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Page 1: CIFOR activities in Ethiopia EIAR-CGIAR Partnership Dialogue, December 4-5, 2014 Habtemariam Kassa CIFOR Ethiopia Decentralized Office.

CIFOR activities in Ethiopia

EIAR-CGIAR Partnership Dialogue,

December 4-5, 2014

Habtemariam Kassa

CIFOR Ethiopia Decentralized Office

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1. Introducing CIFOR

• CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) is a non-profit, global facility dedicated to advancing human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity.

• It was established in 1993, and its HQ is in Bogor, Indonesia• Currently CIFOR has over 250 staff (119 research staff) at nine locations

around the globe and work towards building the largest body of global forestry research

• Projects are underway in over 30 countries in collaboration with more than 100 partners, indicating its motto of being a “center without walls”

• It has 3 hubs in Peru, Kenya and Cameroon and 5 decentralized offices in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Vietnam and Ethiopia. Ethiopia Office is the 2nd smallest.

• CIFOR leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agro forestry (CRP-FTA)

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1. Introducing CIFOR (Contd.)

• The research activities of CIFOR focus on:– enhancing the role of forests in climate mitigation and in adapting to climate change,– improving livelihoods through smallholder and community forestry, – managing trade-offs between conservation and development at landscape level, – managing the impacts of globalised trade and investment on forests and forest

communities, and – sustainable management of tropical production forests.

•  Three global research portfolios lead these research flagships – Livelihoods, Governance, and Environmental Services.

• High quality, impact oriented research publications remain a core output of CIFOR’s activities. In 2013, CIFOR generated 352 publications (about 3 per scientist).

• CIFOR’s research informs key stakeholders (policy makers, practitioners, communities, the private sector, etc.) to select effective policy measures and practices to better manage tropical forests, and address the needs of people who depend on these resources in a sustainable way.

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2. CIFOR Ethiopia Office - History & focus areas• Our activities commenced with supporting Wondo Genet College of

Forestry and Natural Resources (WGCF) in implementing its Development Oriented Integrated Thematic Action Research (DOIT AR) that sought to bring about a fundamental shift in forestry research and training in Ethiopia. The project was financed by SIDA.

• Projects on improving the management of dry forest and woodlands – between 2007 and 2012, we ran successive projects (funded by

SIDA and ADA) on improving the management of dry forest and the production and marketing of dry forest products and worked closely with EIAR, WGCF-NR and MoA

– The national research system now has a major research program on NTFPs from dry forests, and WGCF-NR initiated a graduate program on the management of forests in the dry land areas.

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2. History and focus areas (contd.)

• We also ran projects– On the importance of small-scale wood processing enterprises in

urban areas, focusing on Addis Ababa– Comparing the performance (in terms of survival rate of seedlings) of

tree planting initiatives of the state with that of farmers – On assessing the importance of migration from forested areas, their

drivers and impacts on influencing people-forest relationships

• Our focus currently is on looking at options for enhancing the role of forests in mosaic landscapes for food security, and for green growth

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3. Projects

• Supporting Sustainable Management of Dry Forests in Ethiopia (two successive projects supported by SIDA and ADA & completed in 2012)

• Adapting woodland management strategies in the semi-arid South Africa and Ethiopia in the face of changing climatic and policy conditions (funded by Volkswagen Foundation) – to be completed in 2014

• Enhancing the role of forestry in Ethiopia’s CRGE (to be completed in mid 2015)

• Forest cover, vegetable consumption and nutritional security in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso – to be completed in 2015.

• Managing the forest-farm interface (new and will begin in mid 2015)

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3. Projects (Contd.)

Our major on-going project: Enhancing the role of forestry in Ethiopia’s CRGE • The project is set to

– identify effective practices in area ex-closure (Tigray), in Participatory Forest Management (Oromia), in smallholder plantations (Amhara), in agroforestry (SNNPRS), and in the management of dry forests and woodlands (BGNRS).

– assess the impacts of these practices on local livelihoods and on the landscape,

– suggest and evaluate improvement measures – Identify enabling conditions for scaling up effective practices

• It is being implemented by involving– MoA and MEF staff as well as EIAR and FRC staff (at Federal level)– Hawassa, Mekelle, and Bahir Dar Universities– Amhara, Tigray, Oromia, SNNPRS and BGNRS relevant bureaus/agriculture– Regional Research Institutes (TARI, SARI, ARARI,..)– Over a dozen graduate students from AAU, MU, WGCF, HU, AAU, BU

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3. Projects (Contd)

• Five national technical teams with experts drawn from federal and regional research, education and extension were established

• The teams report to a National Project Advisory Committee

• The findings will be used to draft regional forestry strategies for 5 regions (Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, SNNPRS, & BGNRS) and a national road map for MEF to assist efforts to achieve the forestry sector targets set in the CRGE document.

