Coffee and recovery: psychosocial support in Gubalafto (Amhara)
By Nardos Masresha Introduction The North and northeastern part of Ethiopia was immersed in a violent conflict that started on … Continued
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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
Now available: Key Results and Recommendations of the FAO’s Agroecology Dialogue Series
The Agroecology Dialogue Series is an initiative of FAO and the Biovision Foundation in support of the Coalition for food systems transformation through Agroecology … Continued
Green Roads for Water (GR4W)- a first outlook in Madhya Pradesh, India
By Saroj Yakami (MetaMeta Research), Anurudh Kumar Shastri (PRADAN), Khusbu Bisen (PRADAN), Nitesh Kumar (PRADAN), Supriya Sharma (PRADAN), & Luwieke … 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
Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 2). Shade but no grass.
By Ishani Sonak The rangeland in South of Kenya has been historically dominated by a wide variety of grass species. … Continued
Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 1). End of the tether: Four years of drought
By Ishani Sonak Postcard from Central Rift Valley, Kenya. This is what four years of utter drought look like. … 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
Our minds are with the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
On Monday February 6, a strong earthquake struck the southern and central regions in Turkey, and western Syria. The damage … Continued