Delegates from 4 African countries visit wheat cluster farming in East Shoa Zone

Addis Ababa, May 1, 2023 (FBC) – Delegates from Zambia, Niger, Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire visited today wheat cluster farming activities in East Shoa Zone, Oromia region.

The visit was accompanied by Chief Administrator of Oromia Region, Shimelis Abdisa and other regional government officials.

The tour is organized to exchange best practices and experiences of Ethiopia in transforming agriculture, particularly cluster farming and development in wheat, avocado, and coffee in Ethiopia.

During its four day tour in Ethiopia, the delegation is also expected to visit various development activities in the region.

Cluster farming is considered as one of the ways by which the country will enhance structural productivity of the agricultural sector, promoting small scale farmers adjacent to one another to work together and produce similar crops in large quantities.

Cluster farming also facilitates, among others, the supply of specific fertilizer conducive for agroecology and enhanced technical support including vital machineries to harvest crops.