The 2SCALE project builds partnerships for development. Equally important, it builds capacity, empowering farmers, farmer cooperatives and unions, agri-entrepreneurs, extension staff and others with skills and business linkages to help them grow. Capacity building programs have made significant impacts, and these efforts have been noted by the Ethiopian government. On 10 June, the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Federal Cooperative Agency recognized 2SCALE as Best Capacity Builder/Project of the Year.