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Humans and honeybees: Discordant or harmonious relationship?
There is a deep bond between honeybees and people. They have lived together for thousands of years, though no one knows exactly when this relationship started. There is evidence that the relationship...
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Beekeeping as a family business: A case from Jimma Zone in Ethiopia
The beekeeping sector in LIVES project intervention zones in the SNNPR and Oromia Regions of Ethiopia suffers from shortages of inputs – specifically accessories such as molding casts, honey...
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Market performance of irrigated vegetables and fruits – reflections from...
Vegetable and fruit markets in Ethiopia are not well developed. The actors involved are too many and the chain is lengthy, without significant value additions in each channel. The time or input...
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LIVES project joins hands to train university staff on value chains
(Picture Credit: UNECA http://www1.uneca.org/uncc/AfricaHall.aspx ) The LIVES project recently joined hands with national and international partners to help reinforce university based capacities on...
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Gadissa Gobena: Farmer, entrepreneur and extensionist
Ato Gadissa’s started his business in 1990 with 20 cross bred dairy cows on a 17.5 hectare landholding in Ambo town. His business progressed and he now has two big farms in Ambo and Bako Tibe district....
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Canadian gender experts visit LIVES project intervention districts in East...
At the beginning of this month, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development (DFATD) gender experts visited East Shoa zone, one of the LIVES intervention sites. They wanted to look...
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The regional livestock market centers serving Addis Ababa – a snapshot
Livestock is a significant contributor to economic and social development in Ethiopia, both at the household and national levels. However, the sector suffers from low input-low-output subsistence...
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A cup of coffee for your dairy cow?
Heaps of coffee pulp being burned in Jimma Coffee from Jimma accounts for about 35% of the dry and 40% of the wet processed coffee exported from Oromia region. As one of the major cash crops in Jimma...
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Watermelons – a great opportunity for Ethiopian producers
A common misconception about watermelon is that it contains mainly water and sugar. In reality, it is a nutrient-dense fruit. Watermelon is an excellent source of antioxidants such as lycopene, and...
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Maize stover: A potential green fodder in Ethiopia
Maize stover in the field is prone to wastage and tramping by animals (Photo:ILRI\ Solomon Gizaw). Maize is a major food crop in the lowlands and mid-highlands of Ethiopia, but its stover is not...
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Improving seedling supply for smallholders to boost Ethiopia’s hybrid tomato...
Hybrid tomato seedings at Florensis Ethiopia PLC (photo credit: ILRI\Amenti Chali). In recent years, use of hybrid varieties of vegetables has become common in East Shoa zone of Oromia region of...
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LIVES supports creation of new dairy platform in Oromia
The Oromia region contributes about 44% of the total annual milk produced in Ethiopia. Smallholder farmers in Oromia contribute the largest portion of this yield, but linkages between them and other...
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Chicken egg marketing: A viable business for couples in Southern Ethiopia?
Etaferahu Bogale and Zewdu Berasso are a married couple who live in Daye town of Arbegona district in Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. The couple own a small shop in the heart of the town where among...
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Changes in grazing land management and implications on livestock production...
Harvesting hay in West Shoa Zone, Oromia (photo:ILRI\Abule Ebro). Grazing land contributes about 67% of livestock feed resources in West Shoa Zone in Oromia, Ethiopia; making it an important resource...
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West Shoa knowledge centre manager promotes communication for agricultural...
Serbessa Urgessa is a young man who manages the Agricultural Knowledge Center (AKC) located at West Shoa Zone’s Office of Agriculture in Oromia Region. Established by the Livestock and Irrigation...
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LIVES supports creation of new irrigated crops innovation platform in Oromia
Participants of the Oromia regional irrigated fruits and vegetables commodity platform establishment meeting (photo credit: ILIRI\LIVES) Oromia region is endowed with vast natural resources and a...
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An East Shoa farmer’s example of multifunctional agriculture for livelihood...
Teklemariam Simie (right), a farmer in East Shoa zone practicing multifunctional agriculture and agritourism (photo credit:ILRI\Zewdie Adane). The practice of agritourism and multifunctional...
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From cow to electricity: Using biogas beyond cooking and lighting in Ethiopia
Biogas electric generator being tested in Sebeta town, Ormia (photo credit:ILRI\ Solomon Gizaw). Tadesse Abebe, a farmer with a medium-sized dairy farm in Sebeta, in Ethopia’s Oromia region has...
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Collaborative LIVES and government project improves uptake of artificial...
Artificial insemination (AI) activity in progress in Jimma zone (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma). In the past 50 years, little success has been registered in dairy cattle genetic improvement through...
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Farmer training and study tour increases Jimma zone tomato producers’ skills
Kelifa is one of the farmers from Jimma who joined the training and study tour to learn about improved vegetable production techniques in Holeta and Meki (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma. Tomato is...
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