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Farmers

Resources for Farmers

Please see below educational tools for farmers.

TOOLKITS

Please see links to our first version of the Soil Health and Biodiversity Toolkits here. Second version of these coming soon!

SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLOGS

  • Making Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Visible: Field Notes and Science Communication from Ethiopia's Midlands, Highlands and Lowlands - Biodiversity and Ecological Function March 2026
  • Better ways to communicate impacts of under-utilised plant species in the Bilate catchment, Ethiopia - Newsletter March 2026
  • Introductory CROSSROADS meeting -
  • More information about the project -

Please find our LinkedIn page . 

TRAINING MATERIALS AND POSTERS

Workshop Materials

Please see a list of training materials that are used as part of the CROSSROADS project. 

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Awareness Posters

English and Amharic

BEF Poster_Eng_Am

Amharic

Poster_Amharic

Short term Biodiversity Tests

English

Pitfall and Pan Traps English

Amharic

Pitfall and Pan Traps Amharic

Policymakers

Resources for Policymakers

Please see below useful resources for Policymakers. 

SHORT REPORTS

  • Mekuria, W., Moges, A., Yakob, G. 2026d. Back to the Office Report. Seedling germination rate and performance of Albizia schimperiana under different seed treatments in the Bilate catchment. Nursery Management Report 
  • Mekuria, W., Moges, A., Yakob, G. 2026c. Back to the Office Report: Field Day on Vermicompost Production and Quality Evaluation. Back to Office Report
  • Mekuria, W., Moges, A., Yakob, G. 2026b. Vermicompost Production Demonstration Trials in the Bilate Catchment. Vermicomposting Report 

POLICY AND TECHNICAL BRIEFS

  • Smith, J. et al. 2026. Turning waste into fertilisers: A rapid response to nitrogen shortages for low income households.Technical Note
  • Smith, J. et al. 2026. Composting for Low Income Households: How to make better fertilisers. Technical Note
  • Smith, J. et al. 2026. Anaerobic Digestion for Low Income Households: How to make better fertilisers and provide household energy from wet organic wastes. Technical Note
  • Smith, J. et al. 2026. Pyrolysis for Low Income Households: How to make better fertilisers and provide household energy from dry organic wastes. Technical Note
  • Smith, J. et al. 2026: How low-cost and labour-efficient innovations can be used to recycle household wastes for crop production Technical Note
  • Girma, R.; Mekuria, W.; Moges, A.; Smith, J.; Hallett, P. 2025. Characterizing the biophysical conditions for improved planning and designing of locally led sustainable land management practices: the case in Halaba, Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka.: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 24p.
  • Mekuria, W., Moges, A., Yakob, G. 2026a. Cropping calendar of cabbage production in the highlands and system level framing. System Level Demonstration
  • IWMI, CEARI, Hawassa University. 2025. Community engagement through key informant interviews and focus group discussions. Community Engagement Report

Researchers

Resources for Researchers

Please see useful resources for researchers. 

