The Industrial Development Parks Corporation (IDPC) said the industrial parks operating in different parts of Ethiopia have created market opportunities to over 300,000 farmers. Corporation Marketing and Communication Department Head Zemen Jonedi said the IDPC created opportunities for nearby communities, especially for farmers as they supply agricultural products as raw materials or inputs to agro-processing industries operating at the industrial parks in different parts of the nation.
He mentioned that more than 15,000 local farmers are benefitting from supplying avocado produce to Jimma Industrial Park for oil agro-processing industry. With total area of 75 hectares, the Jimma Industrial Park(JIP) which isin the South-Western part of Ethiopia has four sheds on 5,500 m2 of area and five sheds on 11,000 m2 of areas.
Furthermore, Jonedi said that over 280,000 farmers are also supplying their cereal crops, particularly, barley for Bole Lemi Industrial Park and Debre Birhan Industrial Park malt agro-processing industries.
Source: ena.et
