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Small-scale feed marketing in East Shewa Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia
Livestock is one of the fastest growing agricultural sub-sectors in developing countries and this growth is driven by rapidly increasing demand for livestock products, mainly due to population growth,...
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Market performance of irrigated vegetables and fruits – reflections from...
Vegetable and fruit markets in Ethiopia are not well developed. The actors involved are too many and the chain is lengthy, without significant value additions in each channel. The time or input...
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Gadissa Gobena: Farmer, entrepreneur and extensionist
Ato Gadissa’s started his business in 1990 with 20 cross bred dairy cows on a 17.5 hectare landholding in Ambo town. His business progressed and he now has two big farms in Ambo and Bako Tibe district....
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Hydroponic fodder production for smallholder livestock farmers
There is a broad consensus that most smallholder agricultural systems in Africa are far from being models of modern 21st century agricultural production. Measured by multiple criteria including the...
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A cup of coffee for your dairy cow?
Heaps of coffee pulp being burned in Jimma Coffee from Jimma accounts for about 35% of the dry and 40% of the wet processed coffee exported from Oromia region. As one of the major cash crops in Jimma...
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Mobile phones boost vegetable marketing in Ethiopia
Onions from the Koga irrigation scheme prepared for distant markets (Photo:ILRI\ Yigzaw Dessalegne) Ethiopia has diversified agro-ecology with altitudes ranging from 200 meters below sea level to 4,260...
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LIVES promotes selective livestock culling in Amhara to protect local breeds...
Livestock market in Bahir Dar during a holiday season (photo credit:ILRI\Zeleke Mekuriaw). Ethiopia has one of largest livestock populations in Africa and the Amhara region has the second largest...
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Collaborative LIVES and government project improves uptake of artificial...
Artificial insemination (AI) activity in progress in Jimma zone (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma). In the past 50 years, little success has been registered in dairy cattle genetic improvement through...
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Farmer training and study tour increases Jimma zone tomato producers’ skills
Kelifa is one of the farmers from Jimma who joined the training and study tour to learn about improved vegetable production techniques in Holeta and Meki (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma. Tomato is...
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Finding inner strength and hope: Livestock business empowers Ethiopian couple
One of Bizunesh’s bull calves ready for fattening (photo credit:ILRI\Addisu Abera). This story is about a couple, Bizunesh Abu (30) and Wendu Gutema (40), living in Mojo town, Oromia who are involved...
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Stimulating the use of farmer training centres in Oromia
Farmer training centres (FTCs) have been designed and used to improve agricultural extension services delivery in many developing countries. Ethiopia is promoting the FTC approach with the hope of...
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Making a living from mobile beekeeping in Tigray: Mileat Gebrehiwot’s story
A partial view of Mileat’s apiary in Tigray (photo credit: ILRI\LIVES) Most people would agree that, traditionally, beekeeping in Ethiopia is carried out by smallholder male farmers using a limited...
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The need for new livestock technologies: Fufa Keneni’s challenges with his...
Fufa with his beehives in Ada Berga District (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma). In February 2015, the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project’s implementation...
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LIVES links Rhodes grass seed producers and traders at Koga irrigation scheme
Rhodes grass at the edge of the primary canal in Koga irrigation scheme (photo credit: ILRI\Yigzaw Dessalegne). Koga irrigation scheme is one of the few large scale irrigation schemes in Ethiopia. The...
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Familiarizing smallholder beekeepers with ‘Ethio ribrab’ beehives
Written by Gebreamlak Bezabih and Guesh Godifey (Tigray Agricultural Research Institute) and Yayneshet Tesfay, Dawit Woldemariam and Haile Tilahun (International Livestock Research Institute). Farmers...
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Banana production expands in Lay Armacheho District
Written by Yigzaw Dessalegn and Worku Teka Banana bunch ready for harvest (Photo credit: ILRI\LIVES) Amhara region has a diverse agro-ecology with altitudes ranging from 500 to 4620 metres, huge...
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Can we plan, initiate or facilitate scaling out and up?
by Dirk Hoekstra, Yigza Dessalegn, Worku Teka and Beamlak Tesfaye Banana ripening house in Gondar town (photo credit: ILRI\Dirk Hoekstra). In a recent field visit, we came across two interesting...
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