Mohamed Usen Int Farm
Mohamed Usen Int Farm
BUSINESS PLAN
ONER: - MOHAMED HUSEN
MAY 2025
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1
Project Executive summary and Introduction ......................................................................................... 3
1.1 Executive summary ........................................................................................................................... 3
The project summary: ................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2.1 Objectives of the project ................................................................................................................ 6
1.2.2 Background of the promoter .................................................................................................... 7
1.2.2. Study of the project site ................................................................................................................ 7
1.2.3 Location and site of the project .................................................................................................... 8
Description of Location .......................................................................................................................... 8
Altitude .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Soil ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Rain fall .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Temperature ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Availability of labor ................................................................................................................................ 9
Basic facility services .............................................................................................................................. 9
Technical study Infrastructure (electric power, road, and telephone services) ................................ 9
1.2.4. Socio economic benefits ................................................................................................................ 9
1.2.5. Sowt Analysis............................................................................................................................... 10
1.2.6 Key success Factors (KSF) .......................................................................................................... 10
2. Land preparation to Processing....................................................................................................... 11
2.1 Land preparation..................................................................................................................... 11
2.2 Production ....................................................................................................................................... 11
3. Environmental impact assessment ............................................................................................. 12
Risk Management ................................................................................................................................. 13
Hazard idetification .............................................................................................................................. 13
Risk Identificaton .................................................................................................................................. 14
Risk Assessment .................................................................................................................................... 14
Risk Control .......................................................................................................................................... 14
Docmenting the Process ....................................................................................................................... 15
Monitoring and Reviewing .................................................................................................................. 15
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4. Organizational Structure and Man Power Plan ....................................................................... 15
4.1 Man Power Plan ...................................................................................................................... 16
5. Land use plan ............................................................................................................................... 17
6. Market Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 18
6.1 coffee Production and Market ................................................................................................ 18
6.2 Decaffeinated Green Coffee ........................................................................................................... 18
6.3 Sesame Production and Market ............................................................................................. 19
6.4 Ethiopia Rice production and Marketing.............................................................................. 21
7 Financial Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 24
7.3 Investment project fund Source and shares .......................................................................... 24
7.4 Fixed cost Analysis .................................................................................................................. 25
7.4.1 Fixed material cost .............................................................................................................. 25
7.4.2 Cost of Human Resource ................................................................................................................. 26
7.4.3 Cost of Utility and Admin ............................................................................................................... 27
7.4.4 Cost of Farm Equipment’s .............................................................................................................. 28
7.4.5 Farm Land Clearance Cost ............................................................................................................. 28
7.5 Variable Cost Analysis ............................................................................................................ 29
7.5.1 Materials cost ........................................................................................................................... 29
7.5.2 Labor cost ................................................................................................................................. 29
7.5.3 Transport cost .............................................................................................................................. 30
7.6 Project Cost Summery ............................................................................................................ 30
8 Revenue Estimation ..................................................................................................................... 31
9 Financial Cost Benefit Analysis .................................................................................................. 31
9.1 Project Financial Profitability ................................................................................................ 31
9.2 Project Payback Period and IRR ........................................................................................... 32
9.3 Loan Repayment Schedule ..................................................................................................... 32
I. ANNEXS ............................................................................................................................................ 33
2. Table of Cash flow ............................................................................................................................ 34
3. Discounted Net Benefit ..................................................................................................................... 36
4. Table of Internal Rate of Return Calculation ................................................................................ 36
5. Project schedule ................................................................................................................................ 37
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Project Executive summary and Introduction
Mohamed Husen Integrated farm is owned by Mohamed Husen Oumer who have more than
10 years’ work experience in different government and non-government sector. The farm has
planned to produce coffee, sesame and Rice which are among one of the main export and food
crop of the country. The farm will be established and managed in modern way that can be
example to other farms and the local farming community. The 200 hectare land will produce
coffee, sesame and rice for export and additionally vegetables and fruits can also be produce
as subsidiary. The farms 10 years feasible study shows that the project will have 7.4 million
sales at the first year, 200 million ETB sales at the fifth year and will make a total sales of
more than 2.7 billion ETB with in the 10 years. The net profit from the project is about 1.1
billion birr and it will pay about 500 million ETB tax for the nation. The discounted net
benefit (discounted at 19%) analysis shows that the project has 190 million net benefits at
the end of tenth year. In addition to direct benefits, the project will have also different social,
microeconomic and macroeconomic benefits. As the products are export commodity exporting
the sesame and Rice will earn about 3 million USD. The project will create 50 permanent and
about 100 seasonal jobs for the local community.
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The project summary:
Contact +2519
Location of the project SWEPR, Bench sheko Zone, Guraferda woreda, Kuja
kebele
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1.2. Introduction
The Ethiopian economy is heavily dependent on agriculture. The sectorcontributes about 48 per
cent of the country’s GDP, while accounting for 90 per cent of foreign exchange earnings, 85 per
cent of employment and 70 percent of the raw material requirements of local industries
Ethiopia is a prominent global coffee producer as well as consumer. According to the Central
Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (2015), the country produced 420 million kilograms of coffee beans
and consumed up to about 220 million kilograms (IOC, 2016), that is, more than half of its
total production. Ethiopia is the birth place of coffee.
