Around 500 people participated in the conference in Addis Ababa last November. You can download reports of the sessions and some presentations by following the hyperlinks on the Agenda. Please note that some of the sessions involved panel discussions without formal presentations. The Conference was successfully completed on November 9th when most participants went on a field trip to visit examples of Ethiopian value chains. Reports of these field trips are also included. This site will remain active. We are updating the Resources section regularly and will be posting news about CTA’s value chain activities and those of others. Please contact us with relevant information and new resources.

Conference closed

The Conference was successfully completed on November 9th when most participants went on a variety of field trips to visit examples of Ethiopian value chains. Prior to that we had three days of extremely enlightening discussions, which are reported on below.


An appreciative audience of some 500 delegates as Ambassador Gary Quince, EU Representative to the Africa Union brings the conference to a close

Read report of Day 1

Read report of Day 2

Read report of Day 3