 | E-Malt.com News article: Ethiopia: Ethiopia moves to stop malt imports with public-private research pact
The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research signed a landmark agreement forging a strategic alliance with the country’s four premier malt processors, Asella, Boortmalt, Gondar, and Soufflet, to directly finance advanced domestic barley research, elevate smallholder yields, and secure a fully sustainable, industry-grade local supply chain, Ethiopia Today reported on June 30.
The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes a long-term collaborative framework through which EIAR and the four malt industry partners will jointly support research on malt barley breeding, germplasm enhancement, variety development and release, seed multiplication, agronomy, plant pathology, entomology, grain quality improvement, technology verification and scaling, capacity building, knowledge exchange, and dissemination of improved technologies.
The partnership will also promote demand-driven research that directly addresses the needs of Ethiopia’s malt and brewing industries while increasing productivity, profitability, and competitiveness across the malt barley value chain.
The strategic public-private partnership establishes a long-term collaborative framework to directly fund and advance domestic malt barley research, focusing heavily on breeding high-yielding varieties that meet the strict quality standards of the malting and brewing industries.
Industry leaders from the four premier malt factories reaffirmed their corporate commitment to investing in this agricultural innovation, noting that securing a sustainable local supply chain is the only viable path to boosting smallholder farmer incomes and achieving total domestic self-sufficiency.
EIAR Crop Research Director Dr. Fekadu Gurmu emphasized that this unified response will systematically overhaul everything from germplasm enhancement and seed multiplication to disease management and agronomic training across the country’s key farming corridors.
01 July, 2026
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