Event

=About the Workshop=


 * Objective**

To share IPMS Project experiences, achievements, lessons learned, and good practices on participatory commodity value chain development


 * Overview**

Improving Productivity & Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers (IPMS) is a 5-year project implemented by International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). The project is funded by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

The goal of the IPMS project is to contribute to improved agricultural productivity and production through market-oriented agricultural development, as a means for achieving improved and sustainable livelihoods for the rural population. The medium term purpose is to strengthen the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to transform agricultural productivity, production, and rural development to be more market-oriented.

Since 2005, the IPMS Project working with partners has facilitated numerous interventions in participatory market-oriented development. There is now a significant volume of lessons and experiences that will be of relevance to the wider research and development community. These lessons & experiences may also be of importance and timely for the scaling out and scaling up envisaged in the Growth and Transformation Plan.

The workshop will focus on value chain interventions and the methods, approaches, and processes the project has tested to bring about effective commodity development. Exhibition-type displays will showcase interventions on specific commodity value chains. Cross-cutting issues such as knowledge management, capacity development, gender, HIV/AIDS and the environment will also be explored.


 * Expected Workshop Outputs**

The expected output of the workshop is to have a methodical reflection on IPMS project experiences and provide visibility to promising interventions that may be relevant to consider in the planning and implementation of the Growth and Transformation Plan of the Government of Ethiopia.


 * Participants**

Project partners from Woredas, Zones, Regions, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, credit institutes, private sector, and higher learning institutes; Ethiopian-based research and development programs involved in value chain development; and International research organizations are the audiences invited to the workshop.