Improving Productivity & Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers ...

Improving Productivity & Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers

15th Progress Report (October 2011 – March 2012)

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List of Abbreviations

AGP Agricultural Growth Program

ANRS Amhara National Regional State

ATA Agricultural Transformation Agency

ARARI Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute

AI Artificial Insemination

ATVET Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training College

BoA Bureau of Agriculture (at regional level)

BOAM Business Organization and their Access to Markets

CA Contribution Arrangement

CAD Canadian Dollar

CBD Coffee Berry Disease

CBO Community-Based Organizations

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT Centro International de Agricultural Tropical

CIDA Canadian International Development Agency

CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre

CIP International Potato Centre (Peru)

CPPSLM Country partnership program for sustainable land management

CRPs CGIAR Research Programs

DA Development Agent

DDG Deputy Director General

DG Director General

DVM Doctor of Veterinary medicine

EARS Ethiopian Agricultural Research Systems

EAP Ethiopian Agricultural Portal

ECCO Ethiopia-Canada Cooperation Office

ECX Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

EDRI Ethiopian Development and Research Institute

EIAR Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (formerly EARO)

EMDTI Ethiopian Meat and Dairy Technology Institute

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ESSP Ethiopian Strategy Support Program

ESE Ethiopian Seed Enterprise

FA Field Assistant

FAP Fodder Adoption Project

FAO Food and Agricultural Organization

FRI Farm Radio International

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FTC Farmer Training Center

GoE Government of Ethiopia

GTP Growth and Transformation Plan

HIV Human Immune-Deficiency Virus

IARC International Agricultural Research Center (not limited to CGIAR)

ICIPE International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre

IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute

IFAD International fund for Agricultural development

ILRI International Livestock Research Institute

IPMS Improving Productivity and Market Success

ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural Research

IWMI International Water Management Institute

JARC Jimma Agricultural Research Center

KM Knowledge Management

KMIS Knowledge Management Information System

LoA Letter of Agreement

LoL Land O’Lakes

MARC Melkassa Agricultural Research Centre

M & E Monitoring and Evaluation

MoA Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia)

MoFED Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia)

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

NAIRC National Agricultural Information Resource Centre

NALC National Advisory and Learning Committee

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NRM Natural Resource Management

OARI Oromia Agricultural Research Institute

PA Peasant Association/also referred to as “Kebele”

PADEP Peasant Agricultural Development Programme

PADETES Participatory Demonstration and Training Extension System

PI Performance Indicators

PIP Project Implementation Plan

PLW Pilot Learning Woreda (Previously PLS)

PM&E Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

PMF Performance Measurement Framework

PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal

PSC Project Steering Committee

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R&D Research and Development

RALC Regional Advisory and Learning Committees

RARI Regional Agricultural Research Institute (Ethiopia)

RBM Result Based Management

RBM&E Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation

RDAs Research and Development Assistants

RDOs Research and Development Officers

REDFS Rural Economic Development and Food Security

RELC Research Extension Liaison Committees

RRDFA Regional Rural Development Fund Administration

SACCO Saving and Credit Community Organization

SARI Southern Agricultural Research Institute

SMS Subject Matter Specialist

SNNPR Southern Nation Nationalities and People’s Region

SNV Netherlands Development Organization

SWISHA Sustainable Water Harvesting and Institutional Strengthening in Amhara

Region

TARI Tigray Agricultural Research Institute

TOT Training of Trainers

TAMSA Tigray Agricultural Marketing Support Agency

USAID United States Agency for International Development

WALC Woreda Advisory and Learning Committee

WB WorldBank

WKC Woreda Knowledge Center

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List of Tables

Table 1: IPMS Sponsored BSc Students ........................................................................................................ 7

Table 2: IPMS MSc and PhD Sponsored Students ..................................................................................... 7

Table 3: Status of hormone application and response of cows used for training ........................ 9

Table 4: Preliminary results hormone assisted mass AI Amhara Region. ................................... 11

Table 5: Preliminary results hormone assisted Mass AI in Oromia Region ................................ 12

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Table of Contents List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................................... iv Executive summary .............................................................................................................................................. 1 1. Knowledge Management............................................................................................................................. 4

1.1. Ethiopian Agriculture Portal ........................................................................................................... 4

1.2. Radio programs .................................................................................................................................... 5

1.3. Project documentation ...................................................................................................................... 6

2. Innovation capacity development ........................................................................................................... 6 2.1. Educational institutions .................................................................................................................... 6

2.2. MSc/BSc education ............................................................................................................................. 6

2.3. Monitoring and evaluation .............................................................................................................. 7

2.4. Mainstreaming gender ...................................................................................................................... 7

2.5. Participatory market oriented extension ................................................................................... 8

2.6. AI training ............................................................................................................................................... 8

3. Participatory commodity developments ........................................................................................... 10 3.1. Planning, M&E .................................................................................................................................... 10

3.2. Livestock value chain development interventions .............................................................. 11

3.3. Crop value chain development .................................................................................................... 13

4. Documentation and promotion ............................................................................................................. 14 4.1. Completed documentation............................................................................................................ 14

4.2. On-going documentation ............................................................................................................... 14

4.3. Promotional/scaling out activities ............................................................................................ 15

4.3.1. Distribution approaches/Channels ....................................................................................... 15

4.3.2. Support regional MoA/BoA value chain development initiatives ............................. 16

4.3.3. Participation/presentations in non-government fora ................................................... 18

5. Project management .................................................................................................................................. 21 5.1. Staffing .................................................................................................................................................. 21

5.2. Handing over of assets.................................................................................................................... 21

5.3. Contractual arrangements – research and development partners ............................... 21

5.4. Office establishment and procurement of good/services................................................. 22

5.5. Monitoring and evaluation ........................................................................................................... 22

Annex 1 .................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Annex 2 .................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Annex 3 .................................................................................................................................................................. 27

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Executive summary In the past six months, the IPMS project continued being involved in activities aimed at

scaling out and up its approaches and interventions. While part of this was in the proposed

program of work, the project also tried to respond to demand from the research and

development community especially from the federal and regional government programs

and other projects involved in supporting value chain development in Ethiopia. The

highlights of various activities/outputs are presented below.

Knowledge management

Introductory seminars to promote the Ethiopian Agricultural Portal (EAP) in the

SNNPRS Region were completed

Presentation/displays of the EAP made in various conferences

Newly designed EAP posters and stickers produced and distributed

Consultant engaged in the development of off - line copies of the EAP

Procurement process for generator to back up the MoA’s IT department to improve

access to EAP initiated

Number of unique visitors of the EAP during the 6 month period was 5,327

Draft brochure for documentation of best knowledge management practices and

lessons learned prepared

An assessment on the 6 part Participatory Agricultural Radio Series (PARS) by local

radio stations in Tigray and SNNPRS was conducted and the results presented in an

ILRI seminar. It showed significant differences between the intervention and control

Districts in terms of knowledge and farmers demands expressed. .

