Presented by Kindu Mekonnen on a Meeting to Develop a Research Protocol on Enset, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 23 May 2014

1. Research protocol development on Enset
Kindu Mekonnen, ILRI
Meeting to Develop a Research Protocol on Enset,
ILRI, Addis Ababa, 23 May 2014
Africa RISING = Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation

2.  Project life span is 2012-2016
 Funded by USAID feed the future initiative
 Focus area- Sustainable intensification (food security,
income diversification, nutrition etc)
 Operates in 4 regions- 8 research kebeles
 Employed 4 site coordinators
 Partner with 9 CG centers, 4 local Univ, 4 regional Res
Inst, 4 Woreda ext offices and farmers
 Established 4 woreda level and 8 kebele level Innovation
Platforms
 Currently has 30± 2 action and exploration oriented
research protocols/proposals
Brief update on Africa RISING project

3. Objectives of the meeting:
 Briefly review research experiences on
enset
 Identify research gaps and opportunities
 Draft system oriented research protocol
together with Africa RISING local and CG
core partners

4. Why enset is a research agenda for AR project?
 It is high value crop in one of its research sites
(Lemo-Hadiya)
 The PCA and other AR diagnostic studies
identified- pests and diseases, and labour
intensive enset processing practices as priority
constraints
 Low productivity of enset has become a concern
of AR partners in the south
 The attractiveness and potential of the crop for
system oriented and integrated research work

5. Africa RISING research thematic areas
 Feed and Forage Development
 Field Crop Varietal Selection and Management
 Integration of High Value Products into Mixed
Farming Systems
 Improved Land and Water Management for
Sustainability
 Improving the Efficiency of Mixed Farming Systems
through more Effective Crop - Livestock Integration
 Cross Cutting Problems and Opportunities
 Knowledge Management, Exchange and Capacity

6. Template for Africa RISING research protocol
preparation
 Title
 Theme
 Activities Addressed
 Justification
 Research methods
 Deliverables
 Research outcomes
 Partners and indicative budget

7. Project partners Ethiopia

8. Local partners Ethiopia
 Academic institutions:
 Wachemo, Mekelle, Madawolabu, Debre Berhan and Hawassa universities; Maichew Agricultural College
 Regional research organizations:
 Amhara Regional Agricultrural 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

9. Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation
africa-rising.net
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