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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Collaborative Value Chain Innovation: A Partnership for Sustainable Intensification - The Case of Gusha Shinkurta Area, Awi Zone, Ethiopia\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Misganaw Teshager, Bahir Dar University, Disaster Risk Management, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{tmisganaw16@gmail.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Misganaw Teshager$^{1}$, Getachew Alemayehu$^{1}$, Enyew Adgo$^{1}$, Yoseph Tewodros Delelegn$^{2}$, Jörn Germer$^{3}$, Folkard Asch$^{4}$, Bern\-hard Fre\-yer$^{2}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$Bahir Dar University (UBD), Ethiopia}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$Sanergy, Engineering Office for Urban Sanitation and Energy Crop Cultivation in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{4}$University of Hohenheim, Germany}}}
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\index[author]{Teshager, Misganaw}
\index[author]{Alemayehu, Getachew}
\index[author]{Adgo, Enyew}
\index[author]{Delelegn, Yoseph Tewodros}
\index[author]{Germer, Jörn}
\index[author]{Asch, Folkard}
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In Ethiopia cash crop (maize, cereals, potato) based farm systems are widely promoted. To increase productivity and to better understand how to cope with climate change, this study presents a farmers value chain analysis to identify challenges and innovative practices, and viable adaptation options. Secondary documents were consulted to characterise, explore and analyse chain actors and linkages in the value chain. Qualitative interviews were held with ten respondents at regional, zonal and Woredas level, and 120 farmers were interviewed at Kebele level. Non"=structured in"=depth interviews were administered to 30 case farmers at the Kebele. Twelve focus group discussions composing 10-12 farmers were held. Moreover, a verification/validation workshop was held which drew participants from actors/partners in the chain to gain an understanding of prioritised needs and innovations. In the whole discourse farmers recognised the following agronomic practices as a possible adverse reduction measures to climate change: scheduling and optimising of sowing dates, appropriate planting methods like row planting which has a notable contribution to fertiliser management and weed management, lower planting density, organic matter fertilisation and crop residue maintenance, composts and farmyard manure, optimisation of crop rotation, replacing bare fallow with fallow crops, use of leguminous crops such as clover, lentil, pea, and bean inter"=cropping, and supplement irrigation at critical growth stage of crops. The core challenges from farmer's perspective were: absence of irrigation scheme, lack of marketing cooperatives, inappropriate brokering, weak output market and absence of sustainable finance. From the market chain analysis it was found very little best practices to scale up, which is associated with farmer's unwillingness to cooperate, and untimely arrival of rainfall. Training, farm visits and workshops helped farmers to enhance their capacity in terms of selecting appropriate climate change adaptation options. The government with other relevant actors should establish farmers marketing and economic cooperatives to optimise farmer"=market relations. An inclusive financial sector should be in place, promotion of the existing one (like micro finance) for accessing loan to the sustainably work of the value chain (e.g. energy saving stoves, vegetable farming), linking to service providers (e.g. improved seeds).
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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Climate change adaptation, collaboration, innovation, value chain
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\index[key]{Value chain}
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