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Facilitating market linkages—LIVES project approaches and lessons learned
Taking a value chain approach is essential to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, according to scientists working at International Livestock Research Institute project (ILRI). Making...
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Enhancing gender and youth -inclusive livestock value chain development in...
By Ephrem Tesema Participants at a training (photo credit:ILRI\LIVES). Ethiopia recently rolled out its second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) which, among other goals seeks to increase...
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Bridging the knowledge and skills gaps: lessons from LIVES capacity...
by Mamusha Lemma Throughout its activities in Ethiopia, the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project has used participatory processes to design capacity...
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Training and study tour widens adoption of livestock production technologies...
By Abule Ebro, Gemeda Dhuguma, Temsegen Minam and Yared Deribe Participants visiting the Alama livestock technologies shop (Photo Credit:ILRI\Abule Ebro) A combined knowledge sharing program, that...
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An outgrower farmer bridges market challenges in Seka Chekorsa District in...
By Mamusha Lemma and Gemeda Duguma Hussien Ahmed, a smallholder farmer, engaged in potato production in Seka Cherkosa (photo credit:ILRI\Gemeda Duguma). In Ethiopia, smallholder vegetable farmers have...
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Cattle fattening fairs demonstrate a market-oriented extension method in Amhara
By Mamusha Lemma, Beamlak Tesfaye, Zeleke Mekuriaw, Yigzaw Desalegn and Teshome Derso Increasingly, many smallholder farmers in Ethiopia are adopting intensive livestock keeping practices in response...
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Training and coaching boosts small farm businesses in West Shoa: Haile...
By Mamusha Lemma, Abule Erbo and Addisu Abera Haile Adugna apiculture producer in Meta Robi District, Oromia (photo credit:ILRI\Addisu Abera). Haile Adugna is a farmer in the Suba Gojo kebele of Meta...
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Cattle fatteners in Oromia earn more after adopting improved husbandry practices
In East Shewa Zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, small-scale farmers use cattle fattening to complement other farming practices. But it often relies on traditional methods suffering from lack of linkage...
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Breaking stereotypes in beekeeping: Zeritu Ahmed’s story
By Ephrem Tesema and Mesfin Tefera Women making traditional hives from bamboo and mud (photo credit: ILRI/Mesfin Tefera). Apiculture is one of the new ventures introduced by the Livestock and...
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Making agriculture an attractive business: experiences from LIVES project
By Dereje Legesse (LIVES Agribusiness Expert) Working with national and regional partners, the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for the Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project has designed...
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