Photo report of the Training of Trainers on Scaling of Africa
RISING Project validated technologies/innovations in the
Ethiopian Highlands, Bale Robe, Oromia, 2-4 May 2017

Alemayehu Jote, Madda Walabu University (MWU) administration & development
V/president, giving opening remarks

Participants self introduction

Alemshet Alemayehu, expert from Bale Zone office of agriculture and NRM, Bale
Zone, Oromia

Degefa Guta, Bale Zone office of Livestock and fishery resource development office
deputy head, Bale Zone, Oromia

Ahmed H/Ebrahim expert from Berberre Woreda office of Agriculture and Natural
Resource Management (NRM), Bale Zone, Oromia

From right to left (Hadia Seid), Workneh Dubale and Addisu Asfaw coming back from the
training room

Mateet Bekunda (left) and Kifle Woldearegay (right ) coming back from the training room

Luelseged Tamene (left) and Kifle Woldearegay (right )

Amare Biftu, from Sinana Agricultural Research Center (SARC), Sinana, Oromia

Sinana Agricultural Research Center (SARC) team plans their engagement with Africa RISING -
second phase

Muluken Aschalew, from Oromia Seed Enterprise (OSE) Bale Branch, Bale Zone,
Oromia

Preparing for the field visit

Participants briefing - Field day plan

Feyse Seboka, explaining her benefits through her involvement in Africa RISING

Feyse Seboka with her son

Melkamu Bezabih (ILRI)explaining the improved feed trough as compared to the traditional
one

Visiting the forage interventions

Moving to the next technology visit

Asamoah (in black hat), Melkamu (in white shirt ) and Abera (in blue jacket )
discussing after visiting the diffuse light storage

Moving to the next technology visit

Addisu Asfaw, Africa RISING site coordinator, explaining how the multi-
purpose tractor functions

Temam, explaining the benefits he got from the multi- purpose tractor

Trainees witnessing the functionality of the Multi-Purpose tractor

Participants wondering the functionality of the water spray

Africa RISING team discussing on the two wheel tractor

Asamoah Larbi, West Africa, sharing his thought about the training workshop

Peter Thorne, Africa RISING project coordinator, thanking the participants for their
participants and interest to work closely with Africa RISING

Awol Feku, Bale Zone office of Livestock and fishery resource development office
head, giving a closing remark

Going back to the field cars

Simret Yemane, Africa RISING administrative Assistant, enjoying the Bale mountains

Luckily enough, we were able to see the Red Fox this much closer

Africa RISING team at Bale mountains

Nice landscape- on the way back from the Bale mountains

From right to Left – Annet Mulema, Peter Thorne and Mateete Bekunda visiting the
Apple nursery supported by ICRAF/Africa RISING

Group picture of participants at the Training of Training in Bale Robe, Oromia

Africa RISING CGIAR partners in Ethiopia

Africa RISING local partners in Ethiopia
• Academic institutions:
• Wachemo, Mekelle, Madawolabu, Debre Berhan and Hawassa universities; Maichew
Agricultural College
• Regional research organizations:
• Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Southern Agricultural Research
Institute, Tigray Agricultural Research Institute, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute
• Federal research organizations:
• Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research
Institute
• Offices of Agriculture:
• Endamekoni (Tigray), Basona Worena (Amhara), Lemo (SNNRP) and Sinana (Oromia)
• Agricultural Transformation Agency

Credits
Produced by Africa RISING Project in Ethiopia
Compiled by Simret Yasabu
Photos: ILRI/Simret Yasabu

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