Post on 26-Dec-2015
Group name
Joachim, Augustine, Jerome Tondoh, Joseph Rusike, Vera, Gatien, Sibiry, Eva , Bonne and Abdou Tenkouano
West Africa Review & Planning workshop
Double-check current plans with the whole team Firm up research hypotheses Agree on some key elements of the design (e.g.
RCT) to test hypotheses Who should be part of the research teams? Send a team member to UER and UWR
(Augustine, Bonny?)
Mali group
Looking at what you developed yesterday, formulate (max) 2 research hypotheses that will help develop the (crop-soil-livestock-market-nutrition) concept note which help answer the AR research design hypotheses?
Plan activities for the next years that help answer these research hypotheses (i.e. research design, counterfactuals…) Be more specific about year 2 activities
Who should be part of the writing and of the research teams?
(If enough time) Who could we partner with?
Ghana groups
• INTEGRATION: Integrating technological components into SI systems confers more benefits to small holder farmers than single components
• ADOPTION: Integrating technological components into SI systems stimulates adoption compared to single components
• TRADE-OFF: Offering interventions tailored to the context specific conditions lowers environmental damage
• SEQUENCING: Right sequencing of integration of component technologies provides SI pathways
• SCALABILITY: Agricultural SI interventions tailored to local context specific conditions are scalable to other settings
Africa RISING research design hypotheses
Africa RISING entry points & integration levels (Mali)
Hypothesis 1: Seed, Tress and Info Strengthening (Integrating, across crops/trees/shrubs with appropriate
information about their efficient use) cooperatives/enterprises’ capacity for production of planting materials (crops (field, fodder, vegetables)/trees) and in business skills will create sustainable seed enterprises.
Facilitate farmer experimentation on integrating options for maximising benefits, organized on a village level, will increase benefits to farmers
This in turn leads to increase crop diversity on-farm This will in turn provide opportunities for income generation, dietary
diversity (improved nutrition) and (system resilience?)
Relating to program hypotheses: Integration, Adoption, Integration, scalability
Activities (specify in table):
Writing team? Eva, ICRAF, AVRDC Research team?
Plant breeders, and seed production : Bonny, Albert, Eva, Abdou F., Samake, IITA
Business management skills: AMASSA, Planting material propagation: Samake, IITA Agronomy and communication specialist: Gatien, Tom vM, Demand analysis: Fadiga,
Who should be part of the research team for hypothesis 1 (Seed)?
Development partners Other ‘knowledge’ partners Specific institutions (and individuals)?
Who could we partner with around hypothesis 1?
Planning year 2 (Seed entry points hypotheses)Activity Who Start date Milestone
What (by when?)
Protocol for Monitoring plan for the seed (field, fodder, vegetables, trees, shrubs) coopsTraining manuals adapted
Incentive mechanisms for the participating cooperativesProtocols for integrated technology evaluation with coops in villagesIdentify service providers for businesskill developmentFinalize farm typologies, and
Planning year 2 (Seed entry points hypotheses)Activity Who Start date Milestone
What (by when?)
Finalize farm typologies, and options for specific targeting of technology integration
Relating to program hypotheses:Tradeoff, Sequencing, scalability, integration Activities (specify in table)
Hypothesis 2 (Land and Fodder) : Integrated crop/tree/livestock provides opportunities for improved soil and water conservation and use, building social cohesion for community grazing management, transhumance and local institutions
Building social cohesion for community grazing management, transhumance and local institutions will facilitate integration and intensification (technology adoption and overall benefits)
Writing team? Augustine, Jerome, Joachim, Sibiry
Research team? NRM & Production Ecology: Jerome, Augustine, Fred Kizito Soil science: Jerome, Remote sensing & GIS: Sibiry Institutional economist (Joachim), anthropologist, law (M. Djire) Animal science: Abdou F Agronomy, forage: Gatien Facilitation : AMEDD, Mobiom Specific institutions and individuals? SANREM, CC and Livestock
Who should be part of the research team for hypothesis (Land &Fodder) 2?
Development partners Other ‘knowledge’ partners Specific institutions (and individuals)?
Who could we partner with around hypothesis 2?
Planning year 1 (hypothesis 2)Activity Who Start date Milestone
Map constraints on a landscape scale (soil, biomass, land use,
What (by when?)
Protocols for assessing ecosystem services
Evaluate an implement protocols for biomass assessments in the action sitesAnalysis of existing land use conventions in the target areas, mapping and site selectionDetermine package of technology options community/landscape level, and on-farm level; livestock, watershed Package of institutional innovations options for land use management
Planning year 1 (hypothesis 2)Activity Who Start date Milestone
Study impact of decentralization reform on transhumance and local conflicts
What (by when?)
Hypothesis 3 (Nutrition) : Provision of preparation methods with new products combined with nutrition education (including hygiene) for caretakers will lead to more diverse and complete meals being given to children.
Provision of improved post-harvest processing, storage and preparation methods with new products combined with nutrition education for caretakers and growing crops will lead to enhanced demand for seed, and more experimentation with nutritious crops (staples, legumes, vegetables, fruit trees) and livestock management options.
Relating to program hypotheses:Integration, adoption, (scalability) Activities (specify in table)
Hypothesis 3 (Nutrition) : Provision of improved post-harvest processing, storage and preparation methods with new products combined with nutrition education for caretakers will lead to improvements in nutritional status of young children.
Writing team? Vera, Eva, AVRDC, ICRAF Research team? Generic expertise required?
Nutrition : Vera, AVRDC Plant breeders: AVRDC, Bonny, Eva, IITA Planting material propagation: Samake, IITA Food technology: Bussie Food safety: Farid communication specialist: AMEDD Health professionals: MSF, CSCOM
Specific institutions and individuals?
Who should be part of the research team for hypothesis 3 (Nutrition)?
Planning year 1 (hypothesis 3)Activity Who Start date Milestone
Work with health center and MSF to collect records
What (by when?)
Work on record keeping issues
Collect a compendium of stories from participants in the training programDraft training manuals for the processing, post-harvest and storage componentsTraining manuals for the overall approach
Reproduce manual and adapt the video to minimize aflatoxin contaminationPublish information on soil fertility and Fe/Zn content in the grain of Sorghum
Planning year 1 (hypothesis 3)Activity Who Start date Milestone
Ensure adequate baseline data collection What (by when?)
Milestones & possible activities year 3
Activity Who When
Milestones & possible activities year 4
Activity Who When
Milestones & possible activities year 5
Activity Who When
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