ISSD Oromia East Unit – November Newsletter
Download and read the latest updates from the ISSD team in Oromia East Read more
Category Archives: Oromia East
Field day highlights successes of PVS, crowdsourcing and scaling activities
As part of ISSD’s informal seed system project, close to 200 stakeholders, including a notably large share of female farmers gathered to learn evaluate and learn from 2017 scaling up activities as well as 2018 PVS and crowdsourcing work. Read more
Piloting mini seed markets in Hararghe to solve seed marketing issues
BENEFIT-ISSD Ethiopia is engaged in many efforts to strengthen seed marketing. Here, the ISSD Oromia East unit shares lessons learnt in the latest innovative approach: mini-seed markets. Read more
Business planning for successful seed business
Training to strengthen business performance of SPCs Read more
From workshop to woreda: Farmers’ on-farm financial management skills to receive a boost
Sustainable and successful seed sector development only happens when the entrepreneurial spirit and skills of farmers and other private sector stakeholders are leveraged for innovation and collaboration. Developing and nurturing these skills is a key aim of ISSD and partners. Read more
Farmers validating and promoting sorghum varieties across regions
BENEFIT-ISSD Ethiopia facilitates learning about variety suitability and farmers’ preferences across regions. Through participatory methods, farmers lead the testing and validation of varieties, with their experiences guiding variety development and deployment. Read more
BENEFIT-ISSD Oromia East Unit – Regional Newsletter, June 2018
This (Oromo language, with English elements) newsletter presents recent activities and achievements of the regional team in the first half of 2018 across the various programme components
