ESA Rev & Plan 2021 Presentation Day 2

Day TWO [15 September]-Review [progress with implementation of ESA workplan sub-activities

Outcome 4. Functionality of input and output markets and other institutions to deliver demand-driven sustainable intensification research products improved

Output 4.1 Access to profitable markets for smallholder farming communities and priority value chains facilitated

Activity 4.1.1: Conduct comprehensive value-chain analysis with a specific focus on SI technologies

Sub-activity 4.1.1.1: Conduct value chain analysis (VCA) for (nutrient dense) maize seed in Kongwa and Kiteto - B.Jumbo

Sub-activity 4.1.1.2: Value chain analysis of groundnut seed and design of operation enhancement strategies for semi-arid ecologies of Tanzania -P.Okori

Sub-activity 4.1.1.3: Value chain analysis of nutrient-dense common bean varieties in Malawi - J.Kihara

Sub-activity 4.1.1.4: Assess how livelihoods of farmers are affected by implementation of ISFM practices as a result of Africa RISING activities in Kongwa - E.Swai

Sub-activity 4.1.1.5: Value chain analysis of nutrient-dense common bean varieties in Malawi - R.Chirwa

Outcome 4. Functionality of input and output markets and other institutions to deliver demand-driven sustainable intensification research products improved

Activity 4.1.2: Conduct a value chain stakeholder analysis (stakeholder mapping)

Activity 4.1.3: Develop a value chain enhancement strategy (including collective action approaches, contractual arrangements, and standardization)

Activity 4.1.4: Identify and evaluate existing mechanisms that inform farmers about dynamic market needs

Activity 4.1.5: Conduct an analysis of the existing baseline survey data and supplement them with qualitative surveys from target regions

Sub-activity 4.1.5.1: Identify the most profitable market channels and welfare effects of participating in the maize, groundnut and pigeon pea markets in Malawi, Tanzania - J. Manda

Outcome 5. Partnerships for the scaling of sustainable intensification research products and innovations

Output 5.1 Opportunities for the use and adoption of sustainable intensification technologies identified for relevant farm typologies

Activity 5.1.1: Farmer participatory experimentation with crop and soil management and integrated crop-livestock technologies in on-farm situations

Sub-activity 5.1.1.1: Continued experimentation in six target communities of Eastern Zambia and nine target communities in central and southern Malawi with already established clustered CA trials -C. Thierfelder

Sub-activity 5.1.1.2: Explore the productivity domains of selected legumes and cereals to elucidate their best fitting cropping system at community/landscape level and their dissemination - P.Okori

Sub-activity 5.1.1.3: Engage development partners to identify livestock management technologies of interest for partnership dissemination - B.Mateete

Sub-activity 5.1.1.4a: Case studies: Application of SI technologies use among farmers interacting with Africa RISING at different intensities in 16 target communities -C. Thierfelder

Sub-activity 5.1.1.4b: Case studies: Application of SI technologies use among farmers interacting with Africa RISING at different intensities - R.Chikowo

Sub-activity 5.1.1.5: Panel survey, soils processing, and meta-analysis studies for maize-grain legumes sequences and implications for sustainability - R.Chikowo

Activity 5.1.2: Use farm trial data to apply crop simulation models and assess performance over space and time, including assessment of climate-smart technologies to establish the potential for adaptation and mitigation

Sub-activity 5.1.2.1: Apply APSIM crop simulation model to assess changes in resource use efficiencies, productivity, and profitability of the different cropping systems in Kongwa, Kiteto, and Iringa in Tanzania - P.Okori

Sub-activity 5.1.2.2: Evaluating potential contributions of integrated soil fertility management around the five SIAF domains with emphasis on Africa RISING interventions in Tanzania - J.Kihara

Activity 5.1.3: Establish adaptive field experiments with mineral and crop/animal-derived organic manure

Sub-activity 5.1.3.1: Rainfall-responsive nitrogen fertilization strategies: in search of increased nitrogen use efficiency by smallholder farmers under rainfed conditions in Malawi - R.Chikowo

Sub-activity 5.1.3.2: Assessing the effect of residue quantity and quality, and water conservation on maize productivity and nitrogen dynamics on smallholder farms in Malawi - R.Chikowo