Capacity development

Two training courses for AGP coordinators on results based monitoring and

evaluation; and gender mainstreaming in agriculture were jointly

organized/conducted by AGP and IPMS staff

Regional training courses on hormone assisted mass AI campaigns were conducted

for mobile teams in Amhara and Oromia Regions

IPMS staff contributed to curriculum development in Addis Ababa University

(veterinary faculty), Haramaya University (PhD programs in livestock) and Bahir

Dar University (Apiculture)

Four (2 female) more public sector staff completed their MSc studies/thesis

research

Working paper on graduate research, including the results of the tracer study of

IPMS sponsored students, was published and distributed

A new manual on apiculture was completed by ARARI/IPMS and posted on the EAP

The draft manual on market- oriented extension was completed and reviewed.

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Commodity development

MoA/EIAR and ILRI jointly organized a workshop to take stock/harmonize the

livestock genetic improvement activities in the country, including hormone assisted

mass insemination

Calving from first round mass AI in Tigray and SNNPR took place in the final quarter

of 2011. Preliminary results of calving rate was 60% (of inseminated cows)

Pre-scaling first round mass insemination campaigns were organized in 3 sites in

Amhara Region and in 3 sites in Oromia. Similar as the second round mass

insemination in SNNPR and Tigray, sex fixer was introduced for experimental

purposes. Preliminary analysis suggests response rates to hormone treatment well

above 90%. However improvements can be made in mass mobilization prior to the

mass treatment with hormones (30% of cows were rejected in some sites) as well

as better organization of the subsequent mass AI, i.e. several farmers did not bring

their cows for AI despite the fact that hormones had induced heat

Pregnancy diagnosis, included in the pre-scaling protocol were conducted in all

Regions, Tigray reported 70 – 77% of the cows inseminated in two sites and SNNPR

around 50% in one location.

Several Regions have prepared plans for scaling out hormone assisted mass

insemination, including use of sex fixer. It is noted that sufficient time should be

allotted for the pre-scaling phase results to be known and analyzed in order to avoid

disappointment in the end

Video preparation on mass AI in SNNPR was completed and during trainings

A prototype mobile cattle crush was developed by ILRI’s physical plant unit

Purchase of young Boran bulls for Oromia Agricultural Research Institute from

Kenya was abandoned due to health consideration

Documentation and promotion

Project website (www.ipms-ethiopia.org) was updated, including all videos. On

average about 5,000 unique visitors view the site every month

One more working paper, 4 commodity case studies and 4 theses were completed

The project results were summarized in an impact summary report

Project staff participated in meetings/workshops and taskforces for the

development of government implemented value chain and research programs.

Amongst others, the project contributed to the preparation of an apiculture

development strategy for Amhara Region; rainfed and irrigated crop development

program in Tigray, review and translation of the MoA gender development strategy,

and review of the AGP gender strategy

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Project staff also made presentations on project approaches, interventions in

several regional, national and international workshops and conferences

Field visits were organized in Ada’a and Dale Districts, amongst others for AGP

coordinators, Canadian parliamentarians, and participants of the international UN

women conference

A livestock value chain exhibition was organized at the Livestock Exchange event

held at ILRI.

Project management

Documentation for the handover of motorbikes and pickups for PLWs was

completed by ILRI and MoA and handing over is in progress

Handing over of revolving credit funds in Ada’a completed, including signing of an

agreement between the Woreda and Yerer Union (lending Institution). Alaba and

Dale transfer has been discussed and is in progress

Financial settlements of contracts with TARI and ORARI completed. Settlement

ARARI and SARI on-going

Proposal of the no cost extension for IPMS (till December 2012) prepared

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1. Knowledge Management

1.1. Ethiopian Agriculture Portal

The Ethiopian Agriculture Portal has become a major knowledge sharing platform

for agricultural information on Ethiopia (www.eap.gov.et). Social Media networks

such as the Facebook page have attracted much attention over the last six months.

Many e-mail requests from around the world have been received asking for a variety

of information on Ethiopian agriculture. Following the directions of the SC meeting

in October and the proposed program of work the following activities were

completed/are on-going;

o A3 size posters of the EAP were sent to various organizations affiliated with

agriculture development

o A paper on ‘An overview of Ethiopian Agriculture Portal- IPMS experience ‘

was submitted and presented at the 19th annual conference of ESAP

o Upgrade to offline version of the EAP that contains recently uploaded

documents and with more simple and flexible features was contracted out

o Promotional items for the EAP - Bumper stickers, Amharic flyers and pocket

calendars for 2012, were produced and disseminated to all institutions

affiliated with agricultural research and development

o Bigger posters of the EAP in Amharic to be distributed to 116 institutions are

under preparation

o The last round of EAP promotion was held in the Southern Agricultural

Research Institute (SARI) and Hawassa University - Faculty of Agriculture.

Presentations and/or displays on the EAP were also organized for major

conferences (see Annex 2 and 3 for details)

As in the previous six months, utilization of the EAP was inconsistent during this

reporting period due to problems with electricity at the MoA and also a fiber

disconnect of the line coming from ETC. To mitigate portal unavailability due to

frequent power outages, IPMS is facilitating the purchase and installation of a

backup generator that will provide a constant electric supply to the IT

department. The suggestion to host the EAP on an alternate site outside of

Ethiopia to mitigate portal unavailability due to internet interruption has still

not received any feedback.

A TOR for an EAP content manager was prepared by staff from the MoA’s IT

department and IPMS.

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Following is a summary report from Google Analytics on visits made to the EAP during the

reporting period.

Figure 1: EAP Visitors

1.2. Radio programs

IPMS in collaboration with Farm Radio International (FRI) piloted the Participatory

Agricultural Radio Series (PARS) to promote value chain based commodity

development in and outside the PLWs in August 2011

The assessment results (conducted by a consultant) were presented in a seminar at

ILRI and showed that there is a significant increase in the awareness and knowledge

of value chain development in the PLWs of IPMS as compared to the non-IPMS

districts. Prior campaigns and promotions of the PARS through word of mouth and

the use of media were effective in increasing the number of listeners. Major lessons

captured and points raised on the assessment report include;

o PARS proved to be an effective way of communicating innovative commodity

value chain development practices with farmers. The participatory way of

program presentation in which copy farmers took part in the program rather

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than journalists narrating, made the program more appealing to the audience

and was appreciated very much by extension workers and farmers

o The PARS created demand among farmers to try out improved production

technologies and/or to work further on marketing their produce

o PARS was reported to be inspirational and motivational for most farmers to

influence their attitude and motivate them to be part of the activity

FRI will submit the final assessment report that will be uploaded online for a wider

audience. The PARS series along with the scripts in English will be availed in the

IPMS and ILRI-Mahider websites after being formatted. Furthermore, preparation to

distribute the PARS audio CDs to FTCs and district offices of agriculture in the two

regions (Tigray and SNNP) for further usage as a resource material is on going

1.3. Project documentation

See Annex 1 and promotional activities.

