The document details accomplishments in agricultural development within the Endamehoni district of Ethiopia, highlighting testing and multiplication of high-value crops, infrastructure construction for potato storage, and training initiatives. It notes challenges in stakeholder participation, disease management, and resource constraints while emphasizing the importance of community engagement and scaling up successful technologies. The involvement of various academic and agricultural institutions illustrates a collaborative approach towards sustainable intensification in the region.

1. Group feedback on Africa RISING site level
accomplishments in
Endamehoni District, Ethiopia
Mohammed Ebrahim
ILRI
Africa RISING Ethiopia Review and Planning meeting
Addis Ababa, 2-3 December 2014

2. Accomplishments
 Last year we have tested wheat, faba bean and potato
demonstration
 We select two variety from wheat and two from potato
 Based on this we made seed multiplication on wheat and potato
 On second/this year we also made on wheat barley faba bean
and potato PVS and seed multiplication
 We also construct potato storage DLS in the two kebeles (5
construct and 2 on construction)
 We are also introduce high value crops eg. Apple we give training
 We are also introduce tree Lucerne , and we give training
 Irrigated fodder/Vetch and Oats/ Is also introduced
 We also made the IP platform at woreda and Kebelle level
 Yield gap (ICRISAT and CIAT)
 Crop residue management (storage, feeding trough)

3.  Collecting some gender participation informations
 We made field days ( mid season evaluation, and end season)
evaluation for some protocols)
 IP and FRG meeting
 Yield data was also already collected for barley and potato
 Different survey

4. Challenges
 Stakeholders participation was limited due to overlapping of activities
 Protocols are too many and not managed by the site coordinator
 The disease for faba bean last year and faba bean and wheat disease
for wheat and no prevention measure was undertaken
 Low commitment of stakeholders
 Managing of the stakeholders was difficult
 Some protocols are sent for double cropping but it is difficult due to open
grazing system/free grazing to implement
 Establishment of knowledge center was delayed (the knowledge we are
developing are not available at woreda and Kebelle level)
 Market access challenges
 Integration of women and male headed house holds was difficult due to
resource problem
 Limited farm land of the area/small land holding size and complain for
research/PVS
 Framers and stakeholders incentive expectation
 Irrigation land limitation due to Ensosula

5. Partnership and scaling up
opportunities
 Establishment of Community based seed multiplication (wheat,
potato, faba bean)
 Zonal, woreda and Kebele administrations and BoARD head as we
as other stakeholders visiting to the fields and create to scaling up to
other kebeles (potato wheat, faba bean)
 Undertaken of Field day was also help to scaling up of the
technologies
 Value chain information was help to link market issue and create the
scaling up of the best technologies e.g.. Potato
 Availability of the research institution as source of improved
technologies can facilitate the scaling up
 Farmers interest on the introduced technologies
 Existence of Innovation plat form system at woreda and Kebelle level

6. CGIAR Project partners
Ethiopia

7. 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

8. Thank You
Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation
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