PROJECT SUMMARY
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AMU Project code |
EXT/UN/VPRCE/03/2014 |
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Project status |
Ongoing |
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Acronym |
UIL-Grant |
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Project phase |
I |
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Partner(s)/ country(ies) |
UNDP (UN), Ministry of Education (Ethiopia), and Ministry of Innovation (Ethiopia) |
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AMU coordinating office(s) |
Vice President for Research and Community Engagement |
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Website |
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Project type |
UIL |
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Project location |
Dorze-AMU |
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Target Communities |
Unemployed youths |
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Project coordinator |
Tolera Seada (PhD) |
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Project manager |
Addisu Fekadu (PhD) |
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Principal investigator |
Addisu Fekadu (PhD) |
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AMU budget contribution (€) |
5,000 |
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Partner budget contribution (€) |
10,000 |
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Total project budget (€) |
15,000 |
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Project start |
1-Aug-22 |
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Project end |
30-Jun-23 |
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Contact person (e-mail) |
Dr. Addisu Fekadu (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
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Project Management Office
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Office of the Director for Grant and Collaborative Project Management: Dr. Thomas Torora (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This proposal is prepared to seek financial support to popularize and commercialize patented innovative enset processing technologies and food products developed by Arba Minch University in a University-Industry-Linkage modality. Enset production hub will be established at the Dorze-Holo site, where an enset park, training, guest houses and basic facilities are already installed. Training will be provided for machines/tools manufacturers, enset raw material supplier women cooperatives, mills and bakeries to ensure hygienic and quality products. Production optimization will be performed under industry manufacturing situations. The developed technologies will be used to produce and pack high quality enset products in collaborating firms/institutions and tested for customer feedback in available local and international markets for product improvement. The available market for the manufactured products will be studied. required promotions will be made to create awareness for the new products and expand the market for the products. The innovative enset based-food products will be certified at Ethiopian Conformity Assessment enterprise and Ethiopian Food and drug authority. Sample products will be marketed, and customer feedback will be obtained. The products will be branded and promoted for sale in both local and international markets. The short term and long-term projected revenues of the project are estimated to be 204,001 ETB and 1,224,126 ETB. This makes the first phase of the project and requires an estimated budget amounting to 483,857 (Four hundred eighty-three thousand eight hundred fifty-seven birr) for twelve months.