The word “coffee” is taken from the name of an administrative region, “Kaffa”, where coffee
was discovered and where it grows wild. According to legend, a goat herder named Kaldi noticed
how frisky his goats became after eating coffee berries. He then decided to try some Ethiopia is
not only the home of coffee but it also possesses 99.8 per cent of Arabica’s genetic diversity, which
enables it to produce different coffee types with a vast range of inherent characteristics that make
them unique and distinctive.
The Arabica coffee that is produced by other countries is derived from aboutfour to five gene
bases, taken from Ethiopia. The rich genetic resource pool could be attributed to the different
coffee growing agro-ecological zones and natural factors such as rainfall, shade, altitude, climate
and soil. Coffee grows in almost all the administrative regions of Ethiopia under different
conditions ranging from the semi-savanna climatic condition of the Gambela plain (500ma.s. l) to
the continuously wet forest zone of the South Western region (2200ma.s. l). Ethiopia’s vast genetic
resource is more precious than any other; an example is that Arabica is 95 percent self-pollinating
and in-breeding as opposed to Robusta, which is cross-pollinating. Moreover, the huge genetic
resource pool is valuable in that it may be used to meet the need for high-yield, disease-resistant
and preferred traits such as low caffeine or caffeine-free coffee
As the national and international demand for food oil is increasing many investors are now
establishing oil factories that use oil seeds like sesame as raw materials. Beans are also
become one of the main export crops from Ethiopia. Sesame production in MY
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2020/21(October-September) is projected at 255,000 metric tons (MT), which declined by
25,000 MT over the previous year’s estimate and is mainly attributable to reduction in
acreage. Total area for sesame production is estimated at 520,000 hectares (HA), down by 13
percent compared to the prior year. The contraction in sesame acreages is driven by shifts in
production of alternative food crops, namely sorghum. During 2020/21 crop year, sesame
farmers in major growing regions have switched to planting sorghum. The increased demand
for oil seeds as the oil price escalation both locally and nationally is initiating many investors
to establish oil processing industries in Ethiopia. These factories are always in shortage of
raw materials and also the amount of oil seeds exported from Ethiopia is decreasing form
time to time.
Rice is among the most important grain legumes produced by small-scale farmers, both for
subsistence and cash. They are usually intercropped with complementary crops such as
maize, sorghum, and enset owing to increasing population pressure on agricultural land and
paired nutrient needs in the soil. On average, Rice account for 16.3 percent of pulse
production in Ethiopia (2005-2012), and are mainly produced in the lowlands and in the Rift
Valley areas, where they are a source of income, employment and food. Rice is also one of the
export commodities. This project plan will study the detail of agronomic, economic and social
feasibility of producing and marketing sesame and Rice in Bench Sheko zone for the
implementation of the intended project.
The project will identify the agronomic, social and economic feasibility of production and
marketing of coffee, sesame seeds and Rice in Bench Sheko zone, Guraferda Woreda by
Mohamed Husen Oumer.
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1.2.2 Background of the promoter
Mohamed Husen Oumer has been engaged in different business sectors for last 10 years and growing
successfully with their business. The man was previously the agent of Ethio telecom In South west region
in Bench Sheko Zone Mizan Aman town and now the He is working in different private business. Mohamed
Husen was also developed strong business relations with many companies which are source of supply,
banks and manufacturers that is one of his assets to run business easily. He will try to use all of his formerly
build business and social capital to manage that farm in a economically feasible, socially acceptable and
environmental friendly way.
Bench Sheko zone is one of the 6 Zones in the South western Ethiopia Peoples Region
(SWEPR). Bench sheko is bordered on the by east Omo Zone, on the west by the Gambella
Region, on the north by Keffa and. The capital city of Bench Maji is Mizan-Aman.
The main crops in this Zone include coffee, rice, maize, godere (Taro root), and enset, while
sorghum, and barley are cultivated to a significant extent. Although cattle, shoats and
poultry are produced in limited numbers, meat and milk are very much appreciated. Cash
crops include fruits (bananas, mango, and abucado pineapples oranges) and spices (e.g.
coriander, and ginger); honey is also an important source of income in the zone. However,
coffee is the primary cash crops. The woreda where the investment project is found in
Guraferda, this woreda is known for its crop production specially rice, maize and sorghum in
addition to many other cash crops. The district is one of the few identified area in Ethiopia
as belt for rice production. The woerda is also potential for sesame production. The woreda
has suitable weather condition, fertile soil and ample rainfall that suits for agricultural
production. The woreda has relatively good infrastructure including the asphalt road that
pass from Mizan to Dimma.
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1.2.3 Location and site of the project
Description of Location
The investment project will be located in SWEPR, Bench Sheko Zone, Guraferda woreda which
is about 35 k/m away from the zone tawon Mizan Aman. This area is very appropriate for the
proposed project as it has the following agro ecological and other conditions:
Altitude
The altitude for the project will be low land area ranging 800-1600 meters and its topography is
gently flat of slops and it is very convenient for the proposed project .
Soil
The soil is dominantly black soil and clay soil with organic matter, good structure well drained
deep and normal in it’s PH. As the diffrent facts indicates, the surrounding areas of the proposed
location, there is vigorously growing areas of healthy sesame, rice, Maize, sorghum and spices
and vegetables. Evidences show that the soil indeed possesses underground water, a very high
fertility level and appropriate for the proposed productions.
