CDSF Archived News and Stories
IWD2021:#ChooseToChallenge gender inequality in rural Ethiopia
International Women’s Day feature post by Morag Humble, Alinea’s Director of Health & Gender Equality, and Soyome Alemayehu, Gender & Nutrition Capacity Development Specialist for the Agricultural Growth Program-2 Capacity Development Support Facility, funded...
CDSF SNNPR Regional Office Conducts the Regional level CIGs One Health & Zoonotic Diseases ToT
The CDSF regional office in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) conducted regional level CIGs Zoonotic Diseases ToT from February 3-4, 2021 in Shashamane town. Topics covered in the training were Commonly known Zoonotic diseases, Transboundary...
SNNPR AGP2 Technical Committee Refresher Training
The CDSF regional office in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), in collaboration with the regional AGP CU, held refresher training for the Regional AGP2 Technical Committee from December 11 to 12, 2020 in Shashamane town. Competency areas...
Supporting Leaders in SNNPR
The CDSF regional office in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) conducted Leadership refresher training from December 4 to 5, 2020 in Shashamane town. Topics covered in the training included: International standards for public sector leadership...
AGP2 CDSF Oromia Regional Office conducted a three-days training on e-learning and iSpring application to MFDP participants
AGP2 CDSF Oromia Regional Office conducted a three-days training on e-learning and iSpring application to MFDP participants for three days on 9-11/12/2020, at Adama town. Fifteen (15) MFDP graduates (4 females) attended the training.The purpose of this training was to...
Refresher Training Focuses on Engaging Rural Women
The National Capacity Development Support Facility (CDSF) in collaboration with its SNNPR regional office conducted training on the Women Empowerment Manual (WEM) and refresher training on the Gender Toolkit (GTK), Common Interest Group Business Guide Book (CIG BGB)...
Gender Model Families (GMF) Recognized in Graduation Ceremony
On January 3, 2020 in Gumer Woreda, 10 families were recognized for their achievement in becoming Gender Model Families and another 14 follower families were also recognized for their work. Organized by the Woreda in collaboration with Gurage Zone, the Gender Unit of...
CDSF SNNP Regional Office conducted training on Harmonized NSA DA Manual
Recently, the AGP2-CDSF SNNP Regional office, in collaboration with CANAG and RAGP CU, held a three day training session for participants nominated from the three CANAG woredas and 6 kebeles. The 25 participants were nearly 50% female and included 6 woreda experts, 10...
CDSF SNNP Regional Office Welcomes Interns
The Agricultural Growth Program II Capacity Development Support Facility (AGP2-CDSF) SNNP Regional office welcomed six (5 female) newly joined interns. An orientation was held in Hawassa on December 19-20, 2019 to support their successful start with the program. The...
ICT Trade Fair and Symposium
Digital Learning in the Ethiopian Agricultural Extention System, Organized by AGP2-CDSF, Global Affairs Canada, AGP2, Ministry of Agriculture and ILRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PIoW14MJ98&feature=youtu.be Fana Television, Youtube,
Symposium on Digital Learning brings government, development partners and private sector together
On December 5, 2019, the Capacity Development Support Facility (CDSF), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) hosted an innovative event focused on digital...
SNNPR Cooperative Agency Rolls out Business Guidebook Training
The SNNPR Cooperative Agency, in collaboration with the Regional Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) Coordination Unit and the Capacity Development Support Facility (CDSF), officially rolled out the Common Interest Group Business Guidebook (CIG BGB) training. Two...
SNNPR HOSTS GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR MASTER FACILITATORS
The SNNP Agricultural Growth Program Capacity Development Support Facility (AGP2-CDSF) Regional Office held a half-day Master Facilitators (MFs) graduation ceremony on October 15, 2019, in Hawassa city, at the Ker - Awud international Hotel. A total of 43 graduates...
A Refresher Training on National Harmonized NSA Training Manual Delivered in Amhara Region
Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture (NSA) Capacity Development Specialists conducted two days of training in Injibara, Amhara region on November 8-9, 2019. The training was facilitated in cooperation with a representative from the Regional Bureau of Agriculture and the...
AGP2 Food Fair in Tigray
The CDSF office in Tigray, in collaboration with CASCAPE Nutrition and Gender (CANAG), Mekele University capacity building for scaling up of evidence-based best practices in Ethiopia (CASCAPE), Tigray Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development (TBoARD) and...
CDSF Celebrates School Egg Day
The Capacity Development Support Facility (CDSF) Oromia Office celebrated School Egg Day on June 25, 2019 in Sharoma Elementary School in Arsi Zone, Hitosa Woread, Oda Jila Kebele. The purpose of the event was to create awareness among the school community and parents...
CDSF conducts NSA mainstreaming training in collaboration with FNCO and Save the Children International
CDSF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Food and Nutrition Coordination Office (FNCO) and Save the Children International, organized a 4-day (April 11 - 14, 2019) nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) mainstreaming training event in Bishoftu....
Computer Tablets Improve Information Sharing Among Farmers
The 2017 Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MoANR) Extension Strategy recommends enhancing agricultural knowledge through information communication technology (ICT) led extension service delivery. In line with the recommendation, CDSF facilitated...