Rice was a staple food crop for more than half of the world’s population. The Asian rice, Oryza sativa and African rice O. glaberrima were the two most cultivated species. The discovery of wild rice in the Fogera plain in the early 1970s was the basis for rice introduction in the woreda as well a...
Gebey, T.
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Berhe, Kahsay
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Alemu, B.
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[Rice value chain development in Fogera woreda based on the IPMS experience]
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Rice value chain development in Fogera woreda based on the IPMS experience
Market-oriented smallholder dairy in Fogera has an opportunity for growth because of growing urban population in the district itself as well as in the wider Bahr Dar–Gondar milkshed. IPMS in 2005 introduced a participatory market-oriented dairy value chain development approach with partner organi...
Gebey, T.
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Lemma, T.
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Tegegne, Azage
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Alemu, B.
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[Participatory smallholder dairy value chain development in Fogera woreda, Ethiopia: Experiences from IPMS project interventions]
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Participatory smallholder dairy value chain development in Fogera woreda, Ethiopia: Experiences from IPMS project interventions
Bure district has a diverse ago-ecology, different soil types, a relatively long rainy season and a number of rivers and streams for irrigation. Therefore, it has suitable tract of land to grow temperate, subtropical and tropical fruit crops. In 2007, fruits were identified as a potential marketa...
Dessalegn, Yigsaw
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Berhe, Kahsay
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Mehari, Y.
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Derso, T.
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[Smallholder fruit development in Bure District, Ethiopia: Experiences from IPMS]
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Smallholder fruit development in Bure District, Ethiopia: Experiences from IPMS
Tegegne, Azage
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Belay, B.
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Mekasha, Yoseph
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[Smallholder dairy production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: IPMS experiences and opportunities for market-oriented development]
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Smallholder dairy production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: IPMS experiences and opportunities for market-oriented development
Traditionally, most smallholder farmers in Goma and elsewhere in Ethiopia engage in sheep and
goat fattening to generate sufficient income to meet household requirements and other social
obligations. A rapid assessment with IPMS project partners in Goma found that traditional sheep
fattening is c...
Baredo, Y.
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Tefera, T.L.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Sheep fattening value chain development in Goma Pilot Learning Woreda (PLW): IPMS experiences]
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Sheep fattening value chain development in Goma Pilot Learning Woreda (PLW): IPMS experiences
Efficient input supply and service delivery may call for a hub approach where all the necessary inputs and services are supplied in a coordinated manner, either by a single supplier or by several and separate entities in a given geographical location accessible to beneficiaries. Based on experien...
Jaleta, Moti
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Tegegne, Azage
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Jemaneh, S.
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Lemma, T.
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development at Ada'a milk shed in Ethiopia]
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Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development at Ada'a milk shed in Ethiopia
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Kimeu, A.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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[Report of an Africa RISING Ethiopia value chain writeshop, Addis Ababa, 23-25 April 2014]
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Report of an Africa RISING Ethiopia value chain writeshop, Addis Ababa, 23-25 April 2014
Ethiopian needs to achieve accelerated agricultural development along a sustainable commercialization path to alleviate poverty and ensure overall national development. In this regard, sustainable commercial of smallholder dairying provides a viable and growing opportunity; with deliberate, appro...
Lemma, T.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: missing links in the innovation systems]
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Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: missing links in the innovation systems