2. Innovation capacity development

2.1. Educational institutions

IPMS staff have been supporting i) PhD curriculum development for livestock

research in Haramaya University; ii) formulation of a new undergraduate

agriculture program for the Faculty of Veterinary Science (Debre Zeit), Addis Abeba

University and iii) apiculture curriculum development for undergraduates in Bahir

Dar University

At the request of local Universities, IPMS staff acted as external examiners for MSc

students

A general assessment of the graduate programs (GP) of Agricultural Universities, in

which the tracer study results of IPMS students were incorporated, was published in

the working paper series (see Annex 1). The study concludes, amongst others, that

the GP need to be more proactive in creating linkages and partnerships with

regional and federal governments and development programs in order to improve

its effectiveness.

2.2. MSc/BSc education

The BSc training of public sector staff was reviewed with the Universities. Five (5)

staff who had previously been reported as studying have in fact graduated.

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Table 1: IPMS Sponsored BSc Students

Status Male Female Total

Completed 13 22 35

Studying 2 7 9

Grand Total 15 29 44

Four more tuition sponsored staff (2 female) successfully completed their MSc

studies/thesis.

Table 2: IPMS MSc and PhD Sponsored Students Status Male Female Total

Completed 96 23 119

Thesis 6 3 9

Studying 4 2 6

Total 104 28 134

2.3. Monitoring and evaluation

RBM&E training to Federal and Regional AGP staff was given in Debre Zeit. More

than 40 staff participated from the 4 AGP regions; Tigray, Amhara, Oromia and

SNNPR, and the federal ministry. Evaluation of the training by the trainees

indicated high appreciation. Trainees of the Tigray region have started training

woreda staff of the Office of Agriculture (OoA), consistent with the principle of

training of trainers (TOT).

Training on RBM&E was given to Staff of Jimma University. Deans, senior directors,

department heads, and research coordinators of the university took part in the

training. Evaluation of the training by trainees indicated high appreciation.

Oromia Bureau of Agriculture requested training on Results Based Monitoring &

Evaluation (RBM&E) for staff of the AGP in the Region, and IPMS has responded to

technical and administrative requirements needed to be prepared to deliver the

training.

2.4. Mainstreaming gender

IPMS’ gender consultant facilitated gender mainstreaming training for AGP focal

persons, supervisors and subject matter specialists drawn from the 4 AGP Regions

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(Tigray, Oromia, Amhara and SNNPR Regional State). A total of 40 male and 11

female trainees took part in the training. A field visit was organized to Ada’a PLW

for the trainees as part of the training

Also see promotional activities

2.5. Participatory market oriented extension

The draft guide on market oriented extension has been completed and is being

reviewed. It consists of the following sections.

1. Introduction

2. The nature of market oriented extension service

3. Roles and functions of the market oriented extension agent

4. Basic concepts of agricultural marketing

5. Agricultural value chains

6. Farm planning and budgeting

7. Agricultural market information service

8. Facilitating market linkages and market opportunities

9. Facilitating collective marketing

The guide will be used to train agricultural staff at federal, regional, zonal and

woreda levels.

2.6. AI training

Training on AI service delivery efficiency through oestrus synchronization was held

in Amhara Region. The course was organized by the ANRS BoA/ARARI with funds

provided by the regional AGP program. IPMS supported the training with supplies

and resource persons i.e. main resource person (Dr Azage), regional IPMS staff and

one AI technician from SNNPR. The latter had participated in previous mass

insemination campaigns and was able to share his experiences. Training was

conducted in Andassa Livestock Research Center for 28 (2 female) participants. The

participants are potential team members of mobile teams from ARARI, ANRS BoA

and the three Districts in which the first action research is to be initiated (Mecha,

Dangila and Bahir Dar Zuria). The results of response of cows used for training

purposes are summarized below;

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Table 3: Status of hormone application and response of cows used for training

No Description Qt % of Response

1 Prostaglandins (PGF2α) Hormone injection 22

2 Female sex fixer (Aulprofem) drenching 21*

3 Insemination:

Holstein Friesian semen 11

Jersey semen 10

4 Cows respond to PGF2α 20 90.9

5 Cows not respond to PGF2α 2 9.1

Total 23 100.00

* One cow is given only female sex fixer since it has shown heat during PD

Training was conducted for mobile team members from Oromia (10) and SNNPRS

(12). The latter Region was included since earlier trained staff had disappeared.

Training was conducted in Debrezeit by EMDTI and IPMS staff. Participants from

Oromia included livestock research staff of Adamitulu and Bako Agricultural

Research Centres, Oromia Livestock Agency, East and West Shoa Zones Livestock

Agency and AI technicians from Ada’a woreda. Trainees from SNNPR included staff

from SARI and BoA

Besides training the members of mobile teams, IPMS Regional staff in SNNPR also

assisted in training of Woreda staff to be involved in scaling out the synchronization

work. A total of 123 staff of offices of agriculture in the Dilla - Awassa milk shed

were trained during these sessions and the IPMS RDO facilitated and acted as

trainer. In addition, the RDO provided advice to some of the team

leaders/coordinators sharing the experience in organizing logistics and human

resources required to carry out effective mass insemination. At the regional level,

the RDO participated in a technical committee where technical decisions are made

for the region

IPMS staff took part in a dairy value chain study tour to the Netherlands organized

for a task force of Ethiopian livestock scientists. The tour was organized by

Wageningen University to expose task force members to new organizational and

technological innovations for the development of dairy value chain in particular on

genetic improvement and AI organization.

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3. Participatory commodity developments

3.1. Planning, M&E

IPMS revolving credit fund

The handing over of the IPMS revolving fund to the Ada’a Woreda Administration

Council for use of innovative agricultural projects proposed by the WoA was

completed. In total, ownership of Etb 277,156 was transferred, of which Etb 84,003

was in cash and Etb 193,123 in recoverable outstanding loans. An agreement was

signed between the Council and the Yerer Union (lending institution) to handle the

funds (using the previous IPMS agreement with the Yerer Union)

Discussions were held in Dale to assess the status and handing over of the IPMS

revolving loan fund. IPMS channeled funds through the Regional Finance Fund

Administration (RFFA) which is now dissolved, and assets have been transferred to

the Regional OMO micro finance PLC. A total of Etb 304,280 has been transferred to

the RFFA, which provided loans to 2 cooperatives, i.e. Weynenata (seed purchase

and sale) and Abosto dairy cooperative (milk collection) and to women groups for

production of pullets. The latter funds were channeled through the Abosto

cooperative and disbursed and collected through the OoA. A total of Etb 77,450 is

available in cash (at OMO micro Finance) and the other funds are revolving with the

women group and the 2 cooperatives. OMO micro finance PLC has written to the

cooperatives to repay the funds since the loan period has expired. Once repayments

have been received the new loan agreement between Dale Administration and OMO

micro Finance will be signed.

Discussions were also held in Alaba Woreda regarding the IPMS revolving loan fund

status. Funds had been channeled through the Menchone Union, which proved to be

insufficiently equipped to administer the funds. It was therefore agreed to have

future fund management transferred to OMO Micro Finance.

