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AMAREW Final Report Amhara Microenterprise Development, Agricultural Research, Extension and Watershed Management Project in Ethiopia July 2002 - December 2007 AMAREW Final Report Amhara Microenterprise Development, Agricultural Research, Extension and Watershed Management Project in Ethiopia July 2002 - December 2007 Report Prepared by AMAREW Project Technical Advisors (Virginia Tech): Dr. Brhane Gebrekidan (Chief of Party and Senior Research Advisor), Dr. Negussie Alemayehu (Research Advisor), Ato Yacob Ashine (Extension Advisor), Ato Getachew Bayafers (Watershed Management Advisor), Ato Semachew Kassahun (Training Advisor and FtF Coordinator) and: The ANRS Partners of AMAREW Food Security Coordination and Disaster Prevention Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute Office (FSCDPO) (ARARI) Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development Environment Protection, Land Administration, and (BoARD) Utilization Authority (EPLAUA) Amhara Micro And Small Industries Development Amhara Credit and Savings Institution (ACSI) Bureau (AMSEIDB) US Institutional Partners Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Cornell University - Prime Contractor Virginia State University ACDI-VOCA USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-C-00-02-00340-00 Management Entity: Office of International Research, Education, and Development (OIRED), Virginia Tech, 526 Prices Fork Road (0378), Blacksburg, VA 24061 www.oired.vt.edu/ December 2007 Submitted by: S.K. De Datta Associate Provost for International Affairs and Director and Michael Bertelsen Associate Director and Program Coordinator Office of International Research, Education, and Development (OIRED) Virginia Tech 526 Prices Fork Road (0378) Blacksburg, VA 24061 Tel: (540) 231-6338 Fax: (540) 231-2439 www.oired.vt.edu/ Cover Photo by Dr. Brhane Gebrekidan Thanks to AMAREW, this farmer has been able to grow improved barley for seed. December 2007 AMAREW Project Terminal Report July 2002 – December 2007 Amhara Micro-enterprise development, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Watershed management (AMAREW) Project Tebikew Balie Building Near the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (Bahir Dar main branch) P.O. Box 61, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Telephone: 251-058-220-1430/1470; FAX: 251-058-220-2555 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.oired.vt.edu/amarew/ Report Prepared by AMAREW Project Technical Advisors: Dr. Brhane Gebrekidan (Chief of Party and Senior Research Advisor) Dr. Nigussie Alemayehu (Research Advisor) Ato Yacob Ashine (Extension Advisor) Ato Getachew Bayafers (Watershed Management Advisor) Ato Semachew Kassahun (Training Advisor and FtF Coordinator) and The ANRS Partners of AMAREW Table of Contents Description Page Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………. 1 Executive Summary ……………………………………………………… 2 1. Background …………………………..…………………………..………………… 6 2. Staffing ……………..…………………….………………………………………… 7 3. Project Start ………………………………………………………………………… 7 4. Original Project Objective ..………………………….…………………………… 12 5. Restructured AMAREW ………………………………………………………… 13 5.1 ANRS Partners of AMAREW ……… ………………………….……….……. 14 5.2 Major Components of the Restructured AMAREW ………..……………........ 15 5.3 Focus Areas (Woredas) ………….…………………………………………….. 16 6. Integration of Project Components ……………………………………………… 17 7. Modalities of Implementation ……………………………………………………. 17 8. Project-Wide Selected Accomplishments ……………………………………….. 18 9. Selected Success Stories of the Project ………………………………………….. 19 Fuel efficient stove production at Yeku watershed ……………………….. 20 Gabion Wire Box Production at Lenche Dima Watershed ………………… 21 Water Point Development: Top Priority for the Yeku Community………… 22 Ato Dessalew: a Progressive and Early Adopter Farmer…………………… 23 Degraded Gullies Can be Made Productive………………………………… 24 Hillside Closure Speeds up Environmental Rehabilitation…………………… 25 Rope & Washer Pump Technology: a Supplement to the Water-Harvesting Schemes……………………………………………………………………… 26 Low-Cost Gravity Drip Irrigation: Assisting Water-Harvesting Schemes …... 27 Striga Resistant Sorghum Varieties: High Yields Under the Menace ……… 28 Farmer-Research-Extension Group (FREG): Strengthening Linkage………. 29 Vernonia: a Promising Industrial Oil Crop………………………………….. 30 Long-term Training Motivates Experienced Staff Stay on the Job…………... 31 Inductive Training for the Novice Research Worker Enhances Competence and Promotes Swift Integration into the Research System …………………... 32 Experience Sharing Tours are Useful for Technological Idea Shopping ……. 33 10. Evaluation of AMAREW ………..………………………………………………… 34 11. Paradigm Shift in Research Extension Linkage …………………………………. 35 12. Component Reports ……………………………………………………………….. 35 Research Component 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………... 