AR-Zambia Review-End-of-Project Sept2018

Africa RISING going to scale in the Eastern Province of Zambia Project
End-of-Project Meeting
27 September 2018
Chipata, Zambia

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Objectives

• Present and critically assess the major research and development results of the project.
• Explore opportunities for further scaling of project outputs and outcomes with different stakeholders beyond Africa RISING action sites in Eastern Province and project life

Agenda

8:00 Participants registration
8:30 Introduction of participants/ overview of agenda for the day – Jonathan Odhong’
9:00 Welcome & Opening remarks
====Welcome

- David Chikoye – IITA Southern Africa Hub Director

_Moses Mwale – Zambia Agricultural Research Institute

====Opening

_Senior USAID Zambia Mission Leadership

-Provincial Permanent Secretary

9:30 Overview presentation - Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon – Project Manager Africa RISING East and Southern Africa (20’ pres.)
9:50 Presentations by Theme Leaders on key outputs and outcomes (Either a ppt or poster whatever the themes prefer. 30’ pres. + 10’ disc.)

-Improving legume seed delivery systems – David Chikoye, IITA

10:30 Tea/Coffee break and group photo
11:00 Presentations cont’d

- Strengthening orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) planting material systems – Felistus Chipungu, CIP

-Sustainable intensification of low-input maize-legume systems – Christian Thierfelder, CIMMYT (45’ pres.)

-Commercializing Aflasafe as biocontrol agent for aflatoxin mitigation – Juliet Akello, IITA

13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Feedback about achievements, remaining gaps by the audience
14:30 Discussion about plans and opportunities for further scaling beyond action sites and project life

-Presentations by each theme about their suggestions/arrangements in place (10’ each)

-Group discussions to explore and refine proposals made by the themes (50’ grp. work. Formation of groups by interest)

16:00 Tea/Coffee Break

-16:20 Presentation of outputs from group discussions outputs in plenary with feedback (10’ each)

17:00 Closing remarks

-Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon

-Harry Ngoma

17:30 End of day
19:00 Group dinner

Background materials

Participants (click to download)

Outputs