Genetic improvement planning

Following the workshop on AI service delivery held in August, the MoA, EIAR and

IPMS/ILRI co-organized a national workshop on Livestock development (Breed

Improvement). More than 75 staff from the federal ministry and regions

participated. Important points for dairy, meat and poultry breed improvement were

summarized for future use by programs. Based on one of the outcomes of the

workshop, the Ministry has given directives to upgrade and reorganize the National

Artificial Insemination Centre (NAIC) at Kality into a National Animal Genetic

Improvement Institute, which is currently under study by a technical group. Similar

organizational change may also develop at regional level.

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3.2. Livestock value chain development interventions

Emphasis for livestock value chain development was on action research (also referred to as

pre-scaling out) for meat and dairy value chain development in the four project regions

with the Regional BoAs and RARIs. First round calving took place in the Tigray and SNNPR

in the last quarter of 2011, second round hormone assisted mass insemination was

initiated respectively in Tigray/SNNPR (August/Sept 2011) and first round insemination

Amhara/Oromia in November and the last quarter of 2011. Emphasis in this last round was

on testing some innovations with double insemination and the use of sex fixer. Pregnancy

diagnosis took place in February/March/April 2012. IPMS staff assisted with on the job

support during insemination and pregnancy diagnosis in selected sites. Some of the results

are described below:

Calving results

Calves from the first round of mass insemination in the targeted Tigray and SNNPRS

milk sheds were born in the period October to December 2011. TARI and SARI staff

collected data. In Bera Tedicho, the Dale WoA reported that 104 calves have been

born (60%) from the 175 cows which were inseminated. In Adigrat and Wurko

areas in Tigray, 124 calves (62%) have been born out of 200 synchronized cows in

the first round.

Response to hormone assisted mass insemination

In Amhara Region, 3 teams were established and assisted by 2 AI technicians from

Tigray to start the first round of mass insemination. The response to hormone

treatment was around 98%. (See Table 4). This success was in part due to a better

organizational approach to heat detection and subsequent insemination.

Table 4: Preliminary results hormone assisted mass AI Amhara Region.

Description Mecha Dangila

Bahir

Dar

Zuria Total

Prostaglandins (PGF2α) Hormone injection 346 103 87 536

Female sex-fixer (Aulprofem) drenching 140 55 42 237

Cows respond to PGF2α 342 102 83 527

Cows not respond to PGF2α 4 1 4 9

In Oromia the first round hormone assisted mass AI program was carried out in

November 2011 at the time of the visit of Canadian Parliamentarians to Ada’a

District (Ude PA); and in February/March 2012 in Ambo town and Meti village and

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Ada’a District (Kurkura PA). Effect of hormone treatment in Ude PA was high - 92%,

Data from Kurkura and the 2 sites in Ambo are incomplete but also show excellent

response rates of over 98%. However several cows were not offered for AI, but

served by local bulls or not served at all. This problem indicates that the

organization needs to be improved to increase effectiveness. Also mass mobilization

of farmers needs to be improved since 30% of the cows offered for treatment had to

be rejected because they were in oestrus, had poor body condition or were

pregnant.

Table 5: Preliminary results hormone assisted Mass AI in Oromia Region

PA Hormone injection AI inseminated Not

resp.

Sex

Fixer

Cross Local Total Cross Local Total Total

Kurkura

Dembi

164 134 2 43

Ude 29 138 167 25 128 153 ? 20

Ambo 288 228 5 68

Results of the second round hormone assisted mass AI in Tigray and SNNPRS have been reported in the previous progress report (14)

Pregnancy diagnosis

For one of the sites in Dale Woreda (Mesincho), it was reported that 44 out of 85

inseminated cows were pregnant (52%)

So far, preliminary results of the PD rate from Adigrat and its environs was about

77% and that of Wukro about 73% (average from the two locations was about

75%).

Considerable difficulties are faced to conduct pregnancy diagnosis as a result of

organizational difficulties (per diem, transport, farmers unwillingness to have their

cows palpated, animals sold etc.)

Scaling out in the Regions

The regional office of agriculture and the Southern Agricultural Research Institute

(SARI) have taken over the scaling out phase to include 54 woredas in 5 milk sheds

and beef corridors in the SNNPR. The plan is to involve some 378 staff organized in

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5 mobile teams and to inseminate 12,350 cows/heifers. It is planned to use Holstein

Friesian , Jersey and Boran semen to improve milk, butter and meat production

The Tigray region decided on an allocation of about Birr 20 million to expand the

application of hormone assisted estrus synchronization in about 19 districts. For

this, the region organized intensive training for AI technicians, vet service providers,

and researchers from TARI. The IPMS project provided technical support during the

training (Dr. Azage Tegegne gave the training). The insemination of dairy cows

using the hormone assisted AI service is now in progress in the districts other than

the IPMS PLWs. The IPMS project also assisted in cross regional AI services: two AI

technicians from Tigray region supported the hormone assisted AI application in the

Amhara region.

Construction of mobile cattle crush

ILRI’s physical pant completed the construction of a model mobile cattle crush,

which will be reviewed by SC members and experts

Communication

A film on mass insemination was produced in SNNPR (also see promotional

activities). In each of the Regions considerable press coverage was received.

3.3. Crop value chain development

While the project is no longer directly involved in the PLWs, value chain activities by

the actors and partners continue to take place. Interesting to note is that Metema

Woreda is reportedly self-sufficient in banana production. Project staff are also

facilitating linkages with the banana industry through Bioversity international’s

organic banana project funded by Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and

implemented by the Ethiopian Horticulture Agency (EHDA) of the Ministry of

Agriculture. Besides Arba Minch (the main banana growing area), Metema, is

considered a second site for export. The linkage efforts include participation in

meetings and advising potential entrepreneurs and trade companies.

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4. Documentation and promotion

4.1. Completed documentation

See details on documentation and presentations in Annex 1

Working papers One working paper on assessing the IPMS graduate program is completed

Commodity case studies

Four commodity value chain case studies were completed and submitted for final

editing to ILRI’s KMIS unit.

Papers in scientific journals

One article was accepted for publication by the International Journal of

Development and Agricultural Economics.

Student thesis research

Four student MSc theses were completed

Video production

A 15 minute DVD was produced depicting the collaborative work carried out on

oestrus synchronization by the Southern office of Agriculture and SARI. The DVD

has been widely used by the above institutions to create awareness for the regional

leadership as well as for training of 330 woreda staff from 56 woredas of the South

that will be involved in scaling out the synchronization work in 56 woredas of the

region.

Presentations in conferences

See 4.3.2 and 4.3.3.

Posters (for international conferences)

4 posters were prepared for international conferences and presented

4.2. On-going documentation

Draft manual on market oriented extension

Guidelines for market oriented commodity planning and implementation

Case study on poultry value chain development Dale and fodder/livestock value

chain in Atsbi

Working paper on synthesis dairy development

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Two (2) draft papers have been accepted for presentations in the 28th Triennial

Conference of International Association of Agricultural Economist (IAAE) in Brazil.

