I am pleased to see the COP has officially started and I am happy to be
part of this community. I have also read the report for Ethiopia and took a
good lesson from what we have to do in both short and medium term. I just
want to make emphasis on the need to work on drought tolerant and short
maturing seed varieties as a major solution to climate change related
disasters. Selection of proper seed types is one of the choices of climate
change adaptation technique.
Cheers!
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
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>
> Dear Colleague
>
>
>
> We are pleased to announce the first e-discussion of the SSA Community of
> Practice (CoP) - Horn of Africa region:
>
> *“A meta analysis of past and current seed security assessments in the
> region”.*
>
>
>
> More than 30 seed security assessments (SSA) have been conducted since
> 2006 in emergency and rehabilitation contexts, and yet no evaluation of
> quality or impact have been undertaken to generate lesson learning. There
> is a general agreement about the need to conduct a thorough analysis to
> identify strengths and weaknesses and describe concrete impacts of the
> assessments.
>
>
>
> The project has initiated the review of SSA for Ethiopia and South Sudan
> and compiled a *Synthesis of Country reviews* that you will find
> attached. The Synthesis specifically seeks to determine:
>
> · The quality or impact of the SSA in emergency and
> rehabilitation contexts
>
> · The strengths and weaknesses in the past SSA
>
> · The ownership of the SSA process and results
>
> · The concrete actions taken as a result of the SSA
>
>
>
>
>
> è *As member of this Community of Practice, you are warmly invited to
> provide your comments and critiques on the draft Synthesis attached, for
> the country you work in. Specific questions you may want to answer are:*
>
> - Which key aspects captured by this report can help improve the
> way you work?
>
> - Which are the aspects that are missing?
>
> - Based on Report findings, can we generate any lesson learning?
>
>
>
>
>
> This discussion will run *from today, Thursday 22 May, till 31 May, 2014.*
>
>
>
> We highly value your inputs that will help us enhancing the quality of the
> information included in the Reviews. Final versions of the Country Reviews
> will be merged into a Meta Analysis Regional Report that will be a key
> instrument to inform the development of an improved approach to
> implementing assessments in order to more effectively improve seed
> security.
>
>
>
> I wish you a fruitful discussion.
>
> *Joseph Okidi*
>
> *Seed System Security Specialist and the CoP moderator*
>
>
>
> *Instructions:*
>
> - *To contribute*: just press the “Reply” button on this
> message, compile your contribution, and send.
>
> - *This e-discussion is moderated*: all contributions will first
> be reviewed by the CoP moderator (myself) and, once approved, will be
> forwarded to all members of the CoP. Please allow one day for the moderator
> to review your message.
>
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> *See more about the Project objective and expected outputs at *
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> *.*
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*Kind Regards!*
*Daniel Gebeyehu Gebretsadik*
*Disaster Risk Reduction Program (DRRP) Director *
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