AAS Program Overview April 2013

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GBDC Reflection Workshop10-11 April 2013

….an area of unique human

and agro- ecosystems….. ….home to 38 million

people….

AAS in the

“Southern

Bangladesh

Polder Zone”



The AAS Development Challenge

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, climate change and within acontext of complex and dynamic markets and social

change.



Our Starting Point

We believe in and seek to harnessan immense and inherent potentialfor:

1. People to innovate and adapt

2. Continued and sustainableimprovements in aquaticagricultural systems in the polder zone



1. Sustainable Increases in

System Productivity

2. Equitable Access to

Markets

4. Gender Equity

5. Policies and Institutions to

Empower AAS Users

3. Socio-Ecological

Resilience and AdaptiveCapacity

6. Knowledge, Sharing,

Learning and Innovation

AAS Research Themes



Norms for greater gender

equity at the household,

community and hub levels is

established.

Farmers lead, have

improved understanding of

and have improved access tomodern science and

technology

Private sector, government

and NGO services and

structures are poor-

responsive

Sustainable

reductions in

poverty &improvements in

Nutrition

Strategic Changes:

Greater gender equity in

household decision-making

Including food decisions

More control and/or

ownership of monetary and

other productive resources by

women

Women playing more

influential roles in community

governance

Women are respected as

important economic actors thelocal economy

Government policies support

gender equity and are

implemented

Women and the poor have

organized group approaches to

gain voice and power in

negotiations

Strategic Changes:

Farmers have enhanced

science skills which they use to

do research, analyze research

and share it with other farmers

and communities.

Farmers are aware of and

linked to key sources of

information and science

Formal sector researchers and

scientists regularly

communicate and engage with

farmer scientists

Farmers are linked to and

share their research and

knowledge with other

community members and

adjacent communities

CGIAR scientists actively

support and link their research

to community based research

agendas

Strategic Changes:

Agriculture input systems are

women and poor responsive.

Agriculture information

systems are developed with

women and poor as specific

target audiences and their

structures are designed for this

purpose

Markets are women and poor-

friendly in terms of

participation in buy, selling and

negotiating prices.

Women are involved in and

their opinions equal for water

and other common resource

committees

Women and the poor have

organized group approaches to

gain voice and power in

negotiations

KHULNA HUB LEVEL THEORY OF CHANGE

X X =



Polders 3, 30,433/2F



PROGRAM OF FARMER AND

COMMUNITY LED RESEARCH AND

INNOVATION

PROGRAM SUPPORTIVE

RESEARCH FOCUSED ON

AGENDAS 1-6

Prioritization of Researchable

Participatory Technology

Development Agendas

Establish partnerships for research



Issues prioritization process

1. Prepared list of issues

2. Prepare ballot box and cards



3. Individual voting

4. Counting, analyzing and discussing



0

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80000

100000

Livestock Poultry Aquaculture Vegetables Fruits Freshwater

A m o u n t i n T a k a

Women=100, Men=100, Total Taka=400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)

High Saline: Satkhira (Homestead Agriculture)

Women Men Total



0

50000

100000

150000

200000


Women=200, Men 200, Total Taka= 800,000 (@Tk 2000/person)

Medium Saline: Khulna (2 polders) Homestead Agriculture

Women Men Total



0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000


A m o u n t i n T a k a

Women=100, Men=100 Total Tk= 400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)

Low Saline: Barguna (Homestead Agriculture)

Women Men Total



0

50000

100000

150000

200000

Rice Winter Crops Water

Management

Vegetables Gher

Aquaculture

Com. Poultry Ag. Equipment Others

A m o u n t i n T a

k a

Women=100, Men=100, Total Taka = 400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)

High saline: Satkhira (Field Agriculture)

Women Men Total



0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000


Management

Vegetables Gher Aquaculture Commertial

Poultry

Others Agri equipments

Women=200, Men=200, Total Taka=800,000 (@Tk 2000/person)

