The CGIAR Initiative in Ethiopia has been launched on 29-30 March 2023 at ILRI Addis Ababa Campus with the presence of representatives from Ministry of Agriculture, National and Regional Agricultural Research Institutes, Ethiopian Universities and both international and national development partners.
The CGIAR in Ethiopia includes 11 international research centers hosted by International Livestock Research Institute. The CGIAR has transitioned to a CGIAR integrated approach for its efforts at country, regional and global level to enhance synergies across our efforts with our national and regional partners, and other development partners towards greater impacts across food, land and water in the climate crisis we face.
The main goal is to attain greater internal CGIAR coordination and alignment of the research portfolio across ONE CGIAR initiatives and bilateral to contribute to country impacts.
All the CG centers presented their bi-lateral research and CGIAR initiatives displayed on posters which are grouped into Five based on their impacts and benefits:
- Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
- Nutrition, health & food security
- Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
- Climate adaptation & mitigation
- Environment health & biodiversity
The objectives are:
- To reflect on how CGIAR can leverage existing and planned activities to contribute to Ethiopia's food systems transformation efforts and how this relates to the Africa Continental efforts.
- To reflect on how Ethiopia's experience could influence the work of the High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP/IFPRI) has contributed its part by preparing and displaying posters to show the impact of its bilateral research and the CGIAR Initiative, National Policy Studies (NPS) Initiative.
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse of ESSP participated in the share fair managing the 'Poverty Reduction, Livelihoods and Jobs' impact area. He was also a panelist on both days Panel Discussion on:
- Reflection on the share fair: Potential synergies and gaps. Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse (IFPRI/ESSP), Mulugeta Teamir (MoA), Dawit Alemayehu (EPHI), Diriba Geleti (EIAR), and Mulualem Abera (Ethiopian Metrology Institute). 29 March 2023.
- Food systems transformation for Ethiopia, the approach is taken and relevance to country, Africa continental and global perspectives. Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse (IFPRI/ESSP), Mandefro Nigussie (ATI), Godfrey Bahiigwa (AU), Diriba Geleti (EIAR), Patrick Webb (Tufts University). 30 March 2023.
