V O U L E M 4 , I S S U E 2 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 8 Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 2.pdf · Abraha, H.E Dr. Bekele Bulado, H.E W/ro Almaz Messele as well as Ato Fissaha Bezabih. After

Tigray BENEFIT projects (CASCAPE, ISSD

and SBN) organized joint farmers field day in

Kafta Humera and Asgede Tsimbla Woredas

to showcase their collaborative activities to

their stakeholders and thereby create plat-

form for experience sharing.

The joint farmers’ field day was organized on

30th September in Kafta Humera and 1st Oc-

tober in Asgede Tsimbla Woreda. The field

day was attended by farmers, investors and

experts from the Western and North-

Western Zones of the region. Policy makers at

federal and regional level including H.E Dr.

Eyasu Abraha, Minister of Agriculture; H.E Dr.

Bekele Bulado, Minister of Trade; H.E W/ro

Almaz Messele, House of Representative Chair

Woman of Agriculture Standing Committee; Ato

Fisseha Bezabih, Deputy Bureau Head of

BoARD; Ato Esayas Tadesse, Western Zone Ad-

ministrator; State Ministers, guests from BENE-

FIT Coordination Unit, Research Centers, and

Universities were in attendance.

CASCAPE Mekelle University Cluster in collabo-

ration with Endamehoni Woreda Office of Agri-

culture and Rural Development (OoARD) orga-

nized a one-day joint farmers field day on Oc-

tober 28, 2017 to share experience from the

demonstrations and trials conducted in the

Woreda. The farmers’ day was organized to

facilitate the transfer of agricultural

knowledge and experiences among farmers,

experts, DAs and Woreda administration from

Endamehoni Woreda and Mekelle University.

BENEFIT Partners Organized Farmers Field Day in Two Woredas

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

MU– CoDANR

council members

visited CASCAPE

activities

5

Royal Nether-

land Embassy

Delegates visited

Tigray Region

5

Papaya Platform

Workshop Held

in Alamata

6

CASCAPE- MU

organized re-

gional workshop

on vegetable

production

7

Training on Best-

Fit Technology

Testing provided

to TARI

8

Mekelle Hosts

BENEFIT Collab-

orative Activities

Review and

Planning Work-

shop

9

CASCAPE Organized Farmers Field Day in collaboration with Endamehoni Woreda

BENEFIT part-

nership and col-

laboration for

better impact in

agriculture in

Ethiopia

Collaborative

activities imple-

mentation

Share experi-

ence and chal-

lenges

Celebrate suc-cess of BENEFIT projects

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Participants of the field day visiting wheat cluster in Shimta Kebele

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CASCAPE Organized Farmers Field Day in collaboration with ………..

BENEFIT Partners Organized Farmers Field……...

The farmers’ day was opened with a welcoming

speech and remarks from Dr. Girmay G/Samuel,

CASCAPE Mekelle University Cluster Manager. After

welcoming the participants, Dr. Girmay remarked

that “this farmers’ day is a platform for farmers and

experts to help transform our agriculture and our na-

tional economy which could only be accelerated

through the active participation of smallholder farm-

ers as well as investors working in the sesame pro-

ducing zones”. He added “This year’s farmers’ day

will be an opportunity to familiarize new agricultural

innovations and farm practices in sesame production

and improving fertility of soil in the Woreda. Hence,

participant farmers and experts are expected to ex-

amine and take lesson from the new practices and

performance of sesame varieties and share your ex-

periences to your fellow farmers in your respective

Woredas and you are also expected to practice what

you witness today in the coming rainy season.

Therefore, I hope you will attentively follow the visit

and urge you to ask questions to the professionals

and researches who will give you explanations in to-

day’s farm visits”.

After the opening ceremony, activities visited by the

field day participants include CASCAPE’s QUEFTS cal-

ibration trial in Maikadra Kebele and Banat research

station, evaluation of the effect of ploughing time on

sesame yield and validation of QUEFTS fertilizer rec-

ommendation trial on two farmers’ fields (Tesfay

Areki and Keshi H/Mariam G/Hiwot) in Maikadra.

Briefing the field day participants, Ato Tesfay Areki,

the host farmer for the research on the effect of

ploughing time on sesame yield, explained the

clear advantage of ploughing right after crop har-

vest and repeated ploughing of the land before

sowing. CASCAPE’s Validating QUEFTS Fertilizer

Recommendation trial host, Keshi H/Mariam G/

Hiwot, on his side, gave vivid picture on the im-

portance of use of fertilizers and explained the per-

formance of different fertilizer types and rate using

different agronomic parameters. Keshi H/Mariam

summed up his satisfaction of his sesame field per-

formance by telling the participants “if you feed the

land it will feed you back”.

