PROJECTPROPOSALFORTHEESTABLI

SHMENTOFZEMZEM DAI
RYFARM

Pr
ojectName:
ZEMZEM Moder
nDai
ryFar
m

Pr
ojectPr
oponent
s:Sher
ifMohammed&Hi
sFr
iends

Tot
alI
nvest
ment
:40+Mi
l
li
onEt
hiopi
anBi
rr(
ETB)

Pr
ojectLocat
ion:
Wor
eda/
Kebel
e6,
KibetTown,
Sil
ti
eZone,
Cent
ral
Ethi
opi
aRegi
on

Submi
ssi
onDat
e:Jul
y,2025

*
**

0
 Tabl
eofCont
ent
s

1.Execut
iveSummar
y

2.I
ntr
oduct
ion

2.
1Backgr
ound

2.
2Pr
ojectRat
ional
e

3.Pr
ojectObj
ect
ives

3.
1Mai
nObj
ect
ive

3.
2Speci
fi
cObj
ect
ives

4.ThePr
ojectPr
oponent
s

5.Pr
ojectDescr
ipt
ionandLocat
ion

6.Pr
oduct
ionandOper
ati
onsPl
an

6.
1Dai
ryHer
d

6.
2Feedi
ngandNut
ri
ti
on

6.
3Ani
mal
Heal
thandBr
eedi
ng

6.
4Mi
l
kPr
oduct
ionandHandl
i
ng

7.Mar
ketAnal
ysi
s

8.Or
gani
zat
ional
andManagementPl
an

9.Fi
nanci
alPl
an

10.Soci
o-Economi
candEnv
ironment
alI
mpact

10.
1Soci
o-Economi
cBenef
it
s

10.
2Env
ironment
alConsi
der
ati
ons

11.Concl
usi
onandRequest

1
 1.EXECUTI
VESUMMARY

Thisdocumentout l
i
nesapr oj
ectproposalf
ort heestabli
shmentof* ZEMZEM Dair
y
Farm*,amoder ndair
yent erpr
isetobelocatedinW/ 6Kebele,Ki
bett own,Si
lti
eZone.
Theprojecti
sinit
iat
edbyaconsor ti
um ofdedicatedEthiopi
anentrepreneur
s,Sher
if
Mohammed&Hi sFriends,whoarecommi ttedt ocontr
ibuti
ngtothenat i
on'
seconomic
growthandfoodsecur it
y.

Theproj ect
'
sv i
si
onistoestabli
shastate-
of-
the-
artdai
ryfarmt hatut
ili
zesmoder n
agri
culturalt
echnol
ogyandbestpracti
cestoproducehigh-qual
itymilkanddairy
products.Theini
ti
alphasei
nv ol
vesaninvest
mentofov er40mi ll
ionETBtoacquire25
hi
gh-yielddair
ycows,devel
op1hect ar
eofland,andconstructnecessaryinf
rast
ructur
e.

ZEMZEM Dai ryFarm aimstoaddr essthegr owingl ocaldemandf orfr

eshandquali
ty
dair
ypr oducts,createsigni
fi
cantempl oy mentoppor t
unit
iesformorethan20
i
ndividuals,andintroducemodernf armi ngtechni quest othelocalcommunit
y.Bydoing
so,thepr oj
ectwillcontri
butetothelocal economyofKi bettownandt hebr
oaderSil
ti
e
Zone, enhancether egional
taxbase, andal ignwi thnat i
onaldevel
opmentgoalssuchas
the"Bount yoftheBasket "(
YeLematTr ufat)ini
tiati
v e.

Weareformal
lyr
equest
ingthesupportoft
heKi
betTownAdministr
ati
onfort
he
al
locat
ionoft
hespeci
fi
ed1-hect
areplotofl
andt
oreal
izet
hisv
italproj
ect
.

2
 2.I
NTRODUCTI
ON

2.
1.Backgr
ound

Ethi
opiahasthelargestli
v estockpopul ati
oni
nAf r
ica,withapproximately70. 3milli
on
catt
le.Theliv
estocksect orisacor nerstoneofthenati
onal economy ,cont r
ibuti
ng
si
gnifi
cantl
ytotheagr i
cultural GDP( around45%)andpr ovi
dingli
veli
hoodsf orav ast
port
ionofthepopulation.Despi tethisimmensepot ent
ial,t
hedairysub- sectorhasnot
beenfull
ydevelopedtomeett herisingdomest i
cdemand, whichisdri
v enbypopul at
ion
growth,ur
banizat
ion,andi ncreasingi ncomes.

