Africa RISING In The Ethiopian Highlands An Overview

Africa RISING In The Ethiopian Highlands: An Overview of the Second Phase Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne ILRI, Ethiopia CGIAR partners meeting with internally commissioned external reviewers Nairobi, 30 September 2019

Discussion points 1. Background 2. Focusses, targets and operational areas 3. Processes/ approaches followed to implement plans 4. Achievements 5. Opportunities and challenges

1. Background Africa RISING- Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation One Program - four Projects. o Mixed Cereal-Legume-Livestock systems in West Africa o Mixed Cereal-Legume-Livestock systems in East/Southern Africa o Crop-Livestock systems in the Ethiopian Highlands o M&E and data management Funded by USAID BFS through the Ft. F initiatives. Duration: 2012 - Sept 2016 (Phase I) and Oct 2016 -2021 (Phase II).

2. Focus, targets and operational areas o o o Focus on SI of mixed farming systems to contribute to: climate smart development- food security gender equitable development improved nutrition income diversification build human and institutional capacities Conduct multi-disciplinary action research for development. Facilitate scaling through development partnership arrangements Preliminary targets: 0. 7 million direct beneficiary hhs with the potential to scale to a further 3. 4 million hhs. The project operates in four regions (Amhara, Tigray, Oromia and SNNPR) in the highlands of Ethiopia.

3. Processes/ approaches followed to facilitate and implement plans Packed information/evidences on validated innovations (fact sheets). Identified potential scaling DPs Created awareness on validated innovations (face to face meetings and discussions, workshops, IPs). Compiled engagements/ interests of DPs in scaling- templates (which innovation/s, where, how many hhs and when? ). Built capacities (To. T on innovations, provided limited amount of starter seeds/ germplasm for multiplication). Continued conducting R 4 D to increase technological options related

4. Achievements Scaling: In 2017 and 2018 alone, the project has managed to reach and benefit more than 136, 363 hhs with its validated technologies. This equates to a land area of 64, 136 ha. Geographical and administrative coverage of the project has increased from four to 28 woredas and four to seven zones.

Capacity development: The project attached more than 37 postgraduate students for their thesis and dissertation research (Phase 1 and 2). More than 15283 partners have been enrolled in training and knowledgesharing forums in 2017 and 2018.

Research: Research for development- examples o Cultivated forages and management practices o PVS - cereal, food legume and oil crop varieties o Productivity and quality of HVFTs o Use options of small-scale mechanizations o Fertilizer blends o Water lifting, delivery and application o Evidence generation- landscape restoration, soil and nutrient loss, hydrology-sedimentation Backstopping research for scalingexamples o Nutrition and gender o Enset – adoptability/ scaling, benefits

Publication: Year 2017 Journal Article (5) Report (11) Poster (14) Presentation (16) Photo Report (10) Thesis (3) Manual (1) Brochure (1) Extension Material (10) Blog (18) Year 2018 Year 2019 Journal Article (6) Journal Article (2) Report (5) Report (3) Poster (18) Presentation (5) Presentation (8) Photo Report (6) Photo Report (3) Thesis (2) Thesis (1) Manual (1) Video (1) Brief (1) Book Chapter Conference Proceedings (1) Blog (15) Blog (4) Book of Abstract (1 )

5. Opportunities and challenges Opportunities: o Availability of a number of CGIAR centers and local partners that have interest to work with the project. o Favorable government extension structure and agricultural policies that align with the AR program research and development goals. o Increased demand on AR validated technologies/ innovations. Challenges: o Uncertainties and late release of funds o More resources expectation from partners o Ambitious five years target and dropouts of some CGIAR partners o Less organized approaches to track dissemination (formal and informal) of AR validated technologies/ innovations

CGIAR Partners:

Africa RISING Scaling Development Partners in the Different Sites/Regions (Phase II)- Examples

Africa RISING communication tools Website: http: //africa-rising. net/ Documents and out puts : http: //cgspace. cgiar. org/handle/10568/16498 Presentation : http: //www. slideshare. net/africarising Flickr: https: //www. flickr. com/photos/africarising/sets Wiki space: http: //africarising. wikispaces. com/events

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