Wondwossen’s Note: As of this writing, this policy proposal hasn’t been accepted or rejected by the government. Watch this space for any developments. ---- ATA and USAID AGP-AMDe Jointly Developed Policy Proposal to Strengthen Ministry of Trade’s involvement in Regulating Ethiopia’s Warehouse Receipt System March 2013 Introduction This proposal, developed by the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) and the Agricultural Growth Program-Agribusiness and Market Development (AGP-AMDe) Project, is intended to urge the Government of Ethiopia to reactivate the Ministry of Trade’s mandate to regulate Ethiopia’s warehouse receipt system. The ATA and the AGP-AMDe Project recommend that the government take immediate action on developing and supporting a regulatory framework that 1) enables the implementation of a community warehouse receipt system pilot (to better serve smallholder farmers) and 2) strengthens broader nationwide warehouse receipt initiatives und...