ethiopia_writeshop_2015

Ethiopia writeshop Info Centre, ILRI campus Addis Ababa 4-7 August 2015

=Background= Africa RISING is now more than half way through its first phase of the project life time. The first phase will come to an end in September 2016. since the start of the full research implementation in 2012 a lot of publication has been produced by the team. In addition, a lot of data were captured during the implementation period. The Africa RISING team in Ethiopia has come to the understanding that the project has a lot to offer in terms of scientific publications which has not been done so far. Thus, it has been agreed to organize a writeshop where by the research team sit together for four days to focus and write scientific papers including journal articles and evidence briefs. toc =objectives= This is the first writeshop that Africa RISING project in Ethiopia is organizing. It aims at :
 * 1) Looking at the available data the project team has
 * 2) Write draft journal articles and evidence papers
 * 3) Taking lessons and plan for the next one

=Participants= This writeshop will bring together around 30 Researchers and scientist that are working under the Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands. the particpants are mostly from the CGIAR members however we have also some participants from Government institutions including research centers. =Agenda= Editorial feedback and insights || 1600 || Peter B James || =Person-product matrix=
 * **Day one : Tuesday, 4 August 2015** ||
 * **Activity** || **Time** || **Responsible Person** ||
 * Welcome, introductions, expectations || 0900 || Siboniso M, Peter B, Simret Y ||
 * Process introduction || 1000 || Peter B ||
 * Break || 1030 || Organizers ||
 * Initial work on products || 1100 || Participants ||
 * Lunch || 1230 || Organizers ||
 * Products feedback || 1400 || Peter B ||
 * Break || 1530 || Organizers ||
 * Working on products; team forming || 1600 || Participants ||
 * **Day Two : Wednesday, 5 August 2015** ||
 * **Activity** || **Time** || **Responsible Person** ||
 * Writing in Groups, Consultation with editor || 0830 ||  ||
 * Break || 1030 || Organizers ||
 * writing to be read ||  || Tilahun A ||
 * Writing in Groups, Consultation with editors || 1100 ||  ||
 * Lunch || 1230 || Organizers ||
 * Writing in Groups, Consultation with editors || 1400 ||  ||
 * Break || 1530 || Organizers ||
 * Process and products update
 * **Day Three : Thursday, 6 August 2015** ||
 * **Activity** || **Time** || **Responsible Person** ||
 * Writing in Groups, Consultation with editors || 0830 ||  ||
 * Break || 1030 || Organizers ||
 * Writing in Groups, Consultation with editors || 1100 ||  ||
 * Lunch || 1230 || Organizers ||
 * Sharing lessons: editorial and content || 1400 || James ||
 * Break || 1530 || Organizers ||
 * Writing in Groups, Consultation with editors || 1600 ||  ||
 * Reception ||  || Organizers ||
 * **Day Four : Friday, 7 August 2015** ||
 * **Activity** || **Time** || **Responsible Person** ||
 * Wrapping up – process and plans || 0830 || Peter B ||
 * Writing on product drafts || 0930 ||  ||
 * Break || 1030 || Organizers ||
 * Products update – reporting back || 1100 || Peter B ||
 * Lunch || 1230 || Organizers ||
 * Products update – reporting back || 1400 || Peter B ||
 * Break || 1500 || Organizers ||
 * Next steps, actions, learning, evaluation || 1530 || Peter B + SImret Y ||

