09afc-5527 - Increase of oilseed production - the creation of a trainings unit

ADMAS Farmers Cooperative Union

Admas Famers Cooperatives Union was established in May 2003 as a cooperative Union with 7 legally registered primary cooperatives and started its actual work on November 2004 as a multipurpose cooperative Union. Presently, the union has 46 primary cooperative members with capital of Birr 3.5 million. Within these 46 cooperatives, it has 13,029 (12,169 male & 860 female) members. The objectives of Admas Farmers cooperative union are: • Supply agricultural inputs contributes in order to increment of productivity • To supply oil seeds to foreign market ( exporting) • To import different kinds of agricultural inputs • To provide market information to the members • Supply consumption goods • Provide fair price to the product of the members The Union has been supplying agricultural inputs such as fertilizer and selected seed to the farmers. In addition, the union purchases the produce of the member’s in order to provide a fair price by selling the produce to consumers, processing industries and exporters. Due to the above mentioned activities, carried out by the union in the past five years, the union has become profitable.

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