobs for skilled and unskilled individuals to fulfill their respective needs, by commercializing the available natural resources in a sustainable way to achieve macro-economic growth for our nation, and by producing above consumtion for export business and to compute in the global market to ganerate forign currency and contribute to meet global food demand. 2.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

Our approach to crop and livestock production is based on natural inputs that are renewable, maintain soil fertility, and advance sustainable agriculture. Through the low input costs associated with our project, organic crop productivity is increased, enabling the supply of livestock and crop products at a competitive and reduced cost. When consumers consume organic food items, their nutrition will improve.

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

6

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

We can lessen the negative impacts of chemical inputs on human health by using less of them in crop and livestock production. Conversely, using more organic fertilizers and inputs promotes community health.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

5

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

We operate in a distant area where access to excellent education is limited due to the nomadic lifestyle of the locals. Out of the three values that our initiative aims to achieve, the social value is the establishment of education centers. Alongside our initiative, the locals will settle down in one area and obtain employment at their site, which will facilitate the construction of educational facilities. We will also promote high-quality, relevant education that satisfies those demands, since we believe that education is a vital tool for creativity and the sustainable use of natural resources.

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

6

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

Since three of the six other partners in our project are female, it is participatory from the outset because the identified problem from the project's commencement is the unequal access to development opportunities and job opportunities in the field of crop and livestock production. Furthermore, we have determined that the distributors of our products to the intended recipients will be women and people with disabilities in the relevant regions.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

4

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

3

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Our project from the instance inclusive in terms of remote and underdeveloped region(Gambella) in the country and unprivileged individuals such as females and individuals with disabilities. besides it depend on natural and renewable inputs for production of the targeted product so it promotes a sustainable economic growth and productive employeement for all nation wide.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

4

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

6

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

5

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

5

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

Our project stands on using circular economy as a competitive advantage in crop and livestock production.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

5

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Our project aims to apply the circular economy, which uses crop bi-products for livestock production and animal by-products for crop production as a natural fertilizer ingredient. then nothing about the project will have an impact on the climate. additionally, to maintain the fertility and production of the soil, we will use mixed farming.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

4

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

3

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

4

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

6

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

3

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

3

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

6

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

6

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

5

05.08 Justification

As discussed in other questionnaires, our products are differed in their content since it will be more organic content and due to the inputs used in producing them.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

Our project's product competitors will come from investors who produce crops and live stocks either jointly or separately, from importers of food products from overseas, and from large-scale local farmers. We were aware that there remained a significant unmet need in the project sector and that the goods these rivals were manufacturing were of low quality and deficient in organic ingredients. In addition, these rivals heavily depend on imported inputs (such as fertilizers) rather than affordable local and organic inputs, which raises their production costs and drives up the price of their products relative to ours.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

After providing two ladies with financial support and coaching, they continued their adventure in our community. The person who is most vulnerable to discrimination from the community is Enemayehu Zemen, as she lacks familial support and gave birth. I then provide her financial help and advise her to start breeding hens for eggs. whereas Atalay Balay, the other, was formerly employed in Addis Ababa as a domestic helper. As it is, I financially back her and encourage her to launch a commercial alcohol drink preparation and sales business. Aside from this, I encourage female students to pursue their education and develop their independence.