Improving Organizational structure and supply chain of Niger seed and malt barley

Admas Farmers' Cooperative Union was established May, 2003 with initial capital of 153,000 ETB by 7 primary cooperatives and the numbers of farmer members were 1.7 thousand that covered 6 district of Guraghe zone. Currently, the capital raise to 19.4 million ETB, the number of primary cooperatives increased to 114 and the numbers of farmer members increased to more than 44,050 of which 8.6% are female members. The union have been working with Agriterra for 4 years, and bring remarkable results, such as raising 3.4 million ETB through internal capital to install a semi refinery Niger seed plant, market linkage with brewery for 300 malt barley producers' farmers, adoption of improved seed and improving the value chain of Niger seed etc. The main challenges of the union are the human resource management and succession, financial resources and supply side.