36 2. Objective and Scope of the Assessment of Research Component ………………… 37 3. Methodologies and Modalities of Assessment and Consolidation of Information 37 4. Synthesis of assessment results ……………………………………………………. 38 4.1 Overview of the farming system of the target woredas and the major constraints of production and productivity…………………………………………………….. 39 4.2 Technological innervations developed ……………………………………………. 42 4.3 Achievements in natural resource management research …………………………. 43 4.4 Achievements in crop production research ……………………………………….. 49 4.5 Technology scaling up ……………………………………………………………. 53 i 4.6 Achievements in livestock research ……………………………………………… 61 4.7 Research extension farmer linkage ………………………………………………. 64 4.7.1 Facilitation of joint review and planning workshop …………….………….. 64 4.7.2 Facilitation of field days of joint evaluation …………………….………….. 66 4.7.3 Facilitation of the establishments of RETCs………………………………… 67 4.8 Community Empowerment ………………………………………………………. 68 4.8.1 Strengthening the informal seed multiplication scheme …………………… 68 4.8.2 Establishing of farmers research and extension groups (FREGS) ………… 72 5. Small Grants and Mentorship Program (SGMP) ………………………………… 73 6. Short-Term Technical Assistant (STTA) …………………………………………. 81 7. Lessons Learnt from the Research Component of AMAREW …………………. 82 8. Conclusions and Perspective Suggestions ………………………………………… 82 Extension Component 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………… 85 2. Implementation Strategies of the Extension Component ……………………….. 85 2.1 Promoting effective extension service ………………………………………….. 86 2.2 Human resource development activities ……………………………………….. 87 3. Technical Application of the Extension Component ……………………………. 88 4. Implementation Progress ………………………………………………………….. 91 5. Coordination of the Extension activities ……………………………………………. 92 6. Promotion of Improved Technologies ……………………………………………… 95 7. Appropriate Technology Targeting and Follow-up ……………………………….. 100 8. Monitoring and Evaluation ………………………………………………………….. 100 9. Crosscutting themes ………………………………………………………………….. 101 10. Technical Assistant ………………………………………………………………… 102 11. Fostering Farmer, Research, Extension Linkage and Integration ……………… 103 12. Problems Encountered …………………………………………………………….. 104 13. Effectiveness of the Intervention through Extension ……………………………. 106 14. Conclusion and Recommendation …………………………………………………. 109 Watershed Component 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………... 110 2. Objective of the component …………………………………………………………. 110 3. Expected outcomes …………………………………………………………………… 110 4. Pilot watersheds descriptions problems and proposed intervention …………….. 111 5. Achievements attained by the watershed development component ……………… 114 6. Major intervention result obtained ………………………………………………… 120 7. Lessons gained ………………………………………………………………………. 121 8. Major intervention results obtained at Lenche Dima watershed …………………. 122 9. Major intervention results obtained at Yeku watershed …….……………………. 142 10. Major technology interventions results observed at Gumet watershed ………… 164 11. Major Impacts observed in the pilot watersheds …………………………………. 170 12. Recommendations …………………………………………………………………... 171 Training Component 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………... 174 2. Strategies of human capacity building ……………………………………………… 174 3. Achievements …………………………………………………………………………. 174 4. Farmer to Farmer (FtF) Program …………………………………………………... 186 5. On going activities requiring attention …………………………………………....... 199 ii 6. Problems encountered in the course of project implementation ……………..…… 201 7. Lessons learned and recommendations ……………………………………………... 201 Strengthening Research-Extension-Farmer Linkage:- The AMAREW Project Experience and Perspectives …………………………………………………………… 206 Integrated Agricultural Development Strategies in the ANRS: Lessons from the AMAREW Project ………………………………………………………………………. 216 iii List of Tables Table 1. AMAREW Project staff ……………..………………………………………………… 9 Table 2. AMAREW Project Home staff ………………………………………………..………. 10 Table 3. AMAREW Project RIT Members ……………………………………………………... 11 Table 4. AMAREW Project Focal Persons 12 ………………………………….………….………. Table 5. Selected Pilot target woredas by zone and Major activity components ………………... 16 Table 6. Number of experiments ………………………………………………………………… 54 Table 7. Total number of experiments …………………………………………………………... 55 Table 8. Number of technological recommendation …………………………………………….. 56 Table 9. The number of crop varieties …………………………………………………………... 57 Table 10. Names of productivities of crop varieties ……………………………………………… 58-60 Table 11. Improved technologies scaled …………………………………………………………. 61 Table 12. Gumet watershed irrigated seed potato produced and disseminated in 2006/07 ………….. 70-71 Table 13. Summary of the Projects being conducted under the SGMP of AMAREW Project…… 75-76 Table 14. Budget allocation and utilization of the Extension Component 2003-2007…………… 86 Table 15.
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