Shorima). The participants visited the trials and

forwarded their hope that they expect a good vari-

ety that can resist drought and disease would be

generated.

The second visit was made to fertilizer trials con-

ducted on farmers fields to exhibit the importance

of fertilizer as well as to decide the appropriate

amount of fertilizer rate and fertilizer type that

suits the specific soil type of the kebele. In this

case CASCAPE experimented this trial on farmers

field and the participants of the field day were able

to observe the difference among the field treated

with different amount of fertilizers. They also lis-

tened the witness of the farmers on whose plot

the experiment is done. The Fertilizer trials visited

were owned by Ato Haile Teka and Mengstu Arbse

The field day, in which 81 (24 female) people partic-

ipated, commenced after an opening speech from

CASCAPE manager Dr. Girmay G/Samuel. In his

opening remark, Dr. Girmay recommended farmers

to critically observe what was displayed and urge

them to adopt and use scientific methods of agricul-

tural practices and advised them to adopt new tech-

nologies and farming practices to realize food secu-

rity in the region.

The field day commenced with the visit to wheat

varieties adaptation trial in Shimta and Tahtay Haya

Kebeles. After a brief explanation on the purpose of

the adaptation trial from Ato Yemane G/Meskel

(CASCAPE researcher), the participants visited the 9

different wheat varieties (Mekelle-4, Honkolo, King-

bird, Ogolcho, Hidase, Mekelle-3, Wane, Lemu and

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The host farmers, Ato Tesfay Areki briefing the participants

BENEFIT Partners Organized Farmers Field ……..

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SBN activities visited include sesame production

using full package on two investors plots and sesa-

me row planting trial. The participants also visited

HuARC research station were several activities in-

cluding sesame PVS trial and sesame improved

seed multiplication have been carried out.

CASCAPE is working hand in hand with HuARC and

SBN to select varieties that can adapt to the farm-

ers demand (taking in to consideration productivi-

ty, marketability, farmers’ preference, adaptability

to environment and so on).

On October 1, 2017 the field visit continued in As-

gede Tsimbla Woreda of North Western Zone. The

activities visited in this Woreda were sorghum va-

riety adaptation trial carried out in collaboration

with ISSD and SBN in Selam and Hitsats. The oth-

er visit was made to Hitsats kebele FC where 19

different sorghum varieties were under PVS.

After the field visits, discussion was held in KuARC

assembly hall which was chaired by H.E Dr. Eyasu

Abraha, H.E Dr. Bekele Bulado, H.E W/ro Almaz

Messele as well as Ato Fissaha Bezabih. After wel-

coming the guests, Dr. Eyasu appreciated the

performance of the sesame crops despite the er-

ratic rainfall and credited the results to the farm-

ers, investors and agriculture experts. He then

extended his appreciation to BENEFIT partners

and The Royal Netherland Embassy for the budg-

etary support to conduct the successful research

activities. Then the discussion continued in which

farmers, investors and experts voiced their de-

mands to the federal government to work on im-

proving the marketing arrangements of sesame

in Shimta Kebele. The variety used was King-

bird. Each farmers’ plot was divided in to four

plots and treated with different rate and type

of fertilizer.

• No fertilizer

• Usual amount PSZ/DAP - 100kg, Urea-

100kg

• Innovation PSZ/DAP - 100kg, Urea-200kg

• Based on soil fertility DAP - 95kg, Urea-

145kg

Both farmers told the participants about the

CASCAPE Organized Farmers Field Day in collaboration with ………..


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H.E Dr. Eyasu Abraha Minister ministry of Agriculture chairing the discussion

Ato Mengistu Arbso explain the results of the treatments


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CASCAPE Organized Farmers Field Day in collaboration with ………….

BENEFIT Partners Organized Farmers Field ……….

and requested assistance to the mechanization of

the production of sesame and other crops in the

zone.

Both the Agriculture and Trade Ministers stated that

the government had been working to solve the

marketing problem in sesame and had already is-

sued a decree last July and have pledged the par-

ticipants that the sesame marketing problem would

be solved as of this harvest season. They also reit-

erated that the government is working on mecha-

nizing the agriculture of the country through the

supply of loan to farmers and investors. They also

said that the government is working to facilitate the

export of sesame via the Sudan after the road to Ge-

darif is constructed.

