photo trip report from a meeting of farmer research groups at ilu-sanbit and selka kebeles (sinana)
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Photo trip report from a meeting of Farmer Research Groups at Ilu-sanbit
and Selka kebeles (Sinana)
December 2014
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• Innovation Platforms (IPs) in the Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands are established at each research site.
• This visit aimed to support research for development activities conducted with Farmer Research Groups (FRGs).
• Africa RISING activities in Ethiopia are delivered through a series of research ‘protocols’ on different issues and commodities.
• So far, farmers in Sinana organized themselves into seven FRGs at Selka kebele and eight FRGs at Ilu-sanbitu kebele.
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Meeting with Sinana Technical Group (TG) members to plan the FRG meetings
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Addisu Asfaw, Africa RISING site coordinator presenting the participatory community analysis in Sinana woreda
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Sinana Technical Group members writing presentation on flip chart using Afan Oromo language
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Zelalem Lema explaining the table showing the different research protocols to farmers at Selkakebele
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Farmers who have apples raising their hands at Selka Kebele to organize themselves as an Apple farmer research group
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Bekele as a TG member sharing the FRG experience of Sinana Agricultural Research Centre
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Farmers asking how a farmer participates in more than one research protocol can be a member at different FRGs
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Apple FRG members selecting their representatives to be members of the kebele innovation platform
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Bekele (TG member) sharing the FRG experience of Sinana Agricultural Research Centre at Ilu-sanbitu kebele
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Endeshaw (assistant site coordinator) counting the number of farmers participating in different research protocols
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Ahmed (Sinana IP facilitator) explaining the concept of Innovation Platforms
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Farmers at Ilu-sanbitu kebele who participated in the livestock feed FRG organizing themselves as a Tree lucerne FRG
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A farmer selected by his FRG members introduces himself
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A farmer having a side talk on research activities with Addisu (Site coordinator)
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Endeshaw (right) with Shure (left, TG member from Sinana Agricultural Research Centre) writing the name of the representative farmers selected from each FRGs
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A farmer selected as a representative introduces himself to all FRG members at Ilu-sanbitukebele
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Project partners Ethiopia
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Local partners Ethiopia
• Academic institutions:
Wachemo, Mekelle, Madawolabu, Debre Berhan and Hawassa universities; Maichew Agricultural College
• Regional research organizations:
Amhara Regional Agricultrural Research Institute, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Tigray Agricultural Research Institute, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute
• Federal research organizations:
Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute
• Offices of Agriculture:Endamekoni (Tigray), Basona Worena (Amhara), Lemo (SNNRP) and Sinana (Oromia)
• Agricultural Transformation Agency
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CreditsProduced by Africa RISING Project in Ethiopia
Compiled by Apollo Habtamu
Photos: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu
Our appreciation goes to team members, local partner organizations and the community
of Salka and Ilu-Sanbitu kebeles
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