Rain fall
Annual rain fall of the zone and the woreda is the part of south west Ethiopia which is known
by its rain distribution that varies form 1601-2000 mm.Where precipitation is less and enables the
country to harvest with fixed time of the year.so, this kind of rain fall distribution is appropriate
for the proposed agricultures types. However, due to the climate change nowadays we are
observing some unseasonal and erratic rain in the area, recommending we have to have
supplementary irrigation facility.
Temperature
These proposed agricultures products grows best in the medium and dry environment. The zone
and woreda , ideal temperature for these products is considered 15-33oc and the investment site is
within this range.
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Availability of labor
The major source of labor power is identified from the surrounding areas. source of manpower
for this investment will be local youth and women laborers.More over according to labor and
wage policy any investor can mobilize labors from place to place with out any restriction with
efficient economic manner and standard benefit of the workers the invester can will bring
labor power from the neighboring areas.
Basic facility services such as road access, electricty, health centers, water and
telecommuination are available in the woreda. In addition to this the farm will introduce and
use modern agricultural techonologies and systems for the surrounding socitey.
Currently, the Ethiopian electric power corporation has stretched hydroelectric power lines
to the rular area. The area where the coffee plant is gonging to establish is near to the the
main electricty line this means there the power supply in the woreda and all the area. So
that it is easy to assess electriccty to the planned site. The required power to run the
warehouse and machines will be easily stretched to the site. In addition to this the project
will have its own power generator. Regarding water source the project will use two options:
underground water and streams from distance throgh genretor power. Regarding road there
is access of all whether gravel road starching from Deberework Town. There is Mobile and
telephone services in the area and these make the site very important to run the project
efficiently.
The farm will produce field crops and vegetables using modern agricultural technologies to
enhance productivity and efficiency. The unit productivity of the land will be as high as the
maximum research findings for each crop. The farm will service as a model for experience sharing
and training the frames in the area and as s demo site to try new agricultural technologies and new
varieties. The produced crops and vegetables will be processed and managed using improved
methods and technologies to keep quality, durability and sale at better price.
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➢ Provide large number of work opportunities to local people
➢ Enable local farmers understand and use new technologies
➢ Create market opportunity for other farmers
➢ Enable the nation get more foreign currency and income tax
➢ Create value chain among farmers, and traders
Strength Weakness
Opportunity Threat
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is to be managed by skilled and professional labor which is easily obtained from the
area.
• The pricing of agricultural crops especially of food crops is increasing both at domestic
and international market.
• Conducive government policy that can prioritize and give due concern for the
development of agricultural sector, export commodity and import substitute.
• Government initiative for mechanization and modern agriculture.
The 200 ha farm land will be first in designed 2 farm blocks of 100 hectare each, office block,
warhorse and processing area, residence area, and other important fields. The blocks will have a
strip areas with trees and the remaining farm field will be first cleared form all trees and debris.
The irrigation cannels will be built to irrigate 200 hectares of the land. Out of the total land 200
ha will be dedicated for cultivation, infrastructures, resident areas and others. The prepared land
will be used for the field coffee, crop, vegetables and fruit trees will also use as shade. The swampy
areas, water shade within 20 meter form the river and other important for conservation will be
conserved.
2.2 Production
The main products of the farm will be coffee, sesame and rice grain production for export, agro-
industries and local consumption. The production method, productivity and processing and
marketing of each product is studied and summarized in the agronomy and post-harvest document
developed separately. As every crop has its own production season and prime of life the land can
be used in a way that can enhance the productivity of land by using a land can produce two or
more times every year.
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3. Environmental impact assessment
As per the federal investment policies for sustainable agriculture development designing strategies
with regard to protecting the working environment. It is an important issue that needs to be
considered by every development project. Ministry of environmental protection encourages
agriculture investment enterprise to use environmental management system that improves
compliance, environmental degradation and pollution, in all development activities in the country.
The environmental impact of growing, processing and transporting coffee from plant site to market
center in Ethiopia is becoming a series concern. More than 90% of the environmental impact of,
processing, the harvested coffee in Ethiopia is due to the impact of waste management. Thus
assessment of the local impact of coffee processing industries and thus, undertaking a series of
measures to prevent contaminantion of the environment and the ecosystem is important.
Based on the Ethiopian environmental impact assessment guideline document (2000 E.c), the
degree of change in an environment resulting from the effect of an activity on the
environment, whether desirable or undesirable. Impacts may be the direct consequence of an
organization’s activities or may be indirectly caused by them. Based on diffrent evidinces in
Ethiopia, there are about 1,263 industrial enterprises in Ethiopia. The majority of them are in
manufacturing and processing, including textiles, chemicals, metal, leather, food and beverage,
paper and printing, sugar, tobacco, wood-working, construction and mining. Industrial activity is
concentrated mainly in and around Addis Ababa, accounting for about two thirds of the
manufacturing value added (MVA). This has resulted in a major water pollution problem in Addis
Ababa. The limited number of project specific river basin studies carried out so far by government
bodies, have indicated that industrial/urban pollution of water resources is a problem especially
in the Awash and Rift Valley Lakes Basin. Furthermore, the new economic policy
adopted by the government is envisaged to encourage the acceleration of local as well as
foreign investment in the industrial and agricultural economic sectors of the country. The expected
rapid development will have both positive and negative impacts. The economic development will
improve the standard of living of citizens. However, the associated pollution could outweigh the
benefits, particularly in Ethiopia which has poor infrastructure for public health and environmental
protection. A proper monitoring mechanism incorporating design, operations, and shutdown of
industrial plants needs to be established. EPA therefore formulated a checklist for the
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manufacturing and processing industries. Environmental issues that were raised by EPA have
been incorporated into this document and applied for this coffee farm.
Risk Management
Based on the risk mangement docments and measures for diffrent economic actvties the following
points and informations will be good back ground for planned industry. Informatins are summrized
from diffrent docments.Risk management is recognized as an integral part of good management
practice. It is an interactive process consisting of steps, which, when undertaken in sequence,
enable continual improvement in decision making. Risk management is the term applied to a
logical and systematic method of establishing the context, identifying, analyzing, treating,
monitoring and communicating risks associated with any activity, function or process in a way
that will enable organizations to minimize losses and maximize opportunities. Hazards and risks
are not the same thing. A hazard is an act or condition that has the potential to cause damage to
plant or eequipment, or result in an illness or injury. Hazards can be categorized by the type of
outcome, energy exchange process or geographic location, e.g. manual handling hazards, slips and
trips, laundry hazards. A risk is the likelihood of a specific consequence occurring. Risks are
usually expressed in terms of likelihood and consequences. In many cases the terms ‘hazard’ and
‘risk’ are used interchangeably, however, remember that hazard has a more general application
and risk a specific application. Risk management has 3 main stages, risk identification, risk
assessment and risk control. In many cases in the early phase of identifying risk, we may in fact
be looking to identify all the risks associated with a particular activity or process, in which case
the activity is more properly referred to as hazard identification, risk assessment and then risk
control. Mostlly risk mangemant involves the following 6 steps:
Hazard idetification
This is the process of examining each work area and work task for the purpose of identifying all
the hazards which are “inherent in the job”. Work areas include but are not limited to machine
workshops, laboratories, office areas, agricultural and horticultural environments, stores and
transport, maintenance and grounds. Tasks can include (but may not be limited to) using screen
based equipment, audio and visual equipment, industrial equipment, hazardous substances and/or
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dangerous goods, teaching/dealing with people, driving a vehicle, dealing with emergency
situations, construction, etc.
Risk Identificaton
Once a hazard to health and safety has been identified, the risk associated with that hazard must
be examined. As a prelude to Risk Assessment, it is useful to identify factors that may be
contributing to the risk. A review of existing health and safety information, such as local workplace
accident records and / or information about the hazard / risk that is available from authoritative
sources (e.g. the ACT Work Safety Commissioner’s office, the ACT Office of Regulatory
Services, or other Australian or international health and safety jurisdictions or sources), will assist
in understanding the risk associated with the hazard in question.
Risk Assessment
It is then necessary to evaluate the likelihood of an injury occurring along with its probable
consequences. Risk assessments are therefore based on 2 key factors:
1) the likely severity or impact of any injury/illness resulting from the hazard and
2) the probability or likelihood that the injury/illness will actually occur. A simple risk
matrix, which cross references likelihood and impact, enables risks to be assessed
against these two factors
Risk Control
Urgent action is required for risks assessed as Critical or High risks. The actions required
may include:
1) instructions for the immediate cessation of the work, process, activity, etc.
2) nisolation of the hazard until more permanent measures can be implemented.
Documented control plans with responsibilities and completion dates may need to be
developed for Moderate risks. Having established the relative importance of dealing with the
identified risk, the risk control hierarchy ranks possible risk control measures in decreasing
order of effectiveness. Risk control measures should always aim as high in the list as
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practicable. Control of any given risk generally involves a number of measures drawn from
the various options.
Documenting the process will help ensure that identified control measures are implemented in the
way that they were intended. It will also assist in managing other hazards and risks that may be in
some way similar to ones already identified and dealt with.Adequate record keeping of the risk
management process will also help demonstrate to the Office of Regulatory Services, or in
litigation, that you have been actively working to ensure safety at your workplace. Records should
show that the process has been conducted properly including information about the hazards,
associated risks and control measures that have been implemented.
Whichever method of controlling the hazard is determined, it is essential that an evaluation of its
impact on the use of the equipment, substance, system or environment is carried out to ensure that
the control does not contribute to the existing hazard or introduce a new hazard to the area. It is
also essential that all people concerned be informed about the changes and where necessary
provided with the appropriate information, instruction, training and supervision as are reasonably
necessary to ensure that each worker is safe from injury and risks to health. It is also recommended
that after a period of time the area supervisor carry out a review of the system or control to
determine its suitability. Hazard identification and risk assessment and control are ongoing
processes. Make sure that you undertake a hazard identification and risk assessment and control
process when there is a change to the workplace, including when work systems, tools, machinery
or equipment changes occur, or simply when the existing process was done some time ago and is
potentially out of date or no longer valid. Based on the above informaton regarding risk the
industry plant will desigen every sefty measures,and make the working envaronmet free from risk.
General
Manager
To attain certain specific objectives within given budget and period of time skilled man power and
integrated plan is very important. This project needs different integrated and experienced man
power. This group of peoples and departments in group will undertake interrelated and coordinated
activities based on their qualification. For personal satisfaction and organizational profit the
organization and management are effectively carried out the comprehensive planning, adequate
organization and management. There will be qualified, experienced and independent farm manager
and the technical management team. The project manager will be assisted by dependable division
heads and qualified experts’. Manger
General manger: Responsible for the all the technical, admin and finance and marketing activities
of the whole farm.