Finally, the farmers field day and discussion was fi-

nalized by closing remarks from the Western Zone

Administrator Ato Esayas Tadesse in which he

thanked the Ministers, State Ministers, BENEFIT

partners and other guests for visiting the zone and

witness the contribution of the farmers and investors

in producing sesame and securing hard currency to

the country.

Extension Department Head Ato Girmay. Ato

Girmay, as an introductory to the discussion

thanked CASCAPE for all the research and capaci-

ty building activities accomplished in the woreda.

He stated that the wheat varieties under adapta-

tion trial, fertilizer recommendation trial, garlic

white rot disease management and scaling activi-

ties are contributing to the improvement of the

production and productivity of the agriculture ac-

tivities in the woreda.

In the discussion, farmers expressed their delight

on what they observed specially the situation of

the crops in Tahtay Haya despite the late arrival

and early exit of rain fall thanks to the soil and

water conservation activities accomplished by the

farmers and kebele administration. One im-

portant question raised by farmers in the meet-

ing was the doubt over crop rotation in terms of

improving soil fertility and preventing diseases.

Ato Alem G/Tsadik from CASCAPE, emphasized

that it is very important to rotate crops in order

to enhance soil fertility and break the cycle of soil

borne diseases.

The farmers day was closed by the remark from

the Woreda Administrator, Ato Woldu, who

thanked CASCAPE for the activities accomplished

in the woreda in research, scaling and capacity

building. He urged the farmers and experts to put

in to practice and scale up what they observed in

the farmers day. He specially gave a focus on ex-

perts to intensify support, follow up and help

farmers to adopt new technologies and help

farmers use fertilizer, improves seeds and herbi-

cides to protect their field from weed.

importance of using fertilizer and perceived that

there are signs that when the amount of urea is in-

creased the production also increases. Ato Haile

Teka in his own words told the participants “When I

use fertilizer in deferent rate and type, fellow farm-

ers used to tell me I had been fooled. But I used to

tell them it is good to try something new as per the

suggestion of the agriculture expert. Now farmers

can see how applying fertilizer can make a differ-

ence. You can see the clear difference among the

different rate and type of fertilizer application. Plat-

ing in row is also equally important and contribute

to the improvement of wheat production. My wife

and children also know the importance of row plant-

ing and are helpful in contributing labour during

planting.”

The third activity visited was wheat scaling in clus-

ters in Shimta and Tahtay Haya Kebeles. The visi-

tors were astonished by the performance of adja-

cent wheat fields and a short briefing was given by

the respective kebele DAs and CASCAPE experts on

the importance of cluster farming. The Kebele DA

mentioned that the wheat scaling in the kebele is

practiced using recommendation from CASCAPE.

The wheat cluster was sown on similar day using

row planting and the right amount of fertilizer was

used. The DA reported that some of the farmers

used chemical herbicide (called Palace) to kill weeds

and some used labour.

After the field visits the participants of the farmers

field day converged in Tahtay Haya kebele FTC to

wrap up the experience sharing visit. The discussion

was chaired by Dr. Girmay G/ Samuel, Endamehoni

Woreda Administrator Ato Woldu Teka and OoARD

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Mekelle University- CoDANR council members visited CASCAPE activities


Wargba. Ato Solomon is working on orange, papayas,

dairy, peppers and tomatoes. Ato Desta likewise is

introducing computerized irrigation system and green

house supported production for vegetables. He has

also Begait dairy cows and sheep. The team has also

visited a lead farmer’s tomato farm organized in a

farmer’s field school by Hort-LIFE at Genete (Raya

Azebo Woreda). The project has introduced improved

management of tomato to the lead farmers (4) in

A Royal Netherlands Embassy Delegate includ-

ing guests from the foreign Ministry of the

Netherlands and manager of SNV in Ethiopia

paid a visit to the activities of the Dutch sup-

ported projects (CASCAPE, ISSD, SNV and

ATA) in southern Tigray from 19th to 20th Nov

2017.

The delegates visited warehouses in Alaje

woreda Aiba Kebele and Maichew town con-

structed by the financial support of ATA and

ISSD. The warehouses were constructed for

Birhan seed producer farmers group in Ayba

and Hadnet Raya Union in Endamehoni. The

capacity of the warehouses is 3,500 and

10,000 quintals, respectively. At the sites

wheat and Barley varieties scaled up by

CASCAPE and ISSD were displayed. In the

woredas, the guests also visited malt barley

adaptation trial by ISSD and scaling up of faba

bean using inoculants (Moti variety) and garlic

rot disease management by CASCAPE.

