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Research for development approaches in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands

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Title Research for development approaches in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands
 
Creator Mekonnen, Kindu
Thorne, Peter J.
Gebreyes, Million
Hammond, James
Bezabih, Melkamu
Kemal, Seid
Tamene, Lulseged D.
Agegnehu, Getachew
Yahaya, Rabe
Gebrekirstos, Aster
Minh Thai
Sharma, Kalpana
Adie, Aberra
Whitbread, Anthony M.
 
Subject intensification
mixed farming
farming systems
integrated crop-livestock systems
innovation
 
Description This study presents processes and success stories that emerged from Africa RISING’s Research for Development project in the Ethiopian Highlands. The project has tested a combination of participatory tools at multiple levels, with systems thinking and concern for sustainable and diversified livelihoods. Bottom-up approaches guided the selection of technological interventions that could address the priority farming system challenges of the communities, leading to higher uptake levels and increased impact. Joint learning, appropriate technology selection, and the creation of an enabling environment such as the formation of farmer research groups, the establishment of innovation platforms, and capacity development for institutional and technical innovations were key to this study. The study concludes by identifying key lessons that focus more on matching innovations to community needs and geographies, systems orientation/integration of innovations, stepwise approaches to enhance the adoption of innovations, documenting farmers’ capacity to modify innovations, building successful partnerships, and facilitating wider scaling of innovations for future implementation of agricultural research for development projects.
 
Date 2023-05-30
2023-06-05T18:26:43Z
2023-06-05T18:26:43Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mekonnen, K., Thorne, P., Gebreyes, M., Hammond, J., Bezabih, M., Kemal, S., Tamene, L., Agegnehu, G., Yahaya, R., Gebrekirstos, A., Thai, M., Sharma, K., Adie, A. and Whitbread, A. 2023. Research for development approaches in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7:1080725.
2571-581X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130635
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1080725
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Frontiers Media
 
Source Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems