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#1 ·
tendaho sugar factory is underconstruction to produce 600,000 ton of sugar per year. it has 64,ooo hectare land to plant sugarcane and it finished building a dam on lower awash which has a capacity to hold 1.86 billion meter cube water.source etv on april 26/2010 watch after the 9th minute and sorry its in amharic.
http://www.ethiov.com/etube?v=QtGnpv6kRRR80
p.s. if somebody can show me how to post news i can help on this section. i have the news on printable option but i don't know how to post it.
 
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thanx a lot abesha :)
 
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By Jason McLure

Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia will spend $1.4 billion to increase sugar production fourfold within the next five years, said Belay Dechasa, director of the state-run Sugar Development Agency.

The Horn of Africa nation is building a $725 million sugar factory at Tendaho in eastern Ethiopia and will expand three existing plants, Dechasa said in an interview today in the capital, Addis Ababa. Production may increase to at least 1.3 million metric tons by 2012, from 280,000 tons.

``We intend to be the least-cost producer in the world market,'' he said, without elaborating.

Agriculture in Ethiopia, Africa's biggest coffee producer, accounts for 47 percent of the nation's economy, according to World Bank statistics. The country currently imports about 50,000 tons of sugar a year and exports 20,000 tons of the sweetener at a preferential price to the European Union under the Everything But Arms trade initiative.

The expansion project will be funded with a $640 million loan from India, with additional financing provided by the Ethiopian Treasury, a state-owned sugar development fund, the Ethiopian Development Bank and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.

The Tendaho plant in the Afar region, already under construction, will have the capacity to produce 600,000 tons of sugar annually, Dechasa said.

Output at the Wonji factory, 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Addis Ababa, will be increased to 300,000 tons, from 75,000 tons, while production at the Methara plant in the central Oromia region, will double to 126,000 tons. The Finchaa factory, 350 kilometers west of the capital, will triple current output of 85,000 tons.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jason McLure in Addis Ababa via Johannesburg at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: September 26, 2007 07:08
 
#7 ·
UPDATE: Tendaho Housing’s Second Phase Nears Completion

The construction of the second phase the Tendaho Sugar Factory’s housing project, which has been delayed as a result of a shortage in construction materials, is due to be completed by January 8, 2011, with the third phase planned to start immediately afterwards.

The second phase, which involves the construction of 5,610 houses on the plantation in Afar Regional State, in a 70km range from Dubti to Asaita by the Tendaho Housing Project, was planned to be completed by September 2010, according to Lisanu Dibeta, head of Construction Administration Department for the housing project. However, a shortage of cement and financial constraints due to the increase in price of construction materials resulted in the delay, he added.

“The amount of cement bought from Messebo Cement Factory was not sufficient to meet the demand of the project following the ban on cement imports,” Lisanu told Fortune. “A month ago, 160,000ql of cement was facilitated by the housing project allowing construction to resume.”

The second phase construction was projected to cost 965 million Br, but is expected to increase following the devaluation of the Birr against a basket of international currencies, according to Lisanu.

The first phase of the housing project saw 3,384 houses built at a cost of 618 million Br which were finished in February 2010. The buildings include two, three, and four-storey buildings, as well as schools, health centres, hospitals, and recreation centres.

Close to 300 contractors took part in the construction, according to Lisanu.

The housing project cited a lack of labour and extreme working conditions as additional reasons for the delay of construction.

“We do construction work from September to January due to the temperature in the area reaching up to close to 50 degrees centigrade,” Lisanu told Fortune. “There is also scarcity of labour; most of the labourers come from the highlands around Wollo, Amhara Regional State.”

The plantation’s earth dam project, which can disperse 78 cubic metres of water per second to the 60,000ht sugarcane plantation, has been completed at a cost of three billion Birr, according to Kassahun Leulseged, consultant of the dam project. The dam can hold 1.86 billion cubic metres, he added.

“The dam is now full and even has some fish in it,” Kassahun told Fortune. “However, there are some little corrections to be done yet.”

Officials at the project were unwilling to disclose why the dam has not started irrigating the plantations yet.

Once completed, the Tendaho Sugar Factory is expected to produce 600,000tn of sugar and 61,000 cubic metres of ethanol, according to the project plan.

