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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
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 knowledges, products, policies, and services would reach every livestock utilitarian in an easy, interactive, and timely manner.
The forum helps:
- Avoid duplications 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
Goals/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 eLearning modules will be organized
Help as a free and important livestock development and promotion forum.
Objectives
- Develop viable linkages between academia, research, development practitioners, policymakers, extension, farmers, and private/public business actors through an online platform for knowledge generation and exchange.
- Compile and share knowledge materials as electronic and audio-visual communication materials focusing on livestock production, animal feeds, and related subjects as part of an electronic depository.
- Advocate for and promote the newly created platform to strengthen livestock-systems-related knowledge generation and dissemination.
- Support the development of young professionals through short-term capacity development
activities.
Approach
The Hawassa University will establish and launch the electronic platform on its website. ICT experts will codevelop guiding principles for the platform’s creation and moderation and for identifying, storing and
disseminating knowledge materials. Project partners from the four major regional states will assign experts to
identify gaps in knowledge materials. Materials will be uploaded on the platform and promoted through social
media and awareness-raising. E-learning modules about livestock production and animal feeds will be
developed, and online training will be offered on the platform. Workshops with key stakeholders will be
conducted throughout the project.
Teams
Dr. Sintayehu Yigrem Mersha
Hawassa University
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ajebu Nurfeta
Hawassa University
Co-Principal Investigators
Collaborators
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