1. FP3-GLDC Group work FP3-Group
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

2. Overall comments Overlaps identified between the CoAs
Strategies for FP3 implementation:
Co-locate with other CRPS and regional and national programs
Align with national priorities
Up- and out-scaling:
Innovation platforms. Build on existing in CORAF, with FARA. We don’t create new things where there are structures in place.
Rely heavily of the national systems, they have made commitments. Also work with NGOs
Suggestion to Rearrange the order of the clusters starting from the field level
Rhizobia is missing all through GLDC – only biological N2-fixation mentioned: Rhizobia and the need to include inoculum (based on results from N2Africa). The breeders (FP4-5) need to consider rhizobium

3. Revisited the CoAs and changed the logic

4. CoA1 - Research questions
(a) How do agroecology, enabling conditions, market opportunities and farming systems determine options for natural resource management that will result in more resilient, profitable and nutritiously secure livelihoods?
(b) What patterns of land use optimize productivity while conserving natural resources?
(c) Which low-cost farm-mechanization options improve productivity, labour use efficiency and reduce drudgery, particularly for women and youth?
(d) What modalities can be used to promote adoption of research outputs, including the role of the private sector, rural entrepreneurs, farmers’ organizations and policymakers, and how can this be scaled out?
Wat are the incentives to conserve, store and utilize rainwater for sustainable intensification.
What are the tradeoffs of growing legumes for food versus feed at farm/household levels
What combinations of crops, livestock and trees for balanced diets?

5. CoA 3.1 Cropping systems management
Planned topic of study
Geographic scope
Relevant to Sub-IDO, or SRF target if appropriate
Comments
CoA 3.1 Cropping systems management
Integrating new drought tolerant soybean and cowpea genotypes to intercropping and rotation systems across agro-ecologies (GxExM)
Mozambique
1. Increased resilence of the poor to climate change and other shocks; 2. Increased productivity; 3. Sustainably managed agro-ecosystems
Led by Steve Boahen (IITA) and Divage Belarmino (IIAM)
Develop decision support tools to evaluate performance of legume technologies across a range of agro-ecologies
Nigeria
Increased productivity
Led by Alpha Kamara (IITA)
Participatory on-farm evaluation of soybean and cowpea response to Bradyrhizobium inoculation and P
Mozambique and Nigeria
1. Increased productivity; 2. Sustainably managed agro-ecosystems
Led by Steve Boahen (IITA/N2Africa) and Divage (IIAM) [Moz]
Led by Alpha Kamara/Nkeki Kamai (IITA/N2Africa –Nigeria)
Farm level evaluation of cowpea and soybean diseases: severity, prevelence and management
1. Closed yield gaps through improved agronomic practices; 2. Increased productivity
Led by Joao Augusto (IITA) and Henrique Colial (IIAM)

6. CoA 3.2 Innovations for managing abiotic and biotic stresses
Planned topic of study
Geographic scope
Relevant to Sub-IDO, or SRF target if appropriate
Comments
CoA 3.2 Innovations for managing abiotic and biotic stresses
Experimental releases of two exotic parasitoids of the legume pod borer in Ghana
Ghana
1. Increased productivity; 2. Sustainably managed agro-ecosystems
Manuele Tamò
Elucidation of male aggregation pheromones attracting the egg parasitoid Gryon fulviventre
Benin, Kenya
Assessing the potential of the parasitoid Therophilus javanus, through olfactometric and behavioral studies
Benin
Evaluating symbiotic effectivesness of indigenous Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from Mozambican soils
Mozambique
Amaral Chibeba (IITA/N2frica)

7. CoA3: Testing, adapting and validating options
Sub-IDOs
Milestones for 2018
Means of verification
Improved capacity of women and young people to participate in decision-making
Current crop-livestock production and marketing systems Characterized for selected locations in Niger/Burkina using past studies, existing survey data and gap fill through additional FGDs with the stakeholders
Characterization ready to be used to parameterization of the models
Enhanced capacity to deal with climate extremes
Parameterized the whole farm models to simulate farm productivity (crop and forage yields), household bio-economics (cash flow) for Niger/Burkina
A report/minutes stakeholders meeting
Reduced pre- and -post production losses, including those caused by climate change
The household bio-economic whole farm model parameterized and deployed successfully for at least one location in semiarid south India
A report/paper
Increased value capture by producers
Tradeoffs/synergies and potential of different interventions for scaling up climate smart agriculture analyzed in selected region in India
Diversified enterprise opportunities
Baskets of AEI options identified for different farm types, gender groups, agro-ecological and socio-economic contexts considering the integrated whole farm approach (Mali)
Report/ minutes stakeholders meeting
Increased livelihood opportunities
Modelling tools developed at field, herd and farm level, integrated in the whole farm framework (Mali)

8. Creating synergies across mapped projects through overarching activities across regions
The use of component and whole-system models as decision support- Different models (e.g. IAT, FarmSim, FarmDesign,…) are compared.
The value chain modelling from household and beyond to identify entry points for strengthening value chains across regions (linked to FP2)
Analytics, interpretation of science outputs from the existing projects (e.g. Africa Rising,..)- Spatial, temporal, biophysical, socio-economic, markets, climate change
Using modern tools- HH, crop, animal, value chain modelling
Identify criteria and indicators for analyzing sustainability that could be applicable across the farming systems in the regions. Finding common and region-specific indicators, and then quantifying them for a set of GLDC-specific options
Holistic and multi-sectoral assessment of plausible futures to reduce rural poverty (Across regions)
An inventory of communication and participatory research approaches with stakeholders. We could start from the ongoing projects, but also look wider in the literature for a broader review of approaches.
A simplified application (mobile app) using systems integrated modeling tools as decision support for extension actors

9. Regional programs and other partners
WAAPP
CCARDESA
SLU: WAAPP
WUR: AFSA?

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