End‑to‑end CREW Project

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From activity planning and resource allocation to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting—the CREW Project Management System provides project members with a clean, responsive, and fully digital platform. It enhances collaboration, streamlines workflows, and supports effective project delivery through an integrated and user-friendly environment.

68
Open Activities
$94,301M
Budget FY2025
37
Trial Sites
86
Team Members
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Core Features

Activity Tracking

Tasks, milestones, dependencies, and responsibilities across objectives of the project. Get real‑time status and blockers.

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Monitoring & Evaluation

Outcomes, outputs, indicators, and assumptions. Log field data and auto‑generate M&E snapshots.

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Activity Planning

Annual work plans, seasonality calendars, and budget alignment with smart alerts for deadlines.

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to
Completion
72%
vs last period +6%
On‑time Tasks
84%
SLA target 90%
Budget Used
61%
$732k of $1.2M
Risks
5
2 High • 3 Medium
Weekly Progress
Tasks by Status
Budget Allocation
M&E Indicators

Activities

Activity Weight Lead Planned Status
Supply of Machineries and Equipment for Research Stations (Federal - EIAR) different machineries (Tractors, Moldboard plows, Row planters, seed drill, combine harvester, seed thresher and seed cleaners) 2 Weldehawriat and Zeynu 37 ( # )
Seed Stores at the research stations 4 Weldehawriat and Zeynu 15 ( # )
Support EGS production operations within the research system 0 0 ()
Pre-release Multiplication of Candidate Varieties 1 Weldehawriat 50 ( Metric Ton )
Adaptation Trial on Federal RC to be released 1 Weldehawriat 2 ( # of varieties )
Variety Maintenance (15 Bread wheat and 10 Durum wheat) 1 Weldehawriat 100 ( # of varieties )
Multiply wheat breeder/pre-basic seed 1 Weldehawriat 500 ( Metric Ton )
Support for Regional Seed Research and Development (R&D) for Adaptation Trial and Variety Maintenance 1 Weldehawriat 15 ( # of Trial )
Enhance contractual certified seed production capacity by strengthening out grower schemes 0 0 ()
Organize gender-based seed out grower farmers in cooperatives associations 2 Weldehawriat and Samuel 30 ( # of Coops )
Promote, register and establish gender and youth inclusive agro-dealer associations 2 Weldehawriat and Samuel 350 ( # of Coops )
Scale out Small Seed Packs-Based on Marketing that Suit for Variable land Holdings. 0 0 ()
Pilot small pack preparation and supply in collaboration with selected seed firms 1 Weldehawriat and Zeynu 10000 (# of Small Packs )
Capacitate Existing Seed lab with equipment for quality Testing Seed 1 Weldehawriat and Zeynu 9 ( Package )
Provide seed tag for wheat seed produced in Somali and Afar regions 1 Weldehawriat and Zeynu 200 ( # )
Piloting Wheat variety release system with UPOV protocols 0 0 ()
Conduct DUS test for Wheat candidate and standard check varieties 1 Weldehawriat 30 ( # )
Conduct NPT for Wheat candidate varieties with their checks at least on seven sites 1 Weldehawriat 12 ( # )
Demonstration on Rehabilitation of Soil acidity 1 Guletat & Weldehawriat 50 ( Ha )
Installation of Lime crusher 2 Weldehawriat, Guletat & Zeynu 2 ( # )
Assessment and Mapping of Soil Acidity in Amhara and Oromia regions 2 Guletat & Weldehawriat 41 ( # of Woredas )
Soil Acidity Reclamation 1 Guletat & Weldehawriat 2000 ( Ha )
Assessment and Mapping of Soil Salinity 2 Guletat & Weldehawriat 56 ( # of Woredas )
Rehabilitation of Salt Affected Soils 3 Guletat & Weldehawriat 55000 ( Ha )
Verti Soil Management in Amhara and Oromia Regions 3 Guletat & Weldehawriat 48000 ( Ha )
Promotion and scale up of Integrated Soil Fertility management (ISFM) Technologies 2 Guletat & Weldehawriat 52 ( # of Woredas )
OCP and UM6P Activities 0 0 ()
Soil Health and Fertility including Soil Mapping of 1 M ha 2 Guletat & Weldehawriat 1 ( Year )
Support for the Digitalization of the Wheat Value Chain using different technologies (Geospoatial IS, NPK index, Phyto index, etc) 1 Weldehawriat and Guletat 1 ( Year )
Rehabilitation of Existing Irrigation schemes in Amhara and Oromia Regions 5 Amerga and Zeynu 2097.2 ( Ha )
Development of New Irrigation Schemes 5 Amerga and Zeynu 500.4 ( Ha )
Provision of water pumps with maintenance kits to develop new irrigated lands 4 Amerga and Zeynu 200 ( #/Ha )
