This is a presentation made by EIAR DG, Dr. Fentahun Mengistu during the launching workshop of a project "Re-Engaging Senior Agricultural Researchers" on December 25, 2015 at Nexus Hotel, Addis Ababa

1. Research focus and capacity building plan of EIAR
Fentahun Mengistu (PhD)
EIAR
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2. Research Priorities are guided by the Agricultural
/agro-industry development goals
Ethiopia’s Development trajectory
• Agricultural Development Led Industrialization
• Climate-Resilient Green Economy strategy
Ethiopia: 2025 low middle income country
Agriculture a major sources of growth:
Food security; employment, income
Raw materials for industry
Adequate supply for export
Macroeconomic stability
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3. Smallholder farmers'/herders’ central to
agriculture growth; increase contribution of
Private sector
NRM- based irrigated agriculture
Development Zone based agricultural
development
Basic directions of the Agriculture sector- GTPII
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4. Ensure agricultural Development is aligned
and contributed to Green economy strategy
Scaling up of best practices
Increase income of growers; shifting towards
high value commodities
Ensure youth & women are benefited from
RD
Improve livelihood & resilience capacity of
people in the arid & semi-arid areas
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5. Rural socio-economic & environmental dynamics
affecting R&D activities
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• 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

6. 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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9. March 2014 September 2014

16. 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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17. Challenges related to agricultural technology supply
• Less addressed
segments/customers:
• Commercial farmers
• Youth & women
• Herders
• Trade
• Industry
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• Less addressed AEZs:
• moisture stressed
• Dry lands
• Frost prone highlands
• Pastoral, semi-pastoral areas
• western humid-hot lowlands
• urban/ suburbs

18. EIAR’s Key Functions
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Generate /adopt/adapt Agricultural
Technology, Knowledge, Information
generation
Demonstrate/popularize/improved
Technologies; users capacity building
Maintenance, Multiplication, and
provision of source Technologies

19. EIAR’s Research organization
Crops
Livestock
Land &Water
Agric.Economics/Extension/
Agricultural engineering /Mechanization
Biotechnology
Climate & Geospatial
Nutrition; product quality, safety
Gender
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20. EIAR
RARIs
Universities
Breeder
Crop protectionist
Agronomist
Economist
Etc.
Research execution: Commodity as a planning unit
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1st GTP implementation

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Activity Plan Implementation (%)
Technology/info 1,178 1,141 96.8
Pre-scale up 377,912 560,554 148
Training 110,479 226,412 205
Source
seed/grain/
59,653.60
 275 (104%) crop varieties
 15 forage

23. ምርምር ለግብርናውልማት እድገትአስተዋፅኦ

24. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Tef
Wheat
Maize
Barley
Sorghum
Millet
Oats
Faba
Bean Field Pea
Haricot
Bean Chick Pea
Lentil
Vetch
8.35
12.2
19.83
10.57 13.75
8.96
14.46
10.67
7.73
7.75 8.5
5.09
10.59
13.79
21.1
30.59
17.49
21.06
17.2
16.46
16.44
12.79
12.62
17.11
12.25
15.85
1988 E.C. 2005 E.C.
(Source: CSA, Ethiopia compiled by Derese T.)

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Capacity Building
Physical
• 4 New Centers:
Mehoni, Chiro, Fogera, Holleta biotech
• 84 Vehicles
• Several facilities; maintenance

26. የተገነቡ ግንባታዎች በከፊል (ቴፒ)

27. ወንዶ ገነት

28. ጭሮ

29. ፎገራ

30. ደብረ ዘይት

31. ቁሉምሳ

32. መሆኒ

33. ሆለታ

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Researchers
• 2003 e.c. : 632 (71 F)
• 2007 e.c : 976 (112 F)
Total staff :
• 2003 e.c. : 3,070
• 2007 e.c : 3,806
• 289 sent for MSc/PHD training
• 196 returned
Manpower
Finance
2003 ፡ 182,883.251
2007፡ 416,804.390

