Ethiopia Population : 109.22 Millions Poverty headcount ratio (% of population): 23.5% GDP : $84.27 Trillions GDP growth (annual): 6.8% Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP): 31% Area : 1,104,300㎢ Income Level: Low income Source : World Development Indicators Databa0se Year : 2018

Topic & Summary Year : 2013 Topic : Research and Development of Agricultural Technology and Extension System Project Duration : 2013 Partner Ministry : Ministry of Agriculture Joint Research Agency : Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Executing Agnecy : Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Implementing Agency : Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) Project Director : Jang Heo, Research Director, Center for International Agricultural Partnership (CIAP), KREI Project Manager : Jang Heo, Research Director, Center for International Agricultural Partnership (CIAP), KREI Project Officer : Dajung Jung, Research Associate, CIAP, KREI Advisor : IlJin Mok, Mooha Lee

2013

• Policy Meeting

  

  Policy Meeting

  
  Date
  - May 2, 2013
  
  Venue
  - Ministry of Agriculture
  
  Results
  - On May 2 2013, KREI visited the Ministry of Agriculture and had a policy meeting with the Deparment of Planning and Department of Agricultural Extension. KREI and the MA signed on the Record of Discussions for 2013 KAPEX Project including joint research, KAPEX Training Programs and KAPEX Result-sharing Workshops in Korea and Ethiopia. In addition, they had a meeting with the Agricultural Transformation Agency and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research to discuss a future plan for Joint Research.

• Joint research

  

  Joint research

  
  Topic
  - Research and Development of Agricultural Technology and Extension System
  
  Partner Agency
  - Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
  
  1st Field Survey
  - From August 12 to 15, 2013, the Joint Research team visited Ethiopia for the 1st field survey. During the visit, they conducted interviews with the Federal Agricultural Research Insitute, Regional Agricultural Bureau, farmers training centers, cooperatives and farmers to diagnose the current situation of agricultural research and extension system by each actor. The major challenges were limited capacity building for human resources, lack of technical capacity of laboratory and weak linear research-extension-farmer linkage due to limited institutional frameworks.
  
  2nd Field Survey
  - The 2nd Joint Survey was conducted from September 21 to 24, 2013 in Kalu District of Amhara region and Arsi Negele District of Oromia region. The team conducted interviews with farmers to analyze the farmers' awareness and use of improved crop varieties, use of agricultural inputs and farmers' level of satisfaction on extension service and farmers training centers.
  
  Major Findings
  - The Joint Research shows that the farmers have limited access and utilization of improved technology in both crop and livestock sub-sectors. Therefore, the followings should be considered to ensure access to agricultural technology: establishment of effective model research-extension linkage centers at national and regional level, upgrading of farmers training centers into agricultuarl technology centers with linking with agricultural TVET colleges, building capacity of research ers and extension staff by providing long and short-term training focusing on improved agricultural practices and providing research facility and equipment in the field and laboratory.

• KAPEX Traning

  

• KAPEX Academy

  

• KAPEX Result-sharing Workshop

  

  KAPEX Result-sharing Workshop

  
  Date
  - November 6, 2013
  
  Venue
  - Seoul
  
  Results
  - The Korea Rural Economic Institute  and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs jointly held the KAPEX Result-sharing Workshop in Korea on November 6, 2013. The MA shared the final result of the joint research and the ODA project proposal, written based on the final report of the Joint Research and the Action Plans.