The meeting was held on October 12,202 by introductory remark made by Mr. Teka GebreYesus, State Minister for Ministry of Trade and Industry.

While delivering a remark Mr. Taka Gebreyesus said that “we know that it is impossible to transform the economy without having a strong manufacturing sector. Thus, our government has been striving for some time now to build up the agro-processing sector.”

By expanding the industrial parks, the government is planning to integrate the demand side of the food chain to the supply in an efficient manner thus improves access to market, technology, and knowledge of smallholder farmers and aligned industries.

He added that we are very much aware, however, as an emerging economy; IAIP will not at all be an easy task. Hence, we are fostering partnerships with development partners to mobilize additional IAIP support projects for the full operation of the IAIPS, and creating governance platforms like project steering committee at the federal and regional level which is important to provide proper leadership to ensure synergies.

UNIDO representative and director of the regional office hub Ms. Aurelia Patrizia Calabro on her part, said that as we all know, Ethiopia’s economy is mainly based on the agriculture sector that plays an important role in the livelihood system of the country. The sector is the main source of income, leading foreign exchange earner and accounting for 35% of the national Gross Domestic Product. She also added, the government of Ethiopia recognizes the importance of developing a strong manufacturing sector for a sustainable transformation of the economy.

The government has been striving to build a market-oriented agriculture and strengthen the agro-processing sector in the hope of producing and exporting manufactured and value-added products. Their products face several challenges in complying with internationally- recognized quality standards.

To lead and support this program, the ministry of trade and industry in collaboration with UNIDO and other development partners has mobilized resources to support the operations of the pilot project initiative.

IAIPs also help in lowering the costs by reducing post-harvest losses, transportation costs, and energy costs. These parks also ensure higher returns due to high-quality output, off-season availability, better traceability, and enhanced productivity. Successful implementation of the IAIPs would accelerate the economic transformation process of the country.

በዘርፉ እየተስተዋለ ያለውን ችግር በመፍታትና የጨው ምርት ለሀገር ዕድገት ያለውን ፋይዳ በመረዳት ለአምራች ኢንዱስትሪ ዘርፉና ለማህበረሰቡ የሚሰጠውን ጥቅም ለማሻሻል ታስቦ በተዘጋጀ የምክክር መድረክ ላይ የንግድና ኢንዱስትሪ ሚኒስትሩ አቶ መላኩ አለበል እንደገለፁት ጨው ለኢንደስትሪያላይዜሽን ያለው ኢኮኖሚያዊ ፋይዳ ከፍተኛ በመሆኑ በዘርፉ የተፈጠረውን አላስፈላጊ የእሴት ሰንሰለትና ህገ-ወጥ አሰራር በማስወገድ ተፈጥሯዊ ፀጋችንን በአግባቡ መጠቀም ከቻልን የብልፅግናችን እሴትና ከድህነት መውጫ መንሰላል በአግባ ካልተጠቀምንበት ደግሞ የኢኮኖሚ ውድቀታችን መነሻ እንደሚሆን ገልፀዋል፡፡

ሀገራችን ኢትዮጵያ 58.4 ቢሊዬን መትሪክ ቶን ተፈጥሯዊ የጨው ምርት አላት ያሉት ሚኒስትሩ ተፈጥሮ የቸረችንን ሀብት በአግባቡ በመምራት መጠቀም ባለመቻላችን ለኢንደስትሪ እድገታችን ማነቆ እየሆነ መምጣቱን ጠቅሰው የአምራች ኢንዱስትሪ ዘርፉን እድገት ለማፋጠንና ከድህነት ለመውጣት ተፈጥሯዊ ፀጋችንን በአግባቡ መጠቀምና ለቆዳ፣ አልባሳትና ጨርቃጨርቅ፣ ለአግሮ ፕሮሰሲንግ እና ሌሎችም ጨውን በግብዓትነት ለሚጠቀሙ አምራች ኢንዱስትሪ ዘርፎች የተሻለና ጥራቱን የጠበቀ የጨው ምርት እንዲቀርብ በማድረግ ለሀገር ኢኮኖሚ እድገቱ መፋጠን በትጋት መስራት ይጠበቅብናል ብለዋል፡፡

