esa planning meeting nairobi, 18 april 2013 – jane wamatu

ESA Planning Meeting Nairobi, 18 April 2013 – Jane Wamatu

CRP 1.1CRP 1.1Dryland Systems Dryland Systems

Highlights on ICARDA Highlights on ICARDA Work Plans 2013Work Plans 2013

Participating Programs

BIGM: Biodiversity & Integrated

Gene Management DISIPS: Diversification &

Sustainable Intensification of

Production Systems

SEPR: Social, Economic & Policy

Research IWLM: Integrated Water &

Land Management

BIGM ActivityBIGM Activity

Improving Productivity and Rural Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in the Bale Highlands of Ethiopia through Integration of Pulses in theCrop-Livestock Production Systems

BIGM ActivityBIGM Activity

Activity Identifiers

Target Region(s): East Africa – Ethiopia

Benchmark Area: Bale Highlands

Action Sites: Sinana, Gasera, Agarfa, Goro and Goba

System Level Outcome: Dryland agrobiodiversity

Strategic Research Themes : Food security, nutrition, NRM (SRT 3)

Outcomes Sought:

Adoption of productive faba bean, field pea, lentil and chickpea for improved nutrition and income

Sustain wheat-based production system Constraints addressed: Narrowing yield gaps

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Hypothesis addressed: The introduction of improved food legume production technologies will

increase productivity by more than 50% and increased productivity of wheat through soil health and reduction of cost of production by reducing herbicide use to control grassy weeds

Outputs: 1537 farmers participated in the action research and scaling up activities

on food legumes High yielding and disease resistant faba bean, lentil, field pea and

chickpea varieties identified that fits bimodal rainfall of Bale highlands Some faba bean varieties were susceptible to rust (Uromyces fabae)

disease in the small rainy which was not considered important in the main rainy season where technology development usually targets


Outputs: Two field days organized where farmers researchers, NGOs, Extension

staff and Zone and district administrators participated. Technical backstopping and training to farmers (1167 trained) and

extension staff (30 trained) on seed system and legume production technologies

Partnerships

Participating CRPs: CRP 3.5 (part. on-farm variety evaluations)

CRP 3.7 (straw quality evaluation)

NARES: Ethiopian Institute of Agriclutural Research

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute

Farm Africa Communities: 10 Peasant Associations


Capacity Building

Farmers, extension staff and researchers trained

Cross-Cutting Themes

Gender:

Female farmers will benefit from increased pulse production thus improve livelihoods

The straw will help to increase milk and other animal products and increase the income of farmers, mainly female farmers

Nutrition:

High yielding food and feed legume varieties will improve nutrient intake of the participating households and animals

Through increased animal products mainly milk, malnutrition in small children will be reduced

DSIPS ActivityDSIPS ActivityDSIPS ActivityDSIPS Activity

Improving Productivity and Rural Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in the Bale Highlands of Ethiopia through Integration of Pulses in theCrop-Livestock Production Systems



Target Region(s): East Africa - Ethiopia

Benchmark Area: Bale Highlands

Action Sites: Sinana, Gasera, Agarfa, Goro and Goba districts

System Level Outcome : Sustainable management of natural resources

Strategic Research Themes: SRT 3

Outcomes Sought:

Baseline data on the quality, quantity, management and utilization of crop

residues for feeding of livestock in selected areas Identification of dual purpose food-feed pulse varieties

Constraints addressed: Scarcity of feed resources especially during dry seasons



Hypothesis addressed: Utilization of crop residues would improve feed availability and nutritive

value of available feed Outputs:

Dual purpose pulse varieties of pulse crops identified Feeding strategies using pulse crops developed

Partnerships

Participating CRP: CRP 1.1

Participating CGIAR Centers: ICARDA and ILRI

NARES: Sinana Agricultural Research Center (SARC)

Communities: Various farmers in the selected districts


Capacity Building

Two researchers from Sinana Agricultural Research Center will be trained on Livestock feed laboratory analysis & techniques at the ILRI campus, Addis Ababa

SEPR ActivitySEPR ActivitySEPR ActivitySEPR Activity

Diffusion and Impact of Improved Varieties in Africa (DIIVA) – A National Project



