1. Ethiopian Agriculture Portal
www.eap.gov.et
Why This Portal?
To improve access to research outputs,
information on “best-bet” technologies,
information on the current status and outputs
Your getaway to information on Ethiopian agriculture development !!
of agricultural projects being carried out in the
country,
To improve access to all kinds of information
resources, which is often cited as one of the
major challenges facing public sector service
providers and other stakeholders in Ethiopian
agriculture sector.
Therefore, the Improving Productivity and Market Success
(IPMS) of Ethiopian farmers project, implemented in
collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),
developed this portal to make such access to information
easier. The broader goal of this endeavor is to contribute Photo
to the efforts of the Ethiopian government in
transforming Ethiopian agriculture from subsistence
suggestions
farming to that of commercial agriculture.
Who are Target Audiences?
EAP is most useful to policy makers, experts in the
extension system, researchers, agricultural students, NGOs,
Community Based Organizations, and other stakeholders in
Can This Effort be Sustained? How?
Ethiopian agriculture with access to web-based resources. Content suitable for the portal is identified, collected, and
uploaded in collaboration with various stakeholder in the
How does EAP Make Access to agricultural sector
The technical infrastructure of the portal is designed in such a
Information Easier? way that it can be maintained easily by existing ICT team of
The portal makes access to information easier because the Ministry of Agriculture.
it brings together information from diverse national
and international sources under one gateway in a Why not just use Google or
simple and yet logically structured user interface.
The focus is on availing important documents on
Yahoo?
agricultural commodities by digitalizing those that have The portal provides focused results which increases your
limited distribution and collecting specific documents probability of finding what you look for on Ethiopian
on Ethiopian Agriculture Agriculture
Documents on Ethiopian agriculture are added to the Documents on the portal are often digitized from hard copies
portal after careful screening for its relevance, and would not have been available on any search engine
timeliness, accuracy, and level-of-complexity in light of results.
the target audience.
• What else can the portal do?
What were the design • EAP provides links to websites of key stakeholders in
Considerations? Ethiopian agriculture – including but not limited to; national &
international agricultural research centers, national
Ease of use, ease of maintenance, sustainability,
agricultural universities, and agriculture sector projects
ability to scale-up
currently being implemented in the country further add value
Procedure for uploading/managing EAP is to the potential services.
relatively easy– even for non-web technologists.
EAP is powered by a powerful database engine
that can easily accommodate a large number of
documents.
Improving Productivity and Market
Contact Address: Ethiopian Agriculture Portal Tel:+251-11-646-3302 , +251-91-114-1205 E-mail eap@moard.gov.et Url www.eap.go.v.et
Success of Ethiopian Farmers