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E) Tangible outputs, dissemination and impact

Can you describe for the (max. 10) key outputs of your project:

1) Type of output

Report on description of current production activities including nutrient balances on
plot level calculated by NUTMON for two sites in the highlands of the Tigray
region.
Report on alternative production activities possible in the Tigray region including
I/O coefficients related to these.
Report on potential production activities including TCG specific for farming
systems in the Tigray Region.
Report on the dynamic and spatial aspects of nutrient flows, based on LISEM
modelling on watershed level specifically for the Tigray Region.
Policy workshop where results of the biophysical part of the research are
presented and discussed with the relevant policymakers for the Tigray region.
Databases and models:
NUTMON database for Teghane and Gobo Deguat (LEI)
LISEM model for Gobo Deguat (Alterra)
TCG for Gobo Deguat (PRI)

2) Dissemination of output/results (examples of dissemination: papers + articles;
policy briefs; policy workshops; scientific conferences and workshops; website )

• Website (on the North-South portal).

• Policy workshop held in Mekelle at the end of the workshop.

• Article in in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (H. Hengsdijk, G.W.

Meijerink and M.E. Mosugu (2005). Modeling the effect of three soil and water
conservation practices in Tigray, Ethiopia. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environ-
ment, 105, 29-40).

3) Have your results been used, and if yes by whom, where and how?

• Response PhD students from Ethiopia have used and are building on the results

of the project.

• Follow-up project by Wageningen University and IFPRI is being formulated.

4) What has been the benefit or impact (indicate evidence of impact, e.g., page hit
count)?

• Scientific publication cited 5 times.

• North-South website does not register hits (!).