Thepercapi
tamilkconsumpti
oninEthi
opi
aremainslowcomparedt
otheAf
ri
can
av
erage,
indi
cat
ingasubstant
ialgapbet
weensupplyanddemand.

TheGov er
nmentofEt hi
opiahaspriori
ti
zedthedevel
opmentofthedair
ysect
ort
hrough
i
tsTen-YearPerspecti
vePlan(2022-2031)andi
nit
iat
ivesl
iket
he"Bountyoft
heBasket
,"
whichaimtosignif
icantl
yincr
easemi l
kproduct
ionandproduct
ivi
ty.

Thesepoli
ciescr
eat
eaf
avor
abl
eenv
ironmentf
orpr
ivat
einv
est
menti
nmoder
ndai
ry
f
arming.

2.
2.Pr
ojectRat
ional
e

TheSil
ti
eZone,andKi
bett
owninpar t
icular
,pr
esent
sast rat
egiclocati
onf oramodern
dai
ryfar
m.Proximi
tyt
oagrowi
ngur banpopulati
onensuresar eadymar ketforfr
esh
mil
k.However,
muchofthecur
rentlocalsuppl
ycomesf r
om traditi
onal
,low-yiel
d
far
mingsyst
ems.ZEMZEM DairyFarmi sdesi
gnedtobri
dget hisgapby :

*Meeti
ngMarketDemand:
Suppl
yi
ngthelocalcommunit
y,caf
es,hot
els,
andr
etai
l
ersi
n
Ki
betandsur
roundi
ngar
easwi
thfr
esh,saf
e,andhigh-
qual
it
ymilk.

3
*Creati
ngEmployment:
Prov
idi
ngstabl
ejobsf
orover20peopl
e,t
her
ebyi
mpr
ovi
ng
l
iv
elihoodsandr
educi
ngunemploy
mentinther
egion.

*EconomicContr
ibut
ion:
Generati
ngrev
enueforther
egionalgov
ernmentt
hrough
t
axesandsti
mulat
ingthel
ocaleconomythr
oughthepurchaseofgoodsandservi
ces.

*Technol
ogyTransfer
:Act
ingasamodel f
armthatdemonstr
atesthebenefi
tsof
moder
ndairypr
acti
ces,i
ncl
udingimprovedani
mal br
eeds,
properfeedi
ng,andhygi
ene,
whi
chcanbeadoptedbyotherlocal
farmers.

4
 3.PROJECTOBJECTI
VES

3.
1.Mai
nObj
ect
ive

Toestabl
ishaprofi
tabl
e,sust
ainabl
e,andmoder
ndairyf
armthatpr
oduceshigh-quali
ty
milkt
omeett hedemandsofKi bett
ownandtheSil
ti
eZone,whi
lecont
ri
buti
ngt olocal
economicdevel
opmentandf oodsecuri
ty.

3.
2.Speci
fi
cObj
ect
ives

* Tosecur
ea1-
hect
arepl
otofl
andi
nW/
6Kebel
efort
heest
abl
i
shmentoft
hef
arm.

* Toconst
ructmoder
nfacil
i
ties,
incl
udingcowhousi
ng,
ami
l
kingpar
lor
,feedst
orage,
andwastemanagementsyst
emswi thi
nt hef
ir
sty
ear.

* Toprocureani
nit
ial
her
dof25hi
gh-
yi
eldcr
ossbr
edorexot
icdai
rycows(
e.g.
,
Holst
einFr
iesi
an)
.

* Topr
oduceanav
erageof15-
20l
i
ter
sofmi
l
kpercowperday
.

* Tocr
eat
eov
er20per
manentandt
empor
aryj
obsf
ort
hel
ocal
communi
ty.

* Toestabl
isharel
i
ablesupplychai
nforr
awmi
l
ktoconsumer
s,r
etai
l
ers,
andsmal
l
-
scal
eprocessor
sinthearea.

* Toachi
evef
inanci
alsust
ainabi
l
ityandpr
ofi
tabi
l
itywi
thi
nthef
ir
stt
hreey
ear
sof
oper
ati
on.

