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Enhancing Agricultural Research Collaboration in Ethiopia: Current Status and Quick Wins

The Ethiopia Africa RISING initiative is focused on improving agricultural practices through collaboration across institutions. Key areas of success include implementing quick wins in water management, livestock integration, and leveraging indigenous knowledge. Workshops have facilitated the engagement of diverse stakeholders, fostering participatory research design. While progress has been encouraging—showing effective partnerships among national agricultural research systems (NARS)—challenges remain in partnership building and resource mobilization for sustained impact. Continuous assessment will help refine strategies to enhance crop-livestock synergies.

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Enhancing Agricultural Research Collaboration in Ethiopia: Current Status and Quick Wins

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  1. AfricaRISING Ethiopia Current Status

  2. Six Quick Wins • Quick Feeds ILRI / ICARDA • Quick Water IWMI / ILRI • Integration of pulses ICARDA • Tree - livestock interactions ICRAF / ILRI • Research Design ILRI / CIMMYT (All engaged with EIAR / regional ARCs at some level)

  3. Research Design ILRI /CIMMYT • Inputs to earlier drafts of research framework • Opportunities to support the selection of techniques at the project level • Other opportunities to use this project to strengthen / expand the programme research framework. • Project workshop will bring together some key players

  4. Trajectories (IWMI / ILRI)

  5. Characterisation / Typologies • Livelihoods asset based ILRI / ICARDA • Indigenous knowledge ICRAF / ILRI • Participatory ILRI / CIMMYT

  6. Site Selection Criteria • Chris Legg analysis • Continuity / meeting expectations raised by Quick Wins • Other potential synergies (CRP 1.2 / CRP 3.7 etc.) • More detailed assessments of potential for SI / crop-livestock synergies • 90% firm after planning workshop • Should it be phased / needs focus on RF / hypotheses

  7. Meetings (Ethio-specific) • Quick wins workshops • Quick Feeds 3 – 4 September • Research Design 13 – 14 September • Quick Water 14 September • Review and planning workshop 17 – 18 September

  8. Positives • Quick wins off to a strong start • On the ground NARS collaborations are effective • Inter-centre collaboration very encouraging • Negatives • Higher level partnership building needs more work

  9. Outstanding Issues • Staffing • Existing CG personnel / recruitment • M & E “responsibilities” (share?) • How to mobilise • Coordinated research or “Challenge” / Opportunistic • Both? What would the split be - 80 : 20? • Full / inclusive engagement with partners (NARS + CG)

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