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Report on Training of Trainers (TOT) in Tigray Region on Africa RISING Project Validated Technologies/Innovations in the Ethiopian Highland Mohammed Ebrahim, Abera Adie, Yetsedaw Ayenew, Tesfay Hagoss, Gebrehiowt H/Mariam, Sehin Kinfu, Addisu Asfaw Produced by International Livestock Research Institute, International Center for Research in Dry Areas, Tigray Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Mekelle University Published by International Livestock Research Institute April 2017 www.africa-rising.net The Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three research-for-development projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development as part of the U.S. government’s Feed the Future initiative. Through action research and development partnerships, Africa RISING will create opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security, particularly for women and children, and conserve or enhance the natural resource base. The three regional projects are led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (in West Africa and East and Southern Africa) and the International Livestock Research Institute (in the Ethiopian Highlands). The International Food Policy Research Institute leads the program’s monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment. http://africa-rising.net/ This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. This document was made possible with support from the American people delivered through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of the US Government’s Feed the Future Initiative. The contents are the responsibility of the producing organization and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of USAID or the U.S. Government 2 Contents Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 3 First Day ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Welcoming remarks ............................................................................................................................ 5 Presentations ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Discussion ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Partners Presentations ............................................................................................................................ 7 Tigray Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) ....................................................................................... 7 Maichew ATVET College ...................................................................................................................... 7 Question and Answer .......................................................................................................................... 8 Second day .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Partners Presentations ............................................................................................................................ 9 Southern and South Eastern Tigray Zones .......................................................................................... 9 Question and Answer .......................................................................................................................... 9 Group training ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Natural Resources Management (NRM) ........................................................................................... 10 Discussion on scaling out ................................................................................................................... 11 Field Crop group ................................................................................................................................ 12 Discussion .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Responses .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Livestock group .................................................................................................................................. 14 Discussion .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Third day ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Field Visit at Emba Hasti and Tsibet kebeles ..................................................................................... 21 General discussion ............................................................................................................................. 22 Next steps .......................................................................................................................................... 24 List of Participants ................................................................................................................................. 25 Participants from Local Partners ....................................................................................................... 25 CG center Participant lists ................................................................................................................. 27 Agenda of the meeting ...................................................................................................................... 28 Abbreviations Africa RISING Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation ATVET Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training CASCAPE Capacity building for Scaling up evidence-based practices in Agricultural Production in Ethiopia CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture CIMMYT International Maize and wheat improvement center CIP International Potato center GRAD-2 Graduation with Resilience to Achieve Sustainable Development HH Household ICARDA International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ICRAF world Agro forestry center ICRISAT The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics M& E Monitoring and Evaluation NDF Neutral Detergent Fiber PVS Participatory Varity Selection REST The Relief Society of Tigray TARI Tigray Agricultural Research Institute 2 Summary Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands together with Maichew Agricultural TVET College organized a three days Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop at Endamehoni, Tigray from 19-21 May 2017. The main objectives of the training were: To introduce and familiarize development partners the already validated Africa RISING project technologies/innovations in the Ethiopian Highlands; To equip the technical staff of the partners with skills and knowledge of the management of each technology/innovations; To jointly plan the implementation process. 59 participants (7 Female and 52 Male) from Government (extension, research, Maichew ATVET College and Mekelle University), NGOs (REST/GRAD-2, CASCAPE) and Private sectors like Raya Brewery factory joined in the training workshop. Scientists and researchers from ILRI/Africa RISING, CIP, ICRAF, CIMMYT, ICRISAT, ICARDA and CIAT lead the training. The training combined both theoretical and practical sessions. The first two days were covered theoretical training to help participants understand Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands and the various Africa RISING technologies which are ready to be scaled out. Each CGIAR centers made a brief power point presentation on description, management and research results of the technologies /innovations. The morning of the first day covered an overview of the Africa RISING achievements in phase one and its moves from phase I to Phase II, Gender integration in Africa RISING scaling activities and presentations from four local partners(TARI, REST/GRAD2, Maichew ATVET and CASCAPE). In the afternoon participants divided into three groups; Natural Resource Management (NRM), Crop and Livestock for an in-depth theoretical training. The morning of the second day started with recap of the first day and followed by two presentations from Southern and South Eastern Tigray Zone offices of Agriculture. After the question and answer session participants split into their respective groups for the final session of the theoretical training. Then, the three separate groups come together in plenary and officially concluded the theoretical session. The afternoon session were dedicated to joint planning of the implementation process for phase II of the Africa RISING project in the region. The participants were grouped into six groups of implementing