Abdulkadir, Birhan

Adie, Aberra

Alene, Temesgen

Asfaw, Addisu

Bezabih, Melkamu

Dubale, Workneh

Ebrahim, Mohammed

Gebreyes, Million

Mekonnen, Kindu

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Core partners Planned activities 1. Complete R4D trials for forage technologies that need additional dataset for validation 2. Support the informal/local seed system to sustain availability of revolving seeds and planting materials3. Support capacity of scaling development partners and farmer cooperatives   PicturesStrengthening best-bet practices in feeds and forage developmentThis document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.November 2021Deliverables Progress Until Nov 2021(2020/21 cropping season  )Until May 2022(December 2021-May 2022 )Submitting journal articles Four journal articles submitted and published https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/agj2.20853; https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/115107; https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114627;https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20789)Analyze newly generated data and draft a journal article Datasets and progress report A progress report submitted. Data continues to be collectedDevelop a working paper: Africa RISING research and scaling achievements, lessons and ways forwardTrainings to seed produces Training given to members of dairy cooperatives in Lemo and Kedida Gamela districts in collaboration with the ILSSI projectTechnical support to cooperatives engaged in forage seed multiplication, and the extension system Partnerships• Zonal and district level offices of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in the four regions• Research centres in the regions  • Universities in the four regions• NGOs (Interaid France; Send a Cow)• Farmer cooperativesKey lessons• Validated cultivated forages and improved utilization practices have considerably increased feed availability at household level• Adopters of the forage technologies have witnessed increased animal productivity and household income• Owning crossbred animals with market linkages appears to be a driving factor for adopting validated technologies  • Sustaining local forage seed system continues to be a challenge to overcome     Bezabih, M., Mekonnen, K., Adie, A., Gebreyes, M., Abdulkadir, B., Dubale, W., Alene, T., Ebrahim, M. and Asefaw, A. International Livestock Research Institute Fodder beet and food-feed oat variety trials: Photo credit: ILRI/Addis Asfaw

Strengthening best-bet practices in feeds and forage development

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