Draft brochure “Towards Market Oriented Agricultural Extension System: Good

practices on knowledge management, capacity development and partner

networking” Video on mass insemination summarizing the activities/experiences

from different Regions is under preparation by ILRI’s KMIS unit.

4.3. Promotional/scaling out activities

4.3.1. Distribution approaches/Channels

Duplication/distribution hard copies IPMS documentation

Synthesis reports and EAP flyers (40 each) were sent to partners and collaborators

of IPMS in Tigray

Print outs of MSc thesis research documentations based on Alamata PLW were sent

to the Alamata bureau of agriculture( 13 thesis, two copies each) upon the request

of the bureau of agriculture

Gender toolkits, synthesis report on gender, EAP flyers and the Gender

mainstreaming training manuals were distributed to AGP coordinators and focal

persons on the training workshop organized by AGP

IPMS KM work on livestock and publications were communicated and distributed

on the market place at the Livestock exchange workshop of ILRI

IPMS publications were distributed on the workshop ‘State of Agricultural science

and Technology in Ethiopia’.

Synthesis reports on Dairy, Fattening and apiculture, 400 copies each were

distributed to participants of the 19th annual conference of ESAP

Yammer page for IPMS was set up for wider communication and knowledge sharing

within the CGIAR and for increased internal communication within IPMS

Preparation is underway to distribute IPMS publications and videos to 120

institutions (25 ATVETs, 83 AGP districts and 12 new agricultural colleges).

Important working papers and synthesis papers with only a few copies left were/

are re-printed.

Project website

During this reporting period the following papers/reports have been uploaded: 15

scientific journals, 4 MSc theses, 2 Proceedings, 1 Working paper, 1 Other IPMS

study, Monitoring and evaluation reports, 2 EAP promotional reports, 6 Videos, 3

posters, presented in Tropentag. The same documents have been uploaded in ILRI’s

“Mahider” repository. About 5,000 unique visitors view the IPMS website monthly.

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Figure 2: IPMS website visits Source; CGnet

Media coverage

The project received wide media coverage during the Livestock exchange program,

and the mass insemination campaigns in the various regions

EAP

See knowledge management

4.3.2. Support regional MoA/BoA value chain development initiatives

IPMS’ strategy during the no cost extension period was to scale out its approaches and

interventions through integration into large scale government/donor funded

projects/programs/organizations through presentations, staff involvement in programs

and strategy development. A summary of the main activities/results are described below

(see Annex 3 for a complete overview):

Gender strategy - MoA

As requested by the Women Affairs Directorate in the Ministry of Agriculture, the

IPMS project supported the translation of the Gender Mainstreaming manual from

English into Amharic and supported the duplication of 50 more copies of the

translated document to be used within the ministry. Prior to the translation of the

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manual, the IPMS Gender consultant submitted written comments on the content of

the manual.

Federal level support - Agricultural Growth Program (AGP)

At the request of the MoA’s AGP gender focal person, IPMS reviewed the AGP gender

strategy

The project assisted the AGP staff in training its coordinators in gender

mainstreaming and results based monitoring and Evaluation (RBM&E), based in

part on training materials development by IPMS (see capacity development).

National artificial insemination center (NAIC)

IPMS staff contributed to a workshop organized by NAIC aimed at improving AI

services and AI technicians’ performance

Fishery value chain development workshop

At the request of the MoA, IPMS funded a training and workshop of fishery value

chain development. The workshop was based on the assessment studies which were

also financed by IPMS and conducted in Afar, Gambella, and Benishangul Gumuz

ANRS Food security network forum- stakeholders experience sharing and planning

workshop

This workshop was held in Bahir Dar on September 26, 2011. It was attended by

ARARI, ANRS-BOA, Andassa Livestock Research Center, SNV-Ethiopia, SOS Sahel,

GIZ-SLMP, Action Aid, CCRDA, Regional Food security, and more NGOs outside Bahr

Dar. IPMS presented a paper on: “High Value Irrigable Vegetable Crop Development

Impact on Food Security to Smallholder Vegetable Growers at Fogera district using

IPMS value chain development approach.”

ANRS - Regional Livestock Resource Development Promotion Agency; Planning and

Introduction workshop,

This workshop was held in Bahir Dar from 20-26 October. The workshop was

attended by livestock agency experts from 11 zones, selected Woredas, higher

officials and all staff from the regional livestock resource development and

promotion Agency. IPMS presented the revised document on “Honey and Beeswax

and other Honeybees product Development Strategies for Amhara Region (2011-

2021)”. The strategy revision was based on comments received on an earlier version

of the strategy, presented in August.

ANRS - Bureau of Agriculture stakeholders consulting council

During this workshop, which was held in Bahr Dar on November16, a paper was

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presented by Dr. Bewuket Siraw, Director of Livestock Research at ARARI on the

BoA/ARARI/IPMS activities entitled: “Oestrus cycle synchronization and vivo sex

fixing concepts and application in ANRS”. He highlighted the impact that the dairy

development intervention can have on child malnutrition,

Tigray crop development program

The IPMS project provided support during the planning of improved crop

development in the region. TARI and BoA jointly launched an integrated improved

crop development demonstration for the irrigated and rain fed areas between

Adigrat and Alage. The working team held about four meetings and the IPMS RDO in

the region also participated and shared IPMS experiences on participatory market

oriented crop development based on value chain approach. The draft proposal for

irrigated and rain fed crop development on two pilot sites is on progress

Tigray mass insemination field visit/celebration

The Tigray BoA, TARI and IPMS organized a field visit to Wukro Woreda to view the

results of the first action research mass insemination campaign. The event was

attended by the President of Tigray H.E. Ato Abay Woldu and high officials from the

Region, ILRI and EIAR.

TARDAP

IPMS staff continued to support the Tigray Agricultural Research for Development

(TARDAP) group, through chairing and participation in meetings. TARDAP aims to

support and capacitate the research institute to be more effective.

RELC and research review meetings

Project staff participated in Regional RELC meetings organized by the BoAs in

Tigray, SNNPR and Amhara Regions

IPMS regional staff linkages with AGP

In each of the Regions, IPMS staff established contacts with the Regional IPMS

coordinators to integrate IPMS approaches/interventions into the programs. This

has for example resulted in AGP financing training on mass insemination.

