ETHIO-BAMBOO PLANTATION AND PROCESSING AGRO INDUSTRY PROJECT 2016 2016

I. GENERAL INFORMATION....……............…………………………………………… 1
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................. 2
2. NTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 3
2.1 PROMOTER’S BACK GROUND.................................................................................. 3
2.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF ETHIOPIA............................................................ 4

2.3 STUDY OF THE PROJECT........................................................................................... 4

2.3.1 OVER VIEW THE PROJECT................................................................................. 5

2.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT………………………………………...………… 5

2.4.1 GENERAL OBJECTS …………………………………………………………..… 5

2.4.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES…………………………………….........……………… 6

2.4.5 VISION AND MISSION………………………………………………............…… 6

2.4.5.1 VISION………………………………………………….....................................… 6

2.4.5.2 MISSION…………………………………………………..................................… 6

2.4.5.3 OPPORTUNITIES OF MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT IN ETHIOPIA........................... 6

2.4.5.4 BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROJECT ………………………… ………..…… 6

3. STUDY OF THE PROJECT AREA……………………………………………………7

3.1 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF THE PROJECT AREA.......................................... 7

3.2 BACK GROUND OF THE PROJECT AREA.............................................................. 7

3.3 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL CONDITIONS OF THE PROJECT AREA............... 8

3.3.1 TOPOGRAPHY.......................................................................................................... 8

3.3.2 CLIMATIC CONDITION OF THE PROJECT AREA........................................ 8

3.3.3 3.3.3 SOIL………………………………………………...................................…… 8

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3.3.4 PEST AND DISEASE PREVALENCE…………………………………………… 8

3.3.5 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE............................................... 8

3.4 INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT…………………………………… 9

4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY……………………………………………………......... 9

4.1 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFIT AND JUSTIFICATION………….…… 9

4.1.1 TAX REVENUE……………………………………………….......…… 9

4.1.2 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GENERATION............................... 9

5. LIVESTOCK PROFILE OF THE SELECTED FARMS............................................ 9

5.1 BAMBOO PROFILE………………………………………………….......................… 9

5.2 VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS………………………………………………..........… 14

5.3 VARITY SELECTION………………………………………………..................…… 14

6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT APPRAISAL AND IMPROVEMENT MEASURES......... 17

7. MARKET STUDY………………………………………………..........................…… 17

7.1 PAST SUPPLY AND PRESENT DEMAND OF BAMBOO………..……………… 17

7.2 PROJECT DEMAND………………………………………………….....................… 18

7.3 PRICING AND DISTRIBUTION…………………………………………………… 19

7.4 FARM CAPACITY AND PRODUCTION PROGRAMME…………………….…. 23

7.4.1 FARM CAPACITY……………………………………………………............ 23

7.4.2 OPERATION PROGRAM…………………………………………………… 23

7.5 MATERIALS, INPUTS AND UTILITIES…………………………………......…… 23

7.5.1 MATERIALS AND INPUTS……………………………………………….… 23

7.5.2 UTILITIES…………………………………………………….......................... 23
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7.6 TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING…………………………………………..… 24

7.6.1 TECHNOLOGY………………………………………………….................… 24

7.6.2 ENGINEERING………………………………………………..................…… 25

7.6.3 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT………………………………......……… 25

7.7 LAND, BUILDING AND CIVIL WORKS……………………………….………… 27

7.8 PROPOSED LOCATION……………………………………………......................… 27

8. MANAGEMENT…………………………………………............................………… 27

9. MANPOWER AND TRAINING REQURIEMENT................................................... 28

9.1 MANPOWER REQUIREMENT…………………………………………………..… 28

10 TRAINING REQUIREMENT………………………………………………............…… 29

11 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS……………………………………………………..................... 29

11.1 BANK LOAN REPAYMENT SCHEDULE…….....………………………… 30

11.2 TOTAL INITIAL INVESTMENT COST……………………………....…… 31

11.3 OPERATION COST…………………………………………………..........… 32

11.4 FINANCIAL EVALUATION…………………………………………....…… 33

11.4.1 PROFITABILITY…………………………................…………..…………… 33

11.4.2 PAY-BACK PERIOD ……………………………………………………........ 33

11.4.3 PAY-BACK PERIOD………………………………………………….........… 33

11.4.4 INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN AND NET PRESENT VALUE.............. 33

11.4.5 ECONOMIC BENEFITS…………………………………………………….. 33

12 PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION…………………………………..… 34

12.1 ELEMENTS OF RESULTS MONITORING ………………………........… 34

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