ICT4EAS-Ethiopiahttps://dgroups.org/cta/afaas/ict4eas-ethiopiaExchange, interact, share experience on the use of ICT4 Agricultural Extension and Advisory Servicea252e985-2761-4f16-bab4-cbb926361c67https://dgroups.org/_/ql1tqqy6discussionJoin the FARA Agricultural Research for Development Directory of Experts/PractitionerDear All, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I trust you all are doing well. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa &lt;https://faraafrica.org/&gt; has <br />opened up this Agricultural Research for Development Directory of <br />Experts/Practitioners &lt;https://experts.faraafrica.org/&gt; and kindly invites <br />all practitioners/experts engaged in agriculture and its cross-cutting <br />fields to register on this platform &lt;https://experts.faraafrica.org/&gt;. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />What does it entail to be part of this Directory? Among others, you will <br />have: <br /> <br /> (i) free access to details of other experts from Africa and beyond; <br /> <br />(ii) The possibility of being recognized for consultancies opportunities <br />and paid workshops/training; <br /> <br />(iii) Access to premium funding opportunities with opportunities to <br />collaborate for joint submission. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Kindly access the attached practical guideline that will take you through <br />the registration process. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />At some point in your registration <br />&lt;https://experts.faraafrica.org/user/register&gt;, you will be required to <br />inform on how you knew about the portal. In the drop-down button, please <br />select *KM4AgD Participant*. When done, you will be invited to type the <br />referral code of the latter, and there, simply type *Andualem*. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To register, please click here <br />&lt;https://experts.faraafrica.org/user/register&gt;, and in the event, you <br />encounter any difficulty, kindly I&#39;ll assist you in the process. <br /> <br /> <br />Regards <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />*Stay safe, Stay healthy* <br /> <br />…………………………………………………………………… <br /> <br />*Andualem W* <br /> <br />*Addis Ababa, Ethiopia*<p><h3>Attachments</h3><br /><a href="https://dgroups.org/?0">Africa Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D).pdf</a></p>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:59:06 ZAndualem Walelign84150834-2c5b-4d61-b33b-2ee15c035d37https://dgroups.org/_/8qktla7ydiscussion(no subject)AFAAS Africa is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. <br /> <br />Topic: D4-PS3- AGRO-INDUSTRIALISATION IN THE CONTEXT OF TRADE REGIMES: <br />IMPLICATIONS FOR AEAS <br />Time: Nov 17, 2021 11:00 AM Nairobi <br /> <br />Join Zoom Meeting <br />https://zoom.us/j/97630572388?pwd=cDNwQVpQdjU5UWEzK3pDVmxCeGFMZz09 <br /> <br />Meeting ID: 976 3057 2388 <br />Passcode: 360521Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:09:30 ZAndualem Walelign64661025-b02f-4600-8638-9f0ddc56fc9chttps://dgroups.org/_/fq7g3gkqdiscussionInvitation to join the Linkage Advisory CouncilDear All, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ADPLAC invites you to join the community &#39;Agricultural Development <br />Partners’ Linkage Advisory Council.&#39; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Please click on the link below to accept the invitation: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />https://faraafrica.community/_/way1gcjt8qstlyk <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />It will take less than 17 seconds of your time to accept the invitation.Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:38:27 ZAndualem Walelignf2e29672-cff6-47f3-938d-12c95cb6c5e2https://dgroups.org/_/jp6md00vdiscussionInvitation to join the Ag4D expert directoryHello all <br /> <br />FARA Africa is creating an experts&#39; directory of agriculture for development. <br />Please join the Ag4D expert directory by clicking the link below. <br /> <br />https://experts.faraafrica.org/user/register <br /> <br />For more information please refer to the attached document on how to join the Ad4D directory of experts.<p><h3>Attachments</h3><br /><a href="https://dgroups.org/?zpw2q4sz">How to Join the AG4D directory of experts.pdf</a></p>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:32:02 ZAndualem Waleligna83e89a3-3bac-4e6e-91dc-5e0af3f665achttps://dgroups.org/_/z129rqwjdiscussionDigital Learning in the Ethiopian Agricultural Extension SystemHi there, <br />I&#39;m very much interested to attend any meetings at any time. I don&#39;t know <br />how you invite participants for ...... So please inform me I can <br />participate/attend such discussions. <br />Regards <br /> <br />On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 10:14 PM Andualem Walelign &lt;ardiwanana@gmail.com&gt; <br />wrote: <br /> <br />&gt; To the 179 members of this ICT4EAS group, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Latest news: <br />&gt; On December 5, 2019, the Capacity Development Support Facility (CDSF), in <br />&gt; partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the International Livestock <br />&gt; Research Institute (ILRI)- Sustainable Agricultural Intensification <br />&gt; Research and Learning in Africa (SAIRLA) project and the second <br />&gt; Agricultural Growth Program (AGP2) hosted an innovative event focused on <br />&gt; digital learning in Agriculture. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; If you want to see more about the Digital Learning Symposium and the <br />&gt; report click here <br />&gt; &lt;https://cdsfethiopian.com/digital-learning-in-the-ethiopian-agricultural-extention-system/&gt; <br />&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:23:39 Zzre.ashine@gmail.comf4c29dda-4752-4dd1-83b5-e39bea582197https://dgroups.org/_/xv5lfq61discussionDigital Learning in the Ethiopian Agricultural Extension SystemTo the 179 members of this ICT4EAS group, <br /> <br />Latest news: <br />On December 5, 2019, the Capacity Development Support Facility (CDSF), in <br />partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the International Livestock <br />Research Institute (ILRI)- Sustainable Agricultural Intensification <br />Research and Learning in Africa (SAIRLA) project and the second <br />Agricultural Growth Program (AGP2) hosted an innovative event focused on <br />digital learning in Agriculture. <br /> <br />If you want to see more about the Digital Learning Symposium and the <br />report click <br />here <br />&lt;https://cdsfethiopian.com/digital-learning-in-the-ethiopian-agricultural-extention-system/&gt;Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:14:33 ZAndualem Waleligncebf6982-9d5a-4bc1-b83f-32298cc6e583https://dgroups.org/_/w17qnzvrdiscussionCall for vendors and invitation to attend a trade fairWe are seeking ICT companies in Ethiopia and across Africa to <br />participate in a trade fair showcasing tools, products and services <br />that support digital learning solutions in agriculture. <br /> <br />To secure your spot, or for more information, <br />please contact Yewbdar at: <br />yewbdar@cdsfethiopia.com, <br />or by telephone at +251 (0)11 558 6748<p><h3>Attachments</h3><br /><a href="https://dgroups.org/?z8dby6w1">Trade fair invitation poster.pdf</a></p>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 08:15:35 Zjocelyn@cdsfethiopia.com5e61b614-aa4a-414c-8db1-e6c5e3c60e9bhttps://dgroups.org/_/spqffg69discussionCall for Concept Notes and Public Seminar on 28th OctoberDear All, <br /> <br />The Call for Concept not of the RESET Plus Innovation Fund is out. The <br />deadline to submit Concept notes is 16 December 2019. You can find details <br />of the announcement here: <br />https://www.icco-cooperation.org/en/news/announcement-of-call-for-concept-notes-reset-plus-innovation-fund/ <br /> <br />Also there will be public seminars for potential applicants. The first <br />public seminar will be conducted on 28th October 2019 in Addis Ababa and <br />from 29th October 2019 to 2nd November 2019 in the eight clusters. All <br />interested entities shall confirm attendance by registering through the <br />following link: https://tinyurl.com/y4cys5jw. <br /> <br />The attendance confirmation will be before 25th October 2019 for both Addis <br />and cluster level public seminars. Specific dates/time, venue and eventual <br />changes will be communicated to the registered participants on the website <br />www.innovation4resilience.org. <br />Kind Regards, <br />-- <br /> <br />Gizaw Legesse <br /> <br />KM &amp; Communications Consultant <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />E-mail: Gizaw.Legesse@fs-ethiopia.com <br />Website: www.fs-ethiopia.com <br /> <br /> <br /> Address: Laphto Mall, 3rd Flr <br /> <br />Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br /> <br />Mobile: +251 (0)91 115 6248 <br /> <br />Office: +251 (0)11 861 9531 <br /> <br />Skype: GizawLegesseThu, 24 Oct 2019 18:19:44 Zgizaw.legesse@fs-ethiopia.com45f72b50-2792-4582-8431-acd0ef71a7fbhttps://dgroups.org/_/tkdw8bgqdiscussionFwd: Info on the upcoming RESET Plus Innovation Fund on ResilienceWell received and noted. Thank you so much. <br />Kind regards, <br /> <br />Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android <br /> <br /> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 2:36 PM, Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy&lt;andrian.raso@gmail.com&gt; wrote: Dear colleagues, <br />This is to inform us that there are 176 members in this ICT4EAS-Ehiopia platform.Please feel free to send your announcements, share opportunities and disseminate all communications related to ICT in Extension in Ethiopia in this Dgroups. You just need to send it to this address:&#160;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.orgBelow is an example sent by Gizaw that I&#39;m just forwarding.Regards <br /> <br />Andri <br />SAIRLA consultant.==================== <br /> <br />Dear Friends, <br />Greetings! This is Gizaw, I had the pleasure participating in the workshop to set up the ICT for Extension National Working Group. Hoping that the process is indeed going well, as I promised to some of you, I would like to inform you about the upcoming RESET Plus Innovation Fund. <br />The program is an initiative of the European Union to foster social innovation that enhances resilience-building in five regions in Ethiopia. The fund is managed by ICCO Cooperation, and Fair &amp; Sustainable collaborates in the implementation of the program, especially on the Knowledge Management portion. The objective is to help social entrepreneurs in realizing innovations that improve the livelihoods and resilience of 20,000 vulnerable people, 50% women. <br />Having said that, the program will be launched on October 15, 2019, in two weeks time. I believe you should be part of this launching event, so that you can learn how you or your organization can be involved in the innovation fund and ask questions. Please find more info here:&#160;http://innovation4resilience.org/And you can find a box to subscribe to the program, so that you will get a formal invitation to the event Friday, tomorrow. If you didn&#39;t get my email on time, don&#39;t worry, the website will provide you information on how you can register for the launching event. <br />I hope you had time to read my long email, and thank you very much! <br />Kind Regards,-- <br /> <br />| <br />Gizaw Legesse <br /> <br />KM &amp; Communications Consultant <br /> | <br />&#160; <br /> | <br />| <br /> <br /> <br /> | <br />| <br />E-mail:&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Gizaw.Legesse@fs-ethiopia.com <br /> Website: &#160;&#160;&#160;www.fs-ethiopia.com <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> | <br />&#160; &#160;Address:&#160;&#160;&#160;Laphto Mall, 3rd Flr <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br /> <br />Mobile: &#160;&#160;&#160; +251 (0)91 115 6248 <br /> <br /> <br />Office: &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; +251 (0)11 861 9531 <br /> <br />Skype:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; GizawLegesse <br /> | <br /> <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contributeFri, 04 Oct 2019 15:42:24 ZDemeke Nigussieed174fea-5970-48df-a74a-a8d2236cd2d3https://dgroups.org/_/5mb9vc1zdiscussionFwd: Info on the upcoming RESET Plus Innovation Fund on ResilienceThis is really great. Thank you Gizaw for this important funding and launching information. Yes, we will follow-up <br /> <br />From: ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org &lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; On Behalf Of Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy <br />Sent: Friday, 4 October 2019 2:34 PM <br />To: ICT4EAS-Ethiopia &lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; <br />Subject: [ict4eas-ethiopia] Fwd: Info on the upcoming RESET Plus Innovation Fund on Resilience <br /> <br />Dear colleagues, <br /> <br />This is to inform us that there are 176 members in this ICT4EAS-Ehiopia platform. <br />Please feel free to send your announcements, share opportunities and disseminate all communications related to ICT in Extension in Ethiopia in this Dgroups. You just need to send it to this address: ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;https://dgroups.org/cta/afaas/ict4eas-ethiopia&gt; <br />Below is an example sent by Gizaw that I&#39;m just forwarding. <br />Regards <br /> <br />Andri <br />SAIRLA consultant. <br />==================== <br /> <br />Dear Friends, <br /> <br />Greetings! This is Gizaw, I had the pleasure participating in the workshop to set up the ICT for Extension National Working Group. Hoping that the process is indeed going well, as I promised to some