Presented by Sarah Marketon, Student Associate to ILRI Ethiopia, Small Auditorium, ILRI, 4 August 2011.

1. Sarah Marketon Expedition to Ethiopia From Howard Lake to Addis Ababa 2011 Borlaug-Ruan Intern: International Livestock Research Institute Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2. All About Me

3. Background From Howard Lake, MN (small town with less than 2,000 people) Raise pigs, beef cattle, and chickens Help uncle run corn and soybean farm Involved with FFA (an agricultural leadership organization), NHS (National Honor Society), Concert Band (I play clarinet), and the World Food Prize (of course!) Will be a senior at HLWW (Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted) High School Plan to attend the University of Minnesota, St. Paul to major in Agricultural Education

4. Home Sweet Home

5. “Big blue”

8. Pigs Hampshire and Yorkshire Ethel

9. More Pigs

10. Beef

11. Activities

12. World Food Prize So how did I get here?

13. What is the World Food Prize? Founded by Dr. Norman Borlaug – considered to have saved more lives than any other person Organization that recognizes individuals who are working to fight world hunger Award high school students internships 8 weeks All expenses paid Many different countries (including: Bangladesh, China, India, Turkey, and Kenya) Since 1998, over 140 students have travelled abroad

14. Timeline Summer 2010: Wrote my essay on humanitarian aid and food relief in disaster sites with a focus on Iraq Fall 2010: Attended Global Youth Institute where I heard from past interns Winter 2010: Applied for an internship Late winter 2011: Selected as a finalist, went to IA for an interview Spring 2011: Found out I would spend my summer in Ethiopia

15. My Time at ILRI Time frame: June 10 – August 8 Projects: Chicken health and sheep breeding/genetics Supervisor: Dr. Tadelle Dessie Places I visited: Debre Zeit, MehalMeda, Molale, Addis Ababa, Awash, and Nazret

16. Chicken Health 4 Development Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research- Debre Zeit Judy, Stacey, and Paul ELISAs, data entry, post mortem, parasites, and serum samples Dr. Lynch

17. Chicken Health 4 Development Parasites ELISA

18. It Wasn’t All Work… Minnesota in Debre Zeit! Making Fruit Salad

19. Sheep Genetics Ram selection Interviews with farmers Hot and Cold! Average farmer “Faranji Hysteria” Very patient people…thank you! MehalMeda

20. Project Materials & Methods Developed a short questionnaire to interview farmers Questions included: Why sheep are raised, if feed shortage is experienced, what problems are faced, and if a breeding schedule is used. 15 farmers in 2 different villages (MehalMeda and Molale) 2/30 farmers interviewed were female Coded responses to questions for analysis Used Microsoft Excel to evaluate the codes and develop charts/graphs displaying the information

21. Results

22. Results Cont.

23. More Results

24. Results

25. Results cont.

26. Cows? Genesis Farms Awash

27. Trip Highlights

28. Ethiopia Has Taught Me… To appreciate everything…especially the little joys in life Having little doesn’t mean you have nothing to give There is a world outside Howard Lake, MN People appreciate even the smallest acts of kindness There really are people living in poverty…its not just on TV We each have the talents needed to feed the world

29. Thank you to everyone who has made my stay at ILRI a positive experience. I may be leaving Ethiopia, but I have many memories to keep for the rest of my life.