4.3.3. Participation/presentations in non-government fora

Project staff participated/presented papers in meetings, workshops organized by other

projects/organizations including ATA, OXFAM GB, ESAP, Nile Basin Development Challenge

Program (NBDCP), Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (AESE), SNV, ACDI/VOCA,

USAID and World Bank,

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19th Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP) conference

During the conference, held from 15 - 17 December2011 in Addis Ababa, IPMS staff made

the following presentations (all papers have been uploaded on the IPMS website)

Technological options and approaches to improve supply of desirable animal

genetic material for dairy and beef development: IPMS Experience

A WEB Portal on Ethiopian Agriculture: Experience of IPMS and MoA

A special brown bag session was organized by IPMS where the following presentations

were made:

Introduction to IPMS livestock value chain interventions

IPMS’ Dairy value chain experiences

IPMS’ Poultry value chain approach

IPMS’ Apiculture value chain development

IPMS’ Meat and live animal value chain experiences

Livestock Exchange, ILRI, Addis Ababa Nov 9-10

During this event which was organized for ILRI’s departing DG, IPMS organized a

livestock technology exhibition on dairy, meat, poultry, apiculture and knowledge

management. The event was attended by ILRI Board members and scientists as well

as invited guests

ACDI/VOCA Gender and Value chain

On March 15, 2012, IPMS participated in a workshop organized by ADCI/VOCA

entitled “AGP-made’s Multi-Stakeholder Symposium, Empowering Women in Value

Chains”. IPMS’ gender consultant presented a paper on the project’s experience on

gender and value chain in the 10 PLWs.

Nile Basin Development Challenge Stakeholder Forum in Bahr Dar

During this workshop, IPMS staff made a presentation on “Value chain commodity

development approaches to improve water utilization: IPMS experience”

Tropentag conference in Bonn, Germany, October 5-7, 2011.

The following presentations/poster were prepared and presented by IPMS staff

o Endeshaw Assefa, Girma Abebe, Azage Tegegne, Yosef T/Georgis and

Berhanu G/medhin. Goat production system and opportunities for market

orientation in Southern Ethiopia

o Azage Tegegne, Zewdu Ayele and Dirk Hoekstra. Farmer innovations in

livestock feeding and management in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia

o Azage Tegegne, Dirk Hoekstra, Berhanu Gebremedhin and Kahsay Berhe.

Intensification of crop-livestock farming systems through market-orientation

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in Ethiopia

o Berhanu Gebremedhin, Moti Jaleta, Samson Jemaneh and Aklilu Bogale.

Analysis of markets and household-specific transaction cost factors in

livestock input markets in Ethiopia.

Round table discussion on linking smallholders to markets, London, March 13, 2012

The IPMS project was invited to a round table discussion on “The integration of

Smallholder Producers in Supply Chains in the Developing World” organized by an

all-party British parliamentary committee on “Agriculture and Food for

Development”. The Committee is expected to submit a final report to the House of

Commons based on various round tables with different actors. Arrangements have

been made for some of the committee members to visit Ethiopia.

CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) ILRI

IPMS approaches and interventions have contributed to the development of the new

mega programs by the international research institutions. To scale out the use of

IPMS gender tools, the IPMS gender consultant and the ILRI gender team in Nairobi

reviewed the tools and they have been integrated as part of ILRI’s recent publication

on Gender and Value Chain Analysis. The rapid value chain assessment tools were

also presented in the recently held CRP3.7 meeting.

Visits

Seven farmers (2 female) and 2 experts from Mercy Corp’s in Western Harrarge

visited Dale to learn from the experience of the PLW’s work in production of

improved fruit seedling by private producers. The visitors stayed for two days in

Dale learning from some 10 seedling producers.

The Canadian parliamentary group, accompanied by the Director of CIDA Addis and

technical staff, visited Ada’a Woreda to view dairy and chickpea value chain

development and the IPMS supported FTCs. They also witnessed a mass

insemination campaign.

IPMS project facilitated a visit for participants of the UN Women Conference to

share the project’s experience on gender and agricultural development. The

participants were drawn from more than eight countries. The group visited a Dairy

Association, a woman farmer, members of the Denkaka seed multiplication

cooperative and a woman beekeeper. The visit took place on February 2, 2012

Visits to Ada’a Woreda were also facilitated for representatives of the African Juice

Company and GIZ. Both were interested in the knowledge management

interventions IPMS had introduced

IPMS HQ was bombarded with visitors who requested inputs in project design,

value chain documents, etc.

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5. Project management

5.1. Staffing

IPMS continues to use the services of consultants such as Fanos Mekonnen who is

assisting with the Ethiopian Agricultural Portal (EAP), knowledge management and

promotional activities. Birhanu Tefera was also hired as a consultant to prepare the

offline version of the EAP. Ephrem Tesema is supporting the gender mainstreaming

activities of the project

The project also has casual staff to assist in areas where regular staff have left the

project - Parmilia Yeshitella is the project’s administrative assistant at headquarters.

Abraham Haile, who is based at the MoA, continues to assist the project with the

EAP until March 31, 2012. Other casual staff have also been hired on a short-term

basis to assist with smaller assignments.

5.2. Handing over of assets

All project motorbikes and vehicles have now been handed over except 2 pick-ups

and 2 land cruisers, the latter of which remain at HQ. The 2 remaining pick-ups are

being used by IPMS staff in Awassa & Bahr Dar. All motorbikes are in the PLWs

where they were being used. All PLW pick-ups have been handed over to the

Ministry which has now completed processing all paperwork for the official transfer

of the ownership of these vehicles from ILRI to the MoA. Mieso, Alaba & Dale

Woredas have already collected their vehicles and other Woredas have been

notified to do the same.

5.3. Contractual arrangements – research and development partners

Lending institutions

See commodity development section

Regional research institutions

TARI – the final advance for projects in Atsbi was issued in April 2011 and was

settled in December 2011

SARI – There was an outstanding amount of ETB 130,748.25 out of which ETB

114,850.48 was settled with a combination of receipts and cash that was returned to

ILRI. The remaining ETB 15,897.77 will be settled by April 2012

ARARI – there are advances that were issued that still need to be settled and a trip

to ARARI is planned for April 2012

OARI – all outstanding advances have been settled

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International collaborators:

Farm Radio International (FRI) – the second installment for the collaborative effort

with FRI was effected in November. We expect to issue the final installment in April

2012 as per the agreement.

5.4. Office establishment and procurement of good/services

Various working papers and brochures were reprinted during this period using

local companies

In addition, various items for the project’s improved animal genetics program have

been ordered in the past quarter

A 100KVA generator for the MoA has been ordered and should be delivered in the

April – June 2012 quarter

5.5. Monitoring and evaluation

A steering committee meeting was held on October 13th, 2011 to assess project

progress

The project’s “impact” has been summarized in a report. The sources of information

are baseline data collected at the start of the project, the “impact” survey conducted

in 2010 and the case studies.

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Annex 1: IPMS Documentations during the past 6 months

IPMS Working Papers

Working Paper No. 29 – Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Dirk Hoekstra.

Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience.

Scientific Journals

Habtemariam Assefa, Tegegni G/Egziabher, Ermias Sehai and Azage Tegegne. Agricultural Knowledge Management in Dairy Production Improvement: The case of Bure Woreda, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region. The IUP Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. VIII No. 4, October 2011.

Moti Jaleta and Berhanu Gebremedhin. “Interdependence of household net market

positioning crop and livestock markets” accepted for publication by the International

Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics.

