E-Forum for Ethiopian Livestock Professionals and Stakeholders

​Why this Forum?

Ethiopia has many institutions that focus on agricultural education, research and extension. Communications and exchange of knowledge among Ethiopian livestock actors, including research, agriculture and training institutes (ATIs), extension, policy, and development actors need to be strengthened. The livestock sector needs effective, coordinated, and systematic efforts to strengthening communications, exchange, and co-creation of knowledge. New knowledge, products, policies, and services would reach every livestock utilitarian in an easy, interactive, and timely manner.

This platform helps:

 Avoid duplication of efforts by professionals and institutions. This applies not only to research but also to livestock development interventions, services and product provisions.

 Help to translate and disseminate scientific publications (local or international journals) into other forms of communication products for end-users 

 Helps to facilitate promotions of facilities, services or knowledge products from research, education and extension systems to get easily available.

 Above all, the platform will be used as an important free forum to discuss current issues and challenges of the sector and find systemic solutions. This help to compliment the vital roles of professional associations


Objectives

 To accelerate communication and exchange of knowledge between the academia, research, extension, development, and livestock-related private sector.

​Pool together available knowledge materials (publications, technical reports, brochures, pamphlets, extension materials, etc.) currently available on the livestock and training materials available in electronic, and audio-visual forms, and store them on one platform.

 Organize workshops that able to acquaint, advocate, and promote the platform and the sector. Several e-Learning modules will be organized

 Serve as a free and important livestock development and promotion forum.

 

Collaborators

 Initiated by Hawassa University, the forum is established in collaboration with partners from universities, research organizations and Development partners

Our Partners

This work was funded in whole or part by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security under Agreement # AID-OAA-L-15-00003 as part of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems. Additional funding was received from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation OPP#060115.  Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here are those of the authors alone.