Impact at Scale 2017-2022

Interlinked and interactive FPs in RTB

CC5.1: Foresight and impact assessment Enhance RTB impact by guiding current and future investments of donors, policymakers, researchers, and other practitioners on major opportunities and threats for RTB innovations at crop and systems levels

Specific objectives are to Enhance the impact of the RTB program through systematic foresight and strategic ex ante assessment and ex post impact assessments Contribute to enable equitable scaling of RTB innovations among smallholders and other stakeholders in RTB value chains Support the establishment of sustainable delivery mechanisms that allow for continuous improvement in terms of capacity to innovate, adaptation and dissemination of innovations

Our Structure

Linkages with other CRPs and site integration Partner CRP RTB-FP5.1: Foresight and impact assessment POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS (PIM) RTB provides: Foresight data and analysis related to RTB commodities Ex-ante assessments for RTB interventions and investments Impact of RTB seed system interventions which entail policy support RTB receives: Training on foresight analysis Global prospective on foresight modelling AG RICULTURE FOR NUTRITION AND HEALTH (A4NH) & POLICIES INSTITUTIONs AND MARKETS (PIM) Projections & trends in technology impacts, production, consumption, and utilization of RTB crops   CCAFS Climate suitability maps Model insights in climate change vulnerability (environment x crop x livelihood)

Linkages with other CRPs and site integration INTER AFS COLLABORATION RTB provides: M&EL approaches and lessons FTA RTB receives: Reducing impacts on forests and optimizing production in agro-forestry systems Foresight analysis Genebank Platform Impact assessments of the value of genetic diversity and genebanks Enriched understanding of the contribution of genetic resources in the impact pathway   Big Data platform Data collected (HH data, crop response data, environmental data) Data analysis (HH typologies, drivers of adoption, technology targeting) Data collection tools Aggregated data collected Big data analysis tools Citizen science tools (incl. phone apps)

Results- based management strategy for RTB Purpose improve program performance; strengthen a results-oriented culture for the planning, managing and assessment of research for development interventions; support adaptive management, organizational learning and informed decision-mmaking at all levels; promote greater accountability, transparency and value for money.

Implementation within RTB RTB and flagship theories of change and impact pathways developed using a bottom-up approach.  To stress the centrality of strong alliances with stakeholders, RTB started the development of ToCs at the cluster level involving cluster teams and partners. These results were then consolidated at the higher levels The set of nested ToCs and impact pathways serve as the CRP's hypotheses of the way change is expected to occur from output to outcome and impact. They constitute the backbone of the RTB’s RBM framework.