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Internal auditor: Report to general manger and perform the balance and check of farm internal
activates
Office assistance: Report to the general manager and perform the office day to day activates.
Farm Manager: Report to the general manger and holds sub farm mangers and processing units. It
performs farm technical activates starting from seedling harvesting and processing activities.
Admin and Finance Head: Report to the general manger and perform general finance and HR
activates and performance of the farm.
Marketing and Sells: This team is responsible for promotion, marketing and sells activity
coordination.
The farm establishment should start from the camp and infrastructure development. At the first
stage the internal road, office, resident and gust house, electric and water facilities will be built
and established. The land will be fully cultivated in 4 years. The field crop production will start at
the first year then the remaining land will be cultivated using irrigation and rain feed.
No Crop Year
1 2 3 4
2 Sesame 10 15 25 25
3 Rice 10 15 25 25
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6. Market Analysis
The Ethiopian government in collaboration with regional state let the coffee market to be governed
by free market and international price. This boosts coffee farmer’s real income which in turn
stimulates increased production and quality. According to trade minister 2015 annual report
Arabica coffee is the largest leading crop by production, coverage and trade in the world. The Area
under production in the woreda is still inconstant growth where as the demand of the crop for
coffee beverage consumption is also increasing. In Ethiopia, the production supply of coffee was
reached 5.73% (180000 tons) in 2015 in volume in the world market and 2% export from world
The local demand for roasted and milled coffee is supplied through localproduction and import.
On the other hand the local market for decaffeinated coffee; extracts and concentrates of coffee
and soluble or instant coffee is largely met through import. The finding on the trend in the past
supply of the products under consideration is summarized below
Ethiopia produces a small amount of decaffeinated green coffee; whic isexclusively targeted at
export market. On the other hand, the country imports insignificant amount of the product. During
the period 2002—2007, the average annual import was about 1.47 tons valued at Birr 29,997.
However, during the recent six years (2008--2015), import of decaffeinated green coffee has
increased to7.15 tons in average per annum; valued at Birr 794,335.
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6.3 Sesame Production and Market
The selected products have relatively better market demand and sustainable potential
buyers with purchasing power. As the national and international demand for food oil is
increasing many investors are now establishing oil factories that use oil seeds like sesame as
raw materials. Beans are also
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and the newly established region, South West Ethiopian People Region(SWEPR) and Somali.
Sesame seed is one of the most widely produced oilseed crop, representing 30 percent of Ethiopia’s
oilseed production. Production is mainly concentrated in the northern and northwestern Ethiopia,
bordering Sudan and Eritrea. According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), 44 percent
of the national sesame seed production comes from Amhara, followed by Tigray (31 percent), and
Oromia (13 percent); the regions of Benshangul-Gumuz, SNNP, and Gambela account,
respectively, for 9, 2, and 1 percent of total production. 1 Sesame seed farming attracts about
500,000 seasonal laborers at all stages of production, from land preparation to harvest collection.
4 Although Ethiopia is one of the major global producers and exporters of sesame seed, the country
faces a growing challenge to both supply and demand. On the one hand are the supply pressures
of diminishing productivity levels, pests, disease, lack of easy access to modern technology, and
rising production costs while on the other (demand side) are easy entry for new traders, market
distortion, international price instability, highly concentrated export market, and strong
competition abroad. These constraints threaten Ethiopia’s sesame seed growth potential and unless
farmers, traders, and the government strategically address these challenges, the country could
decline in its longer-term competitive position. Consumption MY 2020/21 consumption is
projected at 57,000 MT, down 4,000 MT over the previous year. Current domestic consumption
is small as compared to production, and consumption is expected to rise in the future thanks to
local and international demand.
Domestic demand for sesame, especially in local food processing industry is projected to grow
as new integrated agro-industries and edible oil industrial facilities open. Sesame hulling,
roasting, and further processing and production of various value-added products is set to
expand in the agro-industrial parks. This said, the rising popularity of sesame seeds as an
important ingredient in various cuisines and application in the pharmaceutical and medical
industry will drive up global demand for it. This international trend should continue due to
increasing health consciousness, growing number of vegans, and burgeoning demand for
specialty foods like tahini, hummus, halva, and etc. Growth of other niche segments that
produce sesame-based foods is also expected to increase demand in the future.
Trade Sesame seed exports are forecast to reach 213,000 MT in MY 2020/21, declining
slightly by 1,000 MT from the previous year’s actual figure. This decrease in exports is due
to the estimated contraction in production and anticipated growth in the local processing
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industry. Ethiopia is one of the key players in the global market for sesame seed and remains
a major exporter. However, annual export volume has been falling at cumulative average
growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1 percent over the past decade. Industry experts mention that
international price volatility, currency fluctuations, excessive speculations, distortion of local
market price, illicit trade, and squeezed productivity levels are the main reasons for the
deteriorating export trade performance during the previous years. Now the country is facing
great stress of foreign currency shortage as result of the war in the north, security problems
elsewhere and related international pressures. Expanding production of export crops like
sesame is considered as one of the way forward to solve the shortage of currency.
Several factors have influenced the emergence of rice as an important food security crop and
strategic commodity in Ethiopia over the past three decades. These are related to (i) the trend in
the expansion of rice production linked with agro-ecological suitability and existing potential, (ii)
the compatibility of rice in local farming systems and traditional foods, (iii) the economic
incentives of rice production (comparative advantage), (iv) the rapid increase in domestic rice
consumption and the associated burden on foreign currency due to rice imports and (v) the
favorable public policy environment and support of development partners. These factors are
discussed in more detail below. It is estimated that the country is endowed with about 30 million
ha of land, of which 5.6 million ha are categorized as highly suitable and another 25 million ha as
suitable for rain-fed rice production. In addition, about 3.7 million ha are deemed as suitable for
irrigated rice production. These are distributed around the ten river basins in the country.
Following the successful agrarian changes linked with rice in the Fogera Plain, the recent
expansion of rice production in different regions demonstrates the agro-ecological suitability of
the crop and its overall potential across the country. The National Rice Research and Development
Strategy (NRRDS) recognizes seven regional rice research and development hubs.
These are:
1) Fogera Hub: this area includes the west central highlands of Amhara Region mainly
covering Achefer, Dembia, Fogera, Gonder, Metema, Takusa and Zuria districts as main
niches.
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2) Pawi Hub: this is an area covering northwest lowland areas of Amhara and Benshangul
Gumuz Regions – mainly Dangur, Jawi and Pawi districts.
3) Abobo Hub: this covers niche areas in Gameblla regional state – mainly Abobo and Etang
districts.
4) Gura Fereda Hub: this covers rice-producing areas in the south and southwest lowlands of
Nationalities, Southern Nations, and Peoples’ Region – primarily Beralee, Gura Ferda,
Menit, Omorate and Weyito districts.
5) May Tsebri Hub: this covers the rice-producing area in the northwest part of Tigray
Region.
6) Gode Hub: this covers the southern part of Somali Region – mainly those areas engaged in
irrigated rice.
7) Chewaka Hub: this is one of the major rice-producing areas covering the south west
highlands of Oromia Region which include East and West Wellega, Illuababora and Jimma
Zones.
The economic incentives of rice production The economic incentives that rice production provides
to farmers emanate from factors such as the productivity levels versus traditional crops such as
teff, the growing demand for rice in domestic markets and the relatively high unit price it fetches
compared to other cereals. In addition, rice provides the possibility of production on fields once
defined as ‘wasteland’ (due to their waterlogged state during the main growing season). The
diverse by-products of rice (straw, bran and husk) have additional economic benefits and are used
in animal feed and as fuel. 3.4 Rice imports and the burden on foreign currency Ethiopia has
experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. This transformation has been driven by
government investments in agriculture, infrastructure and rural services; leading to substantial
increases in cereal yields (FDRE 2016). The country remains dependent on the export of selected
agricultural commodities; mainly coffee (US$836 million), oil seeds (sesame) (US$363 million),
dried legumes (US$109 million), sheep and goat meat (US$95 million) and, in recent years, cut
flowers (US$232 million) (in 2018 dollars, OEC 2020). Recent trends also show that the export of
industrial products is growing steadily, though their contribution remains modest. All imports
require foreign currency generated from the export of this limited range of commodities. In this
regard, the government has provided different types of export incentives; including incentives to
enhance domestic production of imported commodities such as fibre crops, oil crops and rice. Rice
imports have increased substantially in the last decade, reaching just over 300,000t and costing the
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country close to US$200 million in 2018. In addition, a substantial amount of the imported product
is low-grade broken rice (mainly from India), which is used in flour production and represents
about 20 per cent of the total value of imported rice.1 3.5 Public policy environment and support
of development partners In 2007, the federal government declared rice a ‘millennium crop’ in
recognition of its productivity and its potential to contribute to food security in the country. Since
then, a number of rice-specific public and private measures have been put in place. The first and
most important were the developments of the development strategy in 2010 and the Rice Seed
Sector Development Strategy in 2017, which together have played a crucial role in guiding public
policy on rice. The national rice research and development (R&D) efforts at federal and regional
level, including (i) the governance of the implementation of the strategy, (ii) identification of
priority investment areas and (iii) the setting of targets to ensure self-sufficiency and for later-stage
rice export. The implementations of the NRRDS and later the RSSDS are coordinated by a
National Steering Committee supported by a National Technical Committee (NTC). The NSC is
chaired by the State Minister of Agriculture and the members were drawn from both federal and
regional bureaus of agriculture, research institutes, private actors and development partners. To
facilitate the smooth operation of the steering committee, a National Rice R&D Secretariat was
established within the Ministry of Agriculture in 2010. The Secretariat has been managed by a
policy advisor to the Ministry assigned by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The NTC
is comprised of experts from federal organizations, including the Ethiopian Institute of
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and Natural Resources (MoANR), the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), the
Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia and a number of key development partners including
and Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA). At regional level, the rice focal
persons are assigned by their respective Bureaus of Agriculture to link the works of the NSC and
NTC with the regions. Although this arrangement has been in place since 2010, its effectiveness
is reported to vary considerably depending on the attention the specific State Minister at federal
level or the focal person at regional level pays to the rice sector at the given time. This implies the
need to further institutionalize the organizational setup with well-defined roles and responsibilities
in order to ensure commitment and accountability. The Fogera case – and the recognition that the
country needs to become more self-sufficient in domestic rice production – has led the government
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of Ethiopia to establish a National Rice Stakeholder Platform in 2020 to guide policy and
investment.
