System focus

Rainfed highland with supplemental irrigation Crops, feeds/forages, trees (forage, fruits) to

define against outcome from targeting group

Farming systems research Need assessment (targeting), modeling and scenarios

including potentials, markets, gender…. To refine biophysics Contrasting situations including drought, waterlogging and

intervals, soils acidity, soil fertility (not having discussed markets etc.)

Entry: yield gaps for crops, trees, feed/forages and livestock and linking to breeding and selection

Plant options (gene mining), biophysical management, agronomy

Environmental assessment (GHG, water, soils, N-fixation Post harvest

Up stream research

• Forage breeding (to link with NARS as long term strategy); more short term selection

• Options for waterlogging (for the time there are few e.g. Tef, Sesbania)

• Defining feed supply demand• Pest/diseases vs climate change• Gene mining

Presently involved and who should be involved – Ethiopia (to be amplified)

Breeding: EIAR, RARIS NRM: EIAR, RARIS, Government programs, SLM (GIZ, ICRAF) Irrigation: Lives, new project, SIMILESA Systems: Africa Rising, N2Africa (IITA) Pest/Disease vs climate: Rust Initiative (CIMMYT, ICARDA),

Push-Pull (ICIPE) Post Harvest: CIMMYT Identify gaps for new partners Link with development partners Link to key government policies and initiatives Feed seeds project, ATA, trees?

Short term vs Long term

• For short term wins connect with on-going initiatives and see where we can add value (site selection for proof of concept – combining easy wins with stressed (biohysics, institutional, markets) environments

• Keeping the long term focus• Link with Ethiopia priorities

Other issues

Capacity building (needs assessment, including specific activities)

Scaling Communications Seed systems