of you, I would like to inform you about the upcoming RESET Plus Innovation Fund. <br /> <br />The program is an initiative of the European Union to foster social innovation that enhances resilience-building in five regions in Ethiopia. The fund is managed by ICCO Cooperation, and Fair &amp; Sustainable collaborates in the implementation of the program, especially on the Knowledge Management portion. The objective is to help social entrepreneurs in realizing innovations that improve the livelihoods and resilience of 20,000 vulnerable people, 50% women. <br /> <br />Having said that, the program will be launched on October 15, 2019, in two weeks time. I believe you should be part of this launching event, so that you can learn how you or your organization can be involved in the innovation fund and ask questions. Please find more info here: http://innovation4resilience.org/ <br />And you can find a box to subscribe to the program, so that you will get a formal invitation to the event Friday, tomorrow. If you didn&#39;t get my email on time, don&#39;t worry, the website will provide you information on how you can register for the launching event. <br /> <br />I hope you had time to read my long email, and thank you very much! <br /> <br />Kind Regards, <br />-- <br />Gizaw Legesse <br />KM &amp; Communications Consultant <br /> <br />[https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&amp;id=12BNS6Zb0-MJ8UAMGUjf8-CU7D2u_mALy&amp;revid=0B-roGCcK38J0V0VYLzJKR1pEQ1RSRVFMZ05NOEFJSDZZc0M0PQ] <br />E-mail: Gizaw.Legesse@fs-ethiopia.com&lt;mailto:Gizaw.Legesse@fs-ethiopia.com&gt; <br />Website: www.fs-ethiopia.com&lt;http://www.fs-ethiopia.com&gt; <br />[https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&amp;id=1CxHc9sYwDCntcaB32e8zNG3oE4sK9jQj&amp;revid=0B-roGCcK38J0bGV4ZEFoSk5uU3U2dzRuK2NSNDlZV09nbVh3PQ][https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&amp;id=1ARAvFCPi3rI30H-S8eh_aT194o5DzjPm&amp;revid=0B-roGCcK38J0am5oSG5sU0Z5SnR3MEgySlYwZHkyK012UnVFPQ][https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&amp;id=1oAMFZExhvZEwiXjGcP1_AOfyJcpKu7BG&amp;revid=0B-roGCcK38J0a2Mrb3FLYTgzbmhFSFFqRFV6b0lPdUg3QkFnPQ] <br /> Address: Laphto Mall, 3rd Flr <br />Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br />Mobile: +251 (0)91 115 6248 <br />Office: +251 (0)11 861 9531 <br />Skype: GizawLegesse <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contribute <br /> <br /> <br />Eshetayehu Tefera <br />Team Leader II-Crop Value Chain <br />CEO Office <br />CEO office <br />Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency(ATA) <br />t: +251911101381 <br />m: 251 911 101 381 <br />e: Eshetayehu.Tefera@ata.gov.et&lt;mailto:Eshetayehu.Tefera@ata.gov.et&gt; <br />www.ata.gov.et&lt;http://www.ata.gov.et&gt; <br />[ATA] <br /> <br />The Government of Ethiopia established the Agricultural Transformation Agency by Federal Regulation in December 2010 as a catalyst for positive, transformational, and sustainable change. The primary aim of the Agency is to promote agricultural sector transformation by supporting existing structures of government, private sector and other non-governmental partners to address systemic bottlenecks in delivering on a priority national agenda for achieving growth and food security.Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:03:32 Zeshetayehu.tefera@ata.gov.et19808978-25b7-4869-8124-a268af67f686https://dgroups.org/_/jxpqz0zldiscussionFwd: Info on the upcoming RESET Plus Innovation Fund on ResilienceDear colleagues, <br /> <br />This is to inform us that there are *176 members in this ICT4EAS-Ehiopia <br />platform*. <br />Please feel free to send your announcements, share opportunities and <br />disseminate all *communications related to ICT in Extension in Ethiopia* in <br />this Dgroups. You just need to send it to this address: <br />ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org <br />&lt;https://dgroups.org/cta/afaas/ict4eas-ethiopia&gt; <br />Below is an example sent by Gizaw that I&#39;m just forwarding. <br />Regards <br /> <br />Andri <br />SAIRLA consultant. <br />==================== <br /> <br />Dear Friends, <br /> <br />Greetings! This is Gizaw, I had the pleasure participating in the workshop <br />to set up the ICT for Extension National Working Group. Hoping that the <br />process is indeed going well, as I promised to some of you, I would like to <br />inform you about the upcoming RESET Plus Innovation Fund. <br /> <br />The program is an initiative of the European Union to foster social <br />innovation that enhances resilience-building in five regions in Ethiopia. <br />The fund is managed by ICCO Cooperation, and Fair &amp; Sustainable <br />collaborates in the implementation of the program, especially on the <br />Knowledge Management portion. The objective is to help social entrepreneurs <br />in realizing innovations that improve the livelihoods and resilience of <br />20,000 vulnerable people, 50% women. <br /> <br />Having said that, the program will be launched on October 15, 2019, in two <br />weeks time. I believe you should be part of this launching event, so that <br />you can learn how you or your organization can be involved in the <br />innovation fund and ask questions. Please find more info here: <br />http://innovation4resilience.org/ <br />And you can find a box to subscribe to the program, so that you will get a <br />formal invitation to the event Friday, tomorrow. If you didn&#39;t get my email <br />on time, don&#39;t worry, the website will provide you information on how you <br />can register for the launching event. <br /> <br />I hope you had time to read my long email, and thank you very much! <br /> <br />Kind Regards, <br />-- <br /> <br />Gizaw Legesse <br /> <br />KM &amp; Communications Consultant <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />E-mail: Gizaw.Legesse@fs-ethiopia.com <br />Website: www.fs-ethiopia.com <br /> <br /> <br /> Address: Laphto Mall, 3rd Flr <br /> <br />Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br /> <br />Mobile: +251 (0)91 115 6248 <br /> <br />Office: +251 (0)11 861 9531 <br /> <br />Skype: GizawLegesseFri, 04 Oct 2019 11:35:12 ZAndrianjafy Rasoanindrainy88019482-9ec3-4ca7-8008-ed34347f2efbhttps://dgroups.org/_/nz6ls4tvdiscussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueDear all, <br /> <br />There are some remaining sits for people who want to attend the <br />ICT4Extension Marketplace on Thursday 11th at ILRI. <br /> <br />Please register here if you want to come: <br />https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/attend/ <br /> <br />Also note that due to the limited number of place, we will send you a <br />confirmation if your candidacy is accepted. <br />Registration applies only to those who didn&#39;t receive an official <br />invitation letter. <br /> <br />Kind regards <br /> <br />Andry <br />Facilitator <br /> <br /> <br />Le ven. 5 avr. 2019 &#224; 12:00, seshetu@farmradio.org &lt;seshetu@farmradio.org&gt; <br />a &#233;crit : <br /> <br />&gt; Dear d-group members, <br />&gt; Good morning and glad to share my view from Farm Radio International <br />&gt; Ethiopia once again. <br />&gt; We are very eager to see you next week (April 11, 2019) in Addis Ababa, at <br />&gt; ILRI Campus for the ICT4AES event to share our digital innovative solution <br />&gt; (radio combined with mobile functionality and Interactive Voice Response) <br />&gt; which is Interactive, participatory, entertaining and locally <br />&gt; customized radio programs to reach thousands and millions of farmers with <br />&gt; up-to-date information and issues related to agricultural technologies and <br />&gt; practices; cross cutting issues like gender, HIV/AIDS; child and maternal <br />&gt; health; environmental; marketing; food security and nutrition; to mention <br />&gt; but few; in a real time situation. You don&#39;t imagine how the oldest but <br />&gt; still very powerful radio is supporting agricultural extension services, <br />&gt; especially in the countries like Ethiopia, whereby millions of farmers <br />&gt; still living in rural areas. Yes we know you are wondering how radio is <br />&gt; doing all this magic! Don&#39;t worry, let&#39;s meet next week and we shall tell <br />&gt; you in detail and share to you our experience and results we achieved. <br />&gt; After hearing that, definitely, we will be starting our joint partnership <br />&gt; immediately, to reach millions of farmers. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; The event is organized to share experience and lessons from all ICT <br />&gt; solution providers in the country. So far, many solution providers <br />&gt; expressed their interest to share their solutions. So, let&#39;s meet at the <br />&gt; event and explore more for partnership and collaboration to support the <br />&gt; Ethiopian agricultural extension system towards ICT based and supported <br />&gt; extension service delivery. If you would like to know more about who are <br />&gt; the other solution providers, in addition to Farm Radio International, <br />&gt; kindly visit the event website here <br />&gt; https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/solutions/ <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Please share your personal as well as organizations&#39;s experience in this <br />&gt; group before the event, so that, we learn more about ICT in agricultural <br />&gt; extension. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; With lots of regards, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *Samson Eshetu* <br />&gt; Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />&gt; Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />&gt; e: seshetu@farmradio.org <br />&gt; <br />&gt; [image: FRI Logo] *Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales <br />&gt; Internationales* <br />&gt; PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />&gt; farmradio.org &lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter <br />&gt; &lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook <br />&gt; &lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram <br />&gt; &lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE <br />&gt; &lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:13 AM dayalew@farmradio.org &lt; <br />&gt; dayalew@farmradio.org&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt;&gt; Hi All <br />&gt;&gt; As Adrian mentioned it is better if we discuss and write your opinions <br />&gt;&gt; more broadly and in detail on those questions. Also if there is any other <br />&gt;&gt; additions you want to raise it&#39;s appreciated and we are happy to address <br />&gt;&gt; your ideas to the e-discussion. <br />&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt; Thank you <br />&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt; __________ <br />&gt;&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt;&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt;&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;&gt; <br />&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:36:16 ZAndrianjafy Rasoanindrainy038b7545-56ee-4b78-89bc-34e499fb1f57https://dgroups.org/_/sdmazlwmdiscussionDigital Disruption in Agriculture may15-16 Addis Ababa<p><h3>Attachments</h3><br /><a href="https://dgroups.org/?0">50824-Digital-Disruption-Agriculture-Factsheet-FINAL-Digital.pdf</a></p>Sat, 06 Apr 2019 13:48:50 Zajohnson6@ifc.org59e1fa46-19e1-4444-a0d7-018448c1ff2chttps://dgroups.org/_/0cn6xnwjdiscussionGreetingsHi guys :) This is Kisanet from Deamat &lt;http://deamat.com/&gt; <br /> <br />Our company provides different technological solutions to the problems our <br />society faces. One of our innovative products helps farmers become more <br />productive by creating a structured market which in turn motivates them to <br />produce more and feed their community and the world. We are working on an <br />e-commerce platform for agricultural products. It&#39;s an online platform that <br />connects smallholder farmers with consumers. <br />-- <br />*Kisanet Haile *|CEO| HadasTechnologies &lt;http://www.bluemoonethiopia.com/&gt; <br /> <br />*Kisanet Haile *|incubate| www.bluemoonethiopia.com <br /> <br />*M* +251 919885938 <br />METI Building 8th Floor, Namibia Avenue, Bole sub-city, Addis Ababa <br /> <br />*&quot;Love makes the world go round**” *Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:53:16 Zkisulalim@gmail.comeccb63cf-36d4-4578-8203-59cd9c38f3d4https://dgroups.org/_/gx13v1ycdiscussionNational Learning Alliance on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and ICTDear All <br />Great to read your contributions. I would like to share you as well the project that I am working with in this context. I lead facilitation of a National Learning Alliance for Sustainable Intensification, a project hosted by ILRI. We are part of SAIRLA program (https://sairla-africa.org/). SAIRLA is a five-year programme (2015–2020) seeking to generate new evidence and design tools to enable governments, investors and other key actors to deliver more effective policies and investments in sustainable agricultural intensification. One of the projects under SAIRLA is exploring innovative solutions for advising farmers on SAI practices and strategies, tailored extension messages to their context. <br />As part of SAIRLA, the project I work with, the National Learning Alliance, brings decision makers working on Sustainable Intensification issues for social learning event, including this Market Place organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Farm Radio and Digital Green. <br />You can find more about SAIRLA on the website: https://sairla-africa.org/ <br />And more about the Ethiopian NLA is found in the website: https://sairla-africa.org/what-we-do/learning-alliances/national-learning-alliance-ethiopia/ <br />Looking forward to more interventions in this e-discussion and see you all on Thursday. <br />Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:18:18 ZM.Gebreyes@cgiar.org0ac55f72-b01a-4cfa-963e-de0027e9c0ebhttps://dgroups.org/_/lkb6l3y8discussionCLEANED modelDear All, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I would like to express candid appreciation to the team, who organized this <br />event. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The aim of our project is to use inclusive participatory processes to integr <br />ate environmental, economic and equity considerations into policy making and <br />implementation decisions around livestock intensification. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />We take an innovative step forward in the use of computational tools for the <br />management of environmental and livelihood change in developing country cont <br />exts, the Comprehensive Livestock Environmental Assessment for improved Nutr <br />ition, a secured Environment and sustainable Development along livestock val <br />ue chains (CLEANED) tool. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />We combined open access GIS data with participatory modeling to develop a <br />quick and but “good enough” context specific environmental impact <br />assessment simulation tool to explore consequences of possible livestock <br />value chain transformations in the developing world. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Our project case study site is in Atsbi, Woreda, Tigray. Ethiopia, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />See you next week, expect to have further discussion and experience sharing <br />about CLEANED tool and connected matters , <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Regards, <br />*Dawit W. Mulatu (PhD)* <br />*Research Fellow* <br />*Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC)/PSI* <br />*Addis Ababa, Ethiopia*Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:16:55 Zdawitwmulatu@gmail.com094349ad-f149-4757-9f9b-d52c3b190839https://dgroups.org/_/s3v4qjfwdiscussionDigisoft EducationDear All <br /> <br />I thought I would take a moment to introduce the Digisoft ICT. I&#185;m looking <br />forward to meeting you all at the event. <br /> <br />Our method is a means of delivering education and the benefit of computing <br />power to extension workers and communities. A small KIT with a powerful <br />projector which acts like a computer which has solar and power. <br /> <br />It&#185;s a one to many solution that allows a user to present to large groups. <br />But also allows them the opportunity to carry a large amount of knowledge <br />with them for reference. It&#185;s a solar smart solution you can carry anywhere. <br />And you can use it to integrate with other technology, use it with a phone <br />for instance, keep phones charged also use it to show pictures, video you <br />shoot or other content from the phone. It&#185;s being used successfully to teach <br />farming communities using local content. We also collaborate with content <br />providers like Access Agriculture, their videos come with our system, the <br />app now includes Amharic and Tigray languages. As content providers they are <br />happy to collaborate to create more languages and categories of instruction. <br /> <br />Because we develop our own software there are additions we can add to <br />enhance large scale training programs: we can for instance add a reporting <br />app to the system which can report how it is being used, the videos shown, <br />for how long and when, so you can keep a track of the extension workers and <br />their outputs without them having to fill in paperwork. Or we can add your <br />own cloud content service, so that every time the user opens the system <br />provided they can go online, all new information you provide will be <br />available to be downloaded by them. Linking these systems to market data on <br />buyers and pricing can establish valuable knowledge about routes to market <br />to allow better decision making. <br /> <br />As a company we are interested in developing new strands of hybrid <br />technology. Like Content Hubs. Think of these as stand alone information <br />kiosks that can be placed where there is no Connection of Electricity that <br />will hold, show, and delivery information to anyone who either uses the <br />keypad on it or logs into it wirelessly via phone. Content delivered via <br />satellite, electricity via solar. We believe that it&#185;s important that these <br />new technologies are tailor made to suit the environments and objectives <br />governments and NGO&#185;s have. So that communities and outreach and have <br />greater access to resources, knowledge and are therefore able to learn more <br />and make better decisions. <br /> <br />If you can think about it we can make it happen. I would be interested in <br />understanding what would be the ideal technology that you need to achieve <br />your goals so we can create the technology to meet your needs. And further <br />more there is a need to transfer that technology to the country so that it <br />is self sufficient in creating the technology and that there is greater <br />knowledge transfer. <br /> <br />Your ideas are welcome. <br /> <br /> <br />Werbayne McIntyre OBE | Director <br />Digisoft Education <br />Level 18, 40 Bank Street <br />Canary Wharf, London <br />E14 5NR United Kingdom <br />Tel +44 (0) 203 059 7766 <br />m: +34 634 07 08 61 <br />Skype: werbayne | w: www.digisoft-education.comFri, 05 Apr 2019 09:52:55 Zwerbayne@digisoft-education.comab1704aa-150e-4df4-8a4f-b075d212d139https://dgroups.org/_/pxywwhdxdiscussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueDear d-group members, <br />Good morning and glad to share my view from Farm Radio International <br />Ethiopia once again. <br />We are very eager to see you next week (April 11, 2019) in Addis Ababa, at <br />ILRI Campus for the ICT4AES event to share our digital innovative solution <br />(radio combined with mobile functionality and Interactive Voice Response) <br />which is Interactive, participatory, entertaining and locally <br />customized radio programs to reach thousands and millions of farmers with <br />up-to-date information and issues related to agricultural technologies and <br />practices; cross cutting issues like gender, HIV/AIDS; child and maternal <br />health; environmental; marketing; food security and nutrition; to mention <br />but few; in a real time situation. You don&#39;t imagine how the oldest but <br />still very powerful radio is supporting agricultural extension services, <br />especially in the countries like Ethiopia, whereby millions of farmers <br />still living in rural areas. Yes we know you are wondering how radio is <br />doing all this magic! Don&#39;t worry, let&#39;s meet next week and we shall tell <br />you in detail and share to you our experience and results we achieved. <br />After hearing that, definitely, we will be starting our joint partnership <br />immediately, to reach millions of farmers. <br /> <br />The event is organized to share experience and lessons from all ICT <br />solution providers in the country. So far, many solution providers <br />expressed their interest to share their solutions. So, let&#39;s meet at the <br />event and explore more for partnership and collaboration to support the <br />Ethiopian agricultural extension system towards ICT based and supported <br />extension service delivery. If you would like to know more about who are <br />the other solution providers, in addition to Farm Radio International, <br />kindly visit the event website here https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/solutions/ <br /> <br /> <br />Please share your personal as well as organizations&#39;s experience in this <br />group before the event, so that, we learn more about ICT in agricultural <br />extension. <br /> <br />With lots of regards, <br /> <br /> <br />*Samson Eshetu* <br />Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />e: seshetu@farmradio.org <br /> <br />[image: FRI Logo] *Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales <br />Internationales* <br />PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />farmradio.org &lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter <br />&lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook <br />&lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram <br />&lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE <br />&lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br /> <br /> <br />On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:13 AM dayalew@farmradio.org &lt;dayalew@farmradio.org&gt; <br />wrote: <br /> <br />&gt; Hi All <br />&gt; As Adrian mentioned it is better if we discuss and write your opinions <br />&gt; more broadly and in detail on those questions. Also if there is any other <br />&gt; additions you want to raise it&#39;s appreciated and we are happy to address <br />&gt; your ideas to the e-discussion. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Thank you <br />&gt; <br />&gt; __________ <br />&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:58:29 Zseshetu@farmradio.org998ade94-601a-4ca0-a1b5-dc48b3aaa1bbhttps://dgroups.org/_/yjbta67tdiscussion(no subject)Hi All <br />Thank you all for participating in this discussion, We hope we will get an <br />amazing output from this. <br />First of all it is better if we think of our farmers to adapt and accept <br />new technology. How we change this trend for them to use new technology in <br />their daily activities? We as an ICT expert, how we going to merge the good <br />old trend with the new technology so that farmers will understand and <br />quickly capture the technology? <br />Think about this issue and point out your opinions on this <br /> <br />Thank you <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />*Daniel Ayalew* <br />Digital Innovation Officer <br />m: +251.913.648.746 | e: dayalew@farmradio.org <br /> <br />[image: FRI Logo] *Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales <br />Internationales* <br />PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />farmradio.org &lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter <br />&lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook <br />&lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram <br />&lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE <br />&lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt;Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:21:09 Zdayalew@farmradio.org2f665791-c780-4faf-942e-7a5f388f9669https://dgroups.org/_/62txscy7discussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueHi All <br />As Adrian mentioned it is better if we discuss and write your opinions more broadly and in detail on those questions. Also if there is any other additions you want to raise it&#39;s appreciated and we are happy to address your ideas to the e-discussion. <br /> <br />Thank youThu, 04 Apr 2019 05:13:00 Zdayalew@farmradio.org7e30132a-0e25-4d42-b5d8-7ed7e23c5deahttps://dgroups.org/_/w2w7q528discussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueDear all, <br /> <br />*(We are 125 participants in this e-Discussion Group)* <br /> <br />Let&#39;s be more proactive and have more interactions during this last week. <br /> <br />As you know, there is a set of ICT4Extension solutions that will be <br />showcased on the 11th of April. Before that, can we ask some of the <br />solution providers who haven&#39;t posted yet to present themselves briefly and <br />present their solution with their role and importance in Ethiopian advisory <br />service? also explain what are the main challenges in using ICT for <br />advisory from your experience in Ethiopia? We want to hear some concrete <br />experiences. <br /> <br />Other members of this DGroup are also invited to react and interact. <br />Just send your inputs/questions to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org or reply to <br />this mail and the 125 people will receive. <br /> <br />Thank you for sharing your ideas, you experiences and your knowledge. <br /> <br />The Facilitation Team <br /> <br /> <br />Le sam. 30 mars 2019 &#224; 09:53, henoktibebu1@gmail.com &lt;henoktibebu1@gmail.com&gt; <br />a &#233;crit : <br /> <br />&gt; dear all I hope this will be a chance for us to learn from each other. <br />&gt; I may not have the time to share mine, due to urgent national issues, <br />&gt; but I am ready to learn and use the lessons for our developmental ICT <br />&gt; supported agri.intensified learning alliance. