20 October 2023: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Hailemariam & Roman Foundation (HRF) and MaKoBu Enterprise PLC on the Promotion and pilot-based Implementation of Conservation Agriculture on selected Woredas of South Ethiopia Regional State.
MaKoBu Enterprise PLC has been engaged over the last 25 years in the importation and distribution of high-quality agricultural inputs and export agricultural commodities with a primary focus on enabling smallholder farming commodities to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices that conserve our natural resources while providing higher crop yields sustainably.
The HRF and MaKoBu, having conducted rounds of bilateral discussions, have mutually agreed to collaborate to capitalize on MaKoBu’s long spell of experience in conservation agriculture and to properly tap the unique convening potential of the HRF in influencing policymakers, executives, and partnering institutions towards the implementation of conservation agriculture technology in selected of South Ethiopia Regional State and at the wider areas of the country in the long run.
On 20 October 2023, the two parties came into agreement to work together as stipulated in the MoU and confirmed their five-year commitment by signing the MoU at the HRF’s Head Office.
Hailemariam & Roman Foundation
October 2023, Addis Ababa