Addis Ababa, December 8, 2024 (EABC): A delegation led by Czech Republic Deputy Prime Minister, paid a visit to Ethiopian Agricultural Businesses Corporation (EABC) on December 8, 2024. Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Marian Jurečka and his delegation visited the Corporation’s Farm Machinery Maintenance and Assembly Workshop as well as Spare Parts Warehouse. Mr. Marian Jurečka welcomed by Girma Amentie (PhD), Minister of Agriculture and Chairman of EABC’s Board of Directors along with management members of the Corporation. Following the visit, the Deputy Prime Minister discussed with Dr. Girma Amentie and the EABC team to explore potential partnership. During the discussion both parties conferred on ways strengthening ties between Ethiopia and Czech Republic as well as EABC and ZETOR, a Czech Republic Agricultural Machinery Manufacturer. Dr. Girma pointed out that following the relation of the two countries, the Ethiopian Agricultural Businesses Corporation has stregthened a business relationship with ZETOR manufacturing Company. And inline with the tractor, it now becomes a familiar brand in Ethiopia, he added. He also highlighted the significance of ZETOR tractors in advancing mechanization service and proposed the joint ZETOR tractor assembly plant to meet the growing demand for agricultural machinery in Ethiopia. The Deputy Prime Minister of Czech Republic, Mr.Marian Jurečka on his part emphasized the importance of agriculture, stating, “without agriculture, there is no food; without food, there is no future.” He vowed that the Czech Republic will continue to strengthen its support to modernize Ethiopia’s agricultural sector and improve its quality. The Deputy Prime Minister is also affirmed that the partnership could extend beyond delivering ZETOR tractors by providing harvesting machines and advanced improved seed technologies to EABC. “To this end, we work to make agricultural technologies accessible in Ethiopia”, he mentioned. The Ethiopian Agricultural Businesses Corporation CEO, Mr. Kifle Woldemariam on his part, announced that the Corporation has supplied 75 ZETOR tractors to Ethiopian farmers and investors, till now. The CEO also disclosed that EABC and ZETOR manufacturing Company have reached an agreement to assemble and distribute the tractors in Ethiopia. Ambassador Birtukan Ayano, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Miroslav Kosek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ethiopia and other senior officials from both sides attended the visiting and discussion program. It is worth noting that earlier, in February 2024, Mr. Peter Gandalovič, the Director of the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic along with the Czech Republic Ambassador to Ethiopia, visited EABC.
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Addis Ababa, November 12, 2024 (EABC): Ethiopian Agricultural Businesses Corporation (EABC) received walking tractors from Chenese Company, SIFANG on November 12, 2024. During the Handover Ceremony of the walking tractors, Mr. Xu, the General Manager of SIFANG, delivered the tractors to CEO of EABC, Kifle Woldemariam. After receiving tractors, Kifle made a remark that the SIFANG’s walking tractor is designed to enhance productivity and efficiency in farming operations, and it brings new opportunities to modernize agriculture. He added, “together, we are not just handing over a machine but also we are transferring knowledge, building capacity, and ensuring ongoing support for a successful and sustainable future.” Mr. Xu, for his part, pointed out that his company has a work experience of more than 60 years in manufacturing agricultural equipment, and expressed his pleasure to provide walking tractors to Ethiopian farmers, that make agricultural operations easier and more efficient. He also announced that SIFANG is ready to provide training on the use, handling, and maintenance of walking teactors to the technical staff of the corporation and its customers, since November 13, 2024, These 20 horsepower tractors that the Corporation has received are mainly used for the farmers who have small farms. SIFANG’s walking tractors can be used to pull a variety of farm implements for plowing, planting, cultivating, fertilizing, and harvesting crops, and can also be used for trasporting seeds, fertilizers, agrochemicals, as well as watering plants. It is declared that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) have been signed between the two business partners (EABC & SIFANG) that enables to assemble the walking tractors at the corporation’s farm equipment workshop.