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High-level consultative meeting held on sesame sub sector strategic challenges at Bahir Dar
Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) in collaboration with Benefit-SBN organised a high-level consultative meeting on the major challenges facing the sesame sub-agricultural sector on the 30th of December 2019 at Bahir Dar. In attendance were over 35 officials including HE Mr. Melaku Alebel, Head of the Amhara Region Industry and Investment Bureau with the rank…
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Issue Briefs
We made efforts to produce issue briefs, experience papers and lessons learned documents. The table below shows the overview of the issue brief produced. Below the table you will find the links to the issue briefs. The issue briefs provide backgrounds on the major challenges of the sesame sector, experiences on the works done thus…
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Tigray regional level stakeholders discuss on the strategic challenges of the sesame sub-sector
Tigray Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) in collaboration with Benefit-SBN organised a thematic meeting for Tigray regional level sesame sub-sector stakeholders on the 14th of December 2019 at Wukro, Tigray region. In attendance were regional level bureau heads/directors, deputies, consultants of the regional government, financial institutions etc. Participants discussed on the major challenges, in particular, seed…
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Production Guides
Benefit-SBN has produced attractive production guides for sesame, soya bean, mung bean bean and cotton. It also produced field guides for sesame pest, disease and weed controlling. The field guides target mainly farmers but they can also be used by development agents and agricultural professionals. Below are the links to access these field guides.
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Lessons Learned and Experience Papers
Benefit-SBN has produced lessons learned documents on strategic issues. The documents highlighted background on the issues, achievements, lessons learned- what worked well and what did not and recommendations. Lessons Learned Documents
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140 individuals trained on home gardening
At the end of October and beginning of November 2019, about 140 including family heads, members of their family and development agents from East Belesa and Mirab Armachiho Woredas were trained on home gardening The training sessions were organized by Benefit-SBN in collaboration with GARC, East Belesa and Mirab Armachiho Woreda Offices of Agriculture. The…
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SBN NEWSLETTER 22
In the 22 issue of the SBN Newsletter you will read about CDI-WUR manager visit in the northwest Ethiopia; the oil-seed sector paradoxes in Ethiopia; couple who gets benefit from home gardening; gender disparities in the SBN; farmers field day, pest and disease management training and others.
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Field days organized at Kafta Humera woreda
Humera Agricultural Research Center (HuARC) and Kafta Humera Woreda Office of Agriculture in collaboration with Benefit-SBN organized farmers field day for nearly 290 individuals, on the 21st and 23rd of September 2019. The participants included agricultural experts, development agents, researchers, large and smallholder farmers, representatives from cooperative promotion offices, administrations, women and youth affairs office…
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Farmers evaluate sesame and soya bean varieties
On the 19th of September 2019, Metema Woreda Office of Agriculture (WoA) in collaboration with Gondar Agricultural Research Center (GARC) and Benefit-SBN organized field days at Kokit and Kumer Aftet Kebeles for more than 200 farmers from Kokit and Kumer Aftit kebeles. The field days are components of the Crowd Sourcing (CS) and Participatory Variety…
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Regional level field day held at Central and Mirab Gondar zones
On the 17th of September 2019, the Agriculture Offices of Tach Armachiho, Tegede and Mirab Armachiho Woredas in collaboration with Gondar Agricultural Research Center (GARC), ATA and Benefit-SBN organized a one-day field day for more than 300 individuals convened from regional, zone, woreda and kebele level stakeholders. In attendance were administrators, researchers, agricultural expert, heads…
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