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On 3/29/19, dayalew@farmradio.org &lt;dayalew@farmradio.org&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; &gt; Dear All <br />&gt; &gt; My name is Daniel Ayalew, Working in Farm Radio International as Digital <br />&gt; &gt; Innovation Officer <br />&gt; &gt; What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision? <br />&gt; &gt; What we do Regarding ICT for Radio <br />&gt; &gt; What is Interactivity in Radio? <br />&gt; &gt; What we know of the use of Radio is to get information in one way. <br />&gt; Only <br />&gt; &gt; the radio fetches us with information. Hence with this limitation Farm <br />&gt; Radio <br />&gt; &gt; International came up with Radio 2.0 which means Radio able to interact <br />&gt; with <br />&gt; &gt; the listeners. <br />&gt; &gt; Radio 2.0 = Radio gives information and listeners participate using <br />&gt; mobile <br />&gt; &gt; devices <br />&gt; &gt; •Information given to Listeners via Radio and listeners gives their <br />&gt; Feedback <br />&gt; &gt; to the radio. <br />&gt; &gt; How Listeners Give Feedback? <br />&gt; &gt; Listeners give feedback to the radio by using their phone with the help <br />&gt; of <br />&gt; &gt; ICT that Farm Radio International develops. The listeners feedback will <br />&gt; &gt; directly delivered to the Radio station for data purpose or improvement <br />&gt; of <br />&gt; &gt; the Radio program. The listeners gave feedback by using their phone with <br />&gt; the <br />&gt; &gt; help of ICT services that allows them to communicate with the Radio <br />&gt; &gt; station. <br />&gt; &gt; How ICT Helps the Radio Interactivity? <br />&gt; &gt; ICT throw away the old-fashioned Radio system which is the one-way <br />&gt; &gt; information flow to a Two-way communication device in which listeners and <br />&gt; &gt; Radio station will be able to communicate without a limitation of time <br />&gt; and <br />&gt; &gt; place. <br />&gt; &gt; This ICT helps the Radio interactivity by allowing listeners with <br />&gt; different <br />&gt; &gt; way of Interaction. <br />&gt; &gt; Ways of Interactivity? <br />&gt; &gt;  IVR (Interactive voice Response) : This system allows the <br />&gt; listeners to <br />&gt; &gt; communicate with the Radio station by dialing to an assigned Phone number <br />&gt; &gt; for that specific Radio station. When they called to that number there <br />&gt; will <br />&gt; &gt; be a recorded voice which instructs the caller to choose what he wants to <br />&gt; &gt; respond. <br />&gt; &gt; Types of Questions in IVR <br />&gt; &gt; Closed Ended Question: This question will be asked for the listeners to <br />&gt; &gt; answer their response by pressing their phone keypad numbers to choose <br />&gt; from <br />&gt; &gt; the choices. <br />&gt; &gt; E.g. Please tell us your Gender? <br />&gt; &gt; Press 1 if you are Men <br />&gt; &gt; Press 2 if you are Women <br />&gt; &gt; <br />&gt; &gt; Open Ended Question: This question will be asked for the listeners to <br />&gt; &gt; respond their opinion by using their phone to record their voice. They <br />&gt; also <br />&gt; &gt; able to raise a question. <br />&gt; &gt; E.g. what is your Motivation to participate in this Radio program? Please <br />&gt; &gt; leave your answer after the bell rings. <br />&gt; &gt; This IVR system helps us to do researches with survey analysis. <br />&gt; &gt; What are the Interactivity Services? <br />&gt; &gt; There are different services we give by using IVR. <br />&gt; &gt;  Survey: Conduct a generic survey that collects information about <br />&gt; &gt; demography, preference and information need of the audience. <br />&gt; &gt;  Polling: we can know listeners opinion by raising a polling <br />&gt; question. We <br />&gt; &gt; can raise an Open Ended question and Closed Ended Question. <br />&gt; &gt;  Tips: We can give advises and agricultural tips for the listeners. <br />&gt; &gt;  Reminder: Send automatic call for the listeners to remind that the <br />&gt; Radio <br />&gt; &gt; program will start soon. <br />&gt; &gt;  Beep2Seed: This type of service gives an information to farmers <br />&gt; about <br />&gt; &gt; location and contact for seed supplies in their area. <br />&gt; &gt; What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory service <br />&gt; &gt; provision in Ethiopia? <br />&gt; &gt; - The biggest challenge for ICT is infrastructure problem, there is no <br />&gt; &gt; reliable service for us to implement technologies to help agriculture <br />&gt; for a <br />&gt; &gt; better impact. <br />&gt; &gt; -It takes time for the farmer to adapt new technologies as we wanted. <br />&gt; &gt; <br />&gt; &gt; <br />&gt; &gt; <br />&gt; &gt; __________ <br />&gt; &gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; &gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; &gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt; &gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; __________ <br />&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:46:33 ZAndrianjafy Rasoanindrainy2184230f-8581-42bf-b79a-413042409ab2https://dgroups.org/_/q62vm3r4discussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders Dialoguedear all I hope this will be a chance for us to learn from each other. <br />I may not have the time to share mine, due to urgent national issues, <br />but I am ready to learn and use the lessons for our developmental ICT <br />supported agri.intensified learning alliance. <br /> <br />On 3/29/19, dayalew@farmradio.org &lt;dayalew@farmradio.org&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; Dear All <br />&gt; My name is Daniel Ayalew, Working in Farm Radio International as Digital <br />&gt; Innovation Officer <br />&gt; What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision? <br />&gt; What we do Regarding ICT for Radio <br />&gt; What is Interactivity in Radio? <br />&gt; What we know of the use of Radio is to get information in one way. Only <br />&gt; the radio fetches us with information. Hence with this limitation Farm Radio <br />&gt; International came up with Radio 2.0 which means Radio able to interact with <br />&gt; the listeners. <br />&gt; Radio 2.0 = Radio gives information and listeners participate using mobile <br />&gt; devices <br />&gt; •Information given to Listeners via Radio and listeners gives their Feedback <br />&gt; to the radio. <br />&gt; How Listeners Give Feedback? <br />&gt; Listeners give feedback to the radio by using their phone with the help of <br />&gt; ICT that Farm Radio International develops. The listeners feedback will <br />&gt; directly delivered to the Radio station for data purpose or improvement of <br />&gt; the Radio program. The listeners gave feedback by using their phone with the <br />&gt; help of ICT services that allows them to communicate with the Radio <br />&gt; station. <br />&gt; How ICT Helps the Radio Interactivity? <br />&gt; ICT throw away the old-fashioned Radio system which is the one-way <br />&gt; information flow to a Two-way communication device in which listeners and <br />&gt; Radio station will be able to communicate without a limitation of time and <br />&gt; place. <br />&gt; This ICT helps the Radio interactivity by allowing listeners with different <br />&gt; way of Interaction. <br />&gt; Ways of Interactivity? <br />&gt;  IVR (Interactive voice Response) : This system allows the listeners to <br />&gt; communicate with the Radio station by dialing to an assigned Phone number <br />&gt; for that specific Radio station. When they called to that number there will <br />&gt; be a recorded voice which instructs the caller to choose what he wants to <br />&gt; respond. <br />&gt; Types of Questions in IVR <br />&gt; Closed Ended Question: This question will be asked for the listeners to <br />&gt; answer their response by pressing their phone keypad numbers to choose from <br />&gt; the choices. <br />&gt; E.g. Please tell us your Gender? <br />&gt; Press 1 if you are Men <br />&gt; Press 2 if you are Women <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Open Ended Question: This question will be asked for the listeners to <br />&gt; respond their opinion by using their phone to record their voice. They also <br />&gt; able to raise a question. <br />&gt; E.g. what is your Motivation to participate in this Radio program? Please <br />&gt; leave your answer after the bell rings. <br />&gt; This IVR system helps us to do researches with survey analysis. <br />&gt; What are the Interactivity Services? <br />&gt; There are different services we give by using IVR. <br />&gt;  Survey: Conduct a generic survey that collects information about <br />&gt; demography, preference and information need of the audience. <br />&gt;  Polling: we can know listeners opinion by raising a polling question. We <br />&gt; can raise an Open Ended question and Closed Ended Question. <br />&gt;  Tips: We can give advises and agricultural tips for the listeners. <br />&gt;  Reminder: Send automatic call for the listeners to remind that the Radio <br />&gt; program will start soon. <br />&gt;  Beep2Seed: This type of service gives an information to farmers about <br />&gt; location and contact for seed supplies in their area. <br />&gt; What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory service <br />&gt; provision in Ethiopia? <br />&gt; - The biggest challenge for ICT is infrastructure problem, there is no <br />&gt; reliable service for us to implement technologies to help agriculture for a <br />&gt; better impact. <br />&gt; -It takes time for the farmer to adapt new technologies as we wanted. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; __________ <br />&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;Sat, 30 Mar 2019 06:52:51 Zhenoktibebu1@gmail.com7577e59b-bf10-4937-880f-ad36aa67d3cchttps://dgroups.org/_/70w1rdkwdiscussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueDear all, <br /> <br />I am Habtamu Yesigat, a Senior Research and Operations Manager for <br />Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD). I am please to be part of and <br />share my ideas for this discussion. <br /> <br />Thanks Yenenesh for facilitation of the discussion, and ownership of such <br />an extremely valuable initiative. Samson and Million for initiating the <br />discussion. My reflection on the two questions: <br /> <br />1. What is the role of ICT in Ethiopia advisory service provision? <br /> <br />Despite the limited development of ICT infrastructures and expansion of <br />networks, ICT can be extremely helpful for advisory services in Ethiopia. <br />The potential contribution emerges from the inherent advantages of ICT <br />tools to collect big data sets and quality information from large data <br />points (for instance, remote sensing and GIS tools, mobile and computer <br />devises etc.), to experiment, learn and design intervention strategies <br />through analytical contributions of ICT tools (e.g. computers, artificial <br />intelligence and data science etc.), and dissemination of information at <br />scale (Radio, Video, Mobile, Websites etc.). <br /> <br />2. What are the main challenges? <br /> <br />There are challenges that hinder the role of ICT tools for advisory system <br />that can be reflected in low in Ethiopia that finally contribute to low <br />level of user acquisition, low level of user retention and limited impact. <br />The challenges include: <br /> <br /> - Limited ICT infrastructure development and expansion (mobile networks, <br /> rural electricity, internet facilities and capacities etc.) <br /> - Low level of literacy and digital literacy (Most ICT tools require <br /> some level of digital literacy to use, and many smallholder farmers have <br /> difficulty of using the services on their own) <br /> - Data quality and limited customization: Most ICT tools require a large <br /> pool of information to adequately address the needs of farmers. For <br /> instance, disseminating customized information requires data on <br /> agro-ecology and micro-environment, rainfall, soil quality, crop type, <br /> pests and diseases in the locality, market condition, etc., and that is <br /> mostly not available (at least in the required quality). <br /> <br />Happy to discuss more on this based on the experience and research that we <br />did in Ethiopia and bench marking of similar services elsewhere in the <br />world in the ICT market place. <br /> <br />Thanks <br />Habtamu <br /> <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 11:44 PM M.Gebreyes@cgiar.org &lt;M.Gebreyes@cgiar.org&gt; <br />wrote: <br /> <br />&gt; Dear All <br />&gt; <br />&gt; My name is Million Getnet. I work for ILRI on consultancy basis for two <br />&gt; projects. One is the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research and <br />&gt; Learning (SAIRLA)-National Learning Alliance (NLA) and Africa RISING <br />&gt; projects. In both projects I am responsible in organizing and facilitating <br />&gt; social learnig in multi-stakeholder platforms established at national and <br />&gt; sub-national levels. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Come back to addressing the questions; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 1. What is the role of ICT in Ethiopia Advisory Service Provision? <br />&gt; <br />&gt; I think currently mostly the role of ICT is limited to computer and <br />&gt; internet based applications of storage and communication services which <br />&gt; advisory services, just like other sectors. However, we are witnessing an <br />&gt; increasing use of ICT for advisory services. Innovations and business <br />&gt; start-ups are coming up showing casing the huge potentials of ICT for <br />&gt; advisory services provision. I believe that ICT could have essential role <br />&gt; to play in technology demand assessment and articulation, deploying <br />&gt; improved technologies and impact assessment of adopted technologies. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 2. What are the main challenges? <br />&gt; <br />&gt; In my view, there are three levels of challenges that we need to overcome. <br />&gt; First, on the supply side, the ICT infrastructure is still in the infancy <br />&gt; stage. Connectivity is still a problem in many rural areas. On the users <br />&gt; side, the level of illiteracy of the large number of rural communities is a <br />&gt; major problem. Even basic services may require basic reading and writing <br />&gt; and arithmetic skills, which is lacking in many rural areas. In between, <br />&gt; ICT solutions and ICT solution providers are also at an infancy stage. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; With best, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Million <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; . *What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *From:* ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org [mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org] <br />&gt; *On Behalf Of *seshetu@farmradio.org <br />&gt; *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:50 PM <br />&gt; *To:* ICT4EAS-Ethiopia &lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; <br />&gt; *Subject:* [ict4eas-ethiopia] Welcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders <br />&gt; Dialogue <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Dear All, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Happy to be part of this dgroup. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; I am Samson Eshetu, working for Farm Radio International, Ethiopia Office, <br />&gt; as a Country Representative. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *Farm Radio International (FRI)* is a Canadian charity working with more <br />&gt; than 670 radio broadcasters in 40 African countries to fight poverty and <br />&gt; food insecurity. We help African broadcasters meet the needs of local <br />&gt; small-scale farmers and their families in rural communities by providing <br />&gt; broadcaster resources such as information and resource packages, <br />&gt; broadcaster training to help develop a higher standard of farm radio <br />&gt; services, and impact programming to plan and deliver special radio <br />&gt; campaigns and programs that address specific development challenges. All of <br />&gt; our programming is designed to be accessible and relevant to small-scale <br />&gt; farmers. For more info, please visit our website at *www.farmradio.org* <br />&gt; &lt;http://www.farmradio.org/&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Contributing to a discussion questions: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 1. *What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service <br />&gt; Provision?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Generally, ICT support service provision in terms of reaching large <br />&gt; audiences including those who are difficult to reach physically. <br />&gt; Specifically, ICT would help advisory service provision in the following <br />&gt; ways: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Increase number of reaches by using ICT tools like Radio, <br />&gt; Mobile, Video, etc; This is due to the fact that, extension workers have <br />&gt; limited capacity to reach many farmers at a time; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Increase interactivity and participation of <br />&gt; clients/beneficiaries by using ICT tools like Radio combined with mobile <br />&gt; and Interactive Voice Responses (IVR); locally made videos, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Enhance knowledge, skills and attitude of value chain actors in <br />&gt; general and small scale farmers in particular by using various and <br />&gt; combination of ICT tools together with a face to face service provision; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Reduces cost of reach per farmer compared to face to face <br />&gt; service provision; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Provide real time information within a short period of time, <br />&gt; like weather and market information, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 2. *What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for <br />&gt; advisory service provision in Ethiopia?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; In the Ethiopian context, there are some challenges in using ICT solutions <br />&gt; which includes but not limited to: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Weak ICT infrastructure i.e. weak and intermittent internet <br />&gt; connectivity, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Public dominated and single service provider (Ethio Telecom); <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Limited number of skilled human resource; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; High cost of ICT tools due to high import taxation. As a <br />&gt; result, limited usage by extension service providers. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Let me stop here for now and looking forward to hearing more from others. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Regards, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *Samson Eshetu* <br />&gt; Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />&gt; Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />&gt; e: seshetu@farmradio.org <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; [image: FRI Logo] <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales Internationales* <br />&gt; PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />&gt; farmradio.org &lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter <br />&gt; &lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook <br />&gt; &lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram <br />&gt; &lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE <br />&gt; &lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM alemuwolde347@gmail.com &lt; <br />&gt; alemuwolde347@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Well received thanks. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 1:04 PM Alemu Wolde &lt;alemuwolde347@gmail.com wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Well received thanks. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:33 PM yeneneshe@yahoo.com via Dgroups &lt; <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Dear colleagues and friends, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; You are invite to participate in the *ICT4Extension and Advisory Service <br />&gt; stakeholders dialogue* taking place at ILRI, Addis Ababa on *April 11, <br />&gt; 2019*, organized jointly by Ministry of Agriculture, ILRI-SAIRLA, Farm <br />&gt; Radio International and Digital Green. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; We want to make this event an unprecedented opportunity for development, <br />&gt; therefore a preliminary e-discussion is organized from the 27th of March to <br />&gt; 10th of April on the following questions: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 1. *What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 2. *What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory <br />&gt; service provision in Ethiopia?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 3. *What are some of ICT solutions and delivery mechanisms that you <br />&gt; would wish to see applied or you see to have the potential in the <br />&gt; Ethiopian advisory service provision system?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 4. *Would you kindly share some of your experiences regarding ICT in <br />&gt; Extension and Agricultural Advisory Service ?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *The following colleagues will do the facilitation during the 2 weeks:* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Andry (Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy, Farming &amp; Technology for Africa) <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Daniel (Danil Ayalew, Farm Radio International) <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Tadesse (Tadesse Amberbir, Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural <br />&gt; Research) <br />&gt; <br />&gt; To contribute, just *reply to this email*. You can start by presenting <br />&gt; yourself briefly. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; More information about the event could be found here: <br />&gt; WWW.ICT4EAS-Ethiopia.com &lt;http://www.ict4eas-ethiopia.com/&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Please follow the link to confirm your participation to the event: <br />&gt; https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/attend <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; With Kind Regards, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Yenenesh Egu BEZABIH <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Director, Agricultural Extension Directorate <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Ministry of Agriculture <br />&gt; <br />&gt; P.O.Box. 62347 <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Tel. office +251 116461606 <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Tel. Mobile +251 911066733 <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thursday, March 28, 2019, 4:42:30 PM GMT+8, <br />&gt; wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com &lt;wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Well noted. Thank you <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 1:25 AM seshetu@farmradio.org &lt; <br />&gt; seshetu@farmradio.org&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Dear Dr. Alemayehu, Dear All, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Welcome on board! Definitely, you will be receiving formal invitation from <br />&gt; the Director of Extension, MoA soon, which clarify the objective, issues to <br />&gt; be discussed, people who moderate the discussion, etc. So far, the <br />&gt; moderator wants to confirm whether we received this email or not i.e. like <br />&gt; testing. Once we receive formal invitation from the Director, we will be <br />&gt; starting the read discussion via moderators. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Looking forward to your active participation. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Regards, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *Samson Eshetu* <br />&gt; Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />&gt; Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />&gt; e: seshetu@farmradio.org <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; [image: FRI Logo] <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales Internationales* <br />&gt; PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />&gt; farmradio.org &lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter <br />&gt; &lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook <br />&gt; &lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram <br />&gt; &lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE <br />&gt; &lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:48 AM Dr.Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie &lt; <br />&gt; alemalemayehu22@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Dear.Sir/Madam <br />&gt; Thank you for the message,Would you please give me additional <br />&gt; clarification on the overall objectives of the DGroups,Since it is my <br />&gt; first time to recognize a group like this i wish to have the original <br />&gt; message, which couldn&#39;t find it in the message i received. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Kind Regards <br />&gt; Dr. Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie <br />&gt; CVO and Permanent Delegate of Ethiopia to the OIE <br />&gt; DIRECTOR <br />&gt; Disease Prevention and control Directorate <br />&gt; IGAD-Regional SPS Committee Secretary <br />&gt; Ministry of Agriculture /MoA/ <br />&gt; P.O. 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Only the radio fetches us with information. Hence with this limitation Farm Radio International came up with Radio 2.0 which means Radio able to interact with the listeners. <br />Radio 2.0 = Radio gives information and listeners participate using mobile devices <br />•Information given to Listeners via Radio and listeners gives their Feedback to the radio. <br />How Listeners Give Feedback? <br />Listeners give feedback to the radio by using their phone with the help of ICT that Farm Radio International develops. The listeners feedback will directly delivered to the Radio station for data purpose or improvement of the Radio program. The listeners gave feedback by using their phone with the help of ICT services that allows them to communicate with the Radio station. <br />How ICT Helps the Radio Interactivity? <br />ICT throw away the old-fashioned Radio system which is the one-way information flow to a Two-way communication device in which listeners and Radio station will be able to communicate without a limitation of time and place. <br />This ICT helps the Radio interactivity by allowing listeners with different way of Interaction. <br />Ways of Interactivity? <br /> IVR (Interactive voice Response) : This system allows the listeners to communicate with the Radio station by dialing to an assigned Phone number for that specific Radio station. When they called to that number there will be a recorded voice which instructs the caller to choose what he wants to respond. <br />Types of Questions in IVR <br />Closed Ended Question: This question will be asked for the listeners to answer their response by pressing their phone keypad numbers to choose from the choices. <br /> E.g. Please tell us your Gender? <br /> Press 1 if you are Men <br /> Press 2 if you are Women <br /> <br />Open Ended Question: This question will be asked for the listeners to respond their opinion by using their phone to record their voice. They also able to raise a question. <br />E.g. what is your Motivation to participate in this Radio program? Please leave your answer after the bell rings. <br />This IVR system helps us to do researches with survey analysis. <br />What are the Interactivity Services? <br />There are different services we give by using IVR. <br /> Survey: Conduct a generic survey that collects information about demography, preference and information need of the audience. <br /> Polling: we can know listeners opinion by raising a polling question. We can raise an Open Ended question and Closed Ended Question. <br /> Tips: We can give advises and agricultural tips for the listeners. <br /> Reminder: Send automatic call for the listeners to remind