develop to journal article || submitted || Lessons from Lemo woreda, Ethiopia || Zerihun Yemataw || Jogo Wellington, Ashenafi Mekonen, Kindu Mekonen, Kalpana Sharma || Evidence Brief/ Finalized || Finalized || Finalized || Finalized || Journal Name: Small Ruminant Research (Elsevier Journal) || /Finalized || The policy environment and local institutional capacity assessment || Mariama Fofanah and Zelalem Lema || Tilahun Amede || Evidence Brief/Finalized || =Day one - Tuesday= The writshop started with a brief introductory remark by Kindu Mekonnen. He highlighted how important this writshop is to Africa RISING project in Ethiopia particularly in relation to the external evaluation which will be done in mid September. Kindu then invited Siboniso Moyo, DDG of ILRI In Ethiopia to do a welcoming remark. In her remarks she highlight that Africa RISING is ending by September 2016 and a lot of datas have been collected and we need to make sure that are captured and put into products. so this wirtshop is expected to help people to work on those products. she also stressed that such kinds of events needs people's commitment and urge participants to stay on board until the end of the writshop. finally she wishes everyone a very fruitful deliberation and promised to come back at the end of the writeshop to see the progress made.
 * **Title of product** || **Production lead (one person only)** || **Contributors (people who will help with writing)** || Type of outputs (journal article/evidence brief; in some cases possibly a report) ||
 * Why farmers reject improved faba bean management in favour of their traditional practices? || Aberra Adie || Kindu Mekonnen, Melkamu Bezabih,Girma Kassie, Sied Kamal, Alan Duncan, Annet Mulema,Peter Thorne || Evidence Brief but later it may
 * Dual purpose legumes for ruminant nutrition ||  ||   ||   ||
 * VARIATION IN GRAIN AND STRAW TRAITS OF FABA BEAN (vicia faba) AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS TOWARDS DUAL PURPOSE FABA BEAN VARIETIES || Ashraf Alkhatib || Jane Wamatu ,Tena ALemu ,Teklu Wegi || journal article/submitted ||
 * Determinants of farmers’ Decision on Utilizing Cereal and Legume Residues as Feed and Soil Mulch in the Ethiopian Highlands || Ashraf Alkhatib || Jane Wamatu ,Tena ALemu ,Teklu Wegi || journal article/
 * Adapting sustainable intensification options to local conditions using local knowledge: Lessons from mixed crop-livestock-tree farming systems in the Ethiopian highlands || Anne Kuria || Anne Kuria, Martha Cronin, Genevieve Lamond, Tim Pagella, Fergus Sinclair, Kiros Hadgu and Aster Gebrekirstos. || journal article ||
 * Prospects of preventing and mitigating the effects of enset Xanthomonas wilt (EXW):
 * Adding Value in a Changing World: The need to mechanize small scale processing of faba bean || Eliud Birachi || Edith Wairimu, Wellington Jogo, Ashenafi mekonnen, Annet Mulema Kindu Mekonnen, James Steplton || Evidence briefs/Finalized ||
 * Demand-Oriented Production is Key to Sustainable and effective Value Chain; Case of Potato Value Chain in Africa RISING sites || Eliud Birachi || Edith Wairimu, Wellington Jogo, Ashenafi mekonnen, Annet Mulema Kindu Mekonnen, James Steplton || Evidence briefs/
 * Bringing wheat, potato and faba bean seeds to markets in the Ethiopian Highlands || Eliud Birachi || Edith Wairimu, Wellington Jogo, Ashenafi mekonnen, Annet Mulema Kindu Mekonnen, James Steplton || Evidence briefs/
 * Upgrading wheat grain quality along the value chain in Ethiopia || Edith Wairimu || Edith Wairimu, Wellington Jogo, Ashenafi mekonnen, Annet Mulema Kindu Mekonnen, James Steplto || Evidence briefs/
 * An adaptive landscape planning and management tool to tackle soil erosion and downstream sedimentation || Lulseged Tamene || Tesfaye Yaekob+Soil Erosion and SLM protocl members+Zenebe Adimassu || Draft towards journal article ||
 * Discharge and sediment analysis across different land use/cover types, management practices and scales || Tesfaye Yaekob || Lulseged Tamene+Soil Erosion and SLM protocol members+Tesfaye Yaekob+Zenebe Adimassu || Draft towards journal article ||
 * Towards degninsig complementary landscape restoration and water harvesting options: a framework for out-scaling || Kifle Woldearegay || Kifle Woldearegay, Lulseged Tamene, Kindu Mekonnen, Tesfaye Yaecob, Zenebe Adimassu, Tilahun Amede || First draft is shared with the second authors and second draft is almost ready to be distributed to the rest of the team ||
 * Integration of Chamaecytisus palmensis (tree lucerne) in the crop-livestock system for multiple products and services || Kindu Mekonnen || Wellington Jogo, Melkamu Deresh, Peter Thorne and Annet Mulema || Journal article ||
 * Factors enhancing or hindering women farmer participation in agricultural research and extension activities || Annet Abenakyo Mulema || Elias Damtew and Wellington Jogo || Journal article ||
 * Determinants of adoption and impact of sustainable intensification technologies in the Ethiopian highlands || Fitsum Hagos || Aster Gebrekirstos, Lulseged Tamene Desta and Petra Schmitter || Final draft ||
 * Supplemental irrigated fodder production and sheep fattening as a source of income for smallholder: Lessons from Southern Ethiopia || Melkamu Bezabih || Alan Duncan, Aberra Adie, Kindu Mekonnen, Peter Thorne || The paper has been submitted and is currently under review
 * Capturing the most significant stories: Evidence from the Africa RISING project in Ethiopia || Elias Damtew || Simret Yasabu and Zelalem Lema || Evidence Brief/
 * Agricultural pathways to improved nutrition in Ethiopian highlands
 * Integrate soil fertility management in the Ethiopian highlands || Tilahun Amede || Lulseged Tamene || Journal article ||

