Ethiopia
For more information, contact CIMMYT’s Ethiopia office.
Leasing scheme helps farmers purchase small-scale agricultural machinery
Innovations
The initiative increases agricultural productivity and enhances food security in Ethiopia.
Vast Locust Swarm Casts Shadow Over East African Food Security
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Bloomberg (25 Jan 2020)
CIMMYT agricultural economist Hugo De Groote notes need to monitor locusts to ensure swarms don’t threaten crops.
Study calls for better understanding of fertilizer prices faced by African smallholder farmers
Innovations
Scientists use spatial price prediction models to estimate local prices that might be more relevant than the national average.
Ethiopia, great mobilization against wheat rust
Innovations
Source: Donne del Food (28 Nov 2019)
Rapid alert system has been developed to predict the spread of wheat rust.
New publications: Understanding changes in farming systems to propose adapted solutions
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Researchers identify national policies, climate and soil fertility changes, population increase, and urban expansion as the major drivers of farming systems change in the Hawassa area of Ethiopia.
CIMMYT is ready to support Ethiopia’s move toward — and beyond — wheat self-sufficiency
Nutrition, health and food security
Meeting with Ethiopian researchers and policymakers outlines path forward for cooperation.
Ethiopia: Launching Digital Agro-Climate Advisory Platform in Ethiopia
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: All Africa (16 Nov 2019)
CIMMYT, EIAR and partners launched a digital agro-climate advisory platform.
Launching digital agro-climate advisory platform in Ethiopia
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Reporter (16 Nov 2019)
New platform will put resilience at the center of livelihoods in response to rising populations, growing food demand and ecological crisis.
Scientists develop an early warning system that delivers wheat rust predictions directly to farmers’ phones
Innovations
New research describes a revolutionary early warning system that can predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia.
New tools guide interventions against acid soils in Africa using lime
Capacity development
Experts are developing data and dashboards to advise policymakers about the cost and feasibility of liming to increase maize productivity.
Rural women of eastern and southern Africa gain ground
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
On the International Day of Rural Women, October 15, meet farmers who are leading their families and their communities to a better life.
Smallholder farmers’ multi-front strategy combats rapidly evolving wheat rust in Ethiopia
Nutrition, health and food security
Researchers found farmers who increased both the area growing resistant varieties and the number of wheat varieties grown per season saw the biggest yield increases.
Ethiopian policymakers consider wider use of DNA fingerprinting
Innovations
This tool allows to identify varieties used by farmers and to track the adoption and impact of improved crops.
Ethiopian maize breeders will directly apply knowledge gained from training
Capacity development
STMA project training focused on latest developments in maize research and data collection.
