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Knowledge management and communication roles in the LIVES project
At this week’s LIVES project (Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders) ‘Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop in Addis Ababa, Fanos Mekonnen, Knowledge...
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LIVES in the ZONES!
LIVES zonal workshop North Gonder zone LIVES zonal workshop central Tigray zone LIVES zonal workshop Sidamma zone LIVES zonal workshop Jimma zone The whole month of February and the beginning of March...
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LIVES research partners set out research priorities and areas of work for the...
In March, some 75 people from national and international research institutes and governmental agencies joined the research planning workshop of the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian...
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An Ethiopian dairy cooperative with untapped potential – Biruh Tesfa, Addis Alem
In a recent field visit to Ejere district, one of LIVES sites in West Shoa, Dirk Hoekstra came across the Biruh Tesfa Dairy Cooperative, about 4 km from Addis Alem town. Although it is difficult to...
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LIVES UPDATES is a quarterly newsletter that is electronically published by the LIVES project. The updates constitute activities, observations, reflections, and major events carried out by the project...
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Connecting the dots – roles for ICTs in agricultural extension services
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) recently convened a conference on ‘ict4ag – the digital springboard for inclusive agriculture.’ Held in Kigali, it brought together...
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Gadissa Gobena: Farmer, entrepreneur and extensionist
Ato Gadissa’s started his business in 1990 with 20 cross bred dairy cows on a 17.5 hectare landholding in Ambo town. His business progressed and he now has two big farms in Ambo and Bako Tibe district....
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E-readers narrow the information gap
This blog post was originally published on the Agriculture and Ecosystems Blog In Ethiopia, access to internet is limited in most areas outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city. So when you see...
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Expanding market-oriented extension in Ethiopia – LIVES contributing to...
Participants in a market-oriented agriculture extension training workshop; March 24-27,2014, Adama. The predominantly public sector extension service in Ethiopia has gone through tremendous expansion...
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Blogging LIVES – getting the hang of blogs to communicate research
Photo Credit: Barnett /Flickr Recently, I was happily surprised to realize that any content we produce has a story angle that is either money (economics – how much now how much later, to whom by whom),...
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Tomatoes and onions improving livelihoods in Gamo Gofa Zone
Irrigated vegetables such as tomato and onion can easily be produced in the lowlands of Gamo Gofa Zone in Ethiopia. However, despite growing market demands by local hotels, restaurants and lodges in...
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Communal grazing lands: averting ‘the tragedy of the commons’
Livestock keepers in Barka-Adisba kebele, Atsbi-Womberta district, Tigray region were once confronted with ‘the tragedy of the commons’, as do many livestock keepers in Ethiopia who depend on communal...
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Leaping ahead: ICT-based centres boost access to agricultural information in...
An agricultural knowledge centre in southern Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/LIVES). Ten years ago, access to computers, the internet and other information communication technology (ICT) tools was...
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More money, milk and meat: Mass artificial insemination for Ethiopian cattle
Ethiopia’s millions of cattle owners face challenges to increase the productivity of their animals. They often struggle to keep them healthy and well-fed. Managing the quality of the breed is one of...
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Azage Tegegne of ILRI-LIVES recognized for role in improving Ethiopia’s dairy...
The International Livestock Research Institute’s Azage Tegegne, who leads the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project has been honoured by the Ethiopian...
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LIVES supports creation of new dairy platform in Oromia
The Oromia region contributes about 44% of the total annual milk produced in Ethiopia. Smallholder farmers in Oromia contribute the largest portion of this yield, but linkages between them and other...
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Poster highlight of LIVES approach to smallholder market oriented...
This poster, prepared for the ILRI@40 series of events, gives an overview of the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project approaches and strategies as well as...
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ILRI-LIVES researchers recognized for improving Tigray agricultural research...
Five International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) researchers–Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Dirk Hoekstra, Gebremedhin Woldewahid and Yayneshet Tesfay–working with the Livestock and...
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Farmer training and study tour increases Jimma zone tomato producers’ skills
Kelifa is one of the farmers from Jimma who joined the training and study tour to learn about improved vegetable production techniques in Holeta and Meki (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma. Tomato is...
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Stimulating the use of farmer training centres in Oromia
Farmer training centres (FTCs) have been designed and used to improve agricultural extension services delivery in many developing countries. Ethiopia is promoting the FTC approach with the hope of...
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