Alene, Temesgen

Asfaw, Addisu

Assefa, Habtemariam

Dubale, Workneh

Ebrahim, Mohammed

Gebreyes, Million

Mekonnen, Kindu

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Sustainable Intensification Innovations Diffusion: Africa RISING Experience  This poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. November 20221. Introduction 4. Findings2. Objectives  6. Acknowledgement Africa RISING has conducted research for development (R4D)activities and facilitated wider scaling of proven crop, livestockand NRM innovations to intensify the crop-livestock systems andimprove the livelihood of smallholder farmers in the Ethiopianhighlands. Documenting diffusion of scaled innovations isessential to understand drivers of scaling and status of scaledinnovations.Map the diffusion of Africa RISING scaled crop, livestock and NRM innovations in mixed systems of  the Ethiopian highlands.    1Assefa, H., 2Mekonnen, K., 2Gebreyes, M., 2Assefa, A., 2Alene, T., 2Ebrahim, M. and 2Dubale, W. 1Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute, and 2International Livestock Research InstituteThe study was conducted in Africa RISING operational areas ofHadiya (SNNPR), Bale (Oromia), North Shewa (Amhara) andSouth Tigray zones (Tigray). Data was collected using expertiseworkshop and Key Informant discussion. ArcGIS was used to mapthe diffused innovations.We acknowledge the financial support from USAID in Washington to Africa RISING project, and funders for Mixed Farming Systems Initiative (SI-MFS). We also thank all who assisted the field study. 3. Methods/approaches 5. Conclusion/messages Most Africa RISING validated innovations are scaled andcovered wider districts. Thus, all concerned public and privateinstitutions should be engaged to sustain; and further scaling,marketing and improving the innovations for bettereconomical, social and environmental uses.Innovations diffusionAfrica RISING validated and facilitated scaling of more than 31crop-livestock-NRM innovations in Amhara, Tigray, Oromia andSNNP regions for the last ten years. Eighty-seven (87) percentthe scaled innovations could diffuse widely in different areas.The most diffused innovations:• Improved enset, avocado and potato - Hadiya.• Improved bread wheat, oat/vetch, feeding trough - NorthShewa.• Bread wheat and feeding trough - South Tigray.• Bread wheat, rope and washer, and multipurpose 2-wheeltractor (only with pump modality) - Oromia region.• Driving factors for scaling: Crops- better yield, diseaseresistance, adaptation to wider agroecology and familiarity tothe varieties; forages- better biomass, nutrition andpalatability; and NRM- easy to use and multifunctionality.Innovation diffusion maps 

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