EHPEA | October 2022

A consultative meeting on the emerging pest ‘Thaumatotibia leucotreta’ held at Capital hotel

Posted on October 21, 2022October 24, 2022 by technobros_admin

A consultative meeting on the emerging pest ‘Thaumatotibia leucotreta’ held at Capital hotel today, in the presence of Ambassador Diriba Kuma, Director General for Ethiopian Agriculture Authority, representatives from Agriculture Councel section at The Kingdom of The Netherlands Embassy in Ethiopia and Horticulture export farms in Ethiopia.

The meeting is expected to create a concessions to address the immediate requests of the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety.

Thaumatotibia leucotreta is one of the pests with the greatest economic and environmental impact according to the EU.

EHPEA TVET Center provided a training in collaboration with UNIDO

Posted on October 21, 2022October 24, 2022 by technobros_admin

EHPEA TVET Center in collaboration with UNIDO provided training for 201 chemical sprayers and 90 pack-house workers on chemical spraying and vegetable packaging techniques respectively.

Trainees are selected from 67 cooperatives under Meki Batu Fruits and Vegetable Producers Cooperative Union aiming at capitalizing on the growing opportunities for livelihoods and employment generation at Bulbula Integrated Agro-Industrial Park (Bulbula IAIP), Investment for new opportunities for employment (UNIDO INOE), and Oromia Industrial Parks Development Corporation (OIPDC).

Wage Negotiations of the Koka and Bishoftu horticulture clusters have been concluded

Posted on October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 by technobros_admin

Tewodros Zewdie (Executive Director)
“We have concluded the wage negotiations of the Koka and Bishoftu horticulture clusters in the presence of the trade unions and management of the farms. President of the National Federation of Farm Plantations, Fishery and Agro Industry Trade Unions and myself facilitated the negotiations.

We have noticed remarkable improvements in the capacity to negotiate and also in understanding sectoral trends both by the trade unions and management of farms.

Inflation continue to be a challenge irrespective of the agreed increments.

The aim is to move to living wages in the coming years”

B2B meeting and farm visit held to create a market linkage

Posted on October 6, 2022October 14, 2022 by technobros_admin

A productive B2B meeting and farm visit held to create a market linkage between EHPEA member farms and an importer of flowers to Congo Brazzaville market.