NL-KVK-27378529-FDOV12ET01 Netherlands Enterprise Agency Note: This project is closed prematurely, so not all project activities have been implemented.This public-private partnership (PPP) will enable Ethiopian smallholder farmers and farmers cooperatives to lease and buy affordable two-wheel tractors for soil preparation of the seedbed and fields, supported by a business case. Mechanization in the Ethiopian agricultural and horticulture sector is still in its infancy stage.The use of the more than 2,000-year-old existing practice of oxen using a maresha is common but is also expensive for farmers without oxen.Four-wheel tractors are on the market but are too costly for cultivating small and scattered plots. Attempts to introduce two-wheel tractors for mechanization have failed due to the lack of a successful after-sales and maintenance operation.The Rumptstad two-wheel tractor (2 WT RS) is a tractor for soil tillage, seed drilling, weeding, transport, threshing and pumping on heavy soils. After the successful demonstrations and use of the RS tractors in different sites and demo fields in four regions in the highlands of Ethiopia. Using it is expected to significantly increase surplus yields. Alterra B.V. Machinefabriek Steketee B.V. Netherlands Enterprise Agency Netherlands Enterprise Agency TGT Enterprise 9.145 40.489674 1000000 -215827 -493173 1000000 TGT Enterprise 18421 TGT Enterprise 125732 TGT Enterprise 429987 TGT Enterprise 210033 TGT Enterprise -215827 TGT Enterprise -493173 TGT Enterprise -493173 TGT Enterprise 1000000 -215827 -493173 Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Business development, by investment or trade of local or Dutch companies with(in) low and middle income countries Improved sustainable production and trade Improved sustainable production and trade Improved sustainable production and trade Improved sustainable production and trade Increased productivity and income Increased productivity and income