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GTPII Plan

36. • Food Security & Nutrition, income generation
• Agro-industry & Import substitution
• Market (Export market)
• Environmental & livelihood resilience;
Climate Change
Thematic areas
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37. • Horticulture
• Livestock
• Biotechnology
• Irrigation
• Mechanization
• Climate change
Relatively new commodities & areas of focus:
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38. Food Security & Nutrition
• Productivity with desirable
quality
• Vertical Yield enhancement
• Technological Change-
hybrids, GMOs
• Nutrition, processing, safety
Pests, diseases, weeds
• Agro-technics & practices
• Sustainable intensification
• post-harvest loss
• Farm mechanization
• Biotechnological methods
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39. Industrial raw materials/
Import substitution
• Wheat(DW)
• malt barley
• oil crops (soy, Noug, etc)
• energy crops, etc
• Hides and skins
• Meat, Dairy
• Fruits
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40. Market/export/
• Coffee
• livestock & L.
products
• Pulses (CB, CP, L)
• oil seeds (sesame,
etc)
• High value
commodities:
Fruits, veg., spices
• Value addition
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41. Natural Resource Management
Water management
• Irrigation, WUE
• Land and water conservation
• IWM, landscape re-
construction
• Integrated soil fertility
management
• Acidity, salinity, vertisol
management
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42. Research on:
• CSA: Adaptation,
Mitigation, productivity
• Conservation Agriculture
• Climate information
• resilient commodities
Climate Change
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43. Livestock:
• Breed improvement:
indigenous; exotic
(milk, beef)
• Feeds
• range land management
• Value addition; post-
harvest
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44. Farm implements
/mechanization
Pre-harvest:
• plough, row planters, weeders,
• Enhancing horse power-
tractors, tractor appendages,
etc.
Harvest, Post-harvest :
• Harvesters, threshers, hullers,
driers
• Storage facilities
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45. Agricultural Economics & Extension Research
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• 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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5 years plan
Technology/Info 1,079/1,119
Demos 280,291
Source seed(grain Qt) 62,592.1
Training 282,080
Manpower 1612
Finance(‘000) 4,497,265

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ተ.ቁ የሰብል ዓይነት
የሚለቀቁ ቴክኖሎጂ ዕቅድ
በቁጥር
የሚወጡ እውቀትና ኢንፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ
በቁጥር
1. ጤፍ 4 21
2. ስንዴ 30 35
3. በቆሎ 12 14
4. ገብስ 10 16
5. ማሽላ 12 20
6. ሩዝ 8 11
7. ባቄላና አተር 7 12
8. ሽምብራና ምስር 11 13
9. ቆላ ጥራጥሬ 15 18
10. ኦቾሎኒ 9 17
11. አኩሪ አተር 5 19
12. ሰሊጥ 12 17
13. ደጋ ቅባት 7 16
14. ጥጥ 7 16
15. የቆላ ፍራፍሬ 15 18
16. አትክልት 18 17
17. ድንች 8 15
18. የስኳር ድንችና ስራስር 20 12
19. የደጋ ፍራፍሬ 5 16
20. የእንሰት 6 5
21. ቡና 6 10
22. ቅመማ ቅመም 7 10
23. መአዛማና መድሃኒት 11 25
24. ባዮኢነርጂ 4 17
25. ተባይ ስነህይወታዊ ቀጥጥር ቴክኖሎጂ 26 31
26. አረም ስነህይወታዊ ቀጥጥር ቴክኖሎጂ 14 54
27. በሽታ ስነህይወታዊ ቁጥጥር ቴክኖሎጂ 25 88
28. ኬሚካልና ኳራነቲን ቴክኖሎጂ 60 20
ድምር 374 583

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ተ.ቁ. የሚከናወኑ ተግባራት የሚከናወንበት ጊዜ የተያዘ ጥቅል በጀት
1. የቡና የልዕቀት ማዕከል ማሳደግ ከ 2009 - 2011 ዓ.ም. 335,900,000.00
2. የብሔራዊ ዕጽዋት ጥበቃ ምርምር የልዕቀት ማዕከል ከ 2009 - 2011 ዓ.ም. 231,900,000.00
3.
የሆርቲካልቸር ምርምር የልዕቀት ማዕከል መክፈትና በመስኩ
ያለውን የልማት ዕቅድ መምራት
ከ 2010 - 2012 ዓ.ም. 240,300,000.00
4.
5 አዳዲስ የምርምር ማዕከላትን በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ የልማት
ቀጠናዎች ላይ ማደራጀት
ከ 2009 - 2012 ዓ.ም. 301,800,000.00
5.
የኢንስቲትዩቱን ዋና መ/ቤት ሕንፃ ማደስና የእንግዶች ማረፊያ
እና ተጨማሪ የምርምር ፕሮግራሞችንና ላብራቶሪዎችን የያዘ
ሕንፃ መገንባት
ከ 2009 - 2012 ዓ.ም. 200,000,000.00
Physical capacity building

