This document summarizes planned and ongoing agricultural research activities and studies in the Ethiopian highlands for 2022. It discusses field activities related to livestock feed and forage development as well as crop varietal selection. It also outlines planned, ongoing, and completed studies on topics like gender and scaling assessments. The document notes legacy products to be developed and capacity building efforts. It describes plans to broadcast livestock innovations through local radio and concludes with noting the planned closure of the Africa Research project in Ethiopia in early 2023.

1. Planned and ongoing AR activities and studies for
2022 in the Ethiopian highlands
Kindu Mekonnen
PCT and Chief Scientists Meeting
30 August 2022

2. 1. Field activities for 2022
1.1. Research for Development (R4D)
Livestock feed and forage development related:
 Desho grass vetch intercropping trials
 Feed and food oat variety cutting management trial
 Tree lucerne management trial
Crop varietal selection and management related
 Participatory variety selection (PVS) of released bread
wheat varieties
 Demonstrating seed treatment using fungicide to manage
faba bean gall disease

3. 1.2. Scaling – revolving crop and forage seeds
 Facilitating demonstration of lentil and linseed
cultivars in six FTCs
 Multiplying and certifying early generation seed of
bread wheat varieties by seed unions
 Facilitate scaling of forage seeds received from the
revolving seed arrangements

4. 2. Planned/ongoing/completed studies
SIAF SIAF assessment of selected crop,
livestock and NRM technologies
Not started yet
Gender Social dynamics and sustainable
intensification in Ethiopia
Completed
RHoMIS RHoMIS survey and analyses Completed
Scaling
Assessment
Scaling assessment of Africa RISING
innovations
Completed
Spillover
Assessment
Suitability
studies
Grain quality
assessment
Understanding diffusion of Africa
RISING introduced crop and forage
technologies
Mechanization
Nutrition
Completed
Ongoing
Ongoing

5. 3. Legacy products
• Learning extension manual
• Policy briefs
• Photo book
• Special journal publication
• Establish technology parks for livestock feed and forage
innovations
4. Capacity development
 Site level capdev as part of exit strategies on livestock feed
and forage production and utilization (farmers, extension
experts, researchers, forage seed producers and
media/journalists ) and high value fruit trees(Private
entrepreneurs, NGOs, researchers, extension and decision
makers)

6. 5. Broadcasting livestock feed and forage innovations
through local radios
 Three languages (Amharic, Hadiyysa, Oromifa)
 Eight programs in Amhara (north Shewa), 12
programs in SNNPR (Hadiya) and 8 programs in
Oromia (Bale)
6. AR project closure in Ethiopian highlands
 Planned for early Feb 2023
 Will be held at headquarters(AA) and three sites
 Will engage all who have stake in the project

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