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Reflections from LIVES baseline survey July – September, 2012: Impressions...
By LIVES baseline team Metarobi district/ ILRI/ Fanos Mekonnen Livestock and Irrigated Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project funded by the Canadian International Development aid and...
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No feed, no livestock: Workshop underlines importance of Ethiopia’s feed...
Forage development and utilization for fattening – Bure, Ethiopia ILRI/IPMS Global trends of population growth, urbanization and modernization have created changes in consumption patterns that incline...
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Knowledge management and communication roles in the LIVES project
At this week’s LIVES project (Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders) ‘Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop in Addis Ababa, Fanos Mekonnen, Knowledge...
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Potential interventions in livestock value chains development in Ethiopia
At this week’s LIVES project (Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders) ‘Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop in Addis Ababa, Getnet Assefa, Livestock director...
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Value chains central to the LIVES project approach
This week, the LIVES project (Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders) held a ‘Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop in Addis Ababa. ILRI scientist Berhanu...
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Ethiopian farmers to get market boost: LIVES project launched today
Our research for development project is launched today by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), both members of the CGIAR...
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LIVES action research approach can change the face of irrigation in Ethiopia
This week, the LIVES project (Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders) held a ‘Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop in Addis Ababa. The first days were...
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LIVES partners set out priorities and value chain interventions to support...
Last week, some 50 people involved in the the LIVES project (Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders) met to plan project interventions in commodity value chain development....
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Summary of the LIVES Ethiopia launching workshop
LIVES launching workshop participants On January 22, 2013, the Livestock and irrigation value chains for Ethiopian smallholders (LIVES) project was officially launched in Addis Ababa in the presence of...
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LIVES in the ZONES!
LIVES zonal workshop North Gonder zone LIVES zonal workshop central Tigray zone LIVES zonal workshop Sidamma zone LIVES zonal workshop Jimma zone The whole month of February and the beginning of March...
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LIVES research partners set out research priorities and areas of work for the...
In March, some 75 people from national and international research institutes and governmental agencies joined the research planning workshop of the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian...
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ILRI's Azage Tegegne becomes Australia Awards African Alumni Ambassador
Reblogged from ILRI Clippings: The Australian Government has launched an Africa Alumni Ambassadors initiative aimed at raising the visibility of Australia Awards in Africa. Dr. Azage Tegegne,...
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Testing a low-tech cooling system for dairy farmers in rural Ethiopia
Recently, Lia Bardoel, a Masters Student in Industrial Design from Eindhoven University of Technology, visited LIVES. She presented her work on a solar cooling system for fluid milk and the subsequent...
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A dairy cooperative with untapped potential – Biruh Tesfa, Addis Alem
In my recent field visit to Ejere district, one of LIVES sites in West Shoa, I came across the Biruh Tesfa Dairy Cooperative, about 4 km from Addis Alem town. Although it is difficult to draw lessons,...
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Program of work for April 2013- March 2014
April 2013 to March 2014 will be a year of many firsts for the LIVES project. Now that almost all of the staff have been recruited and the activities in capacity development, knowledge management,...
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Regional and Zonal offices operational, space for knowledge centers allocated!
While planning interventions and action plans for Year 2, the regional and zonal teams, were also working on acquiring office space in the regional research institutes and the bureaus of...
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LIVES moving forward: interventions identified, actions started!
In May and June 2013, LIVES regional and zonal teams in the four regions (Amhara, Oromia, SNNP and Tigray) were busy, together with public sector staff, prioritizing and aligning project interventions...
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LIVES UPDATES
LIVES UPDATES is a quarterly newsletter that is electronically published by the LIVES project. The updates constitute activities, observations, reflections, and major events carried out by the project...
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Improving the productivity and market success of Ethiopian farmers: Final...
Reblogged from IPMS Ethiopia: Just released, the final report of the Improving the Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers (IPMS) project gives an overview of project activities and...
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Engendering gender in the LIVES project
Last week from August 19- 22, 2013, the full LIVES team had a four day interactive training session on gender and value chains in the LIVES project. The team, with different levels of experience and...
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