The factory project was initiated as part of a 15 billion Br project to expand the sugar industry with the intention of increasing the amount of ethanol production by the government.
- AF
 
#8 ·
Tendaho sugar project face a shortage of labourers :nuts:
የተንዳሆ ፕሮጀክት የጉልበት ሠራተኞች ፍላጐትና አቅርቦት አለመጣጣሙ ተገለጸ

Sunday, 29 May 2011 03:00


- በአምስት ወራት ውስጥ 3,969 ሠራተኞች መፍለሳቸው ይነገራል

መንግሥት ከአንድ ቢሊዮን ብር በላይ ወጪ በማውጣት የጀመረው የተንዳሆ የሸንኮራ አገዳ ፕሮጀክት የጉልበት ሠራተኛ ፍላጐትና አቅርቦት ሊጣጣም አለመቻሉን አንድ የፕሮጀክቱ ከፍተኛ ኃላፊ ለሪፖርተር ገለጹ፡፡

ስማቸው እንዳይጠቀስ የጠየቁ እኚሁ ኃላፊ እንደገለጹት፣ ባለፈው ዓመት ከደረሰው የጐርፍ አደጋ በተጨማሪ የጉልበት ሠራተኞች አቅርቦት እጥረትና ፍልሰት ለፕሮጀክቱ መጓተት የራሱን ተፅዕኖ ፈጥሯል፡፡

ከተንዳሆ ፕሮጀክት ያገኘነው መረጃ እንደሚያመለክተው፣ በያዝነው ዓመት የካቲት ወር በአገዳ ተከላ የሚሠማሩ 1,353 የጉልበት ሠራተኞችን ለመቅጠር ታቅዶ የነበረ ቢሆንም፣ የተቀጠሩት ሠራተኞች ቁጥር ግን 467 ብቻ ናቸው፡፡ ከተቀጠሩት ሠራተኞችም ውስጥ 256ቱ ሥራቸውን ወዲያውኑ ለቀዋል፡፡ በተመሳሳይ በመጋቢት ወር 1,353 የጉልበት ሠራተኞችን ለመቅጠር ዕቅድ ተይዞ፣ 911 ሠራተኞችን ብቻ መቅጠር ተችሏል፡፡ ከእነኝህም መካከል 398ቱ ሥራቸውን ለቀዋል፡፡

የተንዳሆ ፕሮጀክት የጉልበት ሠራተኞች ፍላጐትና አቅርቦት ሲታይ በአንጻራዊነት የሚያዝያ ወር ክንውን የተሻለ ነበር፡፡ በዚህ ወር ውስጥ 1,180 የጉልበት ሠራተኞችን ለመቅጠር ታቅዶ 1,113 ሠራተኞች ተቀጥረው ነበር፡፡ ይሁን እንጂ 714 ሠራተኞች ሥራውን ለቀዋል፡፡

በአጠቃላይ ባለፉት አምስት ወራት ውስጥ ከተቀጠሩት የጉልበት ሠራተኞች መካከል 3,969 ተቀጣሪዎች ሥራቸውን የለቀቁ መሆናቸውን ከፕሮጀክቱ ያገኘነው መረጃ ያመለክታል፡፡

የፕሮጀክቱን ሥራ በዕቅዱ መሠረት ማከናወን ያልተቻለው መቅረብ የሚገባው ነገር ባለመቅረቡ እንጂ በሠራተኛው የአፈጻጸም ችግር ምክንያት አለመሆኑን የገለጹት ኃላፊው፣ መንግሥት ያሰበውን ትልቅ ዕቅድ ለማሳካት ከፈለገ ለጉልበት ሠራተኞች ትልቅ ትኩረት ሊሰጥ እንደሚገባ አመልክተዋል፡፡

እርሳቸው እንደሚሉት በጐርፍ አደጋው ምክንያት ለሰባት ወራት ያህል ምንም ዓይነት ሥራ ባልተሠራበትና የጉልበት ሠራተኞች እጥረት ባለበት ሁኔታ እስከ መጋቢት መጨረሻ ድረስ በ1,137 ሔክታር መሬት ላይ የአገዳ ተከላ መከናወን መቻሉ ሊበረታታ የሚገባው ተግባር ነው፡፡

ከእኚሁ ኃላፊ ለመረዳት እንደተቻለው፣ ለጉልበት ሠራተኞች የሚቀርበው ምግብ ጥራትና መጠን ዝቅተኛ መሆኑና የመስተንግዶ ችግር ሠራተኞች ሥራቸውን እንዲለቁ አስገድዷቸዋል፡፡ ከፍተኛ ሙቀት ባለበት አካባቢ 60 ሰዎች በአንድ ቤት ውስጥ እንዲኖሩ መደረጉም አንዱ የመስተንግዶ ችግር መገለጫ መሆኑን አመልክተዋል፡፡ በአካባቢው የሚገኙና በእርሻ ሥራ ላይ የተሠማሩ ኩባንያዎች መንግሥት የቀጠራቸውን ሠራተኞች ማስኮብለላቸውም ሌላው ችግር መሆኑን አክለው ገልጸዋል፡፡