PUBLISHED PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

  • Bittner, D. Smith, J.U., Leontidis, G., Campbell, G.A., Biegel, J., Smith, P., Kuhnert, M., Skalsky, R., Giuliani, L.M., Salik, A.W., Hallett, P., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Yakob, G., Mekuira, W., Phimister, E., Haileslassie, A., Tegene, D., Norouzi, S., Chen. H., Gubry-Rangin, C. and Khan, A. 2026. Assessing the impact of nature-based solutions on soil health in Sub-Saharan Africa through farmer-centred methods. Environmental Research Letters, 21, 43004. []
  • Habte, M., Beyene, S., & Smith, J. U. 2026. The distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen across different soil depths in relation to household wealth in enset-based farming systems in Central Ethiopia. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 9, e70283. []
  • Smith, J.U., Naher, U.A., Dahal, K.R., et al. 2026. Low-cost and labour efficient innovations in household recycling of organic wastes for soil improvement. Environmental Research Communications. 8 042002. []
  • Campbell, G. A., Smith, P., Broothaerts, N., et al. 2025. Continental Scale Soil Monitoring: A Proposed Multi-Scale Framing of Soil Quality. European Journal of Soil Science 76, no. 4: e70174. []
  • Gedle, A., Rientjes, T., Haile, A. T., Mekuria, W., Hallett, P., & Smith, J. (2025). Responses of surface runoff and soil water鈥慹rosion to changes in seasonal land cover and rainfall intensity: the case of Shilansha watershed, Rift Valley Basin of Ethiopia. []
  • Chiew, L.Y., Brodie, J.F., Burslem, D.F.R.P. et al. 2024. Invertebrate-Mediated Ecosystem Processes are Resilient to Disturbance Across a Land-Use Gradient in Borneo. Ecosystems 27, 710–723. []
  • Mekuria, W., Phimister, E., Yakob, G., Tegegne, D., Moges, A., Tesfaye, Y., Melaku, D., Gerber, C., Hallett, P. D., & Smith, J. U. 2024. Gully rehabilitation in southern Ethiopia – value and impacts for farmers. SOIL, 10(2), 637–654. []
  • Habte, M., Beyene, S. and Smith, J.U. 2024. The impact of household wealth on soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks in enset (Ensete ventricosum (welw.) cheesman) based farming systems in southern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 16, 101180. [] 
  • Namaswa, T., Burslem, D.F.R.P. and Smith, J.U. 2023. Emerging trends in appropriate kiln designs for small-scale biochar production in low to middle income countries. Bioresource Technology Reports, 24. 01641. []
  • Smith, J.U., Nayak, D. and Yeluripati, J. 2023. The potential use of biochar to reduce nitrogen waste from farming systems in India. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 5, 100224. []

TOOLKITS

Please see links to our first version of the Soil Health and Biodiversity Toolkits here. Second version of these coming soon!

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS 

North East Scotland Ecology Network (NESEN) Meeting - James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, October 2026.

British Society of Soil Science (BSSS) Meeting - Manchester, December 2025

North East Scotland Ecology Network (NESEN) Meeting - Scottish Rural Agricultural College, Aberdeen, October 2025.

POLICY AND TECHNICAL BRIEFS

Smith, J. et al. 2026. Turning waste into fertilisers: A rapid response to nitrogen shortages for low income households.Technical Note

Smith, J. et al. 2026. Composting for Low Income Households: How to make better fertilisers. Technical Note

Smith, J. et al. 2026. Anaerobic Digestion for Low Income Households: How to make better fertilisers and provide household energy from wet organic wastes. Technical Note

Smith, J. et al. 2026. Pyrolysis for Low Income Households: How to make better fertilisers and provide household energy from dry organic wastes. Technical Note

Smith, J. et al. 2026: How low-cost and labour-efficient innovations can be used to recycle household wastes for crop production Technical Note

Girma, R.; Mekuria, W.; Moges, A.; Smith, J.; Hallett, P. 2025. Characterizing the biophysical conditions for improved planning and designing of locally led sustainable land management practices: the case in Halaba, Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka.: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 24p.

TRAINING MATERIALS AND POSTERS

Workshop Materials

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Awareness Posters

English and Amharic

BEF Poster_Eng_Am

Amharic

Poster_Amharic

Short term Biodiversity Tests

English

Pitfall and Pan Traps English

Amharic

Pitfall and Pan Traps Amharic

Schools

Resources for Schools

Please see below educational tools for schools

TOOLKITS

Please see links to our first version of the Soil Health and Biodiversity Toolkits here. Second version of these coming soon!

SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLOGS

  • Making Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Visible: Field Notes and Science Communication from Ethiopia's Midlands, Highlands and Lowlands - Biodiversity and Ecological Function March 2026
  • Better ways to communicate impacts of under-utilised plant species in the Bilate catchment, Ethiopia - Newsletter March 2026
  • Introductory CROSSROADS meeting -
  • More information about the project -

Please find our LinkedIn page . 

TRAINING MATERIALS AND POSTERS

Workshop Materials

Please see a list of training materials that are used as part of the CROSSROADS project. 

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Awareness Posters

English and Amharic

BEF Poster_Eng_Am

Amharic

Poster_Amharic

Short term Biodiversity Tests

English

Pitfall and Pan Traps English

Amharic

Pitfall and Pan Traps Amharic