The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia Peter Thorne International Livestock Research Institute SLATE Training for Africa RISING / NBDC Addis Ababa / Jeldu April 2013
Overview
Feed the Future Research Strategy 3 3 Major Research Programs Integrated Cross- Cutting Programs Research in key farming systems Program for Safe and Nutritious Foods Program for Policy Research and Support Program for Human and Institutional Capacity Building
Early Win Projects “Quick Feeds” – ILRI / ICARDA / EIAR / ORARI “Quick Water” – IWMI / ILRI / Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Arba Minch Universties “Quick Trees” – ICRAF / ILRI / EIAR / Mekele University “Quick Pulses” – ICARDA / EIAR / ORARI / Farm Africa Research Design – CIMMYT / ILRI 4
Current household management strategy Improved household management strategy Household management strategies of peer group Innovation generated by researchers Markets Policies Institutions Access to NRs Human capacity Knowledge brokers
Endogenous Driver of Innovation Exogenous Community characterisation and stratification Inventory of current technologies / practices and their sources Participatory problem identification and gap analysis Opportunities for scaling innovation (endogenous and exogenous) Research component 1 Biophysical and socio-economic benchmarks Research component 2 Identified market opportunities Characterisation of specific value chains (actors and links) Research component 4 Functioning multi-stakeholder platforms Review of best technology / management options Validate technologies / management practices Ex ante modelling / impact assessment Research component 5 Scaling: to be developed Adaptation and integration of technologies / management practices Community knowledge exchange groups established Research component 3 System characterisation and analysis Community institutions and knowledge exchange Markets and wider stakeholders Outputs to outcomes “Action research”
Work packages 1.Data collection 2.Livelihoods-based stratification (typology) 3.Inventory of current practices / IK survey etc. 4.Establish community knowledge exchange groups / initial benchmarking 5.Characterise market opportunities and value chains 6.Establish multi-stakeholder platforms 7.Problem identification / gap analysis/ ex ante impact assessment
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