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6. የባዮቴክኖሎጂ ምርምር ማዕከልን ማቋቋም
7. ሴፍቲ ሌቭል 3 እና 4 የሆኑ ግሪን ኃውስና ላብራቶሪዎች ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 60,000,000.00
8.
ለባዮቴክኖሎጂ ምርምር የሚያስፈልጉ ተጨማሪ ሳይንሳዊ
መሣሪያዎች
ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 50,000,000.00
9. ባዮኢንፎርማቲክስና የመረጃ ማደራጃ ቋት ግንባታ ከ 2008 - 2012 ዓ.ም. 8,000,000.00
10. የኢንፎርሜሽን ኮሚኒኬሽን መሣሪያዎች ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 5,000,000.00
11. የወተትና ወተት ውጤቶች ምርምር ማዕከልን ማቋቋም
12.
የተመራማሪና አስተዳደር ቢሮ፣ ቤተመጽሐፍት፣
ላብራቶሪዎች፣ መዝናኛና መሰብሰቢያ አዳራሽ የያዘ ባለ
አምስት ፎቅ ሕንፃ
ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 60,000,000.00

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13. ዘመናዊ የእንስሳት ማቆያ፣ ማራቢያ፣ መመራመሪያ በረት ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 60,000,000.00
14. ለዕጽዋት ጥበቃ ምርምሮች የሚያስፈልጉ ተጨማሪ ሳይንሳዊ መሣሪያዎች ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 20,000,000.00
15. የኢንፎርሜሽን ኮሚኒኬሽን መሣሪያዎች ተከላ ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 5,000,000.00
16. የግብርና ምርምርና አመራር ክህሎት ማሳደጊያ ማዕከላትን ማቋቋም
17.
በአዳማ ከተማ የሚገነባ የሥልጠና መስጫ አዳራሽ፣ አስተዳደር ቢሮ፣ ቤተመጽሐፍት፣
መዝናኛና አነስተኛ መሰብሰቢያ ክፍሎችን የያዘ ባለ ሁለት ፎቅ ሕንፃ
ከ 2008 - 2010 ዓ.ም. 20,000,000.00
18.
በጭሮ ማዕከል የተገነባውን የሥልጠና ማዕከል በቁሳቁስና ሌሎች አስፈላጊ ግብዓቶችን
ማሟላት
ከ 2008 - 2009 ዓ.ም. 17,000,000.00
19.
በቁሉምሳ ማዕከል የተገነባውን የሥልጠና ማዕከል በቁሳቁስና ሌሎች አስፈላጊ
ግብዓቶችን ማሟላት
ከ 2008 - 2009 ዓ.ም. 15,300,000.00
20. ልዩ ልዩ የግንባታና ጥገና ሥራዎች
21. ያሉትን ምርምር ማዕከላት ማደስና አቅም መገንባት ከ 2008 - 2012 ዓ.ም. 500,000,000.00
22. የመስኖ ምርምር ፋሲሊቲዎችን ማጠናከር፣ ማደራጀትና መገንባት ከ 2008 - 2012 ዓ.ም. 75,000,000.00

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• Critical mass Recruitment
• Massive training – long, short term; skill development program
- Training centers; Fogera, Melkasa/Adama,
Kulumsa
• Mentorship program- Re-emloyement senior staff
• Sabbathecal leave
• Joint appointment
• Partnership
• Salaries/ Incentives: better salary/per diem, commuter, school,
communication, leave of absence, house allowance, etc
Manpower Development Strategy

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Why we need to re-engage senior researchers?
Ethiopian Research manpower position relative to Africa

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Provide mentorship for junior researchers that make up >50%
• training and mentoring
• best research practices
• research planning and execution guidelines
• transfer expertise, knowledge and skills
• Review and finalize the drafted EIAR long term research
strategy document
Why we need to re-engage senior researchers?

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• research ethics, disciplines
• Serve us role models; story tellers
• Institutional memory; reconnect the past & the present
• Feel ownership; are not left out
Institutional Strategy development 2016-30
Why we need to re-engage senior researchers?

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• ATA
• USAID
• Abebe Kirub, Dr. Berga, Dr Addis, others
• Solomon Abate
• Our Veteran senior scientists
Thanks to: