Overview of the Chewaka Cluster and Danno Partnership: The scope, progresses and way forward N2Africa Partnership Meeting 15 September, 2015 Beshale Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tekalgn and Kifle, IFDC-2SCALE and BARC

 Partnership objectives  The scope of the partnership  Progresses  The way forward Outline

Pillars/strategic objectives of the partnership  Nurturing long-term sustainability of  Knowledge transfer  Technology dissemination-> Adoption  Efficient input supply chains  Market linkages

The Scope: Key partners and role mapping  Evidence generation  M&E, communication  Technical support  Develop extension materials  communicate with other VC partners Facilitate for Soybean seed and inputs Trainings on contractual farming & out grower Support technology dissemination and market linkage  Facilitate bean seed and inputs  Trainings on contractual farmers and out growers  Support technology dissemination and market linkage

The Scope: Beneficiary farmers Targeting Hunde Chewaka, W/Tuka, G/Sayo, B/Tibe, Ilugelan and Danno MfM sites Focus legume: Soybean and common bean Total direct beneficiaries 1366 farmers

 Key Achievements : in terms of the four pillars  Capacity Development  Dissemination  Input Supply  Market linkages  Major challenges and way forward Partnership Progresses

Capacity Development  Trainings conducted to farmers, development agents and experts on legume agronomy, inoculation, improved extension approaches, etc by BARC and Menagesha at all sites with the responsible of all sites for 677 beneficiaries Partnership Progresses B/TibeDanno MfMIlugelanG/Sayo (DAs) Hunde Chewaka (DAs &Experts) MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale

Capacity Development cont…. Utilization BF-Menagesha TOT DAs %Model farmers Farmers

Partnership Progresses…cont’d Dissemination  Technology dissemination: 23 demonstration and 1343 adaptation trails B/TibeIlugelanDanno MfMG/SayoW/TukaHunde Chewaka Demo s Adap tation Demo s Adap tation Demo s Adap tation Demo s Adap tation Demo s Adap tation Demo s Adap tation

Partnership Progresses…cont’d Input Supply  Inputs distributed BARC and partnership: seed, inoculant and fertilizer (in line with demonstration and adaptation trails)  Common bean : Nasir, Dendesu and Tibe varieties  Soybean: Didesa, Ketta and Ethio varieties  Bio-fertilizer: 1864 packets  22 FTC distributed inputs ( to demonstrate by DAs)

Input Supply cont…

Partnership Progresses…cont’d Market linkages  Identification of legume market challenges and opportunities (soybean) at Chewaka  Facilitate linkage with Guts Agro-Industry

Technology Evaluation  Common bean on 6 stations except Hunde Chewaka  325 farmers and 24 DAs were participated on common bean technology evaluation with different criteria's  About 35% of farmers were female.

Technology Evaluation cont…

Intercropping maize with climbing haricot bean

Soya farm MfM

Future plan Soybean evaluation Adaptation field day Training on production and utilization Training on Business Assessment on legume business opportunities at each cluster Conducted survey on demos, adaptation Demonstrate soybean wet grinder

Major challenges  Untimely budget released  Soybean market problem  Series disease problem (Legume rust at Cheweka)  Absence of farmer union at Danno MfM  Coordination problems

Way forward  Budget will be released on time  More awareness creation with innovation plat form system and focused on soybean value chain  Focus on soybean disease  At Danno focus on group producer farmers  Focus on integration with all partners