AAS CRP introduction

CSISA-AAS integration 6-7 May 2013, Jessore, Bangladesh

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System Level Objectives CRPs – primary focusReduced rural poverty Agricultural Systems: (Drylands;

Humid Tropics; Aquatic) (1s)Improved food security Commodities (Wheat; Maize;

Rice; Roots and Tubers; Pulses; Dryland cereals; Grain legumes; Milk, meat & fish) (3s)

Improved nutrition and health Nutrition and Health (4)Sustainably managed natural resources

Water Land and Ecosystems (5)Forests and Trees (6)

Policies and Institutions (2); Climate Change (7)

Strategy and Results Framework

Aquatic Agriculture Systems

•“those farming, fishing and herding systems where the annual production dynamics of natural freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to household livelihood, including income and food security.”

•“These include major wetlands, floodplains and deltas, and most coastal systems.”

Aquatic Agriculture Systems

The Coral Triangle

Asia mega deltasAfrican Inland

• High numbers of poor High % of total population dependent on AAS• High vulnerability to change (climate/sea level/water)• Potential to scale out

CRP 1s and rural poverty

• Reaching those left behind by the Green Revolution

Our research agenda

Gender transformative approachesGender transformative approaches

Pillars of AAS CRP

Impact Pathways of AAS CRP

#1 Scaling up and scaling out

#2 Societal learning and change

#3 Shifts in the practice of research in development

Engage communities through Research in Development (RinD)

• Meaningful participation by local women and men in research

• Research that empowers

• Shift focus from understanding to learning how to achieve practical outcomes and local change

• Get M&E and IA right – pursue change through cycles of action and reflection – flexibility to adjust as we learn

• Recognize the need for long-term site-based fieldwork and engagement

RinD in CRP AAS

• emphasis on Participatory Action Research at core of major CGIAR program

• Applying it in – and learning across – a coherent set of agricultural systems

• If we show it works – make it central to what the CGIAR does in agricultural systems

• Explicit intent to learn from this and scale out by working with partners

“CRP 1.3 is a clear example of best practice” CGIAR Gender Scoping Study

Gender transformative approach

…… not just “gender accommodating”

Actively examine, question and seek to change rigid gender norms and imbalance of power

Encourage critical awareness among men and women of gender roles and norms

Address the distribution of resources and power relationships between women and others in the community

…… not just “gender accommodating”

Actively examine, question and seek to change rigid gender norms and imbalance of power

Encourage critical awareness among men and women of gender roles and norms

Address the distribution of resources and power relationships between women and others in the community

Gender transformative approach

Invest in gender analysis

Build gender capacity

Make gender part of normal CRP AAS practice – not an add on

Experiment systematically on how to overcome gender constraints

Evaluate to learn what works and scale out successes

Invest in gender analysis

Build gender capacity

Make gender part of normal CRP AAS practice – not an add on

Experiment systematically on how to overcome gender constraints

Evaluate to learn what works and scale out successes

How change happens

Orlikowski and Hofman, 1997

Improvements in poverty alleviation, food security and the state of natural resources result from dynamic,

interactive, non-linear, and generally uncertain processes of innovation.”

EIARD, 2003

Adapted from Patton (2007)

Visualizing the innovation required

M&E

Impact Assessment

Social research

Business-as-usual AAS concept of an ME&IA system for learning and accountability

Visualizing the innovation required

M&E

Impact Assessment

Social research

Business-as-usual AAS concept of an ME&IA system for learning and accountability

Culture of Knowledge Sharing and Learning

Visualizing the innovation required

M&E

Impact Assessment

Social research

Business-as-usual

Evaluation

AAS concept of an ME&IA system for learning and accountability

Culture of Knowledge Sharing and Learning

Impact Assessment

Establishing worth

Visualizing the innovation required

M&E

Impact Assessment

Social research

Social research

Business-as-usual

Evaluation

AAS concept of an ME&IA system for learning and accountability

Culture of Knowledge Sharing and Learning

Building and testing ToC

Impact Assessment

Establishing worth

Visualizing the innovation required

M&E

Impact Assessment

Social research

Social research

Business-as-usual

Monitoring

Evaluation

Real-Time Evaluation

AAS concept of an ME&IA system for learning and accountability

Culture of Knowledge Sharing and Learning

Building and testing ToC

Impact Assessment

Establishing worth

M&E fundamentals: Build and test nested theories of change

• With stakeholders• From the beginning

M&E fundamentals: Staged / iterative approach

• Pathways unclear to begin with

• Staged approach• Ex-ante• Mid-term• Ex-post

• In support of learning and accountability

Handbook

Roll out goals

– Set the tone – Start team building/training– Achieve coordination with

existing activities– Start or consolidate

partnerships– Produce the plans

Components•Activities for outputs

•Processes for outcomes

Research in Development•Balance supply offered by partners with demands from communities

Activity Sequence

Top Line Messages from site start up

• First year start ups managed huge learning curve

• Second year start ups are better planned and will be better managed thanks to the first year

• A program learning culture is well underway

• Roll out as designed is robust across different settings

• Partners are enthusiastic and communities are engaged

• Local teams recruited and working

• Agreement with stakeholders on development challenge

• Agreement with stakeholders on strategic priorities to guide a proposed program of work

• Communities selected and engaged

• 2013 work plan for implementation

Outputs

Barotse FloodPlain - Zambia

To make more effective use of the seasonal flooding and natural resources of the Barotse Flood Plain System

through more productive and diversified aquatic agricultural management practices and technologies

that improve lives and livelihoods of the poor.

Mailata – Solomon Islands

rising population and declining quality and availability of marine and land resources.

challenge is to improve their lives through more productive, diversified livelihoods that empower communities to be better able to adapt to change and more effective use of their resources.

to develop and test alternative approaches to livelihood diversification and resource stewardship that will accelerate development and restore the productivity of their resources.

Southern Bangladesh Polder Zone

The AAS development challenge is to achieve sustainable and continual improvements in agricultural productivity, livelihoods and nutrition of poor communities in the Southern Bangladesh Polder Zone in the face of increasing salinity, changing hydrology and climate change

Outcomes

• Explorations by program teams of what business not-as-usual means for AAS

• Awareness of the program among stakeholders

• Hub-level partners willing to participate

• Communities engaged and willing to participate

Learning – community engagement

Front line human resources strategy•Community facilitators•Program community engagement staff

Engagement process and outputs•Strength based approach excellent for empowerment objectives•Good community visions but incomplete action plans•Major concern with expectations management

Coming up for roll out in 2013

Implement work plans in first year sites•Complete detailed planning on initiatives•Continued engagement in communities•Capacity building of teams and stakeholders

Roll out in second year sites

Continued development of cross cutting themes