አቶ መላኩ እንዳሉት ኢንደስትሪያሊስቶች፣ ጨው አምራጭቾች፣ የክልልና የፌደራል የመንግስት አካላት በቅንጅት በመስራት ዘርፉ ከምርት ጀምሮ እስከ መጨረሻ ተጠቃሚው ድረስ ያለውን ህገ-ወጥ አሰራር በማስወገድ በመጠን፣ በጥራት፣ በዋጋና በስርጭት ተደራሽነት ላይ እየደረሰ ያለውን አሉታዊ ተፅዕኖ በማስወገድ ለኢኮኖሚው የሚያበረክተውን ድርሻ ማሳደግ ይቻላል፡፡

የሀገሪቱ 90% የጨው ምርት አፋር ክልል እንደሚገኝ የተገለፀ ሲሆን ለምግብነት የሚውለውን ጨው ሙሉ በሙሉ አዮዳይዝድ በማድረግ በሰው ልጆች ላይ የሚፈጠረውን የጤና ችግር በማስቀረት አምራች ትውልድ መፍጠር ያስፈልጋል ተብሏል፡፡

በሀገር ደረጃ ጨውን አዮዳይዝድ አድርገው ለምግብነት እንድያቀርቡ በኢትዮጵያ ተስማሚነትና ምዘና ኤጄንሲ ፈቃድ የተሰጣቸውና እየሠሩ ያሉ ድርጅቶች 5 መሆናቸው የተገለፀ ሲሆን

ያልታጠበ እና በአዮዲን ያልበጸገ ጨውን በአዮዲን የበለጸገ አስመስሎ (በአዮዲን የበለጸገ በሚል ማሸጊያ ተጠቅሞ) ለምግብነት እንዲውል ለገበያ እየቀረበ ስለመሆኑ በውይይቱ የተጠቆመ ሲሆን ተጠቃሚው ምርትን በሚገዛበት ጊዜ የተመረተበትን ፋብሪካና የመጠቀሚያ ጊዜ ማብቂያ በትክክል አይቶ መግዛትና መጠቀም ይጠበቅበታል፡፡

በውይይቱ ላይ ሁለት ጥናታዊ ፅሁፎች ቀርበው ሰፊ ውይይት የተደረገባቸው ሲሆን በተከታታይነት ከሚመለከታቸው የህብረተሰብ ክፍሎች ጋር ውይይት ተደርጎባቸው በሚገኙ ፍሬ ሀሳቦች ዳብረው ለፖሊሲ ግብዓትነት ጥቅም ላይ እንደሚውሉ ተገልጿል፡፡

Ministry of Trade and Industry says women's participation should be strengthened to sustain sustainable economic growth.

On Oct 8, 2020, the Ministry held a discussion with the Women Entrepreneurs, Women Entrepreneurs and Women Entrepreneurs Association.

The purpose of the discussion is to increase the awareness of women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs on quality infrastructure and increase their participation in the global market.

In the next ten years, it is planned to earn 9 billion US dollars from the trade and manufacturing industry

Ministry of Trade and Industry by establishing a modern, fair and accessible trade system; By increasing exports and increasing the number of manufacturing industries; During the meeting, Melaku Alebel said the plan is to increase the country's trade and industry revenue to 3.03 billion USD to 9 billion USD in the next ten years by increasing the competitiveness and quality of products and attracting investment. The reward of his reward.

MOTI’s Top and Middle level management is holding a discussion on its next 10-years leading plan at Debre Birhan town.

 During the discussion Mr Melaku Alebel, Minister for Trade and Industry(MOTI) has delivered an opening remark and directions about the focus of the discussion.

During the past few years several activities has been done to move the sector ahead. But it is revealed that there are acute shortcomings that needs urgent solution to transform the sector, he said.

He added that the ministry is ready to alleviate these shortcomings and the 10-year plan under discussion will be executed attentively cascaded for every year.

If carefully implemented the leading plan will add significant values in uplifting the country’s economy and hoped to create job opportunity at least for 5 million people.

Ms. Mariamawit EngidaWork Minister’s advisor has presented the 10-year plan.

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