Research Framework Workshop July 2012
Africa RISING research design meetingIbadan, Nigeria16 – 18 July 2012
Contents
Objectives of the meeting
- Review the latest version of the Program research framework
- Finalize sections of the framework
- identify roles and responsibilities to complete the document
- Develop region-specific iterations
- Move forward on site selection
- Develop a program--wide logframe [larger than the research]
- Determine next steps and timelines in terms of this framework and other upcoming planned activities
- identify roles and responsibilities for all the follow up and planned activities
Materials for the Meeting
Latest version of the research framework: File:Africa RISING research framework 16july2012.docx
People Attending the meeting
Regis Chikowo Jerry Glover Eric Witte Stanley Wood Nome Sakane Anthony Kimaro Saito Kazuki Eva Weltzien Bernard van Lauwe Mateete Bekunda Asamoah Larbi Joseph Rusike Alpha Kamara Peter Thorne Peter Ballantyne Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon
Notes
What are the unique/strong aspects of our research approach?
- the 'race track' aspect of the conceptual framework
- 'whole farm' focus
- diagnosis and interventions
- integration of components
- it connects together a set of (not always new) concepts
- focus on scalability
- it tackles dynamic changes over time
- any crop, any value chain ... demand driven
- three regions
- a priori characterization will help us to scale (by design)
- M&E (robust data and tools) in from the beginning