5
 4.THEPROJECTPROPONENTS

Theprojectisinit
iatedandwi l
lbemanagedbySher i
fMohammed&Hi sFr i
ends.Who
havemor ethan5y ear sofexperi
enceonthef i
eld.Thisgroupcompr i
sespassionate
andforward-thi
nkingi ndivi
dualswithasharedvisionfori
nvesti
nginEthiopia'
s
agri
cult
uralsector.Thei rcombinedexpert
iseinbusinessmanagement ,f
inance,anda
deep-r
ootedunder st andingofthelocal
contextprovidesastrongfoundationforthe
successofthispr oject.Theproponentsarecommi t
tedtoalong-t
ermi nvestmentand
wil
lbeact i
velyinvolvedi nthefar
m'sday-t
o-daymanagementandst rategicdir
ecti
on.

6
 5.PROJECTDESCRI
PTI
ONANDLOCATI
ON

*Pr
ojectName:
ZEMZEM Dai
ryFar
m

*LegalStr
uct
ure:Thebusinesswasal
readyregi
steredasaZemzem Dai
ryFar
m
Ent
erpr
iseaPri
vateLi
mitedCompany(PLC)inaccordancewi
thEt
hiopi
ancommerci
al
l
aw.

*Locati
on:Theproposedsit
eisa1- hectar
epl
otoflandl
ocatedin*
W/6Kebel
e,Kibet
Town,Si
lt
ieZone.Thi
slocati
onisidealduetoi
tsaccessi
bil
i
ty,pr
oxi
mit
ytot
hetarget
market
,andavai
labi
li
tyofessent
ialuti
li
ti
es.

*LandUsePl
an:
The1-
hect
arepl
otwi
l
lbedev
elopedasf
oll
ows:

* CowBar
nsandMi
l
kingPar
lor
:~2,
500sq.met
ers

*FeedSt
orage(
Hay
,Si
l
age,
Concent
rat
es)
:~2,
000sq.met
ers

*FodderCul
ti
vat
ionAr
ea:
~4,
000sq.met
ers

* Of
fi
ce,
Staf
fQuar
ter
s,andUt
il
it
ies:
~500sq.met
ers

* Wast
eManagement&Manur
eCol
l
ect
ion:
~1,
000sq.met
ers

7
 6.PRODUCTI
ONANDOPERATI
ONSPLAN

6.
1.Dai
ryHer
d

Thefarm wil
lcommenceoper at
ionswi
th25high-
yiel
ddairycows,l
ikelycrossbr
eeds
(e.
g.,ZebuxHolst
einFri
esi
an)orpureHol
stei
nFriesi
ans,knownfortheirhighmilk
producti
onpotent
ial
.Theseanimalswi
l
lbesourcedfrom reput
abl
ebr eedersinEthi
opi
a.

6.
2.Feedi
ngandNut
ri
ti
on

Abal
ancedf
eedi
ngr
egi
meni
scr
it
ical
forhi
ghmi
l
kyi
eld.Thepl
ani
ncl
udes:

* Cul
ti
vat
inghi
gh-
qual
i
tyf
odderon-
sit
e.

* Sour
cinghay
,cr
opr
esi
dues,
andagr
o-i
ndust
ri
alby
-pr
oduct
slocal
l
y.

* Provi
dingabal
anceddi
etofconcent
rat
est
omeett
henut
ri
ti
onal
requi
rement
sof
l
act
atingcows.

6.
3.Ani
malHeal
thandBr
eedi
ng

* Astri
ctvacci
nat
ionanddiseaseprevent
ionpr
ogr
am wi
l
lbei
mpl
ement
edi
n
consul
tat
ionwit
hlocalv
eter
inaryser
v i
ces.

* Thefar
m wil
lut
il
izeAr
ti
fi
cial
Insemi
nat
ion(
AI)ser
vicest
oimpr
ovet
hegenet
ic
pot
enti
aloft
heherdovert
ime.

6.
4.Mi
lkPr
oduct
ionandHandl
ing

* Mi
l
kingwi
l
lbeconduct
edt
wicedai
l
yinahy
gieni
cmi
l
kingpar
lor
.

* Themil
kwil
lbeimmediat
elycool
edandst
oredi
nappr
opr
iat
econt
ainer
stomai
ntai
n
i
tsqual
i
tyandsaf
etybef
oredist
ri
buti
on.

