14 April 2025
Kalkidan Ayele Mulatu, Research Management Coordinator at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, will join us for our seventh webinar in the 1000FARMS series to discuss “Unlocking Farmer-Preferred Multipurpose Forage Mixtures: A Tricot Approach in Ethiopia”.
Date: Thursday 29 April
Time: 14:00–14:30 (CET)
Summary
Kalkidan Ayele Mulatu is a researcher specialising in climate change mitigation and adaptation, with expertise in remote sensing, GIS, and sustainable forestry and agriculture. Since joining the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT in 2020, she has worked on global climate commitment tracking and real-time forest monitoring in Ethiopia. She now manages projects on forage-based livestock systems and sustainable food system pathways.
Farmers’ insights are crucial for the widespread adoption of new agricultural technologies. The Ethiopia Grass project employed the Tricot approach, where farmers directly compared three sets of grass-legume mixture of forage technologies under real-field conditions in Ethiopia. The presentation shares key experiences on citizen engagements towards identifying forage performances and factors that affect farmer preferences.
About the 1000FARMS webinar series
Our webinars will highlight the varied projects carried out by our partners, featuring experts, farmers, groundbreaking studies, and discussions on the overall impact of tricot and other farmer-led trials.
The webinars will take place every two weeks, usually on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons (CET), and are open to anyone. The format is a 15-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of open discussion.
Missed a previous webinar? Find the catch-up videos in the 1000FARMS Community.
