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A workplace empowering training on Gender, SRHR and Hygiene protection delivered at Fura Institute in Yirgalem for commercial farms, unions, and avocado processing factories in the Sidama Region.

The training conducted by Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) gender intervention department in collaboration with its new branch in Hawassa which comprises two rounds of insightful training focused on sensitizing owners and top management personnel on key workplace gender-related issues, SRHR and hygiene interventions with its business case while the second round focused on Training of Trainers (TOT) for selected workers, supervisors, and gender focal persons from the participating organizations.

This initiative marks a significant step towards fostering gender equality and empowerment within the Horticultural and export sectors in the region.

Ethiopia exported 4500 tones of flowers using 50 freighter from January 22 to February 14, 2024, targeted for the valentine day to key locations in Europe such as Liege, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Germany, as well as markets in the UK, USA, Middle East and the Far East.

Ethiopia, known as a rose country in the horticulture industry is among the top 4 flower producer and exporting countries.

We are delighted to announce the opening of our new branch office in Hawassa, colorfully launched today.
Since its establishment in 2002, the Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) have been extending its services to its member farms engaged in the production and export of flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and vegetable seeds.
With an aim to further strengthen its support to horticulture companies nationwide, EHPEA has initiated the operation of satellite office in Sidama regional state. These offices will extend essential services and assistance to the growing horticulture sector in the respective regions.
At the launching workshop, support need assessment report of Hawassa cluster presented and discussed on the way forward to segment the focus area for EHPEA service delivery.
EHPEA TVET center will also be actively delivering training and compliance services to farmes in the region, in areas of Good Agricultural Practice, Workers Welfare, Food Safety, Health and Safety, Environment Management, and Market Standards to its members and stakeholders within the value chain.
On the occasion responsible regional government offices, development partners and member farms were in attendance.

Over 169.5 million USD was secured from flower, vegetable and fruit export in the first quarter of the current Ethiopian fiscal year, the Ministry of Agriculture said, adding that the performance attained 63.1 percent of the plan.
Speaking to The Ethiopian Herald, the Ministry of Agriculture Horticulture Export Coordinator Mekonnen Solomon stated that the sum was obtained from exporting 96,443.36 tons of flower, vegetable and fruit in the reported period.
Cut flowers have the lion’s share in the overall performance and Ethiopia generated over 146.26 USD revenue exporting 30,922.69 tons to the global market. Also, the vegetable sub-sector grossed 17.2 million USD from 58,340.40 tons export.
Similarly, the country secured around 6.12 million USD from exporting 14.823.99 tons of fruits in the reported period.
The ministry sets a plan to generate 741.8 million USD from exporting 351,030,031.71 kg of flowers, vegetables and fruits in the current fiscal year.
Mekonnen further said that consolidated efforts are underway to provide exports at the desired quality level and appealing package thereby keeping Ethiopia’s competitiveness at the global market.
The government has been paying due attention to attract private investments in the horticulture sector and to improve competitiveness by providing export incentives, customs duty exemption, income tax holidays, and offering land at competitive lease price, it was learned.
Source
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD
https://press.et/herald/?p=85151

Sher Ethiopia Plc, known for its active engagement on CSR activities especially focused on nurturing the new generation with adequate education free of charge, opened its second new Elementary School in Adami Tulu.

The school launched colorfully in the presence of his excellency Mr. Usman Tuse, Deputy Mayor of Batu/Ziway Town, Mr. Kedir, Head of Batu Education office and Mr. Aswin Endeman, Manager Business Support and CSR of Sher Ethiopia, in the presence of Adami Tulu community representatives, Elders, Sher Ethiopia management representatives, teachers, and with a total number of 192 students.

The first Sher kindergarten school opened in 2019, and currently holds 342 students. With the new school Sher is planning to add 4 new classrooms each year at the new Elementary school compound which will increase the number of students to 1500 in eight years’ time.

Sher Ethiopia Plc. Is the largest rose grower in the world, where up to 4 million roses processed and transported to the airport in Addis Ababa every day, from where they are flown to Europe for further distribution. This makes Sher Ethiopia the largest rose grower in the world and the biggest supplier of roses in Europe.
The company also created job opportunities for about 12,000 employees and one of the major hard currency earners to the country.

EHPEA and bbw international joined hands to kick off an exclusive “Organic Certification” training. Participants from EHPEA TVET Center, Ethiopian Agricultural Authority, Farms, and Ministry of Agriculture were welcomed.

This training will empower participants to understand US, EU, and Japan organic standards, finesse organic production and handling, decode labeling and market dynamics, and design effective systems for marketing organic products.

Let’s grow together sustainably!
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As part of sustainable horticulture export business development, Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) in collaboration with the German Embassy in Addis Ababa organized a briefing session on the due diligence of compliance requirements to penetrate Germany export market.

The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA) comes into force on 1 January 2023 and the law applies to organizations in Germany with more than 3,000 employees. From 2024 onwards, organizations with more than 1,000 employees will need to comply with the SCDDA.

In 2016, the German government launched its National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights finding only one-fifth of organizations with more than 500 employees met human rights due diligence obligations.

The SCDDA is intended to raise those numbers and prevent human and environmental rights violations. There is an extraterritorial aspect of the law that accounts for infringements in the domestic and international markets.

On the briefing session Mrs. Susanne Duiring, the counsellor for social affairs in German Embassy Addis Ababa, presented the new regulation of Germany in the global value chain in-line with the horticulture produce.

The obligatory core elements in the establishment of a risk management system to identify, prevent, and minimize the risks of human rights violations and damage to the environment discussed at length with the farm representatives and the way forward to document and provide evidence of measures and processes to avoid sanctions.

The participants stated that most of EHPEA member farms fulfill the standards as they have been working the past two decades on the export business, where the association also support on the capacity building of members having its own standards and certifications.

The Association Executive director Mr. Tewodros Zewdie stated that, as Germany is one of the main horticulture product export destinations for Ethiopia, it will continue its relentless effort to elevate the capacity of members to comply with the international standards.