WA closeout2022

Africa RISING WA Project Close-Out Event
1 - 3 November 2022
Bamako, Mali

Objectives

1. Present and critically assess the major research and development outputs and deliverables of the project.
2. Explore opportunities for further scaling of project outputs and outcomes beyond the life of Africa RISING.

Day ONE [1 November 2022]

• 08:30 Participants registration
• 09:00 Introduction of participants/ overview of agenda for the day
• 09:30 Welcome & Opening remarks

• ICRISAT West and Central Africa Director – Tabo Ramadjita
• IITA West Africa Hub Director - Michael Abberton
• Representative from USAID Mali Country Mission
• USAID Center for Ag. Led Growth leadership (Washington DC) - Jerry Glover/Zachary Stewart

• 09:50 Welcome remarks by DG of IER - Modibo Sylla
• 10:00 Timeline presentation of Africa RISING, specific focus on WA – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, Fmr. Project Manager
• 10:30 Break
• 11:00 What we promised at the start [the WA project proposal] – F. Kizito, WA Chief Scientist

• Market Place I: Technologies applying genetic intensification as an entry point

[3 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]

• Drought tolerant crop varieties – Madina/Jumbo Bright
• Agronomic interventions for intensification – Abdul Rahman Nurudeen/Bouba Traore
• Resilient vegetable varieties – Alpha Traore/Raki/Mahama Saaka
• Closing discussion from marketplace I

• 12:40 Lunch

• 14:00 Market Place II: Technologies applying ecological intensification as an entry point

[3 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]

• Fertilizer management (Akinseye Folorunso) & Composting/Nutrient flow (Bouba Traore)
• Cowpea living mulch and maize-legume strip cropping –Nurudeen Abdul Rahman
• Natural Resource Management in Cropping Systems /Contour bunding/appropriate tillage and in-situ water harvesting option – Birhanu Zemadim/Kalifa Traore/Wilson Agyare/Karamoko Sanogo/CSheikh Oumar Dembele
• Closing discussion from marketplace

• 16:00 Break
• 16:45 Wrap up day one [1-2-4 all exercise]

Day TWO [2 November 2022]

• 08:50 Overview of agenda for the day
• 09:00 Market Places Continued

• Market Place III: Improved livestock management

[3 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]

• Improved feed practices/crop-livestock management – Sadat Salifu/ Théophile Dembélé
• Housing and health – Sadat Salifu
• Integrated management (groundnut haulms/leaf stripping) - Bouba Traore/Addah Wesseh/ Terry Ansah/Moumini Guindo
• Closing discussion from marketplace

• Market Place IV:Technologies applying socio-economic intensification as an entry point

[5 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]

• Returns on investment in Africa RISING research and scaling – Bekele Kotu/Julius Manda/Felix Badolo
• Benefits of weaving gender into SI Interventions – G. Fischer/Martina Cavicchiolii
• Overview from our Monitoring and Evaluation work – Benedict Boyubie M&E Lead
• Innovation platforms and scaling practices – Toumani Sidibe/ Mahamadou Dicko
• Integrated crop-livestock system – Kalifa Traore
• Closing discussion from marketplace

• 10:20 Break

• 10:50 Market Place V:Technologies applying human condition intensification as an entry point

[4 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]

• Improved household nutrition (value addition) – Raki Diallo, Alpha Traore
• Technologies for reducing post-harvest losses and improving food safety/maize shelling – Alejandro Ortega-Beltran/Bekele Kotu
• Home Gardens- Mahama Saaka/Alpha Traore/Raki Diallo
• Behavioral change training- Mahama Saaka/Alpha Traore/Raki Diallo
• Closing discussion from marketplace

• 11:50 Market Place VI: Tools for scaling WESA Technologies

[3 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]

• Utilization of geospatial tools – Francis Muthoni/Birhanu Zemadim/Karamoko Sanogo
• Sustainable recommendation domains (FARMDESIGN, Typologies etc.) – J. Groot/Katrien Descheemamaekerer/ Arouna Dissa/Eva Huet
• Using the SI Assessment Framework learning lab approach for impact – Birhanu Zemadim/Nurudeen AR/Fred Kizito
• Closing discussion from marketplace

• 13:00 Lunch
• 14:00 Reflections about the marketplaces and the work implemented

• Asamoah Larbi, Fmr. Chief Scientist WA
• Some programmatic perspectives - Mateete. Bekunda, Chief Scientists ESA & Kindu Mekonnen, Chief Scientist Ethiopia

• 14:30 Lessons in implementation

• 14:30 - 15:10 Gaps and opportunities for further research [views from the experts who took part in the internally commissioned external review of Africa RISING]– Mark Powell, Christine Negra
• 15:10 - 16:15 Panel discussion: Partnerships in Scaling - Christine Negra, Bougouna Sogoba, Mohammed Dicko (AMEDD), John Nzugize (ARDT-SMS), Mohammed Dicko, Maimouna Rep MaliMark, Nana Ntiamoah (DEGAS), Chief Amadou (SEEDPAG), Tumaini Sidibe (FENABE), Patrick Kiao (ESOKO)

• 16:15 Break
• 16:30 Next steps for closure of project and what follows (administrative focus) – F. Kizito
• 16:45 Closing remarks
• 17:00 Wrap up/ Close of science outcomes & impacts review meeting

NB: Students will also slot in their posters at the various thematic-based market place sections. Extend the invitation to the graduate students to present their works.

Day THREE [3 November 2022]

[To hold at ICRISAT campus in Samanko]

• 09:00 Registration
• 09:30 Achievements of AR Program in Ghana [N. AbdulRahman] and in Mali [B. Traore]
• 10:00 Exhibition tour, coupled with farmer testimonies

• New crop varieties of crops - sorghum, vegetables- Akinseye Folorunsu (Aminata Coulibaly Tangara)
• Nutrition - value addition - Mahama Saaka and Alpha/Raki (Farmer testimony)
• Compost manure and cattle corralling system work - Bouba Traore (Farmer testimony by Nfa Coullibaly)
• Mechanization - Bekele Kotu (Farmer Testimonies in form of Video display (training on machine maintenance)
• Contour bunding - Kalifa Traore Farmer Testimonies by Adama berthé

• 12:30 Speeches and remarks from the Sous Prefects of Koutiala and BougouniMande
• 13:00 Vote of Appreciation - Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon and Fred Kizito, Former and Current Africa RISING Project Managers
• 13:15 Closing and then Lunch