ICCO STARS Case Study

The Strengthening African Rural Smallholders (STARS) program was an $18 million, five-year initiative (2016-2021) implemented by ICCO (now part of Cordaid) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and ICCO Terrafina to increase access to finance and markets for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. STARS was implemented in four countries—Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Senegal—to develop […]

AMEA Annual Learning Event

This report is AMEA’s first Annual Learning Report and synthesizes the learning from case studies undertaken in 2020. It begins by outlining the purpose of this report and providing a short overview of the case studies and their outcomes. The report then discusses the lessons learned and ends with a learning agenda for 2021. Download […]

Strengthening local malt barley supply chains in Ethiopia

Implementer: IFC and HeinekenPartners: AMEA, SCOPEinsight, Precise Consult, EUCORDFunders: Heineken and IFCGeography of intervention: Primarily 6 zones in the Oromia region, Ethiopia:Arsi, West Arsi, Bale, West Shewa, Southwest Shewa and North Shewa. Piloting in EastWollega, Oromia, and 2 zones in Amhara: North and South GondarAuthors: Hileena Eshetu, Filipe Di Matteo and Mark Blackett Download the […]

AMEA Updates August 2023

All the latest news from the AMEA network. Updates on our BDS roadmap work, Local Network activities and key learning products.

Ethiopia Local Network Launches Agri-BDS Roadmap with EBASPA

AMEA, EBASPA and partners share their vision for a thriving BDS sector that meet the needs of agricultural enterprises

AMEA Updates December 2022

All the latest news from the AMEA network. Updates on our latest funding, new local networks and current BDS and Access to Finance work.

Capacity building approaches in Ethiopia: insights from an AMEA team visit

In March 2022, the AMEA global team visited Ethiopia to meet with members and partners, host a workshop on Business Development Services and visit AMEA member project sites. Here are some of the capacity building approaches AMEA members and partners are using with Farmer Organizations in Ethiopia: The AMEA team traveled to the Arsi zone […]

Ethiopia Local Network hosts BDS Workshop

On 22 March 2022, the AMEA Ethiopia Local Network organized a day for members and partners, including a workshop to develop a strategy for improving business development services (BDS) for farmer organizations (FOs). Participants included AMEA members and partners, as well as a number of private BDS providers. AMEA’s global Network Director and Program Officer were also in attendance. […]

We welcome SNV as a local member in Ethiopia

We are pleased to announce that SNV in Ethiopia has joined AMEA as a Local Member. SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation working to raise incomes and provide access to basic services for those living in poverty. SNV focuses on agriculture, energy and, Water and Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) with a long-term, local presence in […]

Get involved in the IWA 29 Systematic Review

You have two more weeks to provide your input for our “Professional Farmer Organisations – Guidelines” IWA 29 Systematic Review (the process to transition the IWA 29 into an International Standard). AMEA worked with NEN, the Dutch National Standardization Bureau  (a member of ISO), to develop the “Professional Farmer Organizations – Guidelines” (IWA 29) using an International Workshop […]