WA rev planning May2019
Africa RISING West Africa Project
Review and planning meeting
14 - 16 May 2019
Accra, Ghana
Objectives
- Review progress, operations and results for 2018/19 season.
- Plan for implementation of activities in 2019/20 season.
- Share updates with partners about project implementation and new directions.
Participants
- Augustine Ayantunde, ILRI
- Baloua Nebie, ICRISAT
- Nadine Worou, ICRISAT
- Bouba Traore, ICRISAT
- Bougouna Sogoba, AMEDD
- Jerry Glover, USAID
- Felix Badolo, ICRISAT
- Folorunso Akinseye, ICRISAT
- Jean-Baptiste Tignegre, WorldVeg
- Birhanu Zemadim, ICRISAT
- Kalifa Traore, IER
- Karamoko Sanogo, ICRISAT
- Abdul Rahman Nurudeen, IITA
- Bekele Kotu, IITA
- Charity Osei, STEPRI
- Francis Muthoni, IITA
- Fred Kizito, IITA-CIAT
- Wilson Agyare, KNUST
- Solomon Adebayo, IITA
- Gundula Fischer, IITA
- Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA
- Jeroen Groot, WUR
- Jonathan Odhong, IITA
- Mahama Saaka, UDS
- Michael Abberton, IITA
- Sadat Salifu, ARI
- Weseh Addah, UDS
- Zenebe Adimassu, IWMI
- Saaka Buah, SARI
- Benedict Boyubie, IITA
- Peter Thorne, ILRI
- Mateete Bekunda, IITA
- Kindu Mekonnen, ILRI
- Mirja Michalscheck, WUR
- Eva Thuijsman, WUR
- Harmen de Braber, WUR
- Wilhelmina Ofori-Duah, IITA
- Franklin Avornyo, ARI
- Terry Ansah, UDS
- Abdulai Lansa, SARI
- Arouna Dissa, WUR
- Paul Zaato, WorldVeg
- Fred Kizito, IITA-CIAT
- Linda Neequaye, IITA
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 Integrating Gender Analysis into SIAF: Examples from Recent Research in West Africa – G. Fischer
09:30 Monitoring and Evaluation session – B. Ebito
10:00 Break
10:30 Resilience in smallholder agriculture - perspectives from USAID – J. Glover
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
