Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)

Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)

Research Planning Workshop

March 26-28, 2013, ILRI-Ethiopia

Workshop Program

Timing / Session / Responsible
Day 1: Tuesday 26 March 2013
08:30-9:00 / Registration / LIVES Staff
09:00-9:10 / Welcome speech / Dr. Iain Wright, ILRI
09:10-9:20 / Workshop opening speech / Dr. Solomon Assefa, EIAR
09:20-9:30 / Introduction of workshop objectives and agenda / EwenLeBorgne, ILRI/LIVES
09:30-9:50 / Introduction of participants / Participants
Session 1: The LIVES Project and research framework
09:50-10:10 / Introduction of the LIVES project / Dr. Azage Tegegne, ILRI/LIVES
10:10-10:20 / The LIVES research framework / Dr. Berhanu Gebremedhin, ILRI/LIVES
10:20-10:40 / Discussion / Participants
10:40- 11:10 1:00 / Coffee break / Organizers
Session 2: LIVES livestock interventions and research areas
11:10:11:30 / Summary of potential livestock intervention in LIVES / Dirk Hoekstra, ILRI/LIVES
11:30-11:50 / Potential LIVES research areas in livestock / Dr. Azage Tegegne, ILRI/LIVES
11:50-12:30 / Discussion / Participants
12:30-13:30 / Lunch / Organizers
Session 3: LIVES Irrigated agriculture interventions and research areas
13:30-13:20 / Summary of irrigated crops interventions in LIVES / Philippe Lemperiere, IWMI/LIVES
13:20-13:40 / Potential LIVES research areas in irrigated agriculture / Philippe Lemperiere, IWMI/LIVES
13:40-15:20 / Discussion / Participants
15:20-15:50 / Coffee break / Organizers
Session 4: Expectations of other programs and Gender
15:50-16:10 / Expectation and synergies with livestock and Fish research program / Dr. Barbra Rischkowsky, ICARDA
16:10-16:30 / Expectation and synergies with ILRI ASSP Addis-Goat and Chicken projects / Dr. Tadelle Dessie, ILRI
16:30-16:50 / Engendering research in LIVES value chain development interventions / Drs. Ephrem Tesema & Kathleen Colverson, ILRI
16:50-17:30 / Discussion / Participants
17:30-19:00 / Reception / Organizers
Timing / Session / Responsible
Day 2: Wednesday 27 March 2013
Session 5: Group Work
9:00-9:10 / Introduction to group work and group formation / Dr. Berhanu Gebremedhin
9:10-10:30 / Group Work / Participants
10:30-11:00 / Coffee break / Organizers
11:00-12:30 / Group work continues / Participants
12:30-13:30 :00 / Lunch break / Organizers
13:30-15:00 / Group work continues / Participants
15:00-16:00 / Livestock Live Talk Seminar: Agricultural Research for Crop and Livestock Value Chain Development: The ‘IPMS’ Experience / Dirk, Azage & Berhanu
16:00-17:30 / Group work continues / Participants
Day 3: Thursday 28 March 2013
Session 6: Group presentations and discussions
9:00-10:30 / Group Presentation and discussion (Dairy, ruminant meat, Poultry) / Groups
10:30-11:00 / Coffee break / Organizers
11:00-12:30 / Group presentation and discussion (apiculture, Irrigated agriculture, Extension) / Groups
12:30-13:30 / Lunch / Organizers
Session 7: Panel discussion on cross cutting issues and the way forward
13:30-14:10 / Working on integrated manner on cross-cutting issues – Gender and Environment / Panelists
14:10-14:50 / Crop-livestock integration in LIVES / Panelists
14:50–15:20 / Coffee break / Organizers
15:20-16:00 / Aligning with other research programs / Panelists
16:00-16:40 / Complementarity with other development programs / Panelists
16:40-17:00 / The way Forward / Dr. Berhanu Gebremedhin
17:00–17:30 / Closing and vote of thanks / Dr. Azage Tegegne