Medium Saline: Khulna Field Agriculture

Women Men Total



0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000


Management

Vegetables Gher Aquaculture Com. Poultry Ag. Equipment Others

A m o u n

t i n T a k a

Women = 100, Men=100 Total Taka=400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)

Low Saline: Barguna (Field Agriculture)

Women Men Total



A RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF TWO LINKED

AND COMPLEMENTARY LEVELS OF RESEARCH

Program

of System-Level

Action Research

&Strategic Research

Agendas

Community

Vision-Informed

Researcher

Leadership

Community Level

Program of Action

Research,

Inquiry and

Capacity Building

GoB, NGO & P. S.

Support

Research Partner

SupportSCIENCE

OUTPUTS

DEVELOPMENT

OUTCOMES

A PLATFORM FOR PRACTICE,KNOWLEDGE, COORDINATION &

COMMUNICATION



2013 Village Level Action Research

Work with poor farm householdsto:

• Manage local water resources Identify, construct suitable water management units and

establish community water management systems

Pilot and develop rainwater and freshwater homestead

collection and storage

• Improve integrated agro-ecological

farming systems Livestock Fodder (variety testing, animal health,

markets)

Testing of non-rice field crops



2013 Village level action research

Work with poor farm households to:

• Develop sustained links to service & knowledge

providers

Improve farmers’ knowledge of livestock market systems

(constraints/opportunities

• Creating awareness of and changes in gender

equity at household level

Facilitate discussions about the benefits of greater

gender equity for livelihood outcomes



2013 Strategic and System Level Research

• Improved and equitable micro-level water management systems

Review and monitor management practicesthat reduce conflict and increase inclusion

Technology options for drainage and salinity control

• Modeling salinity systems and systemresilience to water intrusion

Modeling productivity of sorjan systems under plausible scenarios

• Poor and women responsive market systems

that provide appropriate, timely inputs Document then pilot existing fish seed

supply systems

Facilitate livestock (focus on fodder) valuechain

•Challenged Ponds Technology Development

Work with research partners to:



2013 Strategic and System Level Research

• Climate change adaptation

Rice field habitat restoration research (for increased fish populations)

• Ecosystem services

Overview of agro-biodiversity resources with focuson local crop varieties

• Gender systems level research

Cage aquaculture technology risk research withfocus on women

Gender and social analysis in AAS Villages

• Nutrition systems level research

Understanding of equitable intra-household food distribution

Work with research partners to:



OBSERVATION

Low rice

production

RESPONSE

Breeding

Define salinity

Fertilizer trials

Slow adoption of

new varieties,

low input use

Demonstrations

Participatory

selection

Training

Share cropsystem (1/3 of

harvest). No

access to credit.

No control over

water.

??????

Must have “own”

local rice varietiesfor own

consumption and

guests

????

The WorldFish work on “challenged ponds” is exploring this same model: Why is there

low productivity? Is it a lack of technology or are there other underlying factors?



Identify groups

interested inresearch agendas and

benchmark

farmer's experiences

Initiate and designresearch for suggested

technologies

Coordinate researcher

visits for technicalbackstopping andfarmer-researcher

interaction

Identify and build

networkingopportunities between

farmers, communitiesand orgaznizations

Analyze, document and

share final results withcommunity, researchersand organizations and

plan next researchagendas

Establish dialogue

with farmers on

specific issues for

better

understanding and

suggest best

practice options for

PTD (easy win)

Train staff on

research topics and

research design

Field visit support

and dialogue visits

Co-writing

publications

Science Advisory Group

Write publications

and provide

support/training on

report writing &

publication

Support staff on

effective

communication

methods

Train on PAR

processes, gender

equity, monitoring

tools and technique

Provide thought

leadership and

documentation of

PAR processes

Process Support & Documentation

Farmer Led Action Research

Science

Quality

Farmer

Science

Process

Science

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