ESSA Project

#ESSA #EU-DeSIRA funded project has started its closing workshop (18-20 Aug 25) in Helsinki, Finland. The day started with field & research site visits at #UniversityofHelsinki. @PetriPellikka

Closing: Second day of #ESSA project partners workshop in #Hawassa, #Ethiopia, hosted by #AAU. Discussion held during the closing session. #SustainableDevelopment. @PetriPellikka @binyamginfo

Second day of #ESSA project workshop in #Hawassa, #Ethiopia, hosted by #AAU. Field visits in #Wondogenet area of #agropastoral & #pastoral communities in Ethiopia. #SustainableDevelopment. @PetriPellikka @binyamginfo

#ESSA project workshop in #Hawassa, #Ethiopia, hosted by #AAU. Focused on transforming the lives of #agropastoral & #pastoral communities in Ethiopia. #SustainableDevelopment. @PetriPellikka @binyamginfo

The two-day #ESSA Workshop, hosted by #AddisAbabaUniversity, has officially started in #Hawassa, Ethiopia. The event focuses on sharing project findings with stakeholders and beneficiaries. #ClimateResilience #Sustainability. @PetriPellikka @binyamginfo @KiflemariamYB

A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved in the ESSA Workshop in Nairobi! Special thanks to @uonbi, Prof. Cecilia (@Ceciliafoodsaf1), @icipe Dr. Kiatoko, KALRO (@stephenzioka) for their support & coordination. Prof. Cecilia’s facilitation was key to the workshop’s success.

As a PI, we were happy to be hosted by @uonbi for our @Project_ESSA meeting funded by @EU_Partnerships of the European Commission. ESSA led by @GeoHelsinkiUni & #TaitaResearchStation of @helsinkiuni has been central in making great partnership between our leading universities.

Day 2 of @Project_ESSA Workshop and Seminar where over 60 postgraduate students benefited from the project and they did poster presentations #DiscourseatUoN #WeareUoN

Keynote talk by DG @IlmaTiede @PetteriTaalas in our @Project_ESSA workshop in @uonbi about climate change and how Finland wants to tackle that in. Africa and especially in Kenya. Thank you Petteri for your visit to Taita and Kenya.

We successfully launched #ESSA annual workshop at #uonbi today, #Kenya.Theme:Improving agro-pastoral livelihoods through alternative services& products, & capacity building in response to #climatechange in East Africa. @helsinkiuni @PetriPellikka @Ceciliafoodsaf1 @ArndtClaudia

We mapped honey bee forage areas by Google Earth and machine learning in southern Ethiopia as part of @Project_ESSA project funded by @EU_Partnerships. Good cooperation between @helsinkiuni @AAU_Official and @Uni_MR. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today, we successfully launched our 3rd season of field experiments focused on drought tolerance in cowpea & sorghum. This research is taking place in Maktawa, located in the #Taita Taveta county of Kenya. #FieldExperiment #DroughtTolerance #SustainableAgriculture #KenyaResearch

Hosting an Ethiopian delegation from ministry of agriculture & #Niras who are running #REILA funded by @Ulkoministerio in Ethiopia. Glad to tell about our research within #TaitaResearchStation @helsinkiuni in Kenya and @Project_ESSA funded by @EU_Partnerships.

Today we had surprise guests from @RockefellerFdn & @KWSKenya to #TaitaResearchStation @helsinkiuni in Kenya. Vice-president @WilliamAsiko of Rockefeller & Brigadier @BrigJohnWaweru of Kenya Wildlife were introduced to our agricultural research by field master Mwadime Mjomba.

Day 2 of the #ESSA Training on Targeted Communication of Research, Development, and Engagement Findings at #AddisAbabaUniversity and #EIAR. Focusing on crafting effective #StoriesofChange. @PetriPellikka @uonbi @helsinkiuni

Today we kicked off #ESSA Training on Targeted Communication of Research, Development, and Engagement Findings. #AddisAbabaUniversity, #EIAR. The main focus is on how to write viable #PolicyBrief. @PetriPellikka @uonbi @helsinkiuni

Training News: Empowering Communication: ESSA Project Unites Experts for Dynamic Training on Research Dissemination helsinki.fi/en/projects/cl…

On 29March2024 we initiated our 2nd season #fieldexperiment on exploring how sorghum and cowpea react to drought conditions in Maktau, Taveta, Kenya—studying how #climatesmart they are under rainfed and supplemental irrigation. #Kenya @helsinkiuni

On the third day of ESSA training @UONBI , working in partnership with @helsinkiuni , writing training on Targeted Communication of Research, Development, and Engagement Findings. Engaged in group exercises in crafting compelling Stories of Change. @PetriPellikka @Ceciliafoodsaf1

A policy brief should be able to convince the target audience of the urgency of a problem and the need to adopt the course of action outlined. @Ceciliafoodsaf1 @ESSA_4_AP #ESSAproject