Research focus of Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) Fentahun Mengistu, EIAR 06/12/22 EIAR Research Focus 2015-2020 1 Ethiopia - CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) Country Collaboration and Site Integration Meeting, Addis Ababa, 11 December 2015
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Research focus of Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
Fentahun Mengistu, EIAR
05/03/23 EIAR Research Focus 2015-2020 1
Ethiopia - CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) Country Collaboration and Site Integration Meeting,
Addis Ababa, 11 December 2015
Research Priorities: guided by the Agricultural /agro-industry Sector goals
Ethiopia’s Development trajectory• Agricultural Development Led Industrialization • Climate-Resilient Green Economy strategy
Ethiopia: 2025 low middle income countryAgriculture a major sources of growth:Food security; employment, incomeRaw materials for industry Adequate supply for export Macroeconomic stability
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Smallholder farmers'/herders’ central to agriculture growth; increase contribution of Private sector NRM- based irrigated agricultureDevelopment Zone based agricultural development
Basic directions of the Agriculture sector
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Ensure agricultural Development is aligned and contributed to Green economy strategyScaling up of best practices Increase income of growers; shifting towards high value commoditiesEnsure youth & women are benefited from RDImprove livelihood & resilience capacity of people in the arid & semi-arid areas
• Aggressive NRM activity; Ecological restoration• Agricultural productivity at increase; seen as a business • Input use (fertilizer, seed) & management practices are at increase• Technological/technical change - farm implements• Technological demand increased• Infrastructure(road, transportation, water, electricity, telephone, etc)
Education, health expansion• Urbanization
Capacity improved: •Farmers’, extensionists , policy makers, etc;- knowledge, skill, awareness, planning & management and analytical capacity improved•Social capital and interaction improving Development focus areas changed•Agro-industry, export•Nutrition •Value addition, production/value chain•market•Specialization/diversification•Social inclusiveness- women, youth•Climate change
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Challenges related to agricultural technology supply
Knowledge and Technology availability related to:•Yield stagnation/lack of improved varieties•Improved animal breeds•Biotic and abiotic constraints•Irrigation technology•Farm implements/ mechanization•Technologies for Industrial and export commodities•Product quality; Nutrition quality•Post-harvest technologies; value addition•Climate change•AEZ complexity; too many priorities
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Challenges related to agricultural technology supply
• Less addressed segments/customers:
• Commercial farmers• Youth & women• Herders• Trade• Industry
• Farming Systems Dynamics• Technological adoption, innovation and impacts• Production economics • Agricultural Value chains • Sub-sector analysis of agro-industrial commodities• Agricultural technology transfer• Agricultural innovation through stakeholders' R&D platforms
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Comments on NARS-CGIAR partnership
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• Increased focus and commitment of the Government for economic and agricultural R&D
• The country’s diverse AEZ, socio-economics dynamics presenting diverse opportunities and challenges
• A relatively, strong, robust, responsible NARS/AKIS• Existence of 11 CGs• Successful experiences and impacts of CG-NARS
collaborations
Opportunities
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• Inadequate alignment to the national priorities• Inadequate synergy among the different CGs Centers• Lacking uniform working modalities with NARS• Task overlaps between CGs and CG-NARS• Less visibility; inadequate impact with some• Inadequate focus on building the capacity of NARS• Clear role at national, regional and global mandates• Program organization differences with NARS• Inadequate finance mobilization & allocation to NARS -
commensurating with the work
Bottlenecks
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Possible areas of NARS-CGIAR collaboration
1. Germplasm enhancement and exchange 2. Collaborative research; research alignment3. Help adopt/adapt technologies, production techniques, practices4. Capacity building: How can NARS make a catch up?• Science capacity of NARS to catch up; contribute to the world- Labs facilities, cold stores, vehicles, etc- Technological infrastructure: Common use research facilities e.g. Cutting edge sciences- Getting NARS access to CG facilities• Technical backstopping; training, mentoring, etc.4. Research financing: adequate mobilization, transparent allocation
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• Non-research activities• Visibility at higher layer institution• Overlaps/ redundancies among CGs; CGs-NARS• Short term objectives• Piece-meal funding