One of the great things about the Addis Share Fair is how the organizers have weaved in the local culture in this event. We're now got used to drinking Bunna - Ethiopian coffee, have wonderful Ethiopian lunch. Tomorrow we'll have a special lunch - because it is fast day!!!
The market place was the "pezzo forte" of the day! In line with the underlying principle of sharing the local culture, the market place mimicked an Ethiopian market place. The idea was that everyone walks around the market place and share their knowledge.
The participants had a great afternoon walking through the ILRI complex and visiting the various stalls. At the merkato we found wonderful ladies selling typical Ethiopian garments, scarves, shoes, belts and jewellery.
The climate change stall used GIS maps to show the impact of climate change. At the Guilt we saw lots of knowledge sharing happening. The art exhibition and the Bunna station was a nice pit stop to replenish and where you could see some beautiful paintings and have a nice cup of coffee.
Since ILRI is hosting this wonderful event, all the organizers were equipped with a livestock head - a donkey. We used this means of transportation to share our knowledge within the market place. It was FUN!!!! Everyone had a great time and everyone found the use of this innovative transportation mean very amusing. We finished off the day with "tasting session" where we tasted different types of honey and were served local Ethiopian drink.
It was a great day! Now we are doing the after action review of the day and we'll be going out to celebrate PierAndrea's birthday.
Tomorrow the pathways will continues and we'll start with focus groups!!! So stay tuned.
A domani!
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