Feed the Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity

Description of award: USAID's Feed the Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity is part of the US Government's Feed the Future Initiative and the Government of Ethiopia's (GoE's) Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) II, Component Four: Agriculture Marketing and Value Chains. Under AGP II, the Feed the Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity will contribute to the GoE's objective to improve agricultural productivity and the commercialization of smallholder farmers. The purpose of this activity is to improve the performance of select value chains in the agricultural sector in conformity with the Ethiopian Agricultural Growth Program (AGP)-II which commenced in November, 2015 and will last a period of five years. This activity functions as the principle contributor to Component Four of AGP-II, Agriculture Marketing and Value Chains. The objective of Component Four is to improve productivity while reducing marketing costs and associated business costs, and therefore creating much more effective and competitive value chains. To a lesser extent, the activity will also contribute to Component Five, Project Management, Capacity Building and Monitoring and Evaluation.