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EABC

Ethiopian Agricultural Business Corporation was established in December 2015 following the merger of five Ethiopian state-owned enterprises, namely Ethiopian Seed Enterprise, Agricultural Equipment and Technical Services Share Company, Agricultural Inputs Supply Enterprise, Natural Gum Processing and Marketing Enterprise, and Agricultural Mechanization Service Enterprise. The company produces field crops in addition to supplying other agricultural inputs. Being state-owned, the company is supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Summary

Ethiopian Agricultural Business Corporation ranks thirty-second in the 2021 index for Eastern and Southern Africa, scoring at the bottom of the ranking. The company does not provide insight into its access to seeds targets within governance and strategy, nor does it disclose information on its position and activities related to genetic resources and intellectual property management. The company does not have breeding activities in the index region and performs weakly in research and development due to its lack of disclosure across the measurement area. EABC has seed production locations in Ethiopia, but could provide evidence on whether it engages local players, including smallholders, in its production activities and whether it has social standards in place to ensure social and labour rights are respected. The company can diversify its portfolio and provide more information on its marketing practices for seeds and other agricultural inputs, as well as on its capacity building activities.

Ranking position: #32 /32
Total score: 3.3 /100

Measurement area	Score	Rank (0-32)
Governance and strategy	#1 0.0 /10	#23
Genetic resources and intellectual property management	#1 0.0 /15	#21
Research and development	#1 0.0 /20	#28
Seed production	#1 0.9 /15	#28
Marketing and sales	#1 2.3 /25	#28
Capacity building	#1 0.0 /15	#26

Leading practices

No leading practices were identified for the company.

Governance and strategy

Genetic resource management and intellectual property rights

The company provides limited insight into its position and activities related to genetic resources and intellectual property management. As it is important that seed companies contribute to genetic resources and intellectual property management that supports smallholder agriculture, the company could provide more insights into its activities for others to learn from.

Research and development

Seed production

Seed production activities in index region
The company has seed production locations in Ethiopia, but it has an opportunity to provide information on how it involves local players in these activities and to extend its seed production locations to other countries in the region.

Engaging smallholder farmers in seed production
The company does not disclose evidence that it involves smallholder farmers in its seed production activities.

Social and labour rights in seed production
The company does not disclose a policy committing to prohibit child and forced labour nor does it disclose a commitment to respect the health and safety of workers, either when seed production is carried out by the company itself or through an intermediary. Furthermore, the company does not disclose whether it pays its workers a living wage or requires its intermediaries to do so.

Marketing and sales

Diverse portfolio
As EABC has only a few varieties for the majority of crops in its portfolio in Ethiopia, it can diversify its portfolio by offering more varieties per crop.

Other agricultural inputs
The company makes fungicides, insecticides and herbicides available to smallholder farmers and provides instructions for the sustainable use of each product. The company can disclose information on the quantities of other agricultural inputs it offers.

Capacity building

Field crops: Beans, dry
Chickpea
Cowpea
Maize
Sorghum
Soya bean
Wheat
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2016
2019

More about the company

Headquarters: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ownership structure: Private
Group revenue USD: N/A
Seed revenue USD: N/A
Website: https://ethioagri.com/

Locations

Title: EABC
Place: Ethiopia
Description: Seed production location