ኃላፊው እንደሚሉት ከጉልበት ሠራተኞች እጥረት በተጨማሪ የተሠሩት ቦዮች የዲዛይን ችግር ያለባቸው መሆኑና የማሽነሪዎች እጥረት መኖሩ በዕቅድ ክንውኑ ላይ የራሳቸውን ተፅዕኖ ፈጥረዋል፡፡

ቦዮቹ ማሳው ከሚተከልበት አፈር ከፍ ብለው የተገነቡ በመሆኑ ውኃ ለማስተላለፍ አለመቻላቸውን፣ የተገነቡት ቦዮችም ውኃ ሳይሄድባቸው ለሦስትና ለአራት ዓመት የተቀመጡ በመሆኑ፣ ውኃ ሲያልፍባቸው እንደሚፈራርሱ የጠቆሙት ኃላፊው፣ ቦዮቹ ለጊዜው ተስተካክለው ውኃ እንዲያስተላልፉ ከተፈለገ ጂኦ ሜምብሪን የተሰኘ ምንጣፍ በላያቸው ላይ ማንጠፍ እንደሚያስፈልግ፣ በረጅም ጊዜ ዕቅድ ግን ዲዛይኑ እንደገና ተስተካክሎ የሚሠራበትን ዘዴ መፈለግ እንደሚያስፈልግ አመልክተዋል፡፡

‹‹ትንሽ ውኃ ሲለቀቅ ቦዮቹ ይፈርሳሉ፤ ቦዮቹ በተከመረ አፈር ላይ ስለተሠሩ የፈረሰውን መልሶ ለመጠገን ብዙ አፈር ማጓጓዝ ያስፈልጋል፡፡ ይህ ደግሞ በሰው ኃይል የሚሠራ ሳይሆን በማሽን መታገዝ አለበት፤›› በማለት የዲዛይን ስህተት በፕሮጀክቱ ሥራ ላይ የፈጠረውን ችግር አብራርተዋል፡፡
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እኚሁ ኃላፊ እንደሚሉት ዋና ሥራ አስኪያጁ መቀመጫቸውን ተንዳሆ ላይ ቢያደርጉ፣ የፕሮጀክቱ ሥራ በምን ሁኔታ እየተካሄደ ስለመሆኑ በቂ መረጃ ይኖራቸዋል፡፡ በየጊዜው ለሚፈጠሩ ችግሮችም በቀላሉ መፍትሔ መስጠት ይቻላል፡፡

ከጉልበት ሠራተኞች ፍልሰት ጋር በተያያዘ ማብራሪያ እንዲሰጡን የጠየቅናቸው የሰው ኃይል አስተዳደር ኃላፊው አቶ ሚሊዮን ሞገስ፣ ከዋና ሥራ አስኪያጁ መመርያ ካልተሰጣቸው በስተቀር በጉዳዩ ላይ መግለጫ መስጠት እንደማይችሉ ገልጸውልናል፡፡

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#17 ·
the factory is also 60% complete apparently:




As the three old factories that supply 300,000 tonnes to the national market could not meet the local demand, the government has launched various activities to build the nine new sugar factories, to complete the Tendaho plant whose construction is well in progress and complete the expansion works on the three old ones (Wonji-Shewa, Fincha and Metahara) so as to realize the import substitution national target and start exporting the commodity. A number of reasons drive the government to attach special attention to sugar development.

Firstly, Ethiopia is endowed with huge land resource suitable for the development of the commodity. Secondly, the substantial increase in its demand as countries' economies continue to grow around the world and the availability of large export market for African sugar in the European market is also another opportunity. Tendaho Sugar Factory is among the factories under construction in the Afar State as part of the national effort at a cost of 11.8 billion birr . ''The construction of this factory was launched in 2006.

However, due to various challenges, we can say that the project was effectively started only two years back. Now, as you can see, it is well in progress,'' Factory Operations Project Deputy General Manager Endalkachew Zenebe told a group of journalists visiting the project site. The construction of the main factory plant is now 60 per cent complete, according to project officials.
 
#19 ·
Tendaho Sugar Factory to Commence Test Production
Written by Meraf Leykun Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:25



Ethiopian Business News - Manufacturing

Tendaho Sugar Factory would begin test production in five months, according to the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation.