These initiatives have increased the country’s connections to new ideas, information and
innovations for enhancing rice R&D and helped reinforce national policy commitments to rice
sector development. The area under domestic rice production has increased significantly over the
past decade. This growth can be linked with area expansion as well as productivity gains.
Production has expanded from the lowland areas of the Fogera Plain to upland and irrigated areas
with the introduction of suitable rice varieties for these agro-ecologies. In collaboration with Africa
Rice and IRRI, the national research system has released 35 improved rice varieties 20 for rain-
fed upland, 10 for rain-fed lowland, and seven for irrigated rice ecosystems. The limited
distribution of these new varieties has contributed to modest but important productivity gains, with
the national average increasing from 1.6t/ha in 2001 to 2.8t/ha in 2018; a rise of nearly 43 per cent
and a growth rate of well over 2 per cent per year. According to data from the Central Statistics
Agency (CSA), average national rice production increased from 71,320t in 2008 to 171,8500t in
2019. This is significant, but still not sufficient to keep pace with growing demand. 4.2 Trends in
rice imports Rice imports to Ethiopia have increased substantially in recent years. Rice imports
grew from 22,500t in 2008 to 533,620t in 2019. This shows an increase in foreign currency
payments of US$12.07 million in 2008 to around US$186.2 million in 2019. There are four main
types of rice imported into the country; all of which are recognised by the Ministry of Trade and
ERCA. These are (i) broken rice (unpolished rice which has been milled to remove the hull from
the kernel while retaining the rice bran layer and the germ), (ii) husked brown rice. The production
of rice form the farm in consideration will contribute in two ways. Firstly, by substituting imported
rice, and second by exporting portion of the production.
7 Financial Analysis
The investment activity needs total cost of 54 million ETB, out of this owner equity is about
(25%) 13.5 million and the (75%) which is 40.5 million ETB will be covered from bank loan.
The farm project will keep all the rules and regulations and strong professional supervision
and advice of bank. The loan which can be got from bank should be planned on the standard
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time table and repayment period. The term of loan is long term which should repay within 7
years.
The farm project will have different varieties of cost items. These costs are classified based on the
nature of the cost in relation to the project. Fixed costs are costs that will be incurred for the project
purpose but can contribute for the project for more than one year. These types of costs should be
calculated in a way that can assume only the cost of one year. This is done through calculating cost
of depredation.
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5 Motor bike 2 300000 5 30000
150,000.00
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3 Agronomists 8 BSc 15,000 120,000 1,440,000 144,000 1,584,000
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7.4.4 Cost of Farm Equipment’s
S.No Item Quantity Unit cost Total cost Service Annual cost
years share
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7.5Variable Cost Analysis
7.5.1 Materials cost
The farm will use bulk volume of agricultural inputs like chemical fertilizers, improved sesame,
Rice, other types of herbicide and pesticide chemicals. The table presented next shows each
volume of agricultural inputs. These inputs are used as per the amount of land cultivated or covered
by each crop.
Total 37,920,000.00
The Farm is partially mechanized as it will use some machines for cultivation and land preparation.
The manpower is one of the main sources of power for the farm. Specially sowing and weeding
needs bulk amount of labor. Harvesting and trashing can be done in both options mechanically or
manually depending on the convenience. The costs are considered manually for time being and
used interchangeably.
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2 Weeding Ha 10 1600 200 3200000
Total 12,210,000
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Variable cost
Farm inputs and consumable
3 materials 30,920,000
4 Labor 12,210,000
5 Transport 20,180,000
7 Consumable materials -
Total of Variable cost 80,310,000
Total cost 131,039,187
Contingency 3,922,337
Grand Total cost 137,039,187
Table: Cost Summary
8 Revenue Estimation
The farms main two products are sesame and white Rice. The sesame will be produced on the 900
hectare of the land and white Rice on the remaining 900 hectare. The 1800 hectare will be fully
covered with in seven years. That means the farm will produce at its fully capacity starting form
the third year. The farm will diversify vegetable and fruits which will be planted in detail plan of
the farm management and land use plan after the lad is obtained. The total income from sells of
the main grains will be about 2.7 billion (look at the Revenue estimation table under Annex)
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9.2Project Payback Period and IRR
One of the project viability checking tools is the payback period. This helps us to know when the
