ethiopianseedpartnership
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A new vision guiding seed sector transformation
A self-sufficient, independent, market-oriented and internationally competitive Ethiopian seed sector. Continue reading
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Ethiopian universities reaching out for agricultural innovation
Beyond the seed sector innovations of ISSD Ethiopia, the wider BENEFIT Partnership and other partners’ activities are leading to widespread agricultural innovation across Ethiopia. Continue reading
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ISSD Tigray Newsletter – June 2018
ISSD Ethiopia’s Tigray Unit shares news and exciting programme updates in this newsletter. Continue reading
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ISSD Amhara newsletter, June 2018
Download and read exciting updates from ISSD’s Amhara unit. Continue reading
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From workshop to woreda: Farmers’ on-farm financial management skills to receive a boost
Sustainable and successful seed sector development only happens when the entrepreneurial spirit and skills of farmers and other private sector stakeholders are leveraged for innovation and collaboration. Developing and nurturing these skills is a key aim of ISSD and partners. Continue reading
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Farmers validating and promoting sorghum varieties across regions
BENEFIT-ISSD Ethiopia facilitates learning about variety suitability and farmers’ preferences across regions. Through participatory methods, farmers lead the testing and validation of varieties, with their experiences guiding variety development and deployment. Continue reading
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Bringing quality seed to market: the journey to becoming an independent seed business
“We would never have got the Certificate of Competence if we had not got the training and support from ISSD” Ato Tesfaye Babiso, Chairperson – Fate Dicha SPC Lessons from the previous ISSD Ethiopia phase revealed that the local seed… Continue reading
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BENEFIT-ISSD Oromia East Unit – Regional Newsletter, June 2018
This (Oromo language, with English elements) newsletter presents recent activities and achievements of the regional team in the first half of 2018 across the various programme components Download the newsletter here Continue reading
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BENEFIT collaboration strengthens research on sesame
BENEFIT partners jointly delivered training of trainers on production, management and marketing of sesame for agricultural researchers from May 28-30, 2018 at Gebar Shire Hotel, Shire town. A total of 22 researchers from Humera and Shire Maytsebri agricultural research centers… Continue reading
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Evaluating progress and identifying the way forward in Eastern Oromia
While much progress has been made through collaborative activities facilitated by ISSD Ethiopia, a multi-stakeholder session highlighted more needs to be done to strengthen the seed sector. Continue reading
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