Learning event 2019
Africa Program Learning Event
05 - 08 February 2019
Malawi
Themes
- Resilience/risk reduction in Africa RISING and beyond
- Experiences in implementation of the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework
- Systems research for agriculture in practice
- Common understanding of terminologies used within the Africa RISING program
| Date | Activity |
| 4 February | Participants arrival |
| 5 February |
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| 6 – 7 February | Field visit to Africa RISING project sites
6 February
7 February
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| 8 February |
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| 9 February |
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4 February [Day 0]
- Participants arrival
5 February [Day 1]
08:00 Registration
08:20 Participant intro’s
08:50 Welcome & opening remarks
- -Alene Arega - IITA Malawi Country Representative
- -Siboniso Moyo - ILRI Director General’s Representative in Ethiopia & Africa RISING PCT Co-Chair
09:10 Agenda overview & housekeeping issues
09:25 Updates from Africa RISING PCT meetings – Siboniso Moyo
09:55 Systems Research in Agriculture – a call to action. - P. Thorne
10:30 Break & participants group photo
11:00 Experiences with implementation of the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework [SIAF]
- [11:00 - 12:00] Case studies from Africa RISING projects. 3 Posters by Lulsegad Desta [Ethiopia], Lieven Claessens [ESA] , Nurudeen Abdul Rahman [WA]
- [12:00 - 13:00] Perspectives from FtF SI Innovation Lab [SIIL] – Vara Prasad, Director SIIL
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Experiences with SIAF cont’d..
- [14:00 - 14:30] Lessons from the SIAF Workshop 29 Oct – 02 November 2018 in Accra, Ghana - Mateete Bekunda
- [14:30 - 15:30] Mainstreaming implementation of the SI Assessment Framework discussion - what have we learnt so far?
15:30 Break
16:00 Plans for next day’s field trips
- What to expect in the field - Regis Chikowo & Christian Thierfelder
- Assignments for participants to follow up on during the field trips
- Logistics - departure time, buses, agenda for the field trip, any other business + ethical guidelines?
16:30 Day 1 summary and wrap-up
16:45 End of day 1
19:00 Welcome cocktail by the poolside
6 - 7 February [Day 2 - 3]
Field visit to Africa RISING project sites
- 6 February
- 07:30 - Depart hotel, visit project sites in Linthipe EPA, Dedza
- 13:00 - Lunch in Dedza
- 14:00 - Drive to Liwonde, spend night at Hippo Lodge
- 7 February
- 07:30 - Visit project activity sites in Ntubwi EPA
- 12:00 - 12:30 - Lunch on transit - by the mountain side with a nice view of Zomba mountain and the dry Lake Chirwa!!
- 12:30 - 15:00 Visit to more project sites at Matandika EPA
- 15:00 - Return trip to Lilongwe
8 February [Day 4]
08:00 Reflections on the field trips
08:30 Cross-learning and harmonization in Africa RISING - Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon
09:00 Common understanding of terminologies across Africa RISING – Haroon Sseguya
10:00 Break
10:20 Monitoring and Evaluation session
- General M&E presentation - 15 mins. pres. + 20 mins. Q&A
- Break-out discussions led by regional M&E officers - 30 mins.
- Reporting back in plenary [led by regional M&E officers - 15 mins.
11:40 Communication session
12:40 Lunch
14:00 How can research partner with development partners better? Insights from Africa RISING - CRS partnership in Malawi - Micter Chaola,CRS-Malawi; Likawent Yehyis,ARARI-Ethiopia
14:45 Closing – Siboniso Moyo
15:00 Africa RISING ESA Project Steering Committee meeting // Other parallel meetings & discussions
9 February [Day 5]
- Participants departure