Sub-activity 5.1.3.3: Assessing the integrative effect of in-situ rainwater har dosing on crop yield, water, and nutrient use efficiency in Kongwa District -M.Shitindi

Activity 5.1.4: Demonstrate the use and impact of crop residues, forages, and other organic resources as animal feed and nutrient resources

Sub-activity 5.1.4.1 ; Test the effect of feeding Napier grass and Maize stover supplemented with bean haulms at different levels on milk yield under smallholder farmer conditions.Sub-activity 5.1.4.2; Demonstrating the of effect home-made feed rations based on Gliricidia sepium and vegetable waste on the productivity of selected strains of chickens -B.Mateete

Activity 5.1.5: Use crop-livestock models for trade-off analysis

Activity 5.1.6: Disseminate best-fit integrated crop-livestock technologies to reach and have an effect on small-scale farmers in a landscape context

Sub-activity 5.1.6.1: Small-scale piloting of FarmMATCH – a framework for typology-based targeting and scaling of agricultural innovations. (Matching Agricultural Technologies to Farms and their Context)-J.Groot

Activity 5.1.7: Conduct cost-benefit and gender analysis coupled with other socioeconomic analyses to identify and quantify adoption constraints and opportunities for different farmer contexts

Sub-activity 5.1.7.1: Socio-economic studies on cost/benefits of CA systems, labor, nutrition, and gender in target communities of Malawi and Zambia -C. Thierfelder

Sub-activity 5.1.7.4_5.1.7.5 & 5.1.7.6: Sub-activity 5.1.7.4. Assess the effect of tied ridging, residual tied and rip tillage on maize productivity, net crop returns, household income and food security. Sub-activity 5.1.7.5:Determine the effect of the joint adoption of improved maize varieties and maize-legume rotation on maize productivity and crop incomes in Malawi. Sub-activity 5.1.7.6.Determine Africa RISING research on household welfare and return on investment -J. Manda

Output 5.2 Strategic partnerships with public and private initiatives for the diffusion and adoption of research products

Activity 5.2.1: Map and assess relevant stakeholders to establish dialogue for the exploration of mutual synergies for scaling delivery of validated technologies

Sub-activity 5.2.1.1: Engage able and willing partners to develop a strategy and implementation framework for scaling up intensification technologies in semi-arid ecologies of central Tanzania - P.Okori

Sub-activity 5.2.1.2: Summary from other partner engagements - M.Bekunda

Activity 5.2.2: Leverage/link and integrate (engagement and outreach) with existent initiatives including Government extension systems to support and encourage the delivery pathways

Sub-activity 5.2.2.1: Engage with seed companies to accelerate QPM seed scaling in Tanzania - B. Jumbo

Sub-activity 5.2.2.2: Support the Ministry of Agriculture and NGO Extension in scaling CA systems in Eastern Zambia and Malawi - C.Thierfelder

Sub-activity 5.2.2.3: Partnership with Islands of Peace for increasing the adoption of good agricultural practices (GAP) in vegetable production and improved nutrition - S.N'Danikou

Sub-activity 5.2.2.4: Partnership with LEAD Foundation to take to scale soil and water management technologies in erosion-prone areas of Central Tanzania - E.Swai

Output 5.3 Gender-sensitive decision support tools for farmers to assess technology-associated risk and opportunities used by partners

Activity 5.3.1: Identify and communicate gender-sensitive decision support technologies in the context of different farm typologies

Sub-activity 5.3.1.1: Gender implications of the introduction of soil and water conservation technologies in the semi-arid Kongwa and Kiteto districts of Tanzania but the coding is different please advise) Identify and communicate gender-sensitive decision support tools in the context of different farm typologies, Gundula Fischer, Regis Chikowo, Elirehema Swai - G.Fischer

Sub-activity 5.3.1.2: Role of gender from farm-to-fork and grain markets of legumes and dryland cereals in Kiteto and Kongwa-P.Okori

Output 5.4: A technology adoption, monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework for use by the project team and scaling partners released [led by IFPRI and used by project partners]

Activity 5.4.1: Monitor and modify the progress of technology adoption process towards scaling