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LIVES promotes selective livestock culling in Amhara to protect local breeds...
Livestock market in Bahir Dar during a holiday season (photo credit:ILRI\Zeleke Mekuriaw). Ethiopia has one of largest livestock populations in Africa and the Amhara region has the second largest...
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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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LIVES introduces new technologies to boost Ethiopia’s smallholder livestock...
Above-ground plastic biogas digester and storage bag introduced by LIVES (photo credit:ILRI\LIVES). Mechanization of livestock production is not given sufficient attention in Ethiopia’s livestock...
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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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LIVES training manual on establishing irrigation water users associations in...
The ‘Establishing and strengthening irrigation water users association (IWUAs) in Ethiopia’ training manual explains how to set up and manage IWUAs which were announced by the Ethiopian government....
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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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LIVES livestock technologies praised at opening of Oromia research centre...
OARI headqurter inauguration_Abule Ebro explaining about LIVES project to the Oromia regional president and other higher officials (Photo:ILRI\LIVES) The Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI)...
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Traditional butter churn beats modern alternative in Ejere, Ethiopia
Traditional and modern churn set side by side for trial in Ejere district (Photo credit ILRI\Solomon Gizaw) One should not make the mistake of thinking that ‘traditional’ is synonymous with backward....
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Quest for the holy grail of butter: LIVES tests modern and local churns in...
Butter balls for hair treatment prepared in Ethiopia’s dairy cafes/shops (photo credit: ILRI\LIVES) Butter is a delicious and popular dairy product in Ethiopia. Improving the churning efficiency to...
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Finding inner strength and hope: Livestock business empowers Ethiopian couple
One of Bizunesh’s bull calves ready for fattening (photo credit:ILRI\Addisu Abera). This story is about a couple, Bizunesh Abu (30) and Wendu Gutema (40), living in Mojo town, Oromia who are involved...
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Onion seed production: A lucrative business for smallholder farmers in Amhara
Bulb to seed method of onion seed production demonstration in Kalu District, South Wollo zone (photo credit: ILRI\Yigzaw Dessalegne). Different vegetables require different climatic conditions and...
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Making a living from mobile beekeeping in Tigray: Mileat Gebrehiwot’s story
A partial view of Mileat’s apiary in Tigray (photo credit: ILRI\LIVES) Most people would agree that, traditionally, beekeeping in Ethiopia is carried out by smallholder male farmers using a limited...
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The need for new livestock technologies: Fufa Keneni’s challenges with his...
Fufa with his beehives in Ada Berga District (photo credit: ILRI\Gemeda Duguma). In February 2015, the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project’s implementation...
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LIVES links Rhodes grass seed producers and traders at Koga irrigation scheme
Rhodes grass at the edge of the primary canal in Koga irrigation scheme (photo credit: ILRI\Yigzaw Dessalegne). Koga irrigation scheme is one of the few large scale irrigation schemes in Ethiopia. The...
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Cooperative breeding groups: An entry point for structured sheep breeding...
Written by Solomon Gizaw A ‘Ram selection committee’ selects breeding rams for the cooperative breeding group in Tigray, Ethiopia. (Photo credit: ILRI\ Solomon Gizaw) Cooperative breeding groups are...
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Banana production expands in Lay Armacheho District
Written by Yigzaw Dessalegn and Worku Teka Banana bunch ready for harvest (Photo credit: ILRI\LIVES) Amhara region has a diverse agro-ecology with altitudes ranging from 500 to 4620 metres, huge...
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LIVES Recognized by the Tigray Regional Bureau of Agriculture and Rural...
H.E Ato Abay Woldu, President of the Tigray National State, handing over the trophy to LIVES’ Regional Coordinator, Dr Gebremedihin Woldewahid during Farmers’ Festival (photo credit:...
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Unlocking pump maintenance and repair service delivery in Dembia, Amhara
By Yigzaw Dessalegn and Worku Teka Priest (Kese) Belete Mola with pumps brought for maintenance in Dembia District (photo credit: ILRI\Yigzaw Dessalegne). Dembia District of Amhara region has a huge...
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LIVES/IWMI participates at Ethio-Earth Day Celebrations
Dr Amare Hailessilassie showcasing Wetting Front Detector (WFD) to Mr. Taye Tulu, guest of honor and delegate from MoA and Dr. Mitslal Kifleyesus, President of Ecological Products of Ethiopia (ECOPIA)...
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In Brief: LIVES conducted its 5th Project Steering Committee Meeting
LIVES Steering Committee members and LIVES staff members group photo during the 5th PSC meeting at ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa. (photo credit: ILRI\ Aklilu Bogale) The 5th meeting of the Livestock and...
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