• By so doing, the project also aims to contribute to building knowledge in forests and green growth.

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4. Major Outputs

• Book, management guide, conference proceedings and policy brief on managing dry forest for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins

• Scientific articles, book chapters, policy briefs on – On the role of forests (mainly dry forests) for local livelihoods– On gender, socio-economic status and forest dependence – On participatory forest management– On tree planting, tree and forest tenure – On gum quality and implications for grading for export market – On the importance and value chains of dry forest products – Etc.

• PhD and M. Sc. theses • Presentations in major national and international conferences• Etc.

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5. Interactions with national partners

• As a CG center, we are involved in projects that are undertaken in several countries in Africa (e.g. Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Burkina Faso, South Africa, etc.) and beyond (Vietnam, China, Sweden).

• Being a project/decentralized office, our work is primarily focused on Ethiopia • Our interactions with national partners and Ministries have been encouraging

– In December 2005 CIFOR in collaboration with EIAR organized a consultative meeting of major stakeholders in forestry to identify key researchable issues

– The inputs were used to draft CIFOR’s Ethiopia Office Country Strategy – In 2009, in collaboration with MoA, we organized a national workshop on

climate change research in Ethiopia. This led to the establishment of the Climate Change Research Network in Ethiopia. The Proceedings were compiled and submitted to MoA.

– The network played key role in preparing a document on forests and carbon resources in Ethiopia (and financed by UNDP), and to the establishment of the Climate Science Center at AAU.

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– In 2010, we supported MoA’s effort to draft the National Forest Act.– In 2011, published research results on dry forest and the production, grading and

marketing of gums and resins were presented to the Ministry– A training manual for improving the management of dry forests for frankincense

production was prepared, and then translated to Amharic and printed by MoA

5. Interactions with national partners (contd.)

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– In 2012/13, we worked closely with MoA and prepared a project on enhancing the role of forestry in Ethiopia’s CRGE strategy

– As of 2013, we are closely working with MEF• MEF chairs the national Project Advisory Committee of the on-going

project entitled “Enhancing the role of forestry in Ethiopia’s CRGE”• We are actively supporting the efforts of MEF

• to review the national forest law and act• to prepare its national REDD+ strategy document• to chart its long term forestry sector strategy, and its 5-year plan in

such a way that the forestry sector could significantly contribute to the socio-economic development of the country and actively supports the nation’s CRGE strategy

5. Interactions (Contd.)

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6. Challenges

• No major challenges were faced

• Yet few but expected challenges persist– Poor coordination among actors within the forestry sector (forestry

education, research, and extension) and across sectors (forestry and agriculture, forestry and energy, forestry and water, etc.)

– Training background• Limited the capacity of experts to work/act beyond their disciplines• Limited technical capacity of experts to address socio-economic aspects of forestry

– High staff turnover and weak institutional memory– Difficulty to use allocated funds and submit financial reports timely– Slow uptake of research findings due to lack of systematic engagement of

researchers and research institutions with users of research results (e.g. no link in terms of chemical contents between highest and lowest grades of frankincense for export market)

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7. Our proposed CN for the EIAR-CGIAR initiative(Forests & sustainable intensification of agriculture)Tentative title

Short title: Forests & sustainable intensification of agriculture

Longer version: Minimizing trade-offs and creating synergies between forestry and agriculture in Ethiopia’s CRGE strategy: Achieving forestry targets and supporting sustainable intensification of agriculture

Potential partners – CIFOR, ICRAF, ICRISAT, ILRI and EIAR

Why? - It is simply because the future of forests, agriculture/food and climate are so interlinked that achieving one objective without the other cannot be considered effective and efficient (as it leads to more trade-offs), and hence we must start by developing a shared agenda and agreed upon plan (to maximize synergies)

Overall objective: to support the efforts of the GoE to achieve its agriculture and forest sector targets set in the CRGE strategy in a complementary manner.

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Thank you!© Wageningen UR 2010


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