Buno Bedelle is a cooperative union, which was established in 2003 as a multipurpose cooperative Union with fifteen legally registered primary agricultural cooperatives from nine Woredas with 6,286 (6,071 male & 215 female) members. Presently, the union is comprised of 57 primary cooperative with 22,640 (22,004 male and 636 female) members in nine Woredas with a total capital of 3,713,085 Birr, which equals EUR 192.370. The main tasks of the Union are distributing agricultural inputs to members of the primary cooperatives on credit basis; purchasing of agricultural products at reasonable price from member farmers. In addition, the union has constructed a store with a capacity of 25,000 quintals in Bedelle town. Furthermore, in order to stabilize the bargaining potential of grain marketing, members of the primary cooperatives are also planning to construct big stores in their premises (at the primary cooperatives). Furthermore, the union is planning to step into processing and marketing of edible oil for local consumption. Finally, the union facilitates credit to its member cooperatives by credits from the Oromia cooperative Bank and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, as there are no microfinance institutions operating in the area. The union is member of oil seeds and edible oil value chain coordination group.