Workshop on climate change, biofuels, and agricultural marketing

Date: December 15-16th 2009 Location: Alemaya, Ethiopia Contact person: Abiye Alemu, dcgeth at nca-ethiopia.org

Wednesday, November 25 2009

The Drylands Coordination Group in Ethiopia is organizing a two day workshop at Haramaya University. The workshop will share the results of the following studies conducted by DCG members during 2009:

"Farmers’ perception and local adaptation strategies to Climate ChangeBy Dawit Kebede and Habtamu Adane from the Norwegian Church Aid

"Analysis of bio-fuel induced Farming system and land use change in Eastern Hararghe (Eastern Ethiopia): Implication for Ecology and Economic Impact" By Dr. Feysal and his team from Haramaya University

"Discovering and Explaining the ‘Black-Box’ of Ethiopian Agricultural Produce Price Formation and its Determinants within the Current Liberalized Market Policy" By Dr. Jemah and his team from Haramaya University

For more information about the workshop, please contact the DCG Ethiopia coordinator, Abiye Alemu: dcgeth at nca-ethiopia.org