Group name Name of the members 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

 Relating to program hypotheses:  Activities (specify in table) Hypothesis 1:

 Writing team?  Specific individuals?  Research team?  Generic functions required?  Specific institutions and individuals? Who should be part of the research team for hypothesis 1?

 Development partners  Other ‘knowledge’ partners  Specific institutions (and individuals)? Who could we partner with around hypothesis 1?

 Relating to program hypotheses:  Activities (specify in table) Hypothesis 2:

 Writing team?  Specific individuals?  Research team?  Generic expertise required?  Specific institutions and individuals? Who should be part of the research team for hypothesis 2?

 Development partners  Other ‘knowledge’ partners  Specific institutions (and individuals)? Who could we partner with around hypothesis 2?

Planning year 2 (hypothesis 1) ActivityWhoStart dateMilestone What (by when?)

Planning year 2 (hypothesis 2) ActivityWhoStart dateMilestone What (by when?)

Milestones & possible activities year 3 ActivityWhoWhen

Milestones & possible activities year 4 ActivityWhoWhen

Milestones & possible activities year 5 ActivityWhoWhen

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