Soufflet ET AS Phase 2

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IFC will be working with Soufflet Malt Ethiopia in order to increase the local sourcing capacity of malt barley from smallholder and emergent commercial farmers in identified regional states (Sidama, SNNPR, part of Oromia, and potentially Amhara, the security permitting) where malt barley is not widely grown. The project will be implemented over 4 years (July 2023- June 2027). The advisory project will have four components; Component 1: Improve malt barley production with an estimated 20,000 smallholder and 20 commercial farmers in new regions for growing malt barley. A combination of agronomic training, and access to improved inputs will generate a sustainable system to grow malt barley. By project end, average yields of production are estimated to grow from 1.8 metric tons per hectare to 2.25 metric tons per hectare (for both smallholder and commercial farmers). Component 2: Training and coaching of IFC’s Agribusiness Leadership Program (ALP) on business management capacity to 120 supply/distribution chain entities [80 aggregators mainly model farmers; 20 commercial farms and 20 input retailers]. An estimated 60% of these supply chain entities are expected to implement recommendations i.e. 72. Implementation of recommended changes will be measured through at least 15% increase in the ALP assessment score between baseline and endline for low performers, 10% for medium performers and 5% for high performers by the end of the project. Component 3: Establish contract farming models in new regions for growing malt barley. By the project's end, the aim is to have 150 contracts between Soufflet and malt barley aggregators (mostly those supported under component 2) leading to the purchase of 21,000 metric tons of annual raw malt barley sourced by 2027. Component 4: Scale-up of the e-payment solution to an additional 2,000 users (aggregators and smallholder producers) in the region where the former AS project piloted e-payments. The project will also identify and deploy a tool to get better production estimates.