Commodity Case Studies

Rice value chain development Fogera

Dairy value chain development Fogera

Dairy value chain development Ada’a

Apiculture value chain development in Astbi

MSc Thesis

Asefu Gizachew - Comparative feedlot performance of Washera and Horro Sheep

Fed Different Roughage to Concentrate Ratio the case of Bure

Mohammed Urgessa - Market chain analysis of Teff and Wheat production in Alaba

Woreda

Ibrahim Ahmed Umer - Impact evaluation of Forage Development for Market

Oriented Livestock Production in Mieso District

Ayelech Tadesse - Market Chain Analysis of Fruits in Goma Woreda

Posters

Analysis of markets and households specific transaction cost factors in livestock

input markets in Ethiopia.

Intensification of crops livestock farming systems through market orientation in

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Ethiopia

Goat Production systems and opportunities for market orientation in southern

Ethiopia Impact of changes in land use and land cover on feed resources in the Ethiopian

Highlands

Presentations

Berhanu Gebremedhin, Moti Jaleta, Samson Jemaneh and Aklilu Bogale. (Presented

by Berhanu Gebremedhin) “Analysis of markets and household-specific transaction

cost factors in livestock input markets in Ethiopia.”

Dirk Hoekstra – “Introduction to IPMS livestock value chain intervention”

Fanos Mekonnen – “A Web Portal on Ethiopian Agriculture: Experience of IPMS and

MoA”

Azage Tegegne and Dirk Hoekstra – “Technological options and approaches to

improve supply of desirable animal genetic material for dairy and beef

development: IPMS Experience”

Tilahun Gebey – “Apiculture value chain development based on experiences of IPMS

and partners”.

Tilahun Gebey- “High Value Irrigable Vegetable Crop Development Impact on Food

Security to Smallholder Vegetable Growers at Fogera district using IPMS value chain

development approach.”

Nigatu Alemayehu – Dairy value chain development: based on experiences of IPMS

and partners

Gebremedhin Woldewahid – Meat and live animals value chain development

Ketema Yilma – Poultry value chain development based on experiences of IPMS and

partners

Azage Tegegne, Zewdu Ayele, Dirk Hoekstra-Farmers Innovations in Livestock

Feeding and Management in Semi-arid Areas of Ethiopia

Kahsay Berhe - Value chain commodity development approaches to improve water

utilization: IPMS experience NBDC workshop in Bahr Dar, October 5, 2011

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Annex 2: Overview of Knowledge Management and Capacity Building Activities of PLWs (October 2011 - March 2012)

Typeofevent

Target Areas

StartDate

EndDate Description Subject

MGov

FGov

TotGov

MFar

FFar

TotFar

MPriv

FPriv

TotPriv

TotMale

TotFemale

TotPart

Workshop Atsbi

4-Oct-11

4-Oct-11

Closing Workshop of IPMS Atsbi PLW

Cross Cutting 121 16

137 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 16 137

Workshop Alamata

8-Oct-11

8-Oct-11

Closing Workshop of IPMS Alamata PLW

Cross Cutting 85 7 92 5 0 5 6 1 7 96 8 104

Visit Ada’a 10-Oct-11

10-Oct-11

Canadian Parliamentarians and CIDA Addis staff visits IPMS crop and livestock value chain interventions in FTCs and on farm and witness a mass insemination demonstration in Ude PA

Crops and Livestock 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 12 8 4 12

Training Amhara 25-Oct-11

30-Oct-11

AI Delivery Efficient Through Oestrus Synchronization - Amhara AI 25 2 27 0 0 0 1 0 1 26 2 28

Training Federal

15-Nov-11

18-Nov-11

AGP - Gender Training in Nazareth

Gender & HIV/AIDS 41 10 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 10 51

Training Federal

28-Nov-11

3-Dec-11

ToT On Results Besed Monitoring & Evaluation and AGP- M&E Manual

RBM & E 50 4 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 4 54

Visit Ada’a

28-Nov-11

28-Nov-11

Visit by ICCO,GIZ/ECBP, Fair and Sustainable Robobank to the Denkaka Crops Seed Multipliers Cooperatives in Ada'a Woreda Crops 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 3 4 7

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Training Regions 5-Dec-11

10-Dec-11

AI Delivery Efficient Through Oestrus Synchronization - Oromia & SNNPR staff AI 21 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 22

Training Oromia 16-Jan-12

19-Jan-12

Result based monitoring and Evaluation training to Jimma University Staff

Research RB&M 27 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 31

Workshop National

17-Jan-12

19-Jan-12

National Workshop on Livestock development (AI) in collaboration with MoA, EIAR and IPMS AI 67 4 71 0 0 0 4 0 4 71 4 75

Visit Dale 24-Jan-12

26-Jan-12

Experience sharing of Dale PLW’s work in production of improved fruit seedling using private producers Fruit 0 0 0 5 2 7 2 0 2 7 2 9

Visit Ada’a 2-Feb-12

2-Feb-12

Gender in Agricultural Dev't-Visit to Ada’a PLW by UN Women Conference Participants

Gender & HIV/AIDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 12 3 9 12

Seminar Federal

21-Mar-12

21-Mar-12

Seminar on participatory agricultural radio series- lessons from IPMS and Farm Radio International KM 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 14 9 5 14

Visit Ada'a

21-Mar-12

21-Mar-12

French Journalists visit to document IPMS Dairy intervention in Ada KM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2

Seminar Zone AA

26-Mar-12

26-Mar-12

Seminar on Groasis Technology by Mr. Pieter Hoff in ILRI Campus

Environment/NRM 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 13 11 2 13

Seminar SARI

28-Mar-12

28-Mar-12 Seminar to SARI Staff on EAP KM 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 33

Seminar Hawassa

28-Mar-12

28-Mar-12

Seminar on Ethiopian Agriculture Portal at Hawassa University- College of Agriculture KM 20 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 23

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Annex 3: Promotional Events by IPMS Staff (October 2011 - March 2012)

Date Organized by Venue Subject Attended by

26-Sep-11 CCRDA Azewa hotel Food security experience sharing workshop Tilahun Gebey

4 - 6 Oct 2012 Nile Basin Development Challenge Program (NBDC)

Bahir Dar Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) Stakeholder Forum and Project Meeting.

