Ethiopia Methodologies for LSC optimisation
Disclaimer: This is a prototype of a LSC-IS hub for Ethiopia that will be hosted by Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR). This may not represent the final version as this depends on the design by EIAR. The goal of this prototype is to test the proposed functionalities and to obtain feedback.
This page provides a listing of resources on LSC optimization
EIAR
EIAR aims to encourage, streamline, coordinate, and regulate crop, livestock, genetic resources, and biotechnology research in Ethiopia.
FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO provides educational materials:
- The international Code of Conduct for the sustainable use and management of fertilizers provides guidance on fertilization
- The PIP approach is an inclusive bottom-up approach that engages people in environmental stewardship and sustainable change.
Relevant PIP video’s:
- Gallery
- Empowering communities through the PIP approach: impact of the MWARES project
- PIP Approach in Burundi: PAPAB / WEnR (Alterra)
WOCAT
WOCAT is a global network on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) that promotes the documentation, sharing and use of knowledge to support adaptation, innovation and decision-making in SLM.
- The Global SLM Database contains over 1500 SLM practices from all over the world.
ISRIC
ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent foundation with a mission to serve the international community as a custodian of global soil information.
- The ISRIC resource library contains a number of training materials and tools to improve data sharing in the Soil and SLM domain
MetaMeta
MetaMeta is a social enterprise based in the Netherlands, deeply engaged in water and natural resources management. They provide a set of training materials, free apon registration.
Landportal
The Land Portal Foundation creates, curates and disseminates land governance information by fostering an inclusive and accessible data landscape.
- The foundation has published a number of state of land information reports and impact stories.
- landvoc.org is a universal vocabulary for land related terms, maintained by landportal as part of FAO Agrovoc.
DigiFarm
Increase an enabling environment for the farmers production goals
Shamba Shape-up
Advice on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) by The Mediae Company
- More then 100 episodes of farming advice television and leaflets
- iShamba A free SMS service with agronomy Q&A
One Acre Fund
The One Acre Fund empowers farmers for sustainable agricultural production
- Various reports and datasets from regional studies and interventions are available at the [Insights and data library](https://oneacrefund.org/our-impact/how-we-measure-impact/impact-studies]
- Agronomic Survey data (2016-2022) in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Malawi, Zambia.
Satelligence
Combine local knowledge, field trips, AI-powered predictive modelling and remote sensing to monitor what’s happening on the ground.
e Farmers Hub
Link farmer to market advisory, inputs access and mechanization, powered by Syngenta Foundation
Plant Village Nuru
Help farmers diagnose crop diseases by Penn State University
AgriBORA
Improve farmers resilience to agricultural risks
Tahmo
Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (Tahmo) in Nairobi aims to develop a vast network of weather stations across Africa. Current and historic weather data is important for agricultural, climate monitoring, and many hydro-meteorological applications. Originates from the H2020 research project Twiga.
Farm to Market Alliance
FtMA is an Alliance of six agri-focused organizations (agra, bayer, yara, syngenta, rabobank, wfp). It’s aim is to Empower farmers for increased farm productivity, market access, networking and digitization of services, hosted by the Cereal Growers Association.
The Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE)
Agro-ecological production & market linkages for Poultry and Sweet potato value chains by Syngenta Foundation and Sustainable Agroecosystems Group.
Climate information provision by the meteorological department
Provision of climate information for prediction making
AgroCARES
Provide timely location specific advice on soil nutrient management throughout the crops growth
eLeaf
Provide satellite-based data layers at scale relevant for water management, climate analysis and agriculture. Contributed to the WAPOR database hosted by FAO.
agriGetter
De-risks agricultural challenges due to climate change. Localized solutions to enable different value chain players to understand the risks involved in different phases of farming enterprise. Offer tailored solutions based on remote and field accessed data
RATIN
Make the grain sub-sector more transparent in terms of supply and demand
iCow
Support farmers with livestock and crop production by connecting them to input providers
UjuziKilimo
Complete soil & agronomic data pool that is both field specific and highly accurate - to support farm level decision making processes.
LandPKS
Allows users to make decisions on land suitability for crop production, the soil types and soil erosion risks, and supports decision making on sustainable land management practices.
mTela
Aims to help small agro dealers/retailers for agro inputs to run the shop more efficient by allowing them to manage their sales, prices and stocks 100% on the phone
KAOP
Provide agro-advisories to all the farmers during a crop (most cereals and pulses) growing season
CABI Plantwise
Practical plant health and pest control information
Are you aware of additional materials on SLM approaches, you are invited to add them below.
