1. Upper East Region Beni J. Walier, Oluponi Ajayi, Wilson Dogbe, Busie Naziya-Dixon, Balma Yakubu Issah, Nicholas Denwar, Emmanuel Osafo and J. K. Bidzakin West Africa Review & Planning workshop

2.  Elective combinations of component technologies (crop/tree, livestock, and water/soil) addressing location specific, priority commodities will improve HH productivity and nutrition and enhance income  Project research outputs addressed: 1 and 2 Hypothesis one (addresses Research hypothesis 1)

3.  Tested and piloted combinations of component technologies (crop/tree, livestock, and water/soil) addressing increase productivity of market led (demand driven) commodities are more likely to be adopted by HH to increase income and improve nutrition  Project research outputs addressed: 1, 2 and 3 Hypothesis two (addresses research hypothesis 2)

4.  Output 1 activities  Baseline survey (including nutritional status and food consumption) (IFPRI)  Diagnostic survey  Yield gap survey  Establishment and operation of MSPs  Output 2 activities  Introduce, test and validate technologies 1.Crop varieties (cereals, legumes and vegetables) 2.Livestock (poultry, small ruminants, pigs, Milk ) 3.Soil and water management Hypothesis 1: Activities

5.  Output 2 activities  Hypothesis 1: Activities

6.  Output 1 activities  Market sector analysis  Introduce, test and adapt labour saving devices  Evaluate nutrition and processing quality characteristics is affected by soil types and fertilizer  Assess and improve processing methods that retain more nutrients  Introduce and test the acceptability of nutritionally enhanced crops Hypothesis 2: Activities

7.  Output 2  Training on all components of the value chain

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

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

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

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

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

13. Planning year 2 (hypothesis 1) ActivityWhoStart dateMilestone What (by when?) Baseline survey (including nutritional status and food consumption) IFPRINov-Jan 2012 Draft report by Jan 2013 Diagnostic survey IFPRI Yield gap survey IFPRI Establishment and operation of MSPs/ IPs AFOct 2012- Jan 2013 MSP /Ips established

14. Planning year 2 (hypothesis 2) ActivityWhoStart dateMilestone What (by when?) Introduce, test and validate technologies Crop varieties (cereals, legumes and vegetables) Conduct Invitro and chemical composition testof the varietal residues for livestock feeding SARI, UDS, AR,AVRDC KNUST February June to September 5 elite lines of each crops tested on farmers field by Sept 2013 Chemical /Organic matter Digestibility of the varieties tested Soil and water managementWRI,SRI,UDS Livestock (poultry, small ruminants, pigs, Milk )

15. Milestones & possible activities year 3 ActivityWhoWhen Soil and water manage ment Livestock (poultry, small ruminant s, pigs, Milk ) WRI,SARI, UDS

16. Milestones & possible activities year 4 ActivityWhoWhen

17. Milestones & possible activities year 5 ActivityWhoWhen

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