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Background and History

The organization operates several agro-processing enterprises located on the campuses of Mada Walabu University in Robe and Goba, Ethiopia. The enterprises include a dairy with an initial herd of 12 bred heifers, a 38-hectare wheat farm producing an average of 14.34 quintals per hectare annually, and a cattle fattening operation starting with 40 purchased cattle. Over the past five years, the enterprises have provided products and services to the university community and local area.

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Background and History

The organization operates several agro-processing enterprises located on the campuses of Mada Walabu University in Robe and Goba, Ethiopia. The enterprises include a dairy with an initial herd of 12 bred heifers, a 38-hectare wheat farm producing an average of 14.34 quintals per hectare annually, and a cattle fattening operation starting with 40 purchased cattle. Over the past five years, the enterprises have provided products and services to the university community and local area.

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Background and History of the organization

Agro- processing businesses are organized as enterprise, with overall start-up-costs


of ___________ Birr. Sources of capital to support investment

The agro-processing enterprises’ located in Mada Walabu University main (Robe)


and Goba campous. It is off main thoroughfare and easily accessible to main
routes. Mada Walabu University has been involved with agriculture based revenue
generating enterprise for last five (6) years. They opened their first crop and cattle
production operation, in 2000/2001 on 38 Hectars’ land base as small crop
operation, and fattening in 2002. At the time of establishment in Goba Dairy herd
consists of: 12 Bred Heifers with no well structure Machinery and Equipment.
And for the last three years the enterprise’s selling on average 2,280 litters of milk
per cow per year. For the last three years milk price was 8 Birr per litter.

Crop production: At the time of establishment the enterprise farm Land Base
consists of: 38 hectars’ total farmland: all this farm land is used for wheat
production. And for the last five years the farm produced average 14.34 quintal of
wheat per hector per year. And the cattle fattening started with 40 cattle stock
purchased from local markets. On average Four- five months after the date of
purchase, with no Proper housing and equipment, feeding, veterinary and medicine
cost, fattened cattle should weigh approximately 275-300 kilograms and, therefore,
ready for market. Fattened cattle sold to hotel owner, butchers, and for academic
and administrative staffs of the university and local community for holiday.
Common cattle disease was --------- and for the last four years the mortality rate
was on average 5% per year. At the time of establishment farm staff include 2
looking after livestocks.

The enterprise was targeting the University community (administrative, academic


staff and students, as well as family and friends of the community).

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