1. System focus  Rainfed highland with supplemental irrigation  Crops, feeds/forages, trees (forage, fruits) to define against outcome from targeting group

2. Farming systems research  Need assessment (targeting), modeling and scenarios including potentials, markets, gender…. To refine biophysics  Contrasting situations including drought, waterlogging and intervals, soils acidity, soil fertility (not having discussed markets etc.)  Entry: yield gaps for crops, trees, feed/forages and livestock and linking to breeding and selection  Plant options (gene mining), biophysical management, agronomy  Environmental assessment (GHG, water, soils, N-fixation  Post harvest

3. Up stream research Forage breeding (to link with NARS as long term strategy); more short term selection Options for waterlogging (for the time there are few e.g. Tef, Sesbania) Defining feed supply demand Pest/diseases vs climate change Gene mining

4. Presently involved and who should be involved – Ethiopia (to be amplified)  Breeding: EIAR, RARIS  NRM: EIAR, RARIS, Government programs, SLM (GIZ, ICRAF)  Irrigation: Lives, new project, SIMILESA  Systems: Africa Rising, N2Africa (IITA)  Pest/Disease vs climate: Rust Initiative (CIMMYT, ICARDA), Push-Pull (ICIPE)  Post Harvest: CIMMYT  Identify gaps for new partners  Link with development partners  Link to key government policies and initiatives  Feed seeds project, ATA, trees?

5. Short term vs Long term For short term wins connect with on-going initiatives and see where we can add value (site selection for proof of concept – combining easy wins with stressed (biohysics, institutional, markets) environments Keeping the long term focus Link with Ethiopia priorities

6. Other issues  Capacity building (needs assessment, including specific activities)  Scaling  Communications  Seed systems