“Knowledge and skill sharing can change the attitude and behaviour of people” Hello, who are you? I am Tegegne Wakoya and have been a national Innovation facilitator for the Community based seed production niche in Butajira, Southern Nation Nationality Peoples Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia. I am a rural development practitioner with experience in project coordinating for

“The more you make partnerships functional, the more you are close to common goals.” Hello, who are you? I’m Samson Eshetu working for CDAIS as lead NIF since February 2018. My roles and responsibilities in the project are supporting NIFs and providing technical support in planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation of niche partnership activities. I

“We still have too much faith in technical solutions to meet the goal of increased productivity…There should be searchings of heart as to our policies and programs.  Are they adequate to the needs of the current and emerging challenges? Kenyon Leech Butterfield, 1918 Hello, who are you? I am Kebebe Ergano, I hold a PhD

“Bringing people together with different views and common interest is effective for sustainable solutions to recurrent problems” Hello, who are you? I am Abiro and I live in Debirebirhan, Ethiopia. I am a socioeconomics researcher for the Amhara Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), and a agricultural economist with 10 years experience in the Ethiopian agricultural research.

“Alone you can go quickly, but together we can go far!” Hello, who are you? I am Leon Niyibizi, eager to improve food security and rural socio-economies through applying best practices and learning from successful practitioners and advocates. I am assistant lecturer at the University of Rwanda where I have worked since 2007, but also

“Capacity development is transforming root causes into real success” Hello, who are you? I am Anita Mutesi currently working with the Rwanda Development Board in the capacity development and employment services unit and have served as a specialist in this area for more than seven years. I have collaborated and worked closely with different government

Hello, who are you? I am Giselle, qualified in rural agri business and education leadership and management and, and lead trainer in pedagogical curricula of the national TVET Trainer Certificate of Rwanda. I have national certificate as a TVET Trainer and as Lead trainer in work readiness which has strengthened my ability in facilitating and

“Be an innovator not an imitator – there is always a way to improve things!” Hello, who are you? I am Straton Habumugisha, devoted to supporting improvements in rural and urban livelihoods. When people come together, work in cooperation and collaborate, new ways of doing things may arise from one day’s conversations! I am an

Hello, who are you? I am Leonidas Dusengemungu, senior socio-economist researcher at the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) with 15 years’ experience. Areas of research involve gender analysis, participatory research, and socio-economic studies including baseline, adoption and impacts of agricultural technologies. I heard about the CDAIS project in 2016, and the approach interested me because it

“The right people bring the right answers at the right time” Hello, who are you? I am Corneille Ntakirutimana, planning division manager in the National Agricultural Export Development Board. I have a MSc in Business administration. Before taking this, I was Deputy Director General in charge of production in the same institution, focusing on the