8
 7.MARKETANALYSI
S

Thedemandformil
kanddai
rypr
oduct
sinEt
hiopi
aisconsi
stent
lygr
owi
ng,
wit
ha
si
gni
fi
cantsuppl
ydefi
cit
.

I
nur
banandper
i-
urbanar
easl
i
keKi
bet
,thi
sdemandi
spar
ti
cul
arl
yst
rong.

*Tar getMar ket

:Thepr i
mar yt
argetmar ketincl
udeshouseholds,hot
els,caf
es,
rest
aurants,andlocalret
ail
erswithi
nKi bettownandt hewiderSil
ti
eZone.Av al
uechai
n
anal
ysisinthenear byDalochadistr
ictconfi
rmst heexist
enceofestabl
ishedmarket
ing
channels.

*Compet i
ti
veAdv
ant
age:
ZEMZEM wi
l
ldi
ff
erent
iat
eit
sel
ffr
om t
radi
ti
onal
producer
s
t
hrough:

*Super
iorQual
it
y:Consi
stentsuppl
yoff
resh,
hygi
eni
c,andunadul
ter
atedmi
l
k.

*Rel
iabi
li
ty:
Stabl
epr
oduct
ionout
putt
hroughoutt
hey
ear
.

*FairPr
ici
ng:
Off
eri
ngcompet
it
ivepr
icesbasedonpr
oduct
ioncost
sandmar
ket
r
ates.

9
 8.ORGANI
ZATI
ONALANDMANAGEMENTPLAN

Theproj
ectwil
lcr
eat
eempl
oymentf
orov
er20i
ndi
vi
dual
s.Theor
gani
zat
ional
str
uct
ure
wil
lbeasfol
lows:

*Gener
alManager(
Sher
if
):Ov
eral
lpr
ojectov
ersi
ght
.

*Far
m Manager
:Managesdai
l
yoper
ati
ons,
ani
mal
heal
th,
andpr
oduct
ion.

*Far
m Wor
ker
s(15+)
:Responsi
blef
orf
eedi
ng,
mil
ki
ng,
cleani
ng,
andgener
alf
arm
l
abor
.

*Account
ant
/Admi
nist
rat
or(
1):
Managesf
inances,
recor
ds,
andof
fi
ceadmi
nist
rat
ion.

*Sal
es/
Mar
ket
ingOf
fi
cer(
1):
Managesdi
str
ibut
ionandcust
omerr
elat
ions.

*Secur
it
yGuar
ds(
2-3)
:Toensur
ethesaf
etyoft
hef
arm asset
s.

St
affwil
lber
ecr
uit
edl
ocal
l
y,andt
rai
ningwi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedonmoder
ndai
rymanagement
pr
acti
ces.

10
 9.FI
NANCI
ALPLAN

Thetot
ali
nit
ial
inv
est
mentfort
heproj
ecti
sesti
matedtobeov
er40mi l
l
ionETB.A
det
ail
edbr
eakdownwill
beprov
idedi
ntheappendi
x,butt
hemaj
orcostcent
ersi
ncl
ude:

| I
tem |
Est
imat
edCost(
ETB) |

|
A.Capi
talI
nvest
ment | |

|
LandLeaseAcqui
si
ti
on&Pr
epar
ati
on|AsperZonal
Admi
nist
rat
ionr
ates |

|
Bui
l
ding&I
nfr
ast
ruct
ureConst
ruct
ion| 15,
000,
000 |

|
Pur
chaseof25Hi
gh-
Yiel
dDai
ryCows| 10,
000,
000 |

|
Machi
ner
y&Equi
pment(
Mil
ki
ng,
Cool
i
ng,
etc.
)| 5,
000,
000 |

|
Uti
l
ityConnect
ions(
Wat
er,
Elect
ri
cit
y)| 1,
000,
000 |

|
Sub-
Tot
alCapi
talI
nvest
ment | 31,
000,
000 |

|
B.Wor
kingCapi
tal(
Fir
stYear
) | |

|
Ani
mal
Feed&Vet
eri
nar
ySer
vicesb | 6,
000,
000 |

|
Sal
ari
esandWages | 2,
000,
000 |

|
Uti
l
iti
es&Admi
nist
rat
iveCost
s | 1,
000,
000 |

|
Sub-
Tot
alWor
kingCapi
tal | 9,
000,
000 |

|Tot
alEst
imat
edPr
ojectCost | 40,
000,
000 |

*
Not
e:Thesef
igur
esar
eest
imat
es.Thepr
oponent
shav
esecur
edf
undsexceedi
ngt
his

11
amountt
ocov
ercont
ingenci
es.
*

Thepr
ojecti
sexpect
edt
obecomepr ofi
tabl
e,wit
hstudi
esshowi
ngt
hatl
argedai
ry
far
msinEthi
opi
ahaveabenef
it
-costrat
iogreat
erthan2.
0.

