AMAREW is a USAID-funded, Virginia Tech-led project that supports agricultural research and extension, watershed management, and micro-enterprise development in 13 food-insecure areas of the Amhara National Regional State. It does this by institutionalizing a participatory, community-driven development approach. AMAREW works to upgrade human resource capacities among regional and community service providers through an on-farm research program. The pilot watershed management areas in this project serve as sites for integrating research, extension, and micro-enterprise development efforts.

Some photos from the project:

 

Research-Extension-Farmer Advisory Council (REFAC) of Debre Birhan Research Center visiting an improved tef variety demonstration, Showa-Robit area	A farmer seed producer of an improved and early maturing sorghum variety near the Sirinka Research Center of ARARI