Following the welcoming remarks Simret Yasabu lead an interactive session to help participants know who is in the room and later broke participants in to groups to list down their expectation in the four days. The groups were formed under four topics. The first group is those who have experience in writeshop and have experience in writing journal articles / evidence briefs. the second group is those who have no experience in writeshop and who have no experience in writing journal articles/ evidence briefs. the third group is those who have no experience in writshop but who have written journal articles/evidence briefs. the fourth one is those who have experience in writeshop but no experience in writing journal articles /evidence briefs.

Expectation
- draft paper- dataset ,tables, clearly defined scope of each produce - lead author should have a clear understanding of the available information to be shared with the group - editors will avail time to guide the teams/authors /resource persons - Africa RISING will be willing and bale to cover the time financial resources to take up the products beyond the writeshop - Agree on clear timeline to take the products forward - Producing journal articles - Framework to develop evidence briefs to journal articles - Good exposure for writeshop - Specifically improving drafts - Lessons from participants - getting objective feedback from scientists outside my discipline - writing tips and feedback - to know what a writeshop is all about - to have an over-view /collective picture of Africa RISING outputs - to develop a framework on how to translate and present raw data no one was on this group
 * Group one** -those who have experience in writeshop and have experience in writing journal articles / evidence brief
 * Group Two**- who have no experience in writeshop and who have no experience in writing journal articles/ evidence briefs
 * Group Three** -who have no experience in writeshop but who have written journal articles/evidence briefs
 * Group Four-** who have experience in writeshop but no experience in writing journal articles /evidence briefs.

Peter Ballantyne then did a brief presentation on the objectives as well as how the process will look like through out the days. He then asked participants to grab flip chart and describe what there output will look like. Later each lead writer presented there flip charts in groups and got feedback from others.

Type of product: Journal Article Current status: near final Key Results 1- Variation in grain and straw yield 2- Variation of straw quality 3- Positive correlation between grain and straw yield 4- Lack of significant variation between grain and straw quality Data we have 1- straw quality analysis 2- agronomic data
 * Title: variation of faba Bean straw quality and their potential implications towards food-feed faba beans**

Lead – Ashraf Contributors – Kindu, Melkamu and Aberra Type of product: Journal article Current status: near final Key results: 1- farmers use legume and cereal straws without considering the difference in feeding value 2- agro-ecology affects the use of crop residues (more humid ,more straw used as mulch) 3- extension affects positively in the quality of CR uses 4- more available feeds/CR more use as mulch 5- proportion of straw used as mulch is not enough Lead: Ashraf Contributors: Tilahun, Kindu, Melkamu, Aberra, Zelalem and James Type of products: evidence brief Key results: 1- Africa RISING has nurtured good partnership and research collaboration with local research centers 2- Africa RISING has produced research evidence that influenced government practice in some sites Key Messages Data/Evidence – some stories have been collected and qualitative information from MSC process implementation for a year Lead: Elias Damtew Contributors – Simret Yasabu, Zelalem, Peter B and Annet Status: Near final draft Type of product: Journal article Key results to be communicated Hypothesis - Survival of tree lucerne on-farm is influence by management ,biophysical and socio-economic factors - Management –fencing ,watering ,cultivation (wedding) - Socio –economic – labor ,gender ,knowledge - Biophysical – Niche ,growth available land Data and evidence - Biophysical –survival ,growth ,niche – we have it partially - Management –weeding ,fencing ,cultivation ,watering (we have it partially ) - Socio –economic – farmers profile ,baseline data for tree lucerne ,FRG(we have it ) - Data on baseline ,farmers profile and growth are being sorted and we are in preparation for analysis - Description ( cross tabulations ,ANOVA) - Regression analysis – to understand determinants of survival of tree lucerne on-farms Lead : Kindu Members of the writing team- Kindu, Wellington, Melkamu, Annet, Peter T. Tilahun, Anne Current status – half way Type of article: Journal article Key results: - Soil loss and runoff at plot scale on different land uses and with different management practices - Discharge and sediment yield at landscape scale with different management practices
 * Title: Tobit estimation on the determinant and the pressures of Gramineous legumineous residues as feed and soil mulch in Ethiopian highlands**
 * Title: Most significant change technique as a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation tool**
 * More partners involvement in capturing stories is instrumental in promoting Africa RISING success
 * A viable/ functional system has to be put in place not only to collect some nice stories but to create a learning platform
 * What constitute “change” has to be clearly defined by stakeholders /end users but not by Africa RISING researchers
 * Title: Integrating tree lucerne (chamaecytisus Palmensis) in the crop-livestock farming systems for multiple products and services**
 * Title: soil erosion at different scales to evaluate /compare management options /treatments**

