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Why don’t farmers use locally-available feed resources? Some IPMS reflections...
In a visit LIVES team to Tanzania, we came across a farming system which included crops and livestock components: rice, sunflower, dairy and meat cattle. There are also sunflower oil processors and...
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Private sector starts producing improved teff seed in Ethiopia
On October 20, 2013, Amuari High Yielding Varieties and Agricultural Products P.L.C., organized a field day in East Shoa zone of Oromia region. Amuari is a company that buys basic and pre basic seeds...
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Tropical race 4 is on Ethiopia’s doorstep: a caution for banana value chain...
On November 21, a news analysis on TR4′s transcontinental leap was posted on the ProMusa: Mobilizing banana science for sustainable livelihoods website. The analysis indicates that tropical race 4...
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Beeswax from ‘Tej’ leftovers: An overlooked high value by-product
Ethiopia produces about 24,000 tons of honey per year, which accounts to about 23.6% of total African honey production and 2.1% of total world production. Local consumption of honey, which accounts to...
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Ethiopian monastery illustrates multifaceted benefits of integrated livestock...
The Estephanos Monastery is on an island in Lake Haik, part of Tehuledere district in South Wollo where LIVES has one of its project sites. The first church was built in 862 AD; in 1262 AD a...
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Private alfalfa seed supply: A marvelous jump towards high value irrigated...
In a country where specialized forage seed marketing is either absent or still at an infant stage, it strange to hear and see smallholder farmers allocating their arable lands to forage production....
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Farmer-based apple nursery management and supply in southern Ethiopia
Arbegona and Bona zuria districts of Sidama zone in the Southern Nations region of Ethiopia are agro-ecologically suitable for apple production. However, getting proper planting materials is a...
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Small scale processing a pathway to reliable dairy markets in Tigray
One of the many challenges smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia face is securing a dependable market for fluid milk, especially during religious fasting periods of the Orthodox Church. Many believe...
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Vegetable seedlings An emerging business and alternative input supply system...
Mecha district, a LIVES intervention area in the West Gojam Administrative Zone of Amhara region, is located about 535 kms northwest of Addis Ababa and 30 kms southwest of Bahir Dar town. The district...
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Chicken and egg marketing: Insights from traders in Meki, Oromia
Chickens are the most popular poultry species used for meat and egg production in Ethiopia. Dugda district, a LIVES intervention area in Oromia region, is known nationwide for its large chicken...
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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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Humans and honeybees: Discordant or harmonious relationship?
There is a deep bond between honeybees and people. They have lived together for thousands of years, though no one knows exactly when this relationship started. There is evidence that the relationship...
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The rift between variety development and seed supply in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has very diverse soil types and agro-climatic conditions. In some parts of the country, the agro-ecology oscillates in a short distance. This agro-ecological diversity is both a challenge and...
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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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Beekeeping as a family business: A case from Jimma Zone in Ethiopia
The beekeeping sector in LIVES project intervention zones in the SNNPR and Oromia Regions of Ethiopia suffers from shortages of inputs – specifically accessories such as molding casts, honey...
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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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A new capacity development expert joins LIVES
Mamusha Lemma WoldeGiorgis joined LIVES on February 5, 2014 to serve as a capacity development and innovation expert. Mamusha has long experience in agricultural extension and capacity development....
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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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