Tendaho Sugar Factory, designed to produce over 619 thousand tons of sugar annually on 50 thousand hectares of land is under construction in Afar Regional State of Ethiopia.

Director General of the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation, Abay Tsehaye said,so far 10.5 thousand hectares is already covered with sugarcane plantation.

Sugar production Team Leader of the Factory Tekefa Assefa said, Indian professionals are contracted for the installation of the factory.

Upon completion of the ten new sugar factories currently under construction in Ethiopia, the country's annual sugar production will reach 3.25 million from the current 100 thousand tons.

Source: Walta

Sugar Corp. to Launch Dam Construction for Sugar Development
Written by Meraf Leykun Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:14



Ethiopian Business News - Manufacturing

Construction of an irrigation dam for the 4.8 billion Ethiopian Birr Wolkayit Sugar Development Project will be launched soon, the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation said.

Project manager with the corporation Amenay Mesfin told journalists that the dam will enable to develop sugarcane on 50,000 hectares of land.

Amenay said construction of 75km canal is also underway to enable farmers in the area cultivate sugarcane on over 15,000 hectares of land.

Currently installation of a sugarcane crushing plant with a capacity to crush 240,000 quintals of sugarcane a day is underway , Amenay added.

The Wolkayit Sugar Development project is one of the ten sugar development projects proposed in the Growth and Transformation Plan of the Ethiopian Government.

Source: Walta
 
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We have an agriculture led economy, 80% of Ethiopians are rural who live by farming,, I believe the government want's agriculture to pay for the industrialization of the country ,, ,,,that is what many successful state led economies have done in the past in order to industrialize their agro led economies.,so that's why its all about this cash crops, like sugar, rice, wheat, palm ,corn ,,etc ,,,,,,,,,,, Any way it is my belief that Soon we will witness a transformation in Ethiopian society, in which,, the cities of Ethiopia will turn into huge industrial magnets that will draw so many people from the rural areas to work in the cities,, while farming will incrisingly become comersialised mechanized. I would say in 15-20 years time at list 40-50% of our population will be urban. A
 
#24 ·
Simfan34 in my opinion The issue is not the land only its also the lack of infrastructure's, mainly road access,, I think you know rural Ethiopia,,, a big chunk of our population lives in isolated villages miles away from even the nearest dirt road or any government services,,,most of our people feel very passionately attached to the land they live on,,, so with that mind set, it is going to be very difficult for the government to relocate those people, close to roads and infrastructures,, though they are carrying out a new program of villagising, I'm sure it is not an easy ride for the government (they say the program is voluntary and not forced like the Derg's similar program),,,
any way what I believe they should do is expand the road network and government services into the most isolated rural villages. That will help small holding farmers to increase their productivity and to help them understand what is on demand in the market. At the same time it will increase their life standards.
But investing and supporting commercial farming and ignoring the smallholding farmers without an alternative means of employment for them in other industries. Will lead to a dirty unbalanced economy and an unfair society. So I support the mechanization of farming but it should be done in stages, slowly not very radically.
 
#26 ·
FKebede said:
We have an agriculture led economy, 80% of Ethiopians are rural who live by farming,, I believe the government want's agriculture to pay for the industrialization of the country ,, ,,,that is what many successful state led economies have done in the past in order to industrialize their agro led economies.,so that's why its all about this cash crops, like sugar, rice, wheat, palm ,corn ,,etc ,,,,,,,,,,, Any way it is my belief that Soon we will witness a transformation in Ethiopian society, in which,, the cities of Ethiopia will turn into huge industrial magnets that will draw so many people from the rural areas to work in the cities,, while farming will incrisingly become comersialised mechanized. I would say in 15-20 years time at list 40-50% of our population will be urban. A
I agree. I think ethiopia will experience a manufacturing and urbanisation boom by end of decade.
 
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According to EBC Tendaho has an initial budget of Birr 800,000 and after 10 years of unfinished work it has cost marathon 5 billion birr...and yet unfinished project...what an insane :eek:hno::bash::bash::bash: really.. this is how much corruption soaked the country?! No accountability!!:eek:hno:
 
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Please clarify yourself ... are you claiming that the initial project cost of Tendaho was 800,000 Birr? Are you kidding me? You can't build a single family house for 800,000Birr. Tendaho is a project that includes a dam, irrigation canals, sugar processing factory. Just the dam will cost millions ... Plus the main reason this project is way behind schedule is due to the incompetence of the Indian contractors, who've been suing each other in court for years over money.
 
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