WA rev planning May2021

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Africa RISING West Africa Project
Review and planning meeting
26 - 27 May 2021
Hybrid format (virtual & in-person)

Objectives

  1. Review progress, activities and results for 2020/21 season.
  2. Plan for implementation of activities in 2021/22 season.
  3. Share updates with partners about project implementation and future direction.


Useful link
2020/2021 workplan

PARTICIPANTS Virtual Attendees

  1. Albert Berdjour – IITA
  2. Alejandro Ortega-Beltran – IITA
  3. Bouba Traore – ICRISAT
  4. Carlos Azzarri – IFPRI
  5. Eva Thuijsman – WUR
  6. Folorunso Akinseye – ICRISAT-KANO
  7. Francis Muthoni – IITA
  8. Gundula Fischer – IITA
  9. Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon – IITA
  10. Jonathan Odhong – IITA
  11. Kalifa Traore – IER
  12. Kindu Mekonnen – ILRI
  13. Mateete Bekunda – IITA
  14. Michael Abberton – IITA
  15. Peter Thorne – ILRI
  16. Solomon Adebayo – IITA
  17. Thai Minh – IWMI
  18. Wilson Agyare – KNUST


'Physical attendees'

  • Ghana
  1. Abdul Rahman Nurudeen – IITA
  2. Bekele Kotu – IITA
  3. Benedict Boyubie – IITA
  4. Emmanuel Panyan – CSIR-ARI
  5. Franklin Avornyo – CSIR-ARI
