Project Duration: 6 Years (2011-2017)
Project Location: Ethiopia
→ UNIDO Beles (Cactus Pear) Project Image Brochure 2015 (download)
→ Status:
GAFÉIAS project submission (2011-05),
UNIDO Service Summary Sheet (SSS) & Preparatory Assistance (PA) approval (2012-06),
UNIDO/GAFÉIAS preparatory assistance mission 1 (Ethiopia, 2011-11 till 2012-03),
UNIDO main project document (prodoc) approval (2012-06),
Fund mobilization process (since 2012-07),
OFID fund approval (2013-03),
UNIDO/GAFÉIAS feasibility study (2013-04 till 2013-08),
UNIDO/GAFÉIAS project implementation mission 2 (Ethiopia, 2013-08-25 till 2013-09-15),
→ Conference: Beles Based Agribusiness Development in Tigray Region: A Project Kick-off Meeting with Key Stakeholders, 29-30th August 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
Market Study (2014-04),
Communication Strategy (2014-06),
Industrial premises renovation (2014-09),
Machinery procurement (2014-09),
FAIRTRADE cooperation (2014-09).
UNIDO/GAFÉIAS project mission 3 (Ethiopia, 2014-09-15 till 2014-10-15)
→ UNIDO and OFID supporting agribusiness development in the Tigray region of Ethiopia (article download) (UNIDO News Centre web link)
→ FAO supports members of a cooperative of women in Northern Ethiopia (Mekelle, Tigray) producing cactus pear marmalade (article download) (UN News Centre web link)
UNIDO Project Manager:
Aurelia Patrizia Calabrò in Bellamoli
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Senior Industrial Development Officer
Chief, Agro-Industries Technology Unit
Agri-Business Branch
Wagramer Strasse 5
P.O. Box 300 (D1548)
A-1400 Vienna - AUSTRIA
Phone: +43- 1-26026 3419
Email: A.Calabro@unido.org
UNIDO PA Fund October 20, 2011: YAETH10003
UNIDO Fund June 20, 2012: SAP ID 100092, XX/ETH/11/X05 (43884)
UNIDO Fund April 11 - June 30: Feasibility Study
OFID – The OPEC Fund for International Development, March 20,2013:
Technical Assistance Grant Operations
Since OFID's inception, technical assistance operations have constituted its core grants activities. Such grants are extended to national and regional development projects that aim at sustainable development and poverty reduction, and that serve the poorest segments of society, particularly those in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Women and children, especially, are accorded high priority.
Technical assistance grants are awarded largely on the basis of the type of project and its expected outcomes, the number of beneficiaries and the recipient country’s socio-economic situation. As of December 2012, OFID had provided some US$548.2m in outright grants across all programs, working with UN agencies and a host of international and national NGOs, among many other partners, to meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
Supported Projects and Programs
Technical Assistance
Establishing a Beles Agro-industrial Processing Plant
Sector: Agriculture
Organization: UNIDO
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Africa
Amount: US$600,000
Approval Date:3/20/2013
Co-financiers:
Total Cost: US$
Executing Agency:
Grant administrator: OPEC Fund for International Development
Project Description:
The project aims at establishing a processing plant to manufacture a stable supply of marketable Beles-based products. The industrial transformation and packaging of fruits and pads into various high-quality food commodities will not only increase the shelf life but also increase the marketability both domestic and international markets. The plant will contain modern fruit processing technology and its staff will be sufficiently trained to operate and maintain the plant and handle the food according to good manufacturing practices.
Copyright 2013 - www.ofid.org/GrantTypes/TechnicalAssistance.aspx
→ GAFÉIAS Presentation (download)
→ UNIDO Presentation (download)
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UNIDO, Agri-Business Development Branch;
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences (Vienna, Austria);
FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations;
HELVETAS - Swiss Intercooperation in Tigray, Ethiopia;
FAIRTRADE INTERNATIONAL;
ICC - International Association for Cereal Science and Technology;
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - University of California;
University of Botswana;
Ministry of Industry - The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;
EIAR - Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research;
Tigray Bureau of Industry and Trade;
EPA - Environmental Protection Authority, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;
EPA – Tigray Environmental Protection Land Administration and Land Use Agency;
TARI - Tigray Agricultural Research Institute;
TAMPA - Tigray Agricultural Marketing and Promotion Agency;
Small and Micro Enterprise Development Agency of Tigray Region (Regional SMEDA);
Mekele University - College of Dryland Agriculture, Department of Land Resources, Management and Environmental Protection, Food Sciences and Technology;
Adigrad University, College of Agriculture;
Bahir Dar University;
Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development, Adigrat, Tigray;
Adigrat Diocesan Catholic Secretariat;
In Memoriam Meles Zenawi:
→ Meles Zenawi Asres: Climate Change
→ Äthiopien nach dem Tod von Premierminister Meles Zenawi, August 2012
Price announcement "Premium for prickly pears and dragon fruit" on Fairtrade International Website:
http://www.fairtrade.net/standards-and-price-announcement.html