Clik here to view.
Model farmers who benefited from the training facilitated by LIVES are...
Written by Gemeda Duguma and Amenti Chali LIVES’ model farmers, Ijigu Tefera and his wife, removing weeds from grafted avocado seedlings (photo credit: ILRI\Amenti Chali). The Livestock and Irrigation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unlocking pump maintenance and repair service delivery in Dembia, Amhara
By Yigzaw Dessalegn and Worku Teka Priest (Kese) Belete Mola with pumps brought for maintenance in Dembia District (photo credit: ILRI\Yigzaw Dessalegne). Dembia District of Amhara region has a huge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In brief: LIVES conducted fourth project steering committee meeting
LIVES Steering Committee members and LIVES staff members during the 4th PSC meeting at ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa (photo credit: ILRI\Aklilu Bogale). The 4th meeting of the Livestock and Irrigation Value...
View ArticleClik here to view.
West Shoa knowledge centre a model of ICT use for agricultural knowledge sharing
Written by Mamusha Lemma and Beamlak Tesfaye Agriculture and extension service experts at the West Shoa agricultural knowledge centre (photo credit: ILRI\Addisu Abera). New policies, actors and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fruit seedling supply as lucrative business for youth: Tadele Gobeze’s story
Tadele Gobeze at his fruit nursery in Mecha District, Amhara Region (photo credit: ILRI\Yigzaw Dessalegn). By Yigzaw Dessalegn and Teshome Derso Tadele Gobeze is a young entrepreneur who is engaged in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A farmer trainer and mentor is changing the extension services landscape in...
By Mamusha Lemma and Gemeda Duguma Ejigu Tefera managing his grafted avocado trees (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma). To promote value chain thinking and practice in Ethiopia, the Livestock and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Farmers in Gamo Gofa and Sidama benefit from improved local water pump repair...
By Birhanu Biazin, Amare Haileslassie,Yoseph Mekasha, Tesfaye Dubale and Tesfaye Shewage Asrat Tessema, a farmer pump repair service provider at Huro Tibiro Kebele of Bensa District in Sidama zone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LIVES offers market-oriented extension and value chain development training...
By Berhanu Gebremedhin and Dereje Legesse Trainees working in groups to develop action plans (photo credit:ILRI\Dereje Legesse). The Livestock and Irrigations Value chain for Ethiopian Smallholders...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Private entreprises improve concentrate livestock feed supply in southern...
Yoseph Mekasha, Tadiwos Zewdie, Tesfaye Shewage, Tesfaye Dubale, Birhanu Biazen and Dirk Hoekstra Lack of access to commercial concentrate feed supply and inadequate knowledge on the use are among the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LIVES gender equality strategy
Research has highlighted the crucial importance of the contribution of women to agricultural value chain development and governance in Ethiopia, according to scientists from the Livestock and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Capacity development for market-oriented agricultural development
Capacity development plays a critical enabling role in facilitating the adoption and scaling out of value chain development interventions and approaches by addressing attitudinal, knowledge and skills...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Training and study tour widens adoption of livestock production technologies...
By Abule Ebro, Gemeda Dhuguma, Temsegen Minam and Yared Deribe Participants visiting the Alama livestock technologies shop (Photo Credit:ILRI\Abule Ebro) A combined knowledge sharing program, that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cattle fattening fairs demonstrate a market-oriented extension method in Amhara
By Mamusha Lemma, Beamlak Tesfaye, Zeleke Mekuriaw, Yigzaw Desalegn and Teshome Derso Increasingly, many smallholder farmers in Ethiopia are adopting intensive livestock keeping practices in response...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Farmer-to-farmer knowledge and skills dissemination in Ada’a Berga district:...
by Mamusha Lemma, Abule Erbo and Addissu Abera Fufa Keneni lives in Reji Mekoda peasant association (PA) of Ada’a Berga District of Oromia region. He is engaged in apiculture and dairy production. His...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Enhancing gender and youth -inclusive livestock value chain development in...
By Ephrem Tesema Participants at a training (photo credit:ILRI\LIVES). Ethiopia recently rolled out its second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) which, among other goals seeks to increase...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bridging the knowledge and skills gaps: lessons from LIVES capacity...
by Mamusha Lemma Throughout its activities in Ethiopia, the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project has used participatory processes to design capacity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An outgrower farmer bridges market challenges in Seka Chekorsa District in...
By Mamusha Lemma and Gemeda Duguma Hussien Ahmed, a smallholder farmer, engaged in potato production in Seka Cherkosa (photo credit:ILRI\Gemeda Duguma). In Ethiopia, smallholder vegetable farmers have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Training and coaching boosts small farm businesses in West Shoa: Haile...
By Mamusha Lemma, Abule Erbo and Addisu Abera Haile Adugna apiculture producer in Meta Robi District, Oromia (photo credit:ILRI\Addisu Abera). Haile Adugna is a farmer in the Suba Gojo kebele of Meta...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cattle fatteners in Oromia earn more after adopting improved husbandry practices
In East Shewa Zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, small-scale farmers use cattle fattening to complement other farming practices. But it often relies on traditional methods suffering from lack of linkage...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Breaking stereotypes in beekeeping: Zeritu Ahmed’s story
By Ephrem Tesema and Mesfin Tefera Women making traditional hives from bamboo and mud (photo credit: ILRI/Mesfin Tefera). Apiculture is one of the new ventures introduced by the Livestock and...
View Article
