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'''<span style="color: #32730b; font-size: 150%;">AGRA-SSTP, ILRI-N2Africa and MBI Scaling Chickpea Technologies Project Launch and Planning Workshop</span>'''
'''<span style="font-size: 120%;">15 April, 2015</span>'''
'''<span style="font-size: 120%;">ILRI Campus, </span>''''''<span style="font-size: 120%;">Addis Ababa, Ethiopia</span>'''
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=Introduction to the Workshop= 

<span style="line-height: 1.5;">The USAID’s and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’s (AGRA) Scaling Seeds and Technologies Partnership (SSTP) in Africa intended to accelerate smallholder farmers’ access to transformative agricultural technologies. It is working in six African countries including Ethiopia that have joined the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition to strengthen the seed sectors and promote the commercialization, distribution and adoption of quality seeds of superior varieties and complementary technologies including blended fertilizers and rhizobium inoculation.</span>

ILRI’s N2Africa project, which is a large scale, science-based “research-in-development” project is focused on putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers growing legume crops in Africa, with a vision of success of building sustainable, long-term partnerships with public, private and other legume value chain projects. One such partnership is with Menagesha Biotech Industry Plc. (MBI) for producing and supplying bio-fertilizers, Balegreen and Tsehay Union for multiplication and supply of improved chickpea seeds and the public research and extensions organizations for the implementation of an AGRA-SSTP supported “Scaling Chickpea Technologies for Increased Production and Productivity of Smallholder Farmers in Major Chickpea Producing Areas of Ethiopia” project.


<span style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5;">'''Objectives of the Workshop'''</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Introduce the project with key emphasis on to the objectives, deliverables and the implementing partners.</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Gain insight into challenges in inoculant and chickpea seed production, distribution and marketing</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Share roles and responsibilities</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Discuss the data tools and partner reporting template</span>

=Expected Outputs= 
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Better understanding of the project, and thus partners will strive towards the success of the project.</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Implementation approach discussed and agreed up on</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Partners agreed on their roles and responsibilities.</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Project activities for 2015 will be planned, taking into consideration key deliverables</span>

=Program= 
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||||||| Arrival date of participants: Tuesday 14 April 2015 at Solote Hotel 
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||||| '''Wednesday, 15 April 2015''' ||   
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| '''Time''' || '''Programme''' || '''Presenter/Facilitator''' || '''Rapporteur''' 
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| 08:30 || Arrival and Registration || ILRI-N2Africa/MBI staffs ||   
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| 09:00 || Welcome || Endalkachew || Birhan 
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| 09:00-09:05 || Opening Speech || Federal MoA, representing the “Advisory and Training Services Directorate Director” ||^   
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| 09:05-09:40 || Program & participants introductions, Overview of ILRI-N2Africa Project ([[EWM_N2A & SCT Project Overviews_ SCTLPW| Presentation]]) || Endalkachew ||^   
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| 09:40-10:20 || Scaling Chickpea Technologies Project: Overview of Project Objectives, Deliverables and Partners ([[:File:TA_SCT Project Overviews Objectives Deliverables  Partners _ SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.pptx| Presentation]]) || Tamiru ||^   
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| 10:20-10:50 || Coffee and [[:File:Group photo__ SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.jpg| Group Photo]] ||   ||   
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| 10:50 -11:05 || MBI- Inoculant Production, Distribution and Marketing Challenges ([[:File:DWM_MBI-Inoculant Production Distribution  Marketing Challenges _ SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.pptx| Presentation]]) || Dejene/Asfaw || Tamiru 
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| 11:05-11:20 || Balegreen/Tsehay Union-Chickpea Seed Production, Distribution and Marketing Challenges ([[:File:MB_Balegreen-Challenges of chickpea marketing _SCTLPW_15Apr2015.pptx| Presentation]]) || Million/Endalkachew Abie ||^   
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| 11:25-12:30 || Discussion on the project components and the input supply challenges || Endalkachew/Dejene ||^   
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| 12:30-01:30 || Lunch ||   ||   
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| 01:30-01:50 || Outlines of Project Activity Planning/Data tools: Discussions on Implementation approaches ([[EWM_Outlines of Project Implementation & Activity Planning_ SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015| Presentation 1]]) ([[:File:BA_Data Requirements  Data Tools _ SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.pptx| Presentation 2]]) || Endalkachew/Birhan || Asnake 
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| 01:50-02:50 || Participants Team into 3 Groups: Each group composed of NARS, BoA, NGOs, & Unions || Group chaired by group leader & rapporteur ||^   
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| 02:50-03:35 || Group presentations || Group leaders ||^   
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| 03:45-04:00 || Coffee ||   ||^   
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| 04:00-04:10 || Technical and financial reporting || Mignot ||^   
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| 04:10-04:30 || General Discussion (Minutes) || Endalkachew/ Dejene/ Asfaw/Tamiru ||^   
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| 04:30-04:35 || Closing and End of Workshop ||   ||   
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=Workshop Materials= 
* [[:File:Project Descriptions Objectives  targets_Scaling Chickpea Technologies Project _ Apr2015.docx| Scaling Chickpea Technologies ]]span styleline-height: 1.5[[:File:Project Descriptions Objectives  targets_Scaling Chickpea Technologies Project _ Apr2015.docx| Project Descriptions]]</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[:File:Planning Template_ AGRA-SSTP ILRI-N2Africa -MBI Scaling Chickpea Technologies Project Launch and Planning Workshop_15Apr2015.xlsx| Template for Activity Planning]]</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[:File:Program_ AGRA-SSTP ILRI-N2Africa -MBI Scaling Chickpea Technologies Project Launch and Planning Workshop_15Apr2015.docx| Program]]</span>
=Workshop Pictures= 
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">For more pictures,click [[:File:Selected Pictures_SCTPLPW_ 15Apr2015.zip| here]].</span>
[[File:Group photo__ SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.jpg|800x378px|left|Partial]]

[[File:Picture1 _SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.jpg|800x300px|Opening]]

[[File:Picture2 _SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.jpg|403x303px|Group]] [[File:Picture3 _SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.jpg|403px]]

[[File:Picture4 _SCTLPW_ 15Apr2015.jpg|821x519px|Input]]

=Participants= 
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[:File:Participants List_ AGRA-SSTP ILRI-N2Africa -MBI Scaling Chickpea Technologies Project Launch and Planning Workshop_15Apr2015.xlsx| List of Participants]]</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Participated Institutions</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">ACDI-AMDe</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA-SSTP)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Balegreen Spice & Grain Development Plc</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Bureau of Agricultures (Ada’a, Gimbichu, Becho, Dembia, Enemay, Gonder-Zuria, Ginir,</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Farmers’ Cooperative Unions (Becho-Weliso, Erer, Ghion)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Hawassa University (HWU)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">ILRI</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Menagesha Biotechnology Industry Plc.(MBI)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">National Soil Testing Center (NSTC)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI)</span>
''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">SNV-C4C</span>