Establish cooperatives on irrigation pump maintenance service 2 Amerga and Samuel 40 ( # )
Provision of Soil moisture and water measuring devices for on-farm water management (Automatic soil moisture sensors and parshall flums) to demonstrate and Promote efficiency of farm water management technics 4 Amerga & Zeynu 253 (#)
Organize youth groups on agricultural machinery maintenance service and build capacity by training & equipping with equipment 3 Amerga and Samuel 120 ( # of groups )
Promote and Enhance the Adoption of Mechanization Technologies (on pre and post-harvest t and soil management technologies) 3 Amerga 20 ( # of Demos )
Conduct a 10m X 20m popularization of newly released varieties to their respective agroecological zones for farmers and seed producers 2 Weldehawriat and Samuel 1500 ( # of demo )
ICT equipment (tablets, TVs, etc. for FTCs) 2 Weldehawriat and Zeynu 20 ( # of FTCs )
Airstrip assessment, design & construction (Berano - Somali) and maintenance (Dodota, Meki, Amibara) 4 Weldehawriat, Gulelat and Zeynu 4 ( # )
Piloting Integrated pest management & production (IPMP) on selected wheat growing areas 2 Weldehawriat and Gulelat 1500 ( No. of Demo )
Support to Farmers for Access to Various Services (farmers hubs, women in Agri booster and soil and plant health school lab) 1 Samuel 4 ( Package )
Establish Digital Extension System 2 Weldehawriat and Samuel 1 ( System )
Construction of large warehouse for warehouse receipt system (400 Cu M) - in Amhara and Oromia Regions 2 Amerga, Samuel and Zeynu 2 (#)
Storage infrastructure at the cooperatives - (350-400 metric tons (MT)) 2 Amerga, Samuel and Zeynu 30 (#)
Enhance a digitally enabled Market Information System/Platform that was developed by the ATI 1 Zelalem 1 (System)
Design a national wheat marketing framework - legalization of wheat trading 1 Zelalem 1 (Lumpsum)
Establish decentralized agro-processing corridors within the wheat production belt 1 Zelalem 1 (Lumpsum)
Conduct market and detailed wheat value chain studies 1 Weldehawriat and Zelalem 0.5 (Lumpsum)
Organize farmers in production clusters at project intervention operational areas 1 Weldehawriat and Zelalem 0.5 (Lumpsum)
Strengthen the wheat supply chain by reinforcing agricultural commercialization clusters 1 Weldehawriat and Zelalem 0.14 (TA)
Enhance and upscale the Commodity Collateralized Financing System (CCF) 1 Zelalem 0.1 (System)
Demand-Supply study for the wheat sector - focusing on storage and financing needs 1 Zelalem 1 (Lumpsum)
Strengthening the legal and regulatory framework for the WRS 1 Weldehawriat and Zelalem 0.4 (Lumpsum)
Capacity development for financial institutions to support the WRS 1 Weldehawriat and Zelalem 5 (# of FIS)
Support the development of financial risk-sharing mechanisms for the financial institutions 1 Weldehawriat and Zelalem 0.3 (Lumpsum)
Support the Millers Association to have better access to financial services ? especially working capital 1 Weldehawriat and Zelalem 0.3 (Lumpsum)
Support for Youth Entrepreneurship and Startups-Farming innovation program (to reach 30 Youngs) 1 Samuel 30 (# of Youth )
Support for Youth Entrepreneurship and Startups-Agri-promoters program (one program per Farmer Hubs ) 1 Samuel 1 (Lumpsum)
Regular Monitoring and Evaluation Activities 1 Zelalem 3 (Qt)
Steering Committee Meeting 1 Zelalem 3 (#)
Procurement of Vehicles 1 Saba, Zeynu and Aynalem 9 (#)
#REF! 1 Saba, Zeynu and Aynalem 20 (#)
Baseline study 1 Zelalem and Zeynu 1 (Survey Report)
Gender Mainstreaming implementation monitoring 1 Samuel 4 (Qt)
Safeguards (social and environmental) implementation monitoring 1 Gulelat 3 (Qt)
Ecological management of Quelea bird (Oromia 3, Amhara 2, Afar 1 and Somali1) 1 Guletat & Weldehawriat 7 (# of Roost site)
Financial Audit 1 Saba, Zeynu & Aynalem 1 (Audit Report)
Procurement Audit 1 Saba, Zeynu & Aynalem 1 (Audit Report)

Timeline

  1. Week 32: Planting completed in North sites
  2. Week 33: Fertilizer application Phase I
  3. Week 34: Weed control & irrigation checks
  4. Week 36: Pest scouting round 2
  5. Week 40: Harvesting begins (early maturing)

M&E Highlights

Track CREW outputs/outcomes against indicators.

Yield vs Target
92%
Target: 4.2 t/ha
Adoption Rate
36%
Pilot households
Gender Participation
47%
Women in trials
Training Delivered
58
Events YTD

Documents

  • Q2 Progress Report.pdf Download
  • M&E Framework.docx Open
  • Budget Execution.xlsx Open

Plan the season with confidence

Use the activity planner to map seasonal operations, assign teams, estimate costs, and align logistics across research centers.