Data and Evidence - Runoff and soil loss - Discharge and sediment yield - Land use - Soil Lead : Lulseged Team members – Lulseged, Kifle, Kindu, Tilahun and Zenebe Status – starting Type of product - journal article Key messages - 5 technologies are important - These technologies are mostly complementary - Key determinants for adoption identified - +ve and –ve impact of productivity is determined Evidences- statistical model already estimated Lead : Fitsum Team members- Fitsum, Lulseged, Ashraf Status- near final Type of product – synthesis Key Results /messages - Opportunities for market linkages - Opportunities for commercialization at farm level - Targeting interventions - New product/development business - Policy support (areas) Data /Evidence - Four sites value chain reports - Platform reports – all sites - Other project reports –PCA,SLATE, Monitoring reports Lead : Eliud Members of the writing team – Edith, wellington, Ashraf, Kindu, Annet, Mariam Current status – starting (all evidences available), livestock synthesis report (associated inputs), and crop synthesis report (associated inputs) Type of the product: journal article Key messages - Which technology works best where? - Importance of implementing linked technologies along the landscape continuum - Which factors determine the suitability/applicability of the different WH/land management options Data /evidence needed - Case studies of different technologies/landscapes - Experience /expert knowledge - Literatures Lead: Kifle Members of the writeshop team- Kifle, Lulseged, Tilahun, Kindu, Tesfaye Current status: half way Type of products: Journal Articles Key research and results - Quantity the amount of soil loss and map its spatial distributions - Identify and map hotspot areas that require priority management interventions - Develop scenarios to evaluate the potential impacts of site and context specific interventions - Design a ‘tool’ that can be used by local stakeholders Data and evidence - Data on key soil erosion components - User-friendly graphic interface - Model to be used ‘selected’ based on justification Lead : Tesfaye Members- Tilahun, Fitsum, Kindu, Kifle Current status: ‘middle ‘stage but can be ready soon if there are “incentives” Type of product: journal articles Key results: - Relationship between poor soils and poor nutrition - Difference between various Africa RISING woredas’ in terms of wheat grain quality – implications - Effects of various combinations of fertilizers on grain quality and feed quality Key messages: - Location and nutrition interactions - Policy implications Available data: - Fertilizer effects in 120 farmers ,4 districts - Yield / biomass - Nutrition quality (protein ,energy ,amino acid ,Ca Zn) - Farmers perception/assessment Lead : Tilahun Writing member: Mariama, Lulseged, Kindu, Zelalem Status: analyzed data/tables Type of product: Journal articles Key Results: - Socio –economic characteristics of women participating and non – participants - Level of women’s participation in Agricultural research and extension activities - Socio-economic and institutional factors that enhance or hinder women participation Key Messages Data and evidence - Quantitative data – household surveys - Qualitative data- focus group discussions Lead : Annet Writing members – Elias and wellington Status: starting
 * Title: crop diversity and development pathways: do they vary due to access to irrigation?**
 * Title: crop and livestock value chain in Africa RISING project**
 * Title: towards designing landscape –based complementary land and water management options: a framework for out-scaling**
 * Title: operational tool to predict soil erosion and simulate impacts of management options**
 * Title: improving household through bio fortification of farm and landscapes**
 * Title: determinant of women participation in agricultural research and extension in rural Ethiopia**
 * 1) Level of education ,household headship ,farming experience ,household size influence women participation
 * 2) The level of women participation in agriculture research and extension activities is low
 * 3) Women’s workload ,culture ,leadership ,access control of resources ,technological appropriateness explain women’s low level of participation
 * 4) Opportunities exist to enhance women’s participation such as increased access to credit ,land social groups
 * Demographic characteristic
 * Socio –economic factors
 * Types of research and extension activities
 * Institutional factors

