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Honeybee colony splitting techniques from a remote village in Tigray
Keshi Fisseha Berhe lives in a remote rugged village of Derokai (Almeda) in Adwa district, Tigray region. He is an innovator in honeybee colony splitting. Keshi Fisseha’s innovation in beekeeping...
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An emerging chick distribution model helps smallholder poultry farmers in Tigray
Poultry production is knowledge and skill intensive; it requires immediate responses when management appears suboptimal. The consequences of delayed actions include high morbidity and mortality of...
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LIVES project imports feed choppers, shredders and grain grinders to support...
This past week, LIVES has received and tested the long-awaited multipurpose feed choppers, shredders and grain grinders (all in one). These machines, all petrol driven, mobile, hardy and good quality...
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Impact of small-scale irrigation schemes on household income and the...
Originally posted on Nile Basin Development Challenge: This study uses Tobit and Logit models to examine the impacts of selected small-scale irrigation schemes in the Lake Tana basin of Ethiopia on...
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Humbo Livestock Marketing Hub in SNNPR: observations and lessons
Humbo is one of the districts in SNNPR where LIVES is currently operating. It has an independent livestock marketing center well situated in the district town. The livestock market is large and is an...
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Kalu fruit seedling association moves to a new business mode!
Some 5 years ago Ato Berhanu Mulu – the Kalu District fruit and vegetable subject matter specialist, initiated an Association for the production and sale of tropical fruit seedlings – mango, avocado...
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The history and future of banana in Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Until the early 1980s, maize, cotton and sweet potato were important crops produced by farmers in Arba Minch Zuria and Mirab Abaya districts of the Gamo Gofa zone in SNNPR. During that period, the...
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Value chain actors establish ‘Cherechera chicken producers’ association’ in...
For most smallholder farmers in Amhara region, chicken production plays a significant role as a source of supplementary income and quality diet for household consumption. The business is suitable for...
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Integrating seedling suppliers with fruit growers in Tigray
Fruits from the agricultural exhibition (Credits: Ilya Mashkov/wikipaintings) Attractive and delicious tropical and temperate fruits are much in demand in the local markets of Tigray, particularly...
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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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Maximizing use of agricultural industrial by products in South Wollo, Ethiopia
South Wollo is blessed with an abundance of agro- industrial by-products: Wheat bran from flour factories, oil cake from small scale oil processing factories, as well as brewers waste from a beer...
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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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LIVES project takes part in agribusiness finance fair
On 1 and 2 March, a lively agribusiness finance fair was held in Hawassa town. The event was organized by Agri-ProFocus/Agri-Hub Ethiopia and other partners including Hawassa University, the regional...
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LIVES project joins hands to train university staff on value chains
(Picture Credit: UNECA http://www1.uneca.org/uncc/AfricaHall.aspx ) The LIVES project recently joined hands with national and international partners to help reinforce university based capacities on...
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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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Canadian gender experts visit LIVES project intervention districts in East...
At the beginning of this month, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development (DFATD) gender experts visited East Shoa zone, one of the LIVES intervention sites. They wanted to look...
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E-readers narrow the information gap in Ethiopian agriculture
This blog post was originally published on the Agriculture and Ecosystems Blog In Ethiopia, access to internet is limited in most areas outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city. So when you see...
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Expanding market-oriented extension in Ethiopia – LIVES contributing to...
Participants in a market-oriented agriculture extension training workshop; March 24-27,2014, Adama. The predominantly public sector extension service in Ethiopia has gone through tremendous expansion...
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Why don’t dairy processors in Ethiopia buy sour milk from farmers?
Dirk enjoying ‘irgo‘ in rural Ethiopia. Having traveled around the Ethiopian highlands for a while and trying to understand the dairy value chain, I often wonder about the uniqueness of the Ethiopian...
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Australian livestock expert Peter Hooper joins LIVES project
Early in April, Peter Hooper joined the LIVES project for the coming 12 months to support its livestock interventions. “I am very grateful for the opportunity to work at ILRI, an organization that I...
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