Addis_Site+selection+criteria


 * Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands **
 * Project Design Workshop **
 * 30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia **

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4).
 * Group feedback - site selection (Stanley Wood) **

__Principles to keep in mind__: __Site selection__: __Short term__:
 * High level indicators were a bit lost in the site selection;
 * "Push and pull": high potential, high opportunities - the dynamics between locations could become part of the project research methodology;
 * Demand and supply: We need a diagnosis of problems, not only for storytelling but also to legitimize why we are working there;
 * Livelihood integration unit in the MoA: We need to look at systems and pull diagnoses together as helpful frameworks for our supply side to respond;
 * There is a whole spectrum of legume opportunities etc. (???);
 * Nobody mentioned teff but it has tremendous opportunities on the livestock side;
 * Difficult to tell much about longer term but we would like to have a group of Addis-based people to put together a team mixing gov't, CG, other local institutions etc. on development and research sides to build advice and direction, come up with specific suggestions for a framework including geographic, household, gradients' items. A certain approval mechanism could then be elaborated;
 * Site selection is an ongoing process over the next few years;
 * 3-4 specific locations based on systems based on existence of research capacities and opportunities;
 * For longer term process, we need to have all information and clear understanding of where research partners are working e.g. CRSPs, SLP etc.