that the Radio program will start soon. <br /> Beep2Seed: This type of service gives an information to farmers about location and contact for seed supplies in their area. <br />What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory service provision in Ethiopia? <br />- The biggest challenge for ICT is infrastructure problem, there is no reliable service for us to implement technologies to help agriculture for a better impact. <br />-It takes time for the farmer to adapt new technologies as we wanted. <br /> <br />Fri, 29 Mar 2019 05:50:51 Zdayalew@farmradio.orge0d5c8c1-6244-4723-bf41-20f8994e1975https://dgroups.org/_/c86gbbpddiscussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueDear All <br />My name is Million Getnet. I work for ILRI on consultancy basis for two projects. One is the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research and Learning (SAIRLA)-National Learning Alliance (NLA) and Africa RISING projects. In both projects I am responsible in organizing and facilitating social learnig in multi-stakeholder platforms established at national and sub-national levels. <br />Come back to addressing the questions; <br /> <br />1. What is the role of ICT in Ethiopia Advisory Service Provision? <br />I think currently mostly the role of ICT is limited to computer and internet based applications of storage and communication services which advisory services, just like other sectors. However, we are witnessing an increasing use of ICT for advisory services. Innovations and business start-ups are coming up showing casing the huge potentials of ICT for advisory services provision. I believe that ICT could have essential role to play in technology demand assessment and articulation, deploying improved technologies and impact assessment of adopted technologies. <br /> <br />2. What are the main challenges? <br />In my view, there are three levels of challenges that we need to overcome. First, on the supply side, the ICT infrastructure is still in the infancy stage. Connectivity is still a problem in many rural areas. On the users side, the level of illiteracy of the large number of rural communities is a major problem. Even basic services may require basic reading and writing and arithmetic skills, which is lacking in many rural areas. In between, ICT solutions and ICT solution providers are also at an infancy stage. <br /> <br />With best, <br />Million <br /> <br />. What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision? <br /> <br />From: ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org [mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org] On Behalf Of seshetu@farmradio.org <br />Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:50 PM <br />To: ICT4EAS-Ethiopia &lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; <br />Subject: [ict4eas-ethiopia] Welcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders Dialogue <br /> <br />Dear All, <br />Happy to be part of this dgroup. <br /> <br />I am Samson Eshetu, working for Farm Radio International, Ethiopia Office, as a Country Representative. <br /> <br />Farm Radio International (FRI) is a Canadian charity working with more than 670 radio broadcasters in 40 African countries to fight poverty and food insecurity. We help African broadcasters meet the needs of local small-scale farmers and their families in rural communities by providing broadcaster resources such as information and resource packages, broadcaster training to help develop a higher standard of farm radio services, and impact programming to plan and deliver special radio campaigns and programs that address specific development challenges. All of our programming is designed to be accessible and relevant to small-scale farmers. For more info, please visit our website at www.farmradio.org&lt;http://www.farmradio.org/&gt; <br /> <br />Contributing to a discussion questions: <br />1. What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision? <br />Generally, ICT support service provision in terms of reaching large audiences including those who are difficult to reach physically. Specifically, ICT would help advisory service provision in the following ways: <br /> <br />• Increase number of reaches by using ICT tools like Radio, Mobile, Video, etc; This is due to the fact that, extension workers have limited capacity to reach many farmers at a time; <br /> <br />• Increase interactivity and participation of clients/beneficiaries by using ICT tools like Radio combined with mobile and Interactive Voice Responses (IVR); locally made videos, <br /> <br />• Enhance knowledge, skills and attitude of value chain actors in general and small scale farmers in particular by using various and combination of ICT tools together with a face to face service provision; <br /> <br />• Reduces cost of reach per farmer compared to face to face service provision; <br /> <br />• Provide real time information within a short period of time, like weather and market information, <br /> <br /> <br />2. What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory service provision in Ethiopia? <br />In the Ethiopian context, there are some challenges in using ICT solutions which includes but not limited to: <br /> <br />• Weak ICT infrastructure i.e. weak and intermittent internet connectivity, <br /> <br />• Public dominated and single service provider (Ethio Telecom); <br /> <br />• Limited number of skilled human resource; <br /> <br />• High cost of ICT tools due to high import taxation. As a result, limited usage by extension service providers. <br />Let me stop here for now and looking forward to hearing more from others. <br /> <br />Regards, <br /> <br /> <br />Samson Eshetu <br />Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />e: seshetu@farmradio.org&lt;mailto:seshetu@farmradio.org&gt; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />[FRI Logo] <br /> <br />Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales Internationales <br />PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia&lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />farmradio.org&lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter&lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook&lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram&lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE&lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM alemuwolde347@gmail.com&lt;mailto:alemuwolde347@gmail.com&gt; &lt;alemuwolde347@gmail.com&lt;mailto:alemuwolde347@gmail.com&gt;&gt; wrote: <br />Well received thanks. <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 1:04 PM Alemu Wolde &lt;alemuwolde347@gmail.com&lt;mailto:alemuwolde347@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />Well received thanks. <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:33 PM yeneneshe@yahoo.com&lt;mailto:yeneneshe@yahoo.com&gt; via Dgroups &lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; wrote: <br /> <br />Dear colleagues and friends, <br /> <br />You are invite to participate in the ICT4Extension and Advisory Service stakeholders dialogue taking place at ILRI, Addis Ababa on April 11, 2019, organized jointly by Ministry of Agriculture, ILRI-SAIRLA, Farm Radio International and Digital Green. <br /> <br />We want to make this event an unprecedented opportunity for development, therefore a preliminary e-discussion is organized from the 27th of March to 10th of April on the following questions: <br /> <br />1. What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision? <br /> <br />2. What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory service provision in Ethiopia? <br /> <br />3. What are some of ICT solutions and delivery mechanisms that you would wish to see applied or you see to have the potential in the Ethiopian advisory service provision system? <br /> <br />4. Would you kindly share some of your experiences regarding ICT in Extension and Agricultural Advisory Service ? <br /> <br />The following colleagues will do the facilitation during the 2 weeks: <br /> <br />• Andry (Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy, Farming &amp; Technology for Africa) <br /> <br />• Daniel (Danil Ayalew, Farm Radio International) <br /> <br />• Tadesse (Tadesse Amberbir, Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research) <br /> <br />To contribute, just reply to this email. You can start by presenting yourself briefly. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />More information about the event could be found here: WWW.ICT4EAS-Ethiopia.com&lt;http://www.ict4eas-ethiopia.com/&gt; <br /> <br />Please follow the link to confirm your participation to the event: https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/attend <br /> <br /> <br />With Kind Regards, <br /> <br />Yenenesh Egu BEZABIH <br />Director, Agricultural Extension Directorate <br />Ministry of Agriculture <br />P.O.Box. 62347 <br />Tel. office +251 116461606 <br />Tel. Mobile +251 911066733 <br />Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br /> <br /> <br />On Thursday, March 28, 2019, 4:42:30 PM GMT+8, wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&lt;mailto:wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&gt; &lt;wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&lt;mailto:wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&gt;&gt; wrote: <br /> <br /> <br />Well noted. Thank you <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 1:25 AM seshetu@farmradio.org&lt;mailto:seshetu@farmradio.org&gt; &lt;seshetu@farmradio.org&lt;mailto:seshetu@farmradio.org&gt;&gt; wrote: <br />Dear Dr. Alemayehu, Dear All, <br />Welcome on board! Definitely, you will be receiving formal invitation from the Director of Extension, MoA soon, which clarify the objective, issues to be discussed, people who moderate the discussion, etc. So far, the moderator wants to confirm whether we received this email or not i.e. like testing. Once we receive formal invitation from the Director, we will be starting the read discussion via moderators. <br /> <br />Looking forward to your active participation. <br /> <br />Regards, <br /> <br />Samson Eshetu <br />Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />e: seshetu@farmradio.org&lt;mailto:seshetu@farmradio.org&gt; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />[FRI Logo] <br /> <br />Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales Internationales <br />PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia&lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />farmradio.org&lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter&lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook&lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram&lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE&lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:48 AM Dr.Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie &lt;alemalemayehu22@gmail.com&lt;mailto:alemalemayehu22@gmail.com&gt;&gt; wrote: <br />Dear.Sir/Madam <br />Thank you for the message,Would you please give me additional <br />clarification on the overall objectives of the DGroups,Since it is my <br />first time to recognize a group like this i wish to have the original <br />message, which couldn&#39;t find it in the message i received. <br /> <br />Kind Regards <br />Dr. Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie <br />CVO and Permanent Delegate of Ethiopia to the OIE <br /> DIRECTOR <br /> Disease Prevention and control Directorate <br /> IGAD-Regional SPS Committee Secretary <br /> Ministry of Agriculture /MoA/ <br />P.O. Box 57535 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia <br /> Tel:- Mob +251-920-662277 <br /> E-mail:-alemalemayehu22@gmail.com&lt;mailto:E-mail%3A-alemalemayehu22@gmail.com&gt; <br /> Office +251-116-462301 <br /> Res. +251-111-573246 <br /> Fax +251-116-462003 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On 3/27/19, teshomework@yahoo.com&lt;mailto:teshomework@yahoo.com&gt; via Dgroups <br />&lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt;&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; Yes, Well received. <br />&gt; Kind Regards,-----------------------------Teshome <br />&gt; Worku, Tel:+251911236484,---------------------------- <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 3:45:07 PM GMT+3, Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy <br />&gt; &lt;andrian.raso@gmail.com&lt;mailto:andrian.raso@gmail.com&gt;&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; This is the first message for the ICT4EAS on DGroups. <br />&gt; Please reply to me if you receive this mail. <br />&gt; Regards <br />&gt; <br />&gt; __________ <br />&gt; <br />&gt; _______________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; ICT4EAS Ethiopia discussion group. <br />&gt; To contribute, send mail to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; You are receiving this message because you&#39;re a member of the community <br />&gt; ICT4EAS-Ethiopia. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; View this contribution on the web site https://dgroups.org/_/zajbaymk <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; A reply to this message will be sent to all members of ICT4EAS-Ethiopia. <br />&gt; To reply to sender, send a message to andrian.raso@gmail.com&lt;mailto:andrian.raso@gmail.com&gt;. <br />&gt; To unsubscribe, send an email to leave.ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:leave.ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; __________ <br />&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contribute <br />&gt; <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br />[image: Globe Turning into Purple Eye] [image: letter 1]*LEM**AYEHU *[image: <br />Globe Turning into Purple Eye] <br /> <br /> <br />__________ <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contribute <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contribute <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br />Wondimagegn Dejene (DVM,MSc) <br />Chair, Brucellosis Technical Working Group <br />Director for Quarantine Import Export Inspection and Certification Directorate. <br />Ministry of Agrculture (MoA) <br />Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. <br />Cell phone: +251-911-57-20-62 <br />E-mail: wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&lt;mailto:wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&gt; <br /> <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contribute <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contribute <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contribute <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&lt;mailto:ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; to contributeThu, 28 Mar 2019 20:41:48 ZM.Gebreyes@cgiar.org6c558ea3-bc18-4cf3-a986-6eb58824d131https://dgroups.org/_/9syvddskdiscussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueDear All, <br />Happy to be part of this dgroup. <br /> <br />I am Samson Eshetu, working for Farm Radio International, Ethiopia Office, <br />as a Country Representative. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />*Farm Radio International (FRI)* is a Canadian charity working with more <br />than 670 radio broadcasters in 40 African countries to fight poverty and <br />food insecurity. We help African broadcasters meet the needs of local <br />small-scale farmers and their families in rural communities by providing <br />broadcaster resources such as information and resource packages, <br />broadcaster training to help develop a higher standard of farm radio <br />services, and impact programming to plan and deliver special radio <br />campaigns and programs that address specific development challenges. All of <br />our programming is designed to be accessible and relevant to small-scale <br />farmers. For more info, please visit our website at *www.farmradio.org* <br />&lt;http://www.farmradio.org/&gt; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Contributing to a discussion questions: <br /> <br />1. *What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision?* <br /> <br />Generally, ICT support service provision in terms of reaching large <br />audiences including those who are difficult to reach physically. <br />Specifically, ICT would help advisory service provision in the following <br />ways: <br /> <br />&#183; Increase number of reaches by using ICT tools like Radio, Mobile, <br />Video, etc; This is due to the fact that, extension workers have limited <br />capacity to reach many farmers at a time; <br /> <br />&#183; Increase interactivity and participation of clients/beneficiaries <br />by using ICT tools like Radio combined with mobile and Interactive Voice <br />Responses (IVR); locally made videos, <br /> <br />&#183; Enhance knowledge, skills and attitude of value chain actors in <br />general and small scale farmers in particular by using various and <br />combination of ICT tools together with a face to face service provision; <br /> <br />&#183; Reduces cost of reach per farmer compared to face to face service <br />provision; <br /> <br />&#183; Provide real time information within a short period of time, like <br />weather and market information, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2. *What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory <br />service provision in Ethiopia?* <br /> <br />In the Ethiopian context, there are some challenges in using ICT solutions <br />which includes but not limited to: <br /> <br />&#183; Weak ICT infrastructure i.e. weak and intermittent internet <br />connectivity, <br /> <br />&#183; Public dominated and single service provider (Ethio Telecom); <br /> <br />&#183; Limited number of skilled human resource; <br /> <br />&#183; High cost of ICT tools due to high import taxation. As a result, <br />limited usage by extension service providers. <br /> <br />Let me stop here for now and looking forward to hearing more from others. <br /> <br /> <br />Regards, <br /> <br /> <br />*Samson Eshetu* <br />Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />e: seshetu@farmradio.org <br /> <br />[image: FRI Logo] *Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales <br />Internationales* <br />PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />farmradio.org &lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter <br />&lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook <br />&lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram <br />&lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE <br />&lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br /> <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM alemuwolde347@gmail.com &lt; <br />alemuwolde347@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br /> <br />&gt; Well received thanks. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 1:04 PM Alemu Wolde &lt;alemuwolde347@gmail.com wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt;&gt; Well received thanks. <br />&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:33 PM yeneneshe@yahoo.com via Dgroups &lt; <br />&gt;&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org wrote: <br />&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Dear colleagues and friends, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; You are invite to participate in the *ICT4Extension and Advisory <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Service stakeholders dialogue* taking place at ILRI, Addis Ababa on *April <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; 11, 2019*, organized jointly by Ministry of Agriculture, ILRI-SAIRLA, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Farm Radio International and Digital Green. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; We want to make this event an unprecedented opportunity for development, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; therefore a preliminary e-discussion is organized from the 27th of March to <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; 10th of April on the following questions: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; 1. *What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision?* <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; 2. *What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; service provision in Ethiopia?* <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; 3. *What are some of ICT solutions and delivery mechanisms that you <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; would wish to see applied or you see to have the potential in the <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Ethiopian advisory service provision system?* <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; 4. *Would you kindly share some of your experiences regarding ICT in <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Extension and Agricultural Advisory Service ?* <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; *The following colleagues will do the facilitation during the 2 weeks:* <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &#183; Andry (Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy, Farming &amp; Technology for Africa) <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &#183; Daniel (Danil Ayalew, Farm Radio International) <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &#183; Tadesse (Tadesse Amberbir, Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Research) <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; To contribute, just *reply to this email*. You can start by presenting <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; yourself briefly. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; More information about the event could be found here: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; WWW.ICT4EAS-Ethiopia.com &lt;http://www.ict4eas-ethiopia.com/&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Please follow the link to confirm your participation to the event: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/attend <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; With Kind Regards, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Yenenesh Egu BEZABIH <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Director, Agricultural Extension Directorate <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Ministry of Agriculture <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; P.O.Box. 62347 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Tel. office +251 116461606 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Tel. Mobile +251 911066733 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; On Thursday, March 28, 2019, 4:42:30 PM GMT+8, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com &lt;wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Well noted. Thank you <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 1:25 AM seshetu@farmradio.org &lt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; seshetu@farmradio.org&gt; wrote: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Dear Dr. Alemayehu, Dear All, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Welcome on board! Definitely, you will be receiving formal invitation <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; from the Director of Extension, MoA soon, which clarify the objective, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; issues to be discussed, people who moderate the discussion, etc. So far, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; the moderator wants to confirm whether we received this email or not i.e. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; like testing. Once we receive formal invitation from the Director, we will <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; be starting the read discussion via moderators. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Looking forward to your active participation. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Regards, <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; *Samson Eshetu* <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Ethiopia, Country Representative <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; e: seshetu@farmradio.org <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; [image: FRI Logo] *Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Internationales* <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &lt;https://goo.gl/maps/1RMB44ZgJMm&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; farmradio.org &lt;https://www.farmradio.org/&gt; | Twitter <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;https://twitter.com/farmradio&gt; | Facebook <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;https://www.facebook.com/farmradio&gt; | Instagram <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;https://www.instagram.com/farmradio/&gt; | DONATE <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;https://bit.ly/FRIemailDonation&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:48 AM Dr.Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie &lt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; alemalemayehu22@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Dear.Sir/Madam <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Thank you for the message,Would you please give me additional <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; clarification on the overall objectives of the DGroups,Since it is my <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; first time to recognize a group like this i wish to have the original <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; message, which couldn&#39;t find it in the message i received. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Kind Regards <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Dr. Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; CVO and Permanent Delegate of Ethiopia to the OIE <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; DIRECTOR <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Disease Prevention and control Directorate <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; IGAD-Regional SPS Committee Secretary <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Ministry of Agriculture /MoA/ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; P.O. Box 57535 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Tel:- Mob +251-920-662277 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; E-mail:-alemalemayehu22@gmail.com <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Office +251-116-462301 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Res. +251-111-573246 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Fax +251-116-462003 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; On 3/27/19, teshomework@yahoo.com via Dgroups <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; wrote: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; Yes, Well received. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; Kind Regards,-----------------------------Teshome <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; Worku, Tel:+251911236484,---------------------------- <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 3:45:07 PM GMT+3, Andrianjafy <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Rasoanindrainy <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; &lt;andrian.raso@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; This is the first message for the ICT4EAS on DGroups. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; Please reply to me if you receive this mail. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; Regards <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; __________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; _______________________________________________________________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; ICT4EAS Ethiopia discussion group. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; To contribute, send mail to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; You are receiving this message because you&#39;re a member of the community <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; ICT4EAS-Ethiopia. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; View this contribution on the web site https://dgroups.org/_/zajbaymk <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; A reply to this message will be sent to all members of <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; ICT4EAS-Ethiopia. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; To reply to sender, send a message to andrian.raso@gmail.com. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; To unsubscribe, send an email to leave.ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; __________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; -- <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; [image: Globe Turning into Purple Eye] [image: letter 1]*LEM**AYEHU <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; *[image: <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Globe Turning into Purple Eye] <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; __________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; -- <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Wondimagegn Dejene (DVM,MSc) <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Chair, Brucellosis Technical Working Group <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Director for Quarantine Import Export Inspection and Certification <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Directorate. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Ministry of Agrculture (MoA) <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Cell phone: +251-911-57-20-62 <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; E-mail: wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />&gt;&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt;Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:49:31 Zseshetu@farmradio.org242b0a20-e27f-4e8b-8e9a-9f34493db5e5https://dgroups.org/_/2n6pa1r9discussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueThank you for this introduction Director Yenenesh, <br /> <br />Dear colleagues and friends, let&#39;s start this exciting discussion ! <br />Why not start with questions 1 &amp; 2 (preferably) this week ? <br />After introducing yourself briefly (who you are and what you do, where), <br />please share your views: <br /> <br /> 1. *What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision?* <br /> 2. *What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory <br /> service provision in Ethiopia?* <br /> <br />Thank you all for participating in this e-discussion and have a productive <br />and constructive exchange during the next 2 weeks! <br /> <br />Andry <br />Facilitation Team <br /> <br />[image: aboutevent.png] <br /> <br />Le jeu. 28 mars 2019 &#224; 12:33, yeneneshe@yahoo.com via Dgroups &lt; <br />ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; a &#233;crit : <br /> <br />&gt; Dear colleagues and friends, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; You are invite to participate in the *ICT4Extension and Advisory Service <br />&gt; stakeholders dialogue* taking place at ILRI, Addis Ababa on *April 11, <br />&gt; 2019*, organized jointly by Ministry of Agriculture, ILRI-SAIRLA, Farm <br />&gt; Radio International and Digital Green. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; We want to make this event an unprecedented opportunity for development, <br />&gt; therefore a preliminary e-discussion is organized from the 27th of March to <br />&gt; 10th of April on the following questions: <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 1. *What is the role of ICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 2. *What are the main challenges of using ICT solutions for advisory <br />&gt; service provision in Ethiopia?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 3. *What are some of ICT solutions and delivery mechanisms that you <br />&gt; would wish to see applied or you see to have the potential in the <br />&gt; Ethiopian advisory service provision system?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; 4. *Would you kindly share some of your experiences regarding ICT in <br />&gt; Extension and Agricultural Advisory Service ?* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; *The following colleagues will do the facilitation during the 2 weeks:* <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Andry (Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy, Farming &amp; Technology for Africa) <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Daniel (Danil Ayalew, Farm Radio International) <br />&gt; <br />&gt; &#183; Tadesse (Tadesse Amberbir, Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural <br />&gt; Research) <br />&gt; <br />&gt; To contribute, just *reply to this email*. You can start by presenting <br />&gt; yourself briefly. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; More information about the event could be found here: <br />&gt; WWW.ICT4EAS-Ethiopia.com &lt;http://www.ict4eas-ethiopia.com/&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Please follow the link to confirm your participation to the event: <br />&gt; https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/attend <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; With Kind Regards, <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Yenenesh Egu BEZABIH <br />&gt; Director, Agricultural Extension Directorate <br />&gt; Ministry of Agriculture <br />&gt; P.O.Box. 62347 <br />&gt; Tel. office +251 116461606 <br />&gt; Tel. Mobile +251 911066733 <br />&gt; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br />&gt; <br />&gt;Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:04:11 ZAndrianjafy Rasoanindrainy2be41785-fa59-4667-85a2-e6f303d95a11https://dgroups.org/_/bmttzb68discussionWelcoming you to the ICT4EAS Stakeholders DialogueDear colleagues andfriends, <br /> <br />You are invite to participate in the ICT4Extension and Advisory Service stakeholders dialogue takingplace at ILRI, Addis Ababa on April 11,2019, organized jointly by Ministry of Agriculture, ILRI-SAIRLA, Farm RadioInternational and Digital Green. <br /> <br />We want to make this event an unprecedented opportunity for development,therefore a preliminary e-discussion is organized from the 27th of March to10th of April on the following questions: <br /> <br />1.&#160;&#160;&#160; What is the role ofICT in Ethiopian Advisory Service Provision? <br /> <br />2.&#160;&#160; What are the mainchallenges of using ICT solutions for advisory service provision in Ethiopia? <br /> <br />3.&#160; What are some of ICTsolutions and delivery mechanisms that you would wish to see applied or you seeto have the potential&#160; in the Ethiopian &#160;advisory service provision system? <br /> <br />4. Would you kindly sharesome of your experiences regarding ICT in Extension and Agricultural AdvisoryService&#160;? <br /> <br />The following colleagues will do the facilitation during the 2 weeks: <br /> <br />&#183;&#160; Andry (Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy, Farming&amp; Technology for Africa) <br /> <br />&#183;&#160; Daniel (Danil Ayalew, Farm Radio International) <br /> <br />&#183;&#160; Tadesse (Tadesse Amberbir, Ethiopian Institutefor Agricultural Research) <br /> <br />To contribute, just&#160;reply to this email. You can start bypresenting yourself briefly. <br /> <br />&#160; <br /> <br />More information about theevent could be found here: WWW.ICT4EAS-Ethiopia.com&#160; <br /> <br />Please follow the link toconfirm your participation to the event:&#160;https://ict4eas-ethiopia.com/attend&#160; <br /> <br /> <br />With Kind Regards, <br />Yenenesh Egu BEZABIHDirector, Agricultural Extension DirectorateMinistry of AgricultureP.O.Box. 62347Tel. office +251 116461606Tel. Mobile +251 911066733Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br /> <br /> On Thursday, March 28, 2019, 4:42:30 PM GMT+8, wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com &lt;wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br /> <br /> Well noted. Thank you <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 1:25 AM seshetu@farmradio.org &lt;seshetu@farmradio.org&gt; wrote: <br /> <br />Dear Dr. Alemayehu, Dear All,Welcome on board! Definitely, you will be receiving formal invitation from the Director of Extension, MoA soon, which clarify the objective, issues to be discussed, people who moderate the discussion, etc. So far, the moderator wants to confirm whether we received this email or not i.e. like testing. Once we receive formal invitation from the Director, we will be starting the read discussion via moderators.&#160; <br />Looking forward to your active participation. <br />Regards, <br />&#160; <br />| Samson Eshetu <br /> Ethiopia, Country Representative <br /> Repr&#233;sentant Pays <br /> e: seshetu@farmradio.org | <br />| &#160; | <br />| | Farm Radio International | Radios Rurales Internationales <br /> PO Box 19084, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <br /> farmradio.org | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | DONATE | <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:48 AM Dr.Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie &lt;alemalemayehu22@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br /> <br />Dear.Sir/Madam <br />Thank you for the message,Would you please give me additional <br />clarification on the overall objectives of the DGroups,Since it is my <br />first time to recognize a group like this i wish to have the original <br />message, which&#160; couldn&#39;t find it in the message i received. <br /> <br />Kind Regards <br />Dr. Alemayehu Mekonnen Anbessie <br />CVO and Permanent Delegate of Ethiopia to the OIE <br />&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;DIRECTOR <br />&#160; Disease Prevention and control Directorate <br />&#160; &#160; &#160; IGAD-Regional SPS Committee Secretary <br />&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;Ministry of Agriculture /MoA/ <br />P.O. Box 57535 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia <br />&#160;Tel:- Mob +251-920-662277 <br />&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;E-mail:-alemalemayehu22@gmail.com <br />&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;Office +251-116-462301 <br />&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;Res.&#160; &#160;+251-111-573246 <br />&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;Fax&#160; &#160;+251-116-462003 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On 3/27/19, teshomework@yahoo.com via Dgroups <br />&lt;ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; Yes, Well received. <br />&gt; Kind Regards,-----------------------------Teshome <br />&gt; Worku, Tel:+251911236484,---------------------------- <br />&gt; <br />&gt;&#160; &#160; &#160;On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 3:45:07 PM GMT+3, Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy <br />&gt; &lt;andrian.raso@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt; <br />&gt;&#160; This is the first message for the ICT4EAS on DGroups. <br />&gt; Please reply to me if you receive this mail. <br />&gt; Regards <br />&gt; <br />&gt; __________ <br />&gt; <br />&gt; _______________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; ICT4EAS Ethiopia discussion group. <br />&gt; To contribute, send mail to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org <br />&gt; <br />&gt; You are receiving this message because you&#39;re a member of the community <br />&gt; ICT4EAS-Ethiopia. <br />&gt; <br />&gt; View this contribution on the web site https://dgroups.org/_/zajbaymk <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; A reply to this message will be sent to all members of ICT4EAS-Ethiopia. <br />&gt; To reply to sender, send a message to andrian.raso@gmail.com. <br />&gt; To unsubscribe, send an email to leave.ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; __________ <br />&gt; _____________________________________________________________ <br />&gt; Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to <br />&gt; ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br />&gt; <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br />[image: Globe Turning into Purple Eye] [image: letter 1]*LEM**AYEHU *[image: <br />Globe Turning into Purple Eye] <br /> <br /> <br />__________ <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br /> <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contribute <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />Wondimagegn Dejene (DVM,MSc) <br /> <br />Chair, Brucellosis Technical Working Group <br /> <br />Director for Quarantine Import Export Inspection and Certification Directorate.&#160;Ministry of Agrculture (MoA)Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Cell phone: +251-911-57-20-62E-mail: wondimagegn.dejene@gmail.com <br /> <br />_____________________________________________________________ <br />Member of the ICT4EAS-Ethiopia Group - Send email to ict4eas-ethiopia@dgroups.org to contributeThu, 28 Mar 2019 09:32:07 Zyeneneshe@yahoo.com5632634d-78f6-4205-a0e5-5be89b384130https://dgroups.org/_/5zqzb9xweventICT4EAS Stakeholders Dialogue Marketplace* Date: 11 April 2019, 0:00<br />Wed, 27 Mar 2019 06:17:52 ZAndrianjafy Rasoanindrainy