Agricultural Research for Crop and Livestock Value Chain Development: The ‘IPMS’ ExperienceAn interactive seminar by Dirk Hoekstra, Azage Tegegne and Berhanu Gebremedhin who have been leading the Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) project and its successor Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project.

• The IPMS commodity development approach in an agricultural research for development (AR4D) framework

• How did IPMS implement the AR4D approach in a research setting?• Achievements and lessons

Venue: Large auditorium, ILRI Addis John Vercoe Auditorium, ILRI NairobiWebEx for all other ILRI offices

Date: Wednesday 27 March 2013Time: 1500 to 1600 hoursThe 30-minute talk will be followed by an interactive session with the audience.

OverviewImproving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) is a project that has been implemented from July 2004 to March 2013 to demonstrate market oriented transformation of subsistence agriculture using the value chain development approach and innovation systems perspective.

About the speakers

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Dirk Hoekstra worked as economist and/or manager for nearly 40 years in development and research organizations & projects. He joined ILRI in 2004 to lead the IPMS project.

Azage Tegegne is a livestock scientist in ILRI leading the LIVES project. He has over 25 years of experience in livestock research, education , rural development and mentoring of graduate students

Berhanu Gebremedhin has over 20 years of research experience on policies and strategies for sustainable economic development of agriculture focusing on value chain analysis and commercial transformation of smallholders.