Revenuewil
lbegener
atedpr
imar
ilyf
rom t
hesal
eofr
awmi
l
k,wi
thsecondar
yincome
f
rom thesal
eofcal
vesandmanure.

12
 10.SOCI
O-ECONOMI
CANDENVI
RONMENTALI
MPACT

10.
1.Soci
o-Economi
cBenef
it
s

*JobCr eat
ion:Di
rectemploy
mentforov
er20peopl
eandi
ndi
rectempl
oymentt
hrough
l
inkageswit
hfeedsuppli
ersandot
herserv
icepr
ovi
der
s.

*ImprovedNutri
ti
on:Increasi
ngtheavai
l
abi
l
ityofnut
ri
ti
ousmi
l
kfort
hel
ocal
popul
ati
on,cont
ri
buti
ngt ofoodsecur
it
y.

*Gov
ernmentRev
enue:
Cont
ri
but
iont
othel
ocal
andr
egi
onal
economyt
hrought
axes.

*Economi cLinkages:
Sti
mul
ati
ngl
ocal
mar
ket
sforani
mal
feed,
vet
eri
nar
yser
vices,
andt
ransport
ation.

10.
2.Env
ironment
alConsi
der
ati
ons

ZEMZEM iscommi t
tedtoenvir
onment all
ysustai
nablepract
ices.Adedi
catedwaste
managementsystem wil
lbeestabl
ishedtoproperlyhandleanimalmanure.Thi
smanure
wil
lbeusedasorganicfer
ti
li
zerforon-far
mf odderproducti
onandcanalsobesoldto
l
ocalcropfar
mers,promoti
ngaci r
culareconomyandr educingtheuseofchemical
fer
ti
li
zers.

13
 11.CONCLUSI
ONANDREQUEST

ZEMZEM Dai ryFarmisawel l

-conceivedprojectwi t
hsignificantpotent
ialf
or
commer cial
successandposi ti
vesoci o-
economi cimpact .Itisful
lyali
gnedwiththe
devel
opmentpr ior
it
iesoftheSilt
ieZoneandt heFeder alGov ernmentofEthiopi
a.The
proj
ectproponents,Sher
ifMohammed&Hi sFriends,aref ull
ycommi tt
edandhav e
secur
edt henecessaryfi
nancialresourcestoimpl ementt hisventure.

Thesuccessfulr
eal
izati
onofthisproj
ecti
scont i
ngentupontheti
melyall
ocat
ionofthe
request
edland.We,ther
efor
e,respect
ful
lyrequesttheSil
ti
eZoneKibetTown
Admi ni
str
ati
ontoapproveourappli
cati
onfora1- hect
are(10,
000m²)plotofl
andin

W/6Kebele.Weareconf
identt
hatZEMZEM DairyFarm wi
l
lbeal andmarkproj
ectfor
t
heregi
onandat est
amenttotheproduct
ivepar
tnershi
pbetweenpriv
ateinv
estor
sand
t
hegovernment.

Welookf
orwardt
oaf av
orabl
eresponseandar
eav
ail
abl
etopr
ovi
deanyf
urt
her
i
nfor
mati
onrequi
red.

Si
ncer
ely
,

*
Sher
ifMohammed*

Onbehal
fof*
ZEMZEM Dai
ryFar
m Pr
oponent
s*

14
Pr
ojectTi
mel
ine

Phases Act
ivi
ty Ti
mel
ine

1:
Planni
ng&Appr
oval Landr
equest&l
egal
for
mal
i
ties Aug2025

2:
Sit
ePr
epar
ati
on Landcl
ear
ing,
lev
eli
ng,
fenci
ng Sept2025

3:
Const
ruct
ion Bar
ns,
mil
ki
ngpar
lor
,st
affquar
ter
s,ut
il
it
ies Oct
–Dec2025

4:
Procur
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