Posts Tagged: Farm Service Center

Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Ethiopia to Build a Business

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Read Adanech’s inspirational story and how she is helping strengthen Ethiopia’s food security by owning an agribusiness in Shashemane.

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Read How CNFA is Establishing the First Farm Service Center Network in Ethiopia

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CNFA’s Farm Service Centers, or “one-stop-shops” provide smallholder farmers with access to inputs and linkages to markets – the first network of its kind in Ethiopia.

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New Photos from the Commercial Farm Service Program’s Ribbon Cutting in Ambo, Ethiopia

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The Commercial Farm Service Program (CFSP) recently held a ribbon cutting for one of the six Farm Service Centers it aims to open in Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state.

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Check Out Photos from the Commercial Farm Service Program’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Nekemte

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The Commercial Farm Service Program adapts CNFA’s proven Farm Service Center (FSC) model to the Ethiopian context for the first time to create a viable input supply network in Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state.

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Commercial Farm Service Program Launches First Farm Service Center in Ethiopia

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The Commercial Farm Service Program (CFSP), funded by USAID and implemented by CNFA, launched its first Farm Service Center today in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. This is one out of six centers that will be up and running by the end of this two-year pilot project. Aimed at improving smallholder productivity, food security and incomes, the FSCs are a “one-stop-shop” that provide smallholder farmers with agricultural inputs, services and technologies to help them produce surpluses and become better linked to end markets. CNFA has developed farm service center networks in Afghanistan, Georgia, Moldova and Romania.

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