Type of outputs: Journal article Key results - Although there were common challenges ,across the sites ,there were also challenges unique to each site - There were challenges that will constrain effective implementation of SI interventions - Local knowledge helped to enhance understanding of temporal and historical genesis of land pressures - Due to seasonality of products and ecological processes occurring ,system boundaries went beyond the administrative boundaries Key Messages: - Characterizing and identifying fine-scale variations in local context is critical to identifying which level of SI is required (ecological ,genetic, or socio-economic) - Socio – economic intensification is critical to remove hindrances to ecological and genetic intensification - Local knowledge is critical in determining why, where and when tree cover loss occurred. currently ,we have no or limited data available at fine-scales - There is need to plan for SI interventions at the bio-geo physical boundaries ,not administrative boundaries Data and evidence: we have 4 local knowledge based produced using AKT5 tool, FGDs household interviews Lead: Anne Members of the writing team: Ashenafi, Ashraf, Elias and Tesfaye Current status: Half way Type of output: Evidence brief Key results: - Faba bean grain yield did not vary significant between the two practices - Faba bean residue biomass yields were significantly higher from faba bean plots grown without forages - The amount of additional forage produced the traditional practice ranged from 1.44 -2.01 - No significant difference in nutrients value of straw between the two practices - Trade off analysis is underway Data /evidence - Forage yield - Grain yield - Straw yield - Nutrient analysis of straw and forage Lead: Aberra Writing team member: Peter, Kindu, Melkamu, Annet Type of product – evidence brief Key results and messages - Farmers understanding of EXW and traditional control measures - How the disease affect enset biodiversity –importance Data and evidence - Focus gropu discussion - Household survey data (SPSS)- 40 HH Lead: Zerihun Yemataw Members of the writing team: Zerihun, Ashenafi, wellington, Kindu Current status: starting Lead: Mariama Members of the writing team: Zelalem, Tilahun Title : Potential of irrigated fodder production and sheep fatten as a source of income for small holders: lessons from lemo and Angacha Key results : Data: Lead: Melkamu writing team members: Peter T. Kindu, Aberra Status: near final =Day Two - Wednesday= The second day focused more of writing. Participants continued working on there outputs. Before the morning tea and coffee break lead authors shared where they are with regard to the status of their outputs in terms of percentage and the status they expect their products will be by the end of Friday. After the coffee and tea break Dr Tilahun Amede gave a short presentation on how to write a readable papers. =Day Three - Thursday= The third day was mainly a writing day with the expectation of the last hour of the day where people shared the status of the output they are working on. Most of the evidence briefs reached 90% and believed to be finalized on the last day. We have found two Journal articles almost finished and some more to be in a good draft form by the end of the writeshop. Siboniso Moyo also came and gave a brief words appreciating the efforts being made by the team as well as the progress she head on the outputs. The day ended with a reception. =Day Four - Friday= The whole morning of the the fourth day which is the last day of the writeshop focused on writing ,polishing and editing. After lunch time Peter Ballantyne facilitated a session on what other outputs we can produce in the six FtF indicators
 * Title: using local knowledge to understand the fine-scale variations in challenges and opportunities for sustainable intensification**
 * Title: Trade off analysis of growing Faba bean with traditional and improved practices at lemo and Basona Africa RISING sites**
 * Title: importance of xanthomonas wilt (EXW) on enset genetic diversity and distribution in Lemo woreda, Hadiya zone, Ethiopia**
 * TITLE: Promising Agricultural pathways to improved nutrition: Policy environment assessment**
 * KEY RESULT AND MESSAGES (woreda and kebele level)**
 * Coordination issue: Lack of community level coordination mechanisms (HEWs and DAs)
 * due to weak coordination of activities among key actors (woreda office of agriculture, office of health and agriculture research center) to address nutrition through agriculture
 * Commitment Issue: The level of commitment by woreda office of agriculture experts to mainstream nutrition into agriculture programming is low (less prioritized)
 * There is lack of nutrition sensitive agriculture advocacy by experts
 * There is little finance to have a nutrition expert and support activities
 * Capacity Issue: Overall key sectors lack technical expertise, knowledge in implementing nutrition sensitive agriculture
 * Training materials relevant for nutrition sensitive agriculture are lacking at the woreda and kebele levels
 * Gender Issue: Gender policies related to nutrition are not integrated into program activities
 * Data Available/need**: secondary data, key informant interviews, focused group discussions site visits
 * the fodder yield ranged from 2.5 -5 tons/ha
 * protein and energy contents of the fodder ranged from 15-20% and 9.3-10.4 MJ/KG DM respectively
 * daily body weight gain of the fattening sheep ranged from 52-110g/day,with significant difference between sites and gender gaps
 * partial budget analysis shows that the fattening business with supplemental fodder is profitable provided there is good market information
 * irrigated fodder yield and chemical composition
 * weekly body weight gain
 * purchase and sales prices
 * feedback from farmers

