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Agricultural knowledge centres raise agricultural expertise in Seka Chekorsa
By Mamusha Lemma and Gemeda Duguma Yohannes Eshetu, an irrigation expert, at the Irrigation Development Office of the Seka Cherkosa district ( Photo Credit: ILRI\ Gemeda Duguma) Recurrent water pump...
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Piloting solar water pumps use in Ethiopia
By Amenti Chali, Berhanu Biazin and Beamlak Tesfaye Solar pump installation at Malima Bari peasant association of Bora district, East Shoa zone ( Photo Credit: ILRI\ Amenti Chali) Household-based...
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LIVES offers market-oriented extension and value chain development training...
By Berhanu Gebremedhin and Dereje Legesse Trainees working in groups to develop action plans (photo credit:ILRI\Dereje Legesse). The Livestock and Irrigations Value chain for Ethiopian Smallholders...
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LIVES testing new dairy cow reproduction technologies in Ethiopia
By Solomon Gizaw Researchers at Andassa Livestock Centre, drenching a cow with sex-fixer preparation 30 minutes before AI (photo credit:ILRI\Solomon Gizaw) Though genetic improvement of dairy cattle...
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Three years of LIVES: Highlights of key activities and lessons
By Azage Tegegne The Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project has now been three years on the ground working with professionals, farmers, input suppliers,...
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‘If I fail, I will become a farmer’: challenge of getting young people...
By Dirk Hoekstra, Yigzaw Dessalegn, Worku Teka and Beamlak Tesfaye Kifle seems a bright young boy, whose father started onion seed production through observations and exchange of information with the...
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Can we plan, initiate or facilitate scaling out and up?
by Dirk Hoekstra, Yigza Dessalegn, Worku Teka and Beamlak Tesfaye Banana ripening house in Gondar town (photo credit: ILRI\Dirk Hoekstra). In a recent field visit, we came across two interesting...
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LIVES market-oriented extension and value chain development training expands...
by Berhanu Gebremedhin, Dereje Legesse and Birhanu Biazin Germame Garuma, deputy head of the SNNPR Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the ToT workshop (photo credit: ILRI\Yoseph Mekasha)....
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Azage Tegegne reflects on the work of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural...
By Azage Tegegne This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR). In this post, Azage Tegegne, leader of the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for...
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LIVES toolkit for capacity development
This toolkit from the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project explains the planning, implementation and documentation of the LIVES capacity development and...
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Private entreprises improve concentrate livestock feed supply in southern...
Yoseph Mekasha, Tadiwos Zewdie, Tesfaye Shewage, Tesfaye Dubale, Birhanu Biazen and Dirk Hoekstra Lack of access to commercial concentrate feed supply and inadequate knowledge on the use are among the...
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Canadian partners visit LIVES project sites in Sidama
A visit to a vegetable farm in Sidama (photo credit:ILRI\Yoseph Mekasha) A high-level Canadian delegation visited the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Livestock and Irrigation Value...
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Working paper on risks in smallholder irrigated systems in Ethiopia
This working paper by the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) presents results from an analysis of...
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LIVES-introduced cow pregnancy diagnosis kit now used in Tigray
Pregnancy diagnosis kit demonstration in Saesi Tsaeda Emba District, Tigray (photo credit:ILRI\Solomon Gizaw). One of the hurdles in delivering artificial insemination (AI) to improve the dairy...
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Factors determining household market participation in small ruminant...
Small ruminants, which account for more than half of the domesticated ruminants in the world, are an important component of the farming systems in most developing countries. Despite their economic and...
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Oestrus synchronization for accelerated delivery of improved dairy genetics...
Oestrous synchronization is the manipulation of the oestrous cycle or induction of oestrus to bring a large percentage of a group of females cattle into oestrus at a short, predetermined time. The...
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Mini incubators increase chicks sales for women in Tigray
A mini-incubator introduced by LIVES (photo credit:ILRI\Yayneshet Tesfay). Small-scale hatcheries are recent additions to the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)...
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Analysis of village poultry value chain in Ethiopia: Implications for action...
This study aimed at developing a baseline understanding of producers, use of inputs, production performance, marketing, institutional and infrastructural environment and support services in order to...
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Tigray survey shows milk shops key in market-oriented dairy development
By Yayneshet Tesfay, Dawit Woldemariam, Haile Tilahun, Berhanu Gebremedhin and Dirk Hoekstra A milk shop owner in Axum (photo credit:ILRI\Yayneshet Tesfay). According to the Ethiopia Central Statistics...
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Classification of small ruminant production sub-systems in Ethiopia
Part I of this working paper classifies small ruminant sub-systems in the mixed crop livestock system in Ethiopia. In Part II, important determinants of small ruminant productivity and producers’ input...
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