Kahsay Berhe and Tilahun Gebey

5 - 7 Oct 2012

Universities of Bonn, Göttingen, Hohenheim, Kassel-Witzenhausen, Hamburg, Zurich

Bonn, Germany

Tropentag 2011 - Annual Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management : Development on the Margin

Dr. Azage Tegegne and Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin

15-Oct-11 Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)

Ministry of Finance and Economic Development's hall Food Prices from Crisis to Stability Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin

1 - 3 Nov 2011 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Africa Hall of the UNECA

Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security: New Challenges and Opportunities

Dirk Hoekstra and Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin

8 - 9 Nov 2011 Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and UNDP Sheraton Addis

Commodity Exchanges in Africa: Realizing the Potential and the Promise

Dirk Hoekstra and Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin

9 - 10 Nov 2011 ILRI ILRI Campus Livestock Exchange Exhibition

Dirk Hoekstra, Dr. Azage Tegegne, Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin, Dr. Gebremedhin W/Wahid, Ketema Yilma, Tilahun Gebey, Nigatu Alemayehu, Aklilu Bogale, Yasin Getahun and Fanos Mekonnen

11-Nov-11 Denkaka Seed producers Co-operative Denkaka

Annual Field day of Denkaka Seed producers Co-operative Nigatu Alemayehu

12-Nov-11 Ada Office of Agriculture Ada Ada Farmers Field Day Nigatu Alemayehu

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16 - 17 Nov 2011 Oxfam GB Kaleb Hotel, Addis Ababa

A Learning Workshop on Making Markets Work for Pastoralists

Dirk Hoekstra and Dr. Azage Tegegne

16-Nov-11 ANRS - BOA ANRS - BOA meeting hall

ANRS- Bureau of Agriculture stakeholders consulting council workshop Tilahun Gebey

23-Nov-11

ANRS- Regional Livestock Resource Development Promotion Agency.

ANRS - BOA meeting hall Planning and introduction workshop. Tilahun Gebey

2-Dec-11

Oromia Regional Government Trade and Market Development Bureau

Rift valley Hotel - Adama

Workshop to develop strategies to improve the livestock market off-take from Borena pastoral areas and lay foundation for other areas Dr. Azage Tegegne

3 - 5 Dec 2011 ARARI ARARI Regional research coordination consultative workshop Tilahun Gebey

8-Dec-11 Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (AESE)

Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa

14th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin

13 - 16 Dec 2011 Ministry of Agriculture Jupitor Hotel - Addis Ababa

2nd ACP Fish II Programme Monitoring Workshop for Eastern Africa Dirk Hoekstra

15 - 17 Dec 2011 Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP)

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) 19th Annual Conference of ESAP

Dirk Hoekstra, Dr. Azage Tegegne, Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin, Dr. Gebremedhin W/Wahid, Ketema Yilma, Tilahun Gebey, Nigatu Alemayehu, Aklilu Bogale and Fanos Mekonnen

15 - 16 Dec 2011 Ethiopian Academy of Sciences

Africa Hall of the UNECA Science and Technology - Survival of a Nation Dr. Azage Tegegne

17-Dec-11 Faculty of Veterinary - Addis Ababa University Maya Hotel - Adama

Workshop to identify and formulate undergraduate programs of study in the area of agriculture Dr. Azage Tegegne

20-Dec-11 Forum chairs Mekelle, BoARD Hall Open Forum on Agriculture and Rural Development

Dr. Gebremedhin Woldewahid

28 - 30 Dec 2011 Haramaya University Haramaya Workshop to review PhD Curriculum on Tropical Animal Production for Haramaya University Dr. Azage Tegegne

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2-Jan-12 Ministry of Agriculture EIAR HIV AIDS mainstreaming in MoA Fanos Mekonnen

12 - 13 Jan 2012 SNV-Ethiopia Global Hotel- Addis Ababa SNV validation workshop Tilahun Gebey

20 Jan-2 Feb 2012 ILRI-PLE ILRI Infocentre

Project design Workshop on Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands

Dirk Hoekstra and Kahsay Berhe

23 Jan - 3 Feb 2012 ARARI ARARI

Regional research progress review and planning workshop Tilahun Gebey

24 -25 Jan 2012 ACDI/VOCA co-hosted by AGP- AMDe & ATA

Panorama Hotel, Addis Ababa

Gender Consultation -Strengthening the role of Women in Cooperatives for Value Chain Development in Ethiopia Dirk Hoekstra

26 - 27 Jan 2012 Jimma University Jimma University Jimma University Annual Research Conference : Agricultural Research for Development Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin

29 - 31 Jan 2012 TARI and BoARD Wukro Field visited to see calves born to improved AI services

Dirk Hoekstra, Dr. Azage Tegegne, Dr. Berhanu G/Medhin and Dr. Gebremedhin W/wahid

31-Jan-12 Bahir Dar University Bahir Dar University Apiculture curriculum development initiative for undergraduate students Tilahun Gebey

15-Feb-12 Godino Jitu Dairy co-operative Godino Godino Jitu Dairy Cooperative farmers field Day Nigatu Alemayehu

20-Feb-12 USAID USAID-CIAFS office USAID/GSMA Workshop: ICT4AG in Ethiopia Fanos Mekonnen

20 - 24 Feb 2012 Southern Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) SARI Head Quarter Annual Livestock Research Review Meeting Ketema Yilma

21 - 22 Feb 2012 ILRI - PLE ILRI Infocentre

Fodder and feed in livestock value chains in Ethiopia – trends and prospects (the Ethiopian Livestock feed project) inception workshop

Dirk Hoekstra and Kahsay Berhe

23-Feb-12 IICD EiABC - Addis Ababa University

Knowledge sharing event on ‘Agriculture and Farmer information system’ Fanos Mekonnen

28 - 29 Feb 2012 TARI and other partners Mekelle RELC meeting of Mekelle Agricultural Research Center

Dr. Gebremedhin Woldewahid

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10 - 12 Mar 2012 Mekelle Agricultural Research Center (MARC) Mekelle

Planning meeting on the development of improved rain fed and irrigated crops between Alage and Adigrat

Dr. Gebremedhin Woldewahid

13-Mar-12 British Parliament London British Parliament Round Table Discussion Dirk Hoekstra

15-Mar-12 ACDI/VOCA Beshale Hotel Multi-Stakeholder Symposium on Empowering Women in Value Chains Dr. Ephrem Tesema

15-Mar-12 Forum chairs Mekelle, BoARD Hall Open Forum on Agriculture and Rural Development

Dr. Gebremedhin Woldewahid

15 - 16 Mar 2012 ILRI ILRI Nairobi CRP Meeting Dirk Hoekstra

20-Mar-12 MARC Mekelle

Planning meeting on the development of improved rain fed and irrigated crops between Alage and Adigrat

Dr. Gebremedhin Woldewahid

23 - 24 Mar 2012 Haramaya University Haramaya Workshop to review PhD Curriculum for Haramaya University Dr. Azage Tegegne

24 - 25 Mar 2012 TARI Mekelle Meeting to review TARI level crop research progress, achievements and directions

Dr. Gebremedhin Woldewahid

27 - 29 Mar 2012 National Artificial Insemination (NAIC) NAIC

Workshop on AI service and AI technician's performance evaluation parameters Dr. Azage Tegegne

28-Mar-12 Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)

Panorama Hotel, Addis Ababa Chickpea stakeholders Workshop Nigatu Alemayehu

29 - 30 Mar 2012 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) EIAR

2nd National Research & Development Workshop Dedicated to Pastoral & Emerging Regions Dr. Azage Tegegne

31 Mar - 1 Apr 2012 TARI Mekelle

RELC meeting to review TARI research progress, achievements and directions

Drs. Berhanu G/Medhin and Gebremedhin Woldewahid