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Worms transforming waste to wealth – Pioneering vermicomposting in the Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

By Guta Eshatu Vermiculture (stemming from the Latin word ‘vermis’, meaning worms) uses earthworms to transform organic waste into high-quality … Continued

Rural Transportation in Ethiopia: Status Quo and Ways Forward

By Getanew Tesfaw In Ethiopia, there are roughly 1.2 million vehicles, meaning that in a group of a hundred people, … Continued

Homestead poultry keeping for a vibrant rural economy

by Getanew Tesfaw Livestock and poultry are essential to strengthen the rural economies as they are serving as supplemental income … Continued

Agroforestry in Amhara, Ethiopia

By Bantamlak Wondmnow Agroforestry is a new name for a set of long-standing practices. Farmers in Amhara have immense traditional … Continued

Sustainable landscape rehabilitation: The establishment of Watershed User’s Cooperatives

By Bantamlak Wondmnow & Femke van Woesik In Ethiopia there are many succesful stories of rehabilitated watersheds through large scale … Continued

Multipurpose plantation – making productive use of watershed rehabilitation in Amhara, Ethiopia

By Bantamlak Wondmnow In Amhara, yearly successful watershed rehabilitation campaigns are carried out through the government’s mass mobilization of local … Continued

Scaling through horizontal learning: Liquid Biofertilizer take up in Oromia, Ethiopia

By Guta Eshetu Horizontal learning is peer-to-peer learning. It is how farmers learn, share new information and good practices with … Continued

The multipurpose biofertilizer

By Bella Arlman Biofertilizer is a proven effective way to increase crop yield either as an alternative to the expensive … Continued

Making farming easier: introducing new farm tools in rural Ethiopia

By Getanew Tesfaw Farming is a back breaking and hard job. Luckily, using the right tools can make it a … Continued

Regenerative home garden designs

By Marina Vara Gutierrez Well-designed rainfed home gardens can increase crop productivity and increase biodiversity. Sustainably doing this requires a … Continued

Ponds as an asset for agriculture: how to keep them full

Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta), Nitesh Dhiman (PRADAN), Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Lalit Kumar Nirmalkar (PRADAN), Laxmi … Continued

Establishing Ecological Based Rodent Management in Ethiopia – Part 3: Collective implementation and ways forward

By Tadesse Tilahun, Getachew Engdayehu, Bantamlak Wondmnow, and Luwieke Bosma This is the third in a series of blog posts describing the development and implementation … Continued