Addis investment Debre Birhan

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Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands Project Design Workshop 30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Early investment opportunities for 2012 - in Debre Birhan

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4).


Contents of the presentation:

  • Improvement of crop residues for stall-feeding, zero-grazing
  • Intensification, commercialization of bee-keeping
  • Rotational grazing alternative management of community pastures—better use of fallow period
  • Scaling out of Fenugreek
  • Application of Herbicides, fungicides
  • Rotational weed control with oil seeds
  • Working with State farms and AGP (for demo and capacity building projects, and to serve as input suppliers)
  • Compare conservation tillage with fallow
  • Seed multiplication for right kind of legume (Fava)

Presentation by Carlo & Dirk: File:3 early interventions - D.Birhan.pptx