An Overview of the Basket of Technologies Developed, Tested and

Promoted by CIMMYT Ethiopia

Frédéric Baudron (PhD)

CARE Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 4th March 2016

Conservation Agriculture: Conserving Soil & Water

2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

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2

3

4

5

6

7Conventional practiceConservation agriculture

Rain

wat

er u

se e

ffici

ency

(kg

grai

n m

m-1

)

CA CP

Tigray

0 50 100 150 200 2500

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

Soil

loss

(t h

a-1

yr-1

)

Date (days after planting)

CA CP

Oromia, CRV

Precision Agriculture for Smallholder: Making the best out of Expensive Fertilizers

0 25 50 75 1000.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8Booting Stage

N applied (kg ha-1)

NDV

I

0 25 50 75 1000

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.81st Node Stage

N applied (kg ha-1)

NDV

I

Strategic Relay Cropping: Producing More with the Same Resources

0-15 15-30 >3027

28

29

30

31

32Sole maize CONVSole maize CA

Depth (cm)

Soil

moi

stur

e (%

)

6.5 ± 1.2 t ha-1 6.5 ± 1.5 t ha-1

0-15 15-30 >3027

28

29

30

31

32Sole maize CONVMaize-Bean CA

Depth (cm)

Soil

moi

stur

e (%

)

8.6 ± 2.2 t ha-1

0 2 4 6 80

100200300400500600

Distance from the trunk (m)

Grai

n yi

eld

(t h

a-1)

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 241015202530354045 Outside canopy

Under canopy

Time of the day (h)

Air t

empe

ratu

re (°

C)Agroforestry: Providing a Suitable

Microenvironment to Crops

Pest-Suppressive Farms: Reorganizing the Farm for Natural Enemies to Take Care of Pests

1 10 3005

10152025303540

Distance to ensete field (m)

Num

ber o

f rov

e be

etle

s ca

ptur

edin

yel

low

pan

trap

s

1 10 3005

1015202530354045

Distance to dense hedgerow (m)

Num

ber o

f ant

s cap

ture

din

pitf

all t

raps

Smallscale Mechanization: Saving Labour & Increasing Precision of Operations

Conv land prep + seeding

2WT direct seeding

0102030405060708090

100

Tim

e (h

ours

ha-

1)

(Data from Assela,

Ethiopia)

~ 10 L ha-1

+ 50 % wheat yield

Importer/Manufacturers 10 Importers METEC AMIO TGT

Dealers

Service Providers

End users

Supportsectors

Enabling environment

Union/Cooperatives & individual SPs

Commercial farmers

Middle income farmers

Smallholder farmers

Women farmers

Regional bureau of

Agriculture

Youth groups

Regional agents

MFI’s Garages Spare parts shops Media

Mechanization policy

Mechanization strategy

Testing & standardization

Financial policy

Extension systems

AMTS, ESFRE

Interested groups

Business Modelling

Post-Harvest Technologies: Reducing Wastes and Losses from the Harvest

44.5

55.5

66.5

77.5

8

Distance to the forest

Diet

div

ersi

ty(n

° foo

d gr

oups

) χ2 = 110.68P < 0.0001

Nutrition-Sensitive Landscapes: (1) semi-natural areas, (2) livestock, and (3) fuelwood

28303234363840

Distance to the forest

Crop

pro

ducti

vity

(GJ h

a-1

farm

land

)

F = 0.358n.s.

Farmland Exclosures: Collective Action to Make Better Use of Available Nutrients

EF OF0

1

2

3

Soil

orga

nic m

atter

(%) t = 2.86

P < 0.01

EF OF0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

Tef y

ield

(t h

a-1)

t = 4.68P < 0.001

Biofortification: Improving the Nutritional Quality of Cereals

Traits Conventional maize

QPM

Protein > 8 > 8

Lysine in protein

1.6-2.6 (mean 2.0)

2.7-4.5 (mean 4.0)

Tryptophan in protein

0.2-0.6 (mean 0.4)

0.5-1.1 (mean 0.8)

Identifying the Right Varieties: Participatory Variety Selection & G×E×M

No tree Tree0

5

10

15

20

25

Leaf

leng

th (c

m)

Research into use: co-learning, D4R, and scale

(www.n2africa.org)

Thank you for your interest!

f.baudron@cgiar.org

www.facasi.act-africa.org