Regulatory Assessment of Maize and Soy Markets

IFC is implementing the East Africa Maize Soy project. This project aims to increase local sourcing of commercially available maize and soybeans from smallholder and emergent commercial farmers by IFC’s agribusiness clients (processing enterprises) in selected East African countries. UNIQUE was selected to conduct a regulatory and governance framework assessment for the maize and soybean value chains in Ethiopia. The end goal of the assessment was to promote better regulatory practices and governance, which would help to increase economic competitiveness, domestic value addition, and promote exports. The key requirements to achieve these aims are enhanced access to improved inputs, modern agricultural practices, finance, and markets for smallholder farmers.