FtF indicators - what we should do
Every one is asked to write a page or so linking to one or more of FtF indicator. Kindu and Simret has been nominated to coordinate the collection of the outputs. Next Action
 * 1) climate smart agriculture-
 * 2) gender integrations
 * 3) improved niutrion
 * 4) inclusive agriculture sector growth
 * 5) private sector engagement
 * 6) research and capital building

Publishing the briefs
ready for editing - Simret to collect the brief by 12 of August - and to finish off by the end of August

Publishing the articles
there was a discussion on if the outputs should go as a special issues or just published as individual. So it was agreed to go ahead with individual publications taking in to account the right acknowledgment. for the special issues it was agree what the results will be from this season and thinking of a writeshop in January 2016. A team is also formed to have some discussions about the special issues, the scope .Tilahun,Kindu ,Leulseged

Supporting the process
Any one who wants any support can still go to any one whom she/he things should get a support from ,the communication team to get a support. Simret to follow on the process and check with people where they are and also make sure there is an update on the Africa RISING monthly meeting =Evaluation of the writeshop= Before the closure of the writeshop Simret Yasabu Facilitates a short session to do a kind of evaluation about the writeshop. this was done in two ways. the first one was participants were asked to look back at the first day of the writeshop and see if their expectation which they mentioned in groups were met. they were asked to make a start on those which they believed were met. After that there was a short plenary where by participants were asked to give their views on what went well, what should have been done and what should be considered. the points are summarized:

What went well/what was great

 * It brought together the team with different spcialization
 * it was great for lead authors to frame their outputs
 * it strength collaboration
 * good opportunity for the academia to get focus on writing
 * got objective feedback
 * great facilitation
 * the attendance for the final day was a s the same as the first day which is great

What should be improved

 * when participants comes it will be good if the status of their outputs are more or less at a similar status /levels
 * it would have been good to ask people to prepare a 5 minutes power point presentation at the beginning of the writeshop

What should be considered
=Closing remarks= Kindu Mekonnen then gave a brief concluding remark. He appreciated the team interest and dedication of their time to sit and write. These outputs will be a great outputs to share for the external evaluation team. He Thanked Peter Ballantyne for the great facilitation and also helping the team to shape up the process. He also thanked Simret Yasabu for her unreserved effort to make this happen and finally every one for being part of the writeshop.  Adie coordinates the data collection || Kindu Mekonnen, Melkamu Bezabih, Girma Kassie, Sied Kamal, Alan Duncan, Annet Mulema || Evidence Brief but later it may develop to journal article || flat toc ||  **Adding Value in a Changing World: The need to mechanize small scale processing of faba bean**
 * it may be good to have one umbrella as a frame where different outputs fit in . For example to have Sustainable intensification as an umbrella and asking people to write under this
 * it may also be good to organized writeshop in thematic areas e.g bring Gender people to write a product
 * Title of product || Production lead (one person only) || Contributors (people who will help with writing) || Type of outputs (journal article/evidence brief; in some cases possibly a report) ||
 * Trade-off analysis of growing faba bean with forages and without forages || Basically Peter Thorne, and Aberra
 * Dual purpose legumes for ruminant nutrition ||  ||   ||   ||
 * i. Determinants of utilization of pulse and cereals straws in the mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopia Highlands || Ashraf Alkhatib (on behalf of J. Wamatu) || Ashraf Alkhatib || Journal article (draft is ready) ||
 * ii. Varietal variations in food-feed traits in faba bean from the Ethiopia Highlands || Ashraf Alkhatib (on behalf of J. Wamatu) || Ashraf Alkhatib || Journal article (draft is ready) ||
 * iii. Evaluating the nutritive value and dry matter intake of straws from Ethiopian faba bean varieties || Ashraf Alkhatib (on behalf of J. Wamatu) || Teklu Wegi, Ashraf Alkhatib || Journal article (draft is ready) ||
 * iv. Effect of feeding faba bean straw from different varieties on fattening performance and carcass characteristics of Ethiopian rams || Ashraf Alkhatib (on behalf of J. Wamatu) || Teklu Wegi, Ashraf Alkhatib || Journal article (draft is ready) ||
 * v. Optimizing near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to predict nutritional quality in chickpea haulms for livestock feed || Ashraf Alkhatib (on behalf of J. Wamatu) || Tena Alemu, Ashraf Alkhatib || Journal article (draft is ready) ||
 * Farmer's perceptions of sustainability ||  || Tilahun Amede ||   ||
 * Perceptions of Sustainability and implication for Sustainable Intensification in Ethiopia Social Analysis of Irrigation Potential in Ethiopia || Valentine Gandhi || Peter Thorne || Possibly Critical Sociology Journal ||
 * The role of local knowledge for assessing sustainable intensification options in tree-crop-livestock mixed farming systems in the Ethiopian Highlands || Anne Kuria || Martha Cronin, Genevieve Lamond, Tim Pagella, Kiros Hadgu, Fergus Sinclair and Aster Gebrekirstos || journal article/ synthesis report ||
 * Exploiting Indigenous Knowledge for the Management and Conservation of Enset (Ensete ventricosum(Welw.) Cheesman) Biodiversity On-farm in Lemo Woreda, Hadiya zone, Ethiopia || Zerihun Yemataw || Jogo Wellington, Ashenafi Mekonen, Kindu Mekonen, || Journal Article ||
 * Importance of Xanthomonas wilt (EXW) on Enset genetic diversity and Distribution in Lemo Woreda, Hadiya zone, Ethiopia || Zerihun Yemataw || Jogo Wellington, Ashenafi Mekonen, Kindu Mekonen, || Journal Article ||
 * Crop and livestock value chains in the Ethiopian Africa RISING Project || Eliud Birachi || Wellington Jogo, Dirk Hoekstra, Edith Wairimu, any of the site coordinators that can be available, and sultan (student) || Evidence briefs ||
 * Targeting agricultural inputs to system niches in the Ethiopian highlands ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Participatory research Approach and technology diffusion(scaling) in Africa RISING Site ||  ||   ||   ||
 * An adaptive landscape planning and management tool to tackle soil erosion and downstream sedimentation || Lulseged Tamene || Tesfaye Yaekob+Soil Erosion and SLM protocl members+Zenebe Adimassu ||  ||
 * Discharge and sediment analysis across different land use/cover types, management practices and scales || Tesfaye Yaekob || Lulseged Tamene+Soil Erosion and SLM protocol members+Tesfaye Yaekob+Zenebe Adimassu || Draft towards journal article ||
 * Towards designing landscape-based complementary land and water Management options: a framework for out-scaling || Kifle Woldearegay || Lulseged Tamene and "Land and Water Management" protocol members+Tesfaye Yaekob and Zenebe Adimassue || Draft towards journal article ||
 * Integration of Chamaecytisus palmensis (tree lucerne) in the crop-livestock system for multiple products and services || Kindu Mekonnen || Wellington Jogo, Melkamu Deresh, Peter Thorne and Annet Mulema || Journal article ||
 * Factors enhancing or hindering women farmer participation in agricultural research and extension activities || Annet Abenakyo Mulema || Elias Damtew and Wellington Jogo || Journal article ||
 * Crop diversity and livelihood pathways: Do they vary due to access to irrigation? || Fitsum Hagos || Temperate fruit protocol team members || Draft to journal article ||
 * Piloting supplemental irrigated fodder production and sheep fattening as a source of income for smallholders in southern Ethiopian ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Most significant change approach; and significant stories ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Farmers Research Groups(FRGs) in Africa RISING ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Formative food and nutrition security assesment report (Qualitative) || Mariama Fofanah and Zelalem Lema || Sinana and Basona Worena research team members ,Tilahun Amede || Assesment Report ||
 * SLATE write up and synthesis ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Integrate soil fertility management in the Ethiopian highlands || Tilahun Amede || Lulseged Desta || Journal articletoc