Holeta Polytechnic College (HPC) and horticultural farms today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) formalizing a strategic collaboration and partnership between the commercial farms and the College towards mutually beneficial engagement through exchanges and leveraging reciprocally-owned resources.

The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) has been spearheading and dedicatedly supporting initiatives that foster TVET-industry linkage meant to effectively cultivate the country’s horticultural potential towards enhanced gains out of the subsector.

EHPEA and the @Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS) recently initiated a course aimed to create potential collaboration and catalyze partnership between HPC and EHPEA Member Farms within the Holeta Cluster, in Oromia Regional State.

Through the facilitation and active engagement of the Association, the EHPEA Member Farms and the College have been conducting consultative meetings and exchanging sessions on ways of forging and underpinning a meaningful TVET-Industry linkage.

The strategic partnership inked today allows HPC and the commercial farms to share knowledge and experience, foster opportunities for apprenticeship and employment as well as to leverage reciprocally-owned resources among others.