With an ever - increasing demand for cutting sharpness groundbreaking applied science in horticultural crops product in Ethiopia , Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association ( EHPEA ) and Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute ( EBTI ) are jointly moving forward to establish a profits - win partnership . With a projection of this deluxe mind in thinker , EHPEA has organise a one - sidereal day field visit for the EBTI scientists on August 13 , 2019 .
The field visit was made to three selected farm at Koka cluster . The farms were Florensis Abyssinia , Ethio - cuttings ( or Syngenta ) and Red Fox PLCs . Other Key stakeholder in attendance were the Ministry of Agriculture , Environment - Forest - Climate Change Commission , Arsi University and Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research . The aim of the visit was to impart the scientists with first hand bona fide and multi - dimensional challenges of the sphere with an stress in the area of pest and solid waste direction for sustainability .
During the visit , a fruitful discussion was made among the participants and all the three farms farm managers ’ have pointed out that their threshold is wide receptive for any scientist who is concerned to address the multi - tined challenges of the sphere adding note value to their produces . challenge need to be addressed to heighten the productivity and timbre of the produce by mandated institutions like EBTI and EIAR . Thus the move to enter into formal agreement between EHPEA and EBTI is very much welcome by EHPEA member farms .
EBTI in their part appreciated the initiation by EHPEA and mentioned that at EBTI there exists a vested sake to explore high time value horticultural crops and the opportunity shall be take hold of by each and every scientist of the institute in the area of their respective specialization . Dr Lemma of the institute , stated that the institute is working on the maturation of Memorandum of Agreement which will before long be discuss between the two organizations and ratify by both with consensus . Then after EHPEA and EBTI will enter into agreement formally to collaborate in an innovative enterprise that will benefit both the institutes and the country at large .
This collaborationism will enable to strengthen the capacity of the institute to innovate engineering science enabling farm to cope up with the ever - changing climate and productivity impacting factors like pests . This will start the country to rule the immense potentiality of the horticulture sphere . Thus , considering the boundless future of horticulture in the nation , envisioning the necessity of profits - win partnership and the dire demand of technologies in the sphere ; EHPEA believes that the would - be collaboration will yield exemplary manikin outcome in the skinny hereafter . The ultimate essence of the collaboration is to patronize the vision of the extremity farms and actively employ in the role that their vision truly bechance .