project can refund back all its first investment cost. Form the financial analysis we see that after
discounting at 19% this project has a payback period of 4 years which is very good. The IRR
calculation also shows the project IRR of 58% which is very far from the considered discount rate,
19% showing the project is feasible (look at the Internal Rate of Return calculation table under
Annex)
Enter values
Loan summary
Loan amount 40,500,000
Scheduled payment 23,335,220.07
Annual interest rate 19.00 %
Scheduled number of payments 10
Loan period in years 7 Actual number of payments 10
Number of payments per year 1 Total early payments 0
Total interest 132,102,200.72
Start date of loan 1/12/2025
Optional extra payments
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
1 1 1/12/2026 23,335,220.07 - 23,335,220.07 4,097,720.07 19,237,500.00 97,152,279.93 19,237,500.00
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
2 2 1/12/2027 23,335,220.07 - 23,335,220.07 4,876,286.89 18,458,933.19 92,275,993.04 37,696,433.19
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
3 3 1/12/2028 23,335,220.07 - 23,335,220.07 5,802,781.39 17,532,438.68 86,473,211.65 55,228,871.86
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
4 4 1/12/2029 23,335,220.07 - 23,335,220.07 6,905,309.86 16,429,910.21 79,567,901.79 71,658,782.08
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
5 5 1/12/2030 23,335,220.07 - 23,335,220.07 8,217,318.73 15,117,901.34 71,350,583.06 86,776,683.42
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
6 6 1/12/2031 23,335,220.07 - 23,335,220.07 9,778,609.29 13,556,610.78 61,571,973.76 100,333,294.20
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
7 7 1/12/2032 23,335,220.07 - 23,335,220.07 11,636,545.06 11,698,675.02 49,935,428.71 112,031,969.21
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I. ANNEXS
1. Table of Revenue Estimation
Items year 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year5 year6 year7 year8 year9 year10 Total
Total production in
Ton 60 60 240 400 600 800 900 900 900 900
Unit cost per tons 90000 90000 95000 99000 100000 100000 110000 110,000 110,000 110,000
productivity in ton 3 3 3.5 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Total production in
Ton 300 300 1,050 1,600 2,400 4000 4500 4500 4500 4500
Unit price per tons 50,000 50,000 52,000 55,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 90,000 90,000
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Total income in
Million ETB 20.4 20.40 77.40 127.60 204.00 360.00 459.00 504.00 504.00 504.00 204.4
A. Cost: Cash
outflow: (ETB)
Fixed cost 24,258,85 25,889,53 27,727,68 29,802,93 32,149,647 34,807,751 37,823,733 41,251,795 45,155,241 49,608,124
0 5 9 7
fixed assets 10,172,00 10,172,00 10,172,00 10,172,00 10,172,000 10,172,000 10,172,000 10,172,000 10,172,000 10,172,000
investment 0 0 0 0
Salary 8,949,600 9,844,560 10,829,01 11,911,91 13,103,109 14,413,420 15,854,762 17,440,239 19,184,262 21,102,689
6 8
Equipment 2,917,250 3208975 3529872. 3882859.7 4271145.72 4698260.29 5168086.32 5684894.96 6253384.45 6878722.90
5 5 5 8 7 6 2
Cost of Admin 2,220,000 2664000 3196800 3836160 4603392 5524070.4 6628884.48 7954661.37 9545593.65 11454712.3
and Utility 6 1 8
Variable costs 17,958,00 19,279,80 28,208,70 34,302,33 48,614,103 80,310,000 87,120,000 95,832,000 105,415,20 115,956,72
0 0 0 0 0 0
Material cost 9,480,000 9,954,000 14,220,00 14,931,00 21,330,000 37,920,000 41,712,000 45,883,200 50,471,520 55,518,672
0 0
Labor cost 2,442,000 2,686,200 4,029,300 4,432,230 4,875,453 12,210,000 12,210,000 13,431,000 14,774,100 16,251,510
Transportatio 6,036,000 6,639,600 9,959,400 14,939,10 22,408,650 30,180,000 33,198,000 36,517,800 40,169,580 44,186,538
n 0
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A3. Financing - 21,383,95 19,676,34 17,644,28 15,226,128 12,348,528 12,348,528 12,348,528 12,348,528 12,348,528
Cost 3 0 0
(recurrent
Expenses)
A. Total Cash 42,216,85 66,553,28 75,612,72 81,749,54 95,989,878 127,466,27 137,292,26 149,432,32 162,918,96 177,913,37 1,117,145,49
Outflow: (A = 0 8 8 7 9 1 3 8 2 4
A1 + A2 + A3)
B. Benefit: 0
Cash inflow:
(ETB)
total sales from 5.4 5.4 22.8 39.6 60.0 80.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99
sesame (M
ETB)
Total Income 15.0 15.0 54.6 88.0 144.0 280.0 360.0 405.0 405.0 405.0
form Rice(M
ETB)
Total Cash 20.4 20.4 77.4 127.6 204.0 360.0 459.0 504.0 504.0 504.0 2700 -
inflow(from
sales of Agri
products) in M
ETB
C. Net Cash -21.8 -46.2 1.8 45.9 108.0 232.5 321.7 354.6 341.1 326.1 1,664
inflow ( B - A):
(ETB) in M
ETB
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Net Profit in 30 70 151 209 230 222 212 1,124
M ETB
D/rate 1.5800 2.4964 3.9443 6.2320 9.8466 24.5810 96.9551 604.2257 5,949.5573 146,246.0890
Income 20 20 77 128 204 360 459 504 504 504
discounted
Income 13 8 20 20 21 15 5 1 0 0 102
Expense 42 67 76 82 96 127 137 149 163 178
Discounted
Expense 27 27 19 13 10 5 1 0 0 0 102
DNB -6 -6 58 114 194 355 458 504 504 504 0
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5. Project schedule
N0. Activities Months 2017 E.C
Aug Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec Jan Feb. Mar. Apr. May Ju. Jul.
1 Land acquisition
2 Site clearance
3 Land preparation
and sowing
4 Construction of
important facilities
s5 Farm management
works
6 Harvesting
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