R4D Aug12 Agenda

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Developing a R4D approach at farm-level - consultation and writing workshop[edit | edit source]

13-14 September, ILRI Ethiopia, info centre break out room Back to the event home page


Agenda[edit | edit source]

Workshop programme file.

Thursday 13 September Friday 14 September
08.30 Registration
09.00 * Introduction: presentationbr Presentations:br Africa RISING research framework presentationbr Systems approaches NUANCES presentationbr Demand-driven R4D presentationbr Clarification questions 08.30 Group work: Simulating a participatory R4D process in a fictitious site.
* Group 1 (Jens, Dave, Laurens, Beth, Naomi, Stefan, Ann)
* Group 2 (Diego, Mariana, Barbara, Tesfaye, Mateete, Ken)
10.15 Coffee break 10.00 Coffee break
10.45 * Presentations:
Africa RISING early win conceptual approach presentationbr Implementation and recommendations presentationbr Research design presentationbr Group discussion: Reflection and emerging issues
10.30 * Peer review

* Further group work

* Presentation of group work
12.30 Lunch break 12.30 Lunch break
13.30 * Organizing an R4D approach: underlying issues, promising strategies and examples of:
Organisational arrangement
Capacity building strategy
Up & out-scaling
Emerging issues (from previous session)
13.30
15.30 Coffee break 14.30 Closing session
* Evaluation
* Next steps
* Final words
16.00 Closing session
* Presentations of group work
* Commentary by selected people
* Recap and plans for day 2
15.00 Close
17.00 Close
17.30 Drinks and food

Objectives[edit | edit source]

  • Share and discuss a methodological approach for demand-driven R4D within the context of the AfricaRISING.
  • Identify and discuss major issues of the approach with a larger R&D community.
  • Find ways forward to tackle these issues based on the knowledge and experiences of this larger community.
  • Reformulate the proposed approach in the light of the discussions.















Agenda for the organizers