1. The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia Peter Thorne International Livestock Research Institute SLATE Training for Africa RISING / NBDC Addis Ababa / Jeldu. 1 - 5 April 2013

2. www.feedthefuture.gov Overview

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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”

7. 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

8. Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation africa-rising.net