Integrated Seed Sector Development in Ethiopia
Nodal farmers’ role and motivations to exchange seed in their locality formed the topic of recent research. ISSD Tigray Unit facilitated a Wageningen University (Netherlands) researcher to conduct a seed social network analysis, concluding that while nodal farmer self-interest plays a role, community and neighbourly well-being remain important factors in engaging in seed exchange. Read more
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Different stakeholders are working to improve the seed system but lack strong partnership for synergetic effect. Read more
ISSD Tigray Unit organized a training program on gender, nutrition, Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS), Crowd Sourcing (CS) and data collection and recording techniques. Read more
ISSD Ethiopia’s Tigray Unit shares news and exciting programme updates in this newsletter. Read more
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 partners jointly delivered training of trainers on production, management and marketing of sesame for agricultural researchers from May 28-30, 2018 at Gebar Shire Hotel, Shire town. A total of 22 researchers from Humera and Shire Maytsebri agricultural research centers which are established on the sesame potential areas took the training of trainers organized by BENEFIT sister projects, namely ISSD, CASCAPE & SBN
