Ethiopia Country Platform – Page 3

Six cases of local innovation in Enebse Sar Midir, Ethiopia

15. December 2014 24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

In Enebse Sar Midir District of Amhara Region, Ethiopia, the community-based organisation (CBO) Alem Birhan Self-Help Community-Based Development Association is facilitating the Rockefeller Foundation-supported project “Strengthening resilience to change: Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research” (CLIC–SR). As part of this project, a multidisciplinary team from the CBO, a university, an agricultural college and a …

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Farmer–scientist interface at CLIC-SR site in Axum, Tigray

24. October 2014 24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

In this report, the Prolinnova-Ethiopia coordinator describes a visit to the CLIC–SR (Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research) project partners in the Axum area in September 2014, including a workshop to review the progress of farmer-led joint experimentation. He brings interviews of farmers and scientists involved in research and innovation related to pollination by bees, …

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Field visit to CLIC-SR site in Amhara Region

5. August 2014 24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

The new coordinator of the Prolinnova Country Platform in Ethiopia, Gebeyehu Woldemichael, visited Enebse Sar Medir in Amhara Region, one of the sites where Prolinnova activities to strengthen community resilience to change are being carried out as part of the CLIC-SR (Combining Local Innovative Capacities with Scientific Research) project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. His …

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Consultative workshop on perception of change and identification of local innovations in Tahtay Maichew

3. February 2014 24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

A consultative workshop was held in Tahtay Maichew, Tigray Region of Ethiopia, to explore together with farmers and other stakeholders the local perceptions of change and to identify local innovations in response to change. The workshop was organised by Prolinnova-Ethiopia (PE), particularly by its member organisations Best Practice Association (BPA) and Institute for Sustainable Development …

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Capacity building in farmer-led joint experimentation in Tahtay Maichew, Tigray Region

3. February 2014 24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

Capacity building for farmers and other stakeholders who are engaging in joint experimentation was held in Tahtay Maichew District of Tigray Region. The workshop was organised by Best Practice Association (BPA) and Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) in collaboration with other Axum Prolinnova Platform members – innovator farmers, Aksum University, District Agricultural Office, Zonal Food …

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Farmers’ Perceptions of Changes and their Local Innovation in Response thereto in Enebse Sar Medir, Ethiopia: Survey Report

15. January 2014 24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Ethiopia Country Platform

In Enebse Sar Medir District of Amhara Region in central Ethiopia, an study was made of how smallholder farmers and their communities perceive the main changes affecting their livelihoods, including (but not only) climate change, and how they respond to these changes. The study was carried out by the Alem Berhan Self Help Community Based Development …

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International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) Celebration 2013 in Ethiopia

10. January 2014 24. July 2022 / Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

Prolinnova-Ethiopia celebrated the International Farmer Innovation Day in 2013 by organising a consultative meeting in Axum with innovator farmers, experts, partner organisations and longstanding members from the local and Tigray region and other regions in Ethiopia with a theme “Farmers’ Innovation Improves their Resilience to Change”. The event included presentations, lively discussions and filed visits. Please see …

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Community perceptions of and creative response to change in Tahtai Maichew, Ethiopia

15. December 2013 24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Ethiopia Country Platform

In Tahtai Maichew District of Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia, an study was made of how smallholder farmers and their communities perceive the main changes affecting their livelihoods, including (but not only) climate change, and how they try to respond and innovatively adapt to these changes. This study formed part of the work of the …

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CLIC-SR Ethiopia Project Field Report of Enebse Sar Medir (ESM)

29. November 2013 24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

Prolinnova-Ethiopia conducted a learning workshop in Enesbe Sar Medir (ESM), Mertule-Mariam, one of the project sites where CLIC-SR project is implemented. The learning workshop involved exchanging ideas with local people on perceived changes in recent years affecting their livelihoods and local innovations in response to these changes. After conducting the learning workshop, a study team was …

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CLIC-SR Ethiopia field study report for 2013 annual meeting

20. August 2013 24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

PDF file; size: 187 KB In the Axum area of Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia, Prolinnova-Ethiopia explored local perceptions of changes affecting their livelihoods and local innovation in response to these changes. This short paper describes the process of and experience in making this study.