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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