Category: ISSD Ethiopia archive

Super El Niño tests the resilience of Ethiopian seed systems

Swift collaborative action and capacity strengthening in informal seed systems key to increase security in the face of drought

Oct 25, 2017
DSM: Time to move forward?

Direct seed marketing has been shown to contribute positively to farmers’ access to quality seed. Why then have we not moved beyond the pilot phase?

Oct 25, 2017
Continued strategic interventions needed in seed value chain

Innovation-driven progress in seed value chains is constrained by capacity and cooperation shortages. Participatory assessments have created awareness for problems of a systemic nature, identified critical interventions needed to stimulate and build on innovation in seed value chains.

Oct 25, 2017
Increasing food security through cooperatives in PSNP woredas

Chronic food and nutrition insecurity continues to affect many rural households. Seed producer cooperatives, supported by ISSD, are improving resilience in some of Ethiopia’s most food-insecure woredas.

Oct 25, 2017
Bringing informal seed systems into focus

With the majority of farmers sourcing seed from informal systems, ISSD has in 2017 launched a new and wide-ranging package of activities to reach and support farmers and processes which have until now been out of focus.

Oct 25, 2017
Preparing for crowdsourcing of farmer-preferred varieties in Tigray

The ISSD Ethiopia Programme’s Tigray unit completed a training on crowd sourcing and participatory varietal selection

Oct 25, 2017
More than 600 participants attend field days in SNNPR

BENEFIT-ISSD organized field days in two of SNNPR woredas, Derashe & Kedida Gambela. The field day attracted more than 600 participants which were drawn from farmers project area, other villages, zonal heads of sector offices, technical staffs and project staffs were participants of the field days.

Sep 15, 2017
ISSD Oromia East Newsletter – April 2017

Greetings to all our readers in Ethiopia and beyond! It is with a great pleasure that we present to you the first issue of the BENEFIT-ISSD project, Oromia east unit newsletter.

May 18, 2017
ISSD Tigray Issue Briefs

BENEFIT-ISSD Tigray Unit have published a series of issue briefs showcasing the progress made on key issues affeting sustainable seed sector development in the region.

Mar 4, 2017
ISSD Africa National Seminar, Ethiopia

The Ethiopian National Seminar is one of ten national seminars organised to discuss findings from 2 years of ISSD Africa action research, as well as identify future areas of focus on a national and continental level. The seminar took place on March 26th, 2016 at the Beshale Hotel, Addis Ababa.

Apr 5, 2016