Revitalizing Agricultural Systems: Research and Development in Ethiopia
Explore research areas like rainfed highland agriculture, forages, and tree crops supported by supplemental irrigation. Assessing biophysical factors, breed selection, and environmental impact for sustainable farming in Ethiopia.
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System focus Rainfed highland with supplemental irrigation Crops, feeds/forages, trees (forage, fruits) to define against outcome from targeting group
Farming systems research Need assessment (targeting), modeling and scenarios including potentials, markets, gender . To refine biophysics Contrasting situations including drought, waterlogging and intervals, soils acidity, soil fertility (not having discussed markets etc.) Entry: yield gaps for crops, trees, feed/forages and livestock and linking to breeding and selection Plant options (gene mining), biophysical management, agronomy Environmental assessment (GHG, water, soils, N-fixation Post harvest
Up stream research Forage breeding (to link with NARS as long term strategy); more short term selection Options for waterlogging (for the time there are few e.g. Tef, Sesbania) Defining feed supply demand Pest/diseases vs climate change Gene mining
Presently involved and who should be involved Ethiopia (to be amplified) Breeding: EIAR, RARIS NRM: EIAR, RARIS, Government programs, SLM (GIZ, ICRAF) Irrigation: Lives, new project, SIMILESA Systems: Africa Rising, N2Africa (IITA) Pest/Disease vs climate: Rust Initiative (CIMMYT, ICARDA), Push-Pull (ICIPE) Post Harvest: CIMMYT Identify gaps for new partners Link with development partners Link to key government policies and initiatives Feed seeds project, ATA, trees?
Short term vs Long term For short term wins connect with on-going initiatives and see where we can add value (site selection for proof of concept combining easy wins with stressed (biohysics, institutional, markets) environments Keeping the long term focus Link with Ethiopia priorities
Other issues Capacity building (needs assessment, including specific activities) Scaling Communications Seed systems
