EABC receives walking tractors
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.
Modernizing agriculture is our goal!