Target Region(s): Sub-Saharan Africa

Benchmark Area: Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea , Jordan

Action Sites: Sinana, Gasera, Agarfa, Goro and Goba districts

System Level Outcome: Livelihoods of smallholders

Strategic Research Themes: SRT4

Outcomes Sought:

Build varietal release dataset for improved barley, faba-bean, lentil and chickpea varieties in the three sub-Saharan countries

Build a baseline database on the strength (in terms of research personnel and budget) of research programs for the above four crops in the national (NARs) and International agricultural research systems (IARs)



Outcomes Sought: Generate authoritative estimates of the adoption of improved barley,

faba-bean, lentil and chickpea varieties in Ethiopia by conducting national surveys in Ethiopia

Solicit expert estimates of adoption for all three countries for all four crops in a systematic way

Compare the expert estimates with actual adoption figures for Ethiopia.

Identify factors that enhance/deter the adoption of improved crop varieties in Ethiopia

Assess if there are obvious differences between adopters and non-adopters

Provide reliable values of parameters for a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model being built for Ethiopia aiming at estimating the impact of CGIAR research in the country



Constraints addressed:

Knowledge gap among scientists, policy makers and extension personnel regarding the adoption of improved varieties

Absence of reliable values of CGE parameters for impact analysis

Hypothesis addressed:

There is no significant difference between expert estimates and actual figures of adoption based on national surveys

There is congruence between breeder’s breeding objectives and farmers preferred traits



Outputs: Varietal release database established for all four crops in the three sub-

Saharan countries

Database on the strength of NARs and IARs for the research programs of the four crops in all three countries established

Expert estimates of all four crops in the countries solicited

Two national surveys (one for barley and faba-beans and the other for lentil and chickpeas) completed, all the data digitized and data cleaning completed

Actual adoption estimates for barley generated


Partnerships

Participating CRP: CRP 1.1

Participating CGIAR Centers: CIP IFPRI Standing Panel for the CGIAR Impact Assessment (SPIA)

NARES Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)

Communities: 22 communities in 44 district 24 zones in 3 major barley, faba-bean, lentil and chickpea producing

regions of Ethiopia


Capacity Building

Graduate students

Research centers: Use of gendered participatory tools and gender analysis


Gender/Youth:

The whole project is targeting women and youth

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Gondar



Target Region(s): West Asia & North Africa (WANA), Ethiopia

Benchmark Area: Morocco & Ethiopia (rainfed), Egypt & Iraq

(Irrigated), Jordan & Syria (rangelands) Action Sites (ESA region): Gondar , Ethiopia

System Level Outcome : Food security, environment and poverty

Strategic Research Themes: SRT 1,2,3,4

Outcomes Sought: Uptake of improved practices and technologies by benchmark communities, water and land productivity improved, Degradation halted and more interest of policy makers attained in environmental issues



Constraints addressed: Nonfarm and low rainfall, drought, low capacity of stakeholders, inefficient water management, lack of sufficient data, low interest of policy makers, uncontrolled grazing of rangelands, land tenure problems and inequity in decision making among gender

Hypothesis addressed: Participatory identification of natural resources management issues, involvement of communities and stakeholders in planning research, implementation of research in full partnership with all stakeholders will, if associated with needed capacity building and appropriate policy changes, lead to sustainable improvement in water and productivity, reduced degradation of natural resources and eventually improve livelihoods.



Outputs: Higher income of local communities, more sustainable and/or productive production systems, better capacity of individuals and national institutions, higher resilience of the ecosystems and improved policies in agricultural production

Partnerships

Participating CRP: CRP 5, CRP 7

Participating CGIAR Centers: ICARDA and IWMI

NARES (ESA region): Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Advanced Research Institutes: ICBA, BOKO-Austria, Texas A&M, UC Davis, Utah State University, AUB, AUCCommunities: 12 communities in all benchmark sites


Capacity Building

Graduate students (4 PhD, 10 MSc)

Research centers: 5 training courses on water management, soil conservation and agronomy for 32 NARES

Extension: One training course


Gender:

Women participation in implementing activities and training at the benchmarks especially in those related to livestock and value addition

Youth:

Training and graduate studies targeted at the youth

esa planning meeting nairobi, 18 april 2013 – jane wamatu

Documents

farmers researchers

various farmers

income of farmers

increased pulse production

feed legume varieties

female farmers nutrition

action research

feed availability