Future Agricultures Ethiopia 2007 National Consultation workshop
"Our ambition is to contribute to moving forward on the seemingly intractable problems of the agriculture sector, through a combination of empirical analysis and an innovative participatory methodology that allows diverse perspectives to be heard" - Future Agricultures
The Ethiopia National Consultation workshop was the culmination of a series of six regional-level consultation processes carried out by the Future Agricultures Consortium. The aim of these consultations was to:
- develop and test an all inclusive model for policy dialogue
- generate indicative policy ideas and trends on the future of agriculture
The workshop was attended by some 100 delegates, representing the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, regional government, farmer stakeholder groups, and farmers themselves.
The National Consultation workshop, held on 9 June in Addis Ababa, was officially opened by the State Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, H.E. Dr. Aberra Deressa.
The day featured keynote presentations on four potential 'pathways' along which development could take shape, and a second presentation on the regional consultation process. After questions and clarifications from the audience (see image gallery), six working groups representing each of the regions surveyed reflected on the presentations and discussions and were asked to present regional policy implications and ideas for moving forward. These are consolidated here.
In concluding the National Consultation workshop, a National Future Agricultures Working Group was established from audience volunteers. This group, facilitiated by the Future Agricultures Ethiopia team, is tasked with taking forward the regional consultation processes and the agenda established during the National Consultation.
Plenary presentations:FAC - An Overview of Issues and Activities
Policy and Process in Kenya
The Fall and Rise of Smallholder Agriculture?: Reflections and Debates about the Future of Agriculture in Malawi
Parallel session: Agricultural Commercialisations
Commercialisations in Smallholder Agriculture: A General Framework
Commercialisation in Ethiopia: Which pathways?
Commercialisation of Smallholder Agriculture in Coffee and Tef Growing Areas of Ethiopia
Download presentations & speeches
State Minister's opening speech
Keynote: Scenarios and pathways for regional agriculture
Policymaking in a Federal Context
Workshop output: Policy implications and ways forward
Links and Resources
'Bottom Up Policy Process: An agenda for Future
Agricultures in Ethiopia'. Ethiopian Herald newspaper, June 23 2007.
Paper: Too Much Inequality or Too
Little? Inequality and
Stagnation in Ethiopian
Agriculture. IDS Bulletin, 2005
Future Agricultures Ethiopia briefing papers
UN-OCHA / Future Agricultures high-level workshop report on pastoral futures in Ethiopia (3.7mb)
Images from the National Consultation
