1. Year 1 Overview I. Hoeschle-Zeledon Africa RISING East/Southern Africa Coordinator Research Review & Planning Meeting Africa RISING – East & Southern Africa Project 1-5 October 2012, Arusha, Tanzania

2. The Start Oct. 2011: Brain storming meeting in preparation of inception workshop, agreement on countries Nov./Dec. 2011: Development of Concept Notes Feb. 2012: Inception workshop DSM, decision on Program approach and name Africa RISING, call for jumpstart project proposals April 2012: Approval of 10 jumpstarts, contracts, fund disbursement May 2012: Office set-up and staff recruitment Continuously: Strategic Program/Project documents developed, teams established

3. Approved jumpstart projects LeadTitleBudget IITAGrain Legume Value Chain Analysis169,447 CIMMYTImproved Post-harvest Technologies173,000 ICRAFEvergreen Agriculture172,000 CIATCatalogue of Crop, Soil, Water Management Technologies 249,014 IITAMycotoxins in Maize and Cassava170,439 CIATSeed Systems Analysis170,000 ICRISATSeed Multiplication270,000 CIMMYTIntensification of Farming Systems109,999 AfricaRiceWeed Management170,000 AVRDCEnhancing Vegetable Value Chain214,969 Grant ($120k) to MSU for first 6 months of research on Agroecological Intensification in MAL and TZ through Action Research

4. Lessons learnt Entry points: - SI to build on existing policies, technologies - Gaps identified to fill (technological, capacity, policies, institutions, existing data) Opportunities: - Participatory approaches towards integration of disciplines, evaluation of best bets, land use planning - seed systems improvement - private sector involvement Partnerships and engagement - Interaction among researchers - internal/external communication - Policy maker/private sector engagement Logistics and organization - contractual issues, inadequate infrastructure

5. Research framework generic to be applicable across all three Africa RISING regions flexible to allow site specific adaptation test a set of hypotheses linked to research outputs and associated development outcomes

6. Selection of Action Sites Co-location with USAID country mission investments/other actors Representative regarding drivers of intensification to allow for scaling up to areas with similar conditions: population density, market access, agro-ecological condition Provide for rigorous M&E to determine impact of AR IFPRI: stratification/characterization of target wards and villages TZ: Kiteto, Kongwa, Kilombero, Babati districts MAL: Ntcheu, Dedza districts ZAM: Eastern Province

7. Communication Strategy and Tools (ILRI leadership) wiki, website, repositories for docs, images, presentations M&E Plan (IFPRI leadership) Program Logframe Program Document : assembly of all strategic documents program context purpose, objectives, outcomes, guiding principles and conceptual framework research design logframe M&E plan communication strategy management structure

8. Our website Where to share news, updates and announcements

9. Our wiki Collaboration space to support planning, sharing early documents, reporting and organizing events.

10. Communication Strategy and Tools (ILRI leadership) wiki, website, repositories for docs, images, presentations M&E Plan (IFPRI leadership) Program Logframe Program Document : assembly of all strategic documents program context purpose, objectives, outcomes, guiding principles and conceptual framework research design logframe M&E plan communication strategy management structure

11. Program Management Structure

12. Project Coordination Committee (PCC) Provides advice and coordination on Project activities Provides science guidance to Project implementers Guides Project planning and all activities Advises on annual Project workplan and budget Oversees coordination between Project components and partners Liaises with IST to oversee M&E; cc PCT on all reporting Keeps PCT informed of activities via the Project Coordinator Reviews and makes suggestions to Project Coordinator on semiannual technical progress reports to USAID Plans yearly stakeholder meetings with support from Program Communications Team Decisions made by consensus Meets annually in personal and virtually as called by the Chair

13. ESA PCC Composition Chair: IITA Reg. Dir. for EA Project Coordinator, serves as Secretary (IITA) Project Chief Scientist (IITA) Research partners: CGIAR (1, AfricaRice), yearly rotation sub-regional research organizations (1, ASARECA) NARS (1, COSTECH) and others as designated Project M&E Lead (IFPRI) Project Communications Lead (IITA) USAID Activity Manager

14. Science Advisory Group Proposed members: Maggie Gill (DFID) Ken Giller (WUR) John Dixon (ACIAR) Bruno Gerard (CIMMYT) Dave Harris (ICRISAT) Bernard van Lauwe (IITA) Reps. from CRSPs USAID gender specialist AR chief scientists (3, ILRI/IITA) USAID Activity Manager (J. Glover)

15. USAID visit, June 17-22 J. Glover and E. Witte from DC: meet with project staff in Tanzania meet with USAID country mission partners, e.g. NAFAKA, SUA see ongoing activities get better idea of future action sites discuss alignment with MAFSC, USAID mission, other actors

16. Thank you!