The Delegates visited private investors’ farms

in Raya Alamata Woreda including Ato Solo-

mon Ayalew at Gerjale and Ato Desta in

Royal Netherland Embassy Delegates visited Tigray Region

Mekelle University College of Dry Land Agricul-

ture and Natural Resources (CoDANR) council

members visited CASCAPE in Southern Zone of

Tigray Region from November 03 – 04, 2017.

A group of 11 management members including

college Dean Dr. Kidane Gidey, College Quality

Assurance (CQA) head, department heads, head

for research and community services and support

service team visited research and scaling activi-

ties in Raya Azebo, Ofla and Endamehoni

Woredas. The objective of the visit was to in-

crease the awareness of the college management

staff on the ongoing activities of the project and

get feedback for further improvement.

The college Council members and staff members

visited scaling up of Maradol papaya in Raya Aze-

bo Woreda Genete Kebele by a youth group. The

youth group has so far planted more than 7000

papayas (4000 seedlings last year which is at

fruiting stage now and 3000 in the 2009/10 rainy

season). Scaling up of Maradol papaya variety by

smallholder farmers was also visited at Wargba

Kebele of Raya Azebo Woreda.

In Ofla Woreda the council members visited

Pre_ Extension Demonstration (PED) of garlic

rot management in Hayalo Kebele. In the

same Woreda, wheat variety (9) adaptation

trial in Hashenge Kebele FTC was visited.

At Endamehoni Woreda wheat seed multiplica-

tion by two seed producer cooperatives and

wheat variety adaptation trial were visited in

Tahtayhaya Kebele.

The two days visit was concluded by holding

discussions with officials of the Endamehoni

Woreda Office of Agriculture and Rural Devel-

opment. The support of CASCAPE project was

elaborated by the perspective officials. The

officials also raise the scarcity of improved

seeds for wheat and faba bean for scaling.

At the end of the discussion, the College

Dean, Dr. Kidane, promised in collaboration

with other partners in the college to support

CASCAPE to strengthen its endeavors so that

the food security of the farmers in the project

area is achieved.

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The delegates visiting wheat variety adaptation trials

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Royal Netherland Embassy Delegates visited Tigray Region

Papaya Platform Workshop Held in Alamata

Aiming to bring together producer farmers, traders,

processors and other stakeholders and share ideas

on the problems encountered in production and mar-

keting of papaya, a workshop was organized on De-

cember 24, 2017 in Alamata Town.

The participants of the workshop were papaya grow-

er farmers, locally organized youth groups, seedling

producers groups, individual seedling producer farm-

ers, individual fruit traders, CASCAPE supported

youth group fruit traders, juice houses, investors,

WoARD, Alamata research centre, zonal AGP and irri-

gation directorate from BoARD. The total number of

participants was 53 out of which 8 were female.

The workshop started with an opening speech form

Dr. Girmay G/ Samuel and two general presenta-

tions. The first one was on experience of CASCAPE

Project in the introduction of maradol papaya to the

Woredas, management and propagation of papaya

and advantages of the new variety over the local

ones. The second presentation was on the im-

portance of platforms in market and value chain

development. The project’s experience in linking of

papaya grower farmers with market in Mekelle Uni-

versity was also presented.

After the presentations the participants split into

groups and discussed on major problem faced dur-

ing production and marketing of papaya. After the

group discussion the groups presented results of

respective group production and marketing con-

straints and proposed interventions.

The identified problems were assigned to the rele-

vant stakeholder to solve and to follow up the pro-

gress of the platform, the participants agreed to

assemble in April 2018. Finally, the workshop was

concluded by the remarks from Ato Berihu Arega-

wi, Irrigation Director of Regional BoARD, in which

he gave focus to the importance of fruits like papa-

ya and advised the participants to work on solving

the identified problems.

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which the other members (30) learn all steps of

the agronomic practices from the lead farmers.

Following this, the team visited CASCAPE’s inter-

vention on enhancement of the livelihood of poor

women headed households through provision of

dairy goats. As a show case, W/ro Taemo’s house

was visited. She explained to the visitors that her

life has changed in five years after she started

dairy goat production provided by CASCAPE.

At the end of the visit the delegate discussed with

CASCAPE, ISSD and ATA on how the three Dutch

supported projects are collaboratively working to-

gether. After the detail discussion, the coordinators

of the three projects agreed for more engagement

for achieving a common goal in the region.


The delegates visiting wheat variety selection trials

Dr. Girmay G/Samuel opening the papaya platform meeting


vegetable specially in the southern zone of the region

and emphasized on the importance of increasing pro-

duction and productivity through introduction of best

practices and connecting the product to the market so

that producers can benefit to the maximum. After ac-

knowledging the importance of the workshop, Ato

Fisaha in his part emphasized the importance and

timeliness of the workshop as it can be used as an

input for the midterm revision of Growth and Trans-

formation Program plan of the region.

Then after, an overview of vegetable production in

Tigray was presented by Mizan Amare from TARI and

10 presentations were made on different topics. After

the presentations, general discussion was made

chaired by Professor Mitiku Haile. The participants dis-

cussed on:

Ways of improving seed shortage

Controlling pests and diseases

Solving market problems through market value

chain

Setting agro-processing facilities

using the underutilized small and medium dams

for vegetable production

CASCAPE Mekelle University in collaboration

with Tigray Agricultural Research Institute

(TARI) and Bureau of Agriculture and Rural

Development (BoARD) organized a regional

workshop to promote best practices on vege-

table production value chain in the region on

December 2, 2017. In the workshop 10 differ-

ent studies were presented by researchers

from TARI, Mekelle University and Axum Uni-

versity and detail discussion was made by the

participants. The workshop was organized with

the objective of creating a platform on vegeta-

ble production value chains and bringing to-

gether people from industry, academia, re-

search and government who are working in on

sector.

The specific objectives of the workshop were

to:

• Create a platform where available best

practices in vegetable production value

chains are identified, documented and dis-

seminated to stakeholders for future use.

• Highlight the critical importance of vegeta-

bles in Tigray and identify technologies for

vegetable production, marketing, storage,

transport and consumption thereby realize

the potential of vegetable production for

food and nutrition security as well as in-

come.

• Bring together people from industry, aca-

demia, research and government who are

working in vegetable sector.

The workshop was opened by Professor Fetien,

Mekelle University Vice President for Research

and Community services and Ato Fisaha Beza-

bih, Deputy Bureau Head of BoARD. In her

opening speech, Professor Fetien mentioned

the regional potential for the production of

CASCAPE- MU organized regional workshop on promotion of best practices in vegetable production and marketing value chain in Tigray, Ethiopia

Side by side to the presentations, 7 research findings

were presented to the participants in the form of post-

ers.

The one-day workshop was attended by farmers and

investors participating in vegetable production, Wore-

da irrigation experts from offices of agriculture, re-

searchers, BENEFIT partners in the region, officials and

experts from BoARD, bureau of trade and industry,

staff of Mekelle University, Axum University and other

projects and NGOs working in vegetable value chain.

Partial view of the vegetable workshop participants

Participants attending vegetable poster exhibition

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Training on Best-Fit Technology Testing provided to TARI

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Mekelle University CASCAPE conducted capaci-

ty development on enhancing the capacity of

Tigray Agricultural Research Institute (TARI)

in best-fit technology testing. To enhance the

capacity of TARI researchers and four centers

under the institute, ToTs supported by manu-

als were provided in 2017.

ToT on Mapping of Recommendation Do-

mains and Integrated Technology and BP

Validation

The training on GIS and Mapping of Recom-

mendation Domains and Integrated Technolo-

gy and BP Validation for Researchers was con-

ducted from November 03-07, 2017 for five

days in Wukro (Serdo Hotel). The trainees

(researchers) were drawn from three agricul-

tural research centers (Alamata, Shire-

Maitsebri and Humera) and two soil research

centers (Mekelle and Shire). The participants

of the training were 29 with background of

crop production, NRM, socioeconomics, mech-

anization and livestock.

The training on mapping of recommendation

domains was held for four days while the

training on integrated technology and BP vali-

dation was given for one day. The first training

was handled by senior researcher and GIS

professional, Dr. Atkilt Girma and Mr. G/

yohanes Zenebe from Mekelle University. The

second training was delivered by CASCAPE

Staff.

ToT for researchers on MonQIT and QUEFTS

The training on QUEFTS and MonQIt was conduct-

ed for three days (January 24-26, 2017). A total

of 33 researchers (1 female) including two centers

directors, senior researchers, associate research-

ers, researchers and junior researchers from two

soil testing laboratories and six research centers

have participated in the training.

The training session was divided in to two parts in

which the first day was allocated for QUEFTS while

the last two days was assigned for MonQIt train-

ing. The QUEFTS training was handled by Dr

Girmay G/Samuel. The trainees were first exposed

to an introductory course which included the ob-

jectives of the training and the importance of the

tool in agriculture. Various QUEFTS based re-

search findings from different scholars were pre-

sented to the researchers to create an impression

about the applicability of the tool.

Following the introduction, discussion was made

on the concepts of QUEFTS by focusing on the

four steps in using the QUEFTS model. To this ef-

fect, the QUEFTS tool box was installed on the PCs

of each training participant. With the close follow-

up and coaching from the trainers, the trainees

exercised the application of the tool in N, P and K

fertilizer recommendation for different crop types

and determining target yield levels under different

nutrient balances.

To support the researchers on the application of

the QUEFTS model a manual was distributed

which would be also used as a guide to organize

and cascade similar trainings by the trainees.

Researchers attending the training on QUEFTS

Trainees working on group works

Training on Best-Fit Technology Testing provided to TARI


better impact and create better understanding about

aligned plan preparation.

The workshop was opened by Dr. Dawit, BENEFIT

manager. Dr. Dawit in his opening remarks noted the

importance of collaborative activities for better im-

pact in our agriculture intervention and to meet the

demand from the Embassy of the Kingdom of The

Netherlands. Hoping the workshop would come up

with better ways of collaboration and identify solu-

tions to overcome challenges, he announced the

workshop to be officially opened.

The participants of the workshop then attended the

presentation of the two regions’ collaborative activity

performance in 2017 and planned activities for 2018.

After the presentations the participants held discus-

sion on the activities accomplished and planned activ-

ities of respective regions. Challenged encountered

were raised and solutions were proposed by the par-

ticipants. After the feedbacks the participants split in

to their respective regions and worked on enriching

their 2018 collaborative plans.

The works shop was attended by BENEFIT partners’

National Management Unit Managers and experts;

Tigray and Amhara regions BENEFIT partners’ project

managers and experts.

Tigray and Amhara Regions BENEFIT partners

(CASCAPE, ISSD and SBN) conducted review

of 2017 collaborative activities and 2018 plan-

ning workshop from December 5 to 6, 2017 in

Mekelle, Desta Hotel.

The objective of the workshop was to review

collaborative activity accomplishment and

challenges faced in 2017 and prepare 2018

detail collaborative activity plan. Workshop

aimed at looking for ways of collaboration for

Mekelle Hosts BENEFIT Collaborative Activities Review and Planning Workshop

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handled by CASCAPE staff, Ato Yemane G/

meskel from CASCAPE. It was Explained that

MonQIt is a framework for monitoring farming

systems and for registration and bookkeeping

system. The tool helps to systematically de-

scribe and analyse complex farming systems

and it proves the necessity for interventions.

The MonQIt training focused on presentations

on concepts of MonQIt, MonQIt toolbox, de-

bugging, data analysis and on how to fill in a

MonQIt questionnaire. After thorough discus-

sion on the questionnaire and on how to inter-

view farmers, discussions were made on data

entry, data cleaning (debugging), data analy-

sis and reporting. MonQIt based processed

results of MU-CASCAPE was also presented to

the participants to understand its applicability

and use. As an exercise a previously filled in

MonQIt questionnaires was provided to a

group of three researchers to facilitate the exer-

cise on data entry. After data entry, the partici-

pants exercised data cleaning and processing of

the data. Representatives of the different groups

have also presented the interpreted reports of

the results of the processed data to the plenary.

The three days training on QUEFTS and MonQIt

was concluded by an oral evaluation of the over-

all training process by the participants and final-

ized by closing remark from TARI Deputy man-

ager in which he thanked CASCAPE for all the

efforts made to support TARI in capacity devel-

opment and serving as a bridge in linking the

institute with the Mekelle University and pledged

to further strengthen this good linkage to the

highest level.

BENEFIT partners of the two regions attending Tigray region annul report

Producer: Haile Kidane +251914768460 [email protected]

Editors: Girmay G/Samuel (PHD) +251914157189 [email protected]

Alem G/Tsadik +251914202459 [email protected]

Mekelle University CASCAPE (Capacity

Building for Scaling up of Evidence

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