WA rev planning May2019

Africa RISING West Africa Project
Review and planning meeting
14 - 16 May 2019
Accra, Ghana

Participants

1. Augustine Ayantunde, ILRI
2. Baloua Nebie, ICRISAT
3. Nadine Worou, ICRISAT
4. Bouba Traore, ICRISAT
5. Bougouna Sogoba, AMEDD
6. Felix Badolo, ICRISAT
7. Folorunso Akinseye, ICRISAT
8. Jean-Baptiste Tignegre, WorldVeg
9. Birhanu Zemadim, ICRISAT
10. Kalifa Traore, IER
11. Karamoko Sanogo, ICRISAT
12. Abdul Rahman Nurudeen, IITA
13. Bekele Kotu, IITA
14. Charity Osei, STEPRI
15. Francis Muthoni, IITA
16. Fred Kizito, IITA-CIAT
17. Wilson Agyare, KNUST
18. Solomon Adebayo, IITA
19. Gundula Fischer, IITA
20. Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA
21. Jeroen Groot, WUR
22. Jonathan Odhong, IITA
23. Mahama Saaka, UDS
24. Michael Abberton, IITA
25. Sadat Salifu, ARI
26. Weseh Addah, UDS
27. Zenebe Adimassu, IWMI
28. Saaka Buah, SARI
29. Benedict Boyubie, IITA
30. Peter Thorne, ILRI
31. Mateete Bekunda, IITA
32. Kindu Mekonnen, ILRI
33. Mirja Michalscheck, WUR
34. Eva Thuijsman, WUR
35. Harmen de Braber, WUR
36. Wilhelmina Ofori-Duah, IITA
37. Franklin Avornyo, ARI
38. Terry Ansah, UDS
39. Abdulai Lansa, SARI
40. Arouna Dissa, WUR
41. Paul Zaato, WorldVeg
42. Fred Kizito, IITA-CIAT
43. Linda Neequaye, IITA

Objectives

1. Review progress, operations and results for 2018/19 season.
2. Plan for implementation of activities in 2019/20 season.
3. Share updates with partners about project implementation and new directions.

AGENDA
14 May [Day 1]
08:00 Registration
08:30 Participants introduction, agenda overview
08:45 Opening/welcome remarks

• IITA WA Hub Director/PSC Chair

09:00 Future directions for Africa RISING in West Africa - F. Kizito (15 min)
09:15 Updates from the Project Manager (15 min)
09:30 Review of progress with implementation of project logframe – F. Kizito
10:00 Break & group photo
10:30 Review presentations
[Systematic reporting from one activity to the next for Ghana and Mali. There will only be 3 mins. presentation + 2 mins. discussion per sub-activity. Presenters to use the PowerPoint template provided. Individuals indicated in the brackets to collate & assemble the activity ppt.]

• Activity 1.1.1 [Ghana - N. Abdulrahman; Mali – JB. Tignegre]
• Activity 1.1.2 [Ghana & Mali – A. Ayantunde]
• Activity 1.1.3 [Mali – K. Descheemaeker]

13:00 Lunch
14:00 Review presentations cont’d…

• Activity 1.2.1 [Ghana – F. Kizito; Mali – K. Traore]
• Activity 1.2.2 [Ghana – Z. Adimassu]
• Activity 1.3.1 [Ghana – B. Kotu]
• Activity 2.1.1 [Ghana – J. Groot; Mali – JB. Tignegre]
• Activity 2.1.2 [Ghana – M. Saaka]
• Activity 3.1.1 [Ghana – C. Osei]
• Activity 3.2.1 [Ghana – J. Groot]
• Activity 4.1.1 [Ghana & Mali – B. Kotu]

15:30 Break
16:00 Review presentations cont’d…

• Activity 4.1.2 [Ghana – C. Osei]
• Activity 4.2.1 [Ghana – G. Fischer]
• Activity 4.3.1 [Ghana – J. Groot]
• Activity 4.3.2 [Mali – B. Sogouba]
• Activity 4.4.1 [Mali – B. Zemadim]

16:30 Discussion of general issues arising from review presentations
17:00 End of day 1

15 May [Day 2]
08:00 Feedback and insights from ESA & Ethiopia Projects – M. Bekunda & K. Mekonnen
08:30 Applicability of the results of AR typology work – M. Michalscheck
09:00 Gender dynamics within the SIAF – G. Fischer
09:30 Monitoring and Evaluation session – B. Ebito
10:00 Break
10:30 Resilience in smallholder agriculture - perspectives from USAID –tbd
11:00 Presentation & feedback on draft work plans developed after the pre-planning meetings held in Ghana & Mali [to be done following the order of activities as presented in the logframe]
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Presentation & feedback on draft work plans cont’d…
15:00 Work planning break-out groups (to refine drafts based on feedback received)

• Ghana
• Mali

16:00 Break
16:30 Workplan refining cont’d…
17:30 End of day 2

16 May [Day 3]
08:00 Briefing back from sub-activity leaders about the adjustments done to their workplans
09:30 Applications of SIAF at community/landscape level – E. Thuijsman
10:00 Break
10:30 Communications session
11:30 Discussion of next steps
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Team building exercises
15:30 Closing remarks
16:00 End of review & planning/ Any other adjunct meetings

19:00 Closing cocktail

17 May [Day 4]
08:30 West Africa Project Steering Committee