ILRI-N2Africa Partners Meetings May2015

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ILRI-N2Africa Partners Meetings May 2015 Bahar Dar, Addis Ababa, Hawassa


Consecutive ILRI-N2Africa partners meetings were held in different regions of the country in May 2015. The partners were categorized in to four, namely: North, Oromia, South and EIAR-based partners. The engagement of public, private and development partners working on legume value chains are crucial for which N2Africa has designed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models. On the meetings the PPP models, implementation approaches, 2015 work plans and potential way forwards were intensively discussed. The participants comprised from various disciplines and institution leaderships.

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Meeting 1: North Partners

Location: Bahir Dar, ARARI HQ Date: Saturday, 02 May 2015 Institutions participated:

  • Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI-Adet & Gondar)
  • SNV-C4C
  • Tsehay Farmers’ Cooperative Union
  • Yimer Private Seed Grower Plc.

Participants: 1 female + 15 male = 16 participants Picture1-North Parners Meeting May2015.jpg

Meeting 2: Oromia Partners

Location: Addis Ababa, ILRI Campus, Konso Hall Date: Friday, 08 May 2015 Institutions Participated: OARI, IFDC-2SCALE, BaleGreen, MBI,

  • Balegreen Spice & Grain Development Plc. IFDC-2SCALE
  • Becho-Weliso Farmers’ Cooperative Union
  • Menagesha Biotech Industry (MBI)
  • Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI)

Participants: 0 female + 15 male = 15 participants Picture2-Oromia Parners Meeting May2015.jpg

Meeting 3: South Partners

Location: Hawassa, HWU Bld 131 Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2015 Institutions participated:

  • Participants: 0 female + 10 male = 10 participantsHawassa University
  • Sidama-Elto Farmers’ Cooperative Union

Picture3-South Parners Meeting May2015.jpg

Meeting 4: EIAR-based Partners

Location: Addis Ababa, ILRI Campus, Konso Hall Date: Thursday, 14 May 2015 Institutions participated: EIAR,

  • Becho-Weliso Farmers’ Cooperatives Union
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR-Debrezeit, Holeta, Jimma, Melkassa, Pawe)

Participants: 1 female + 15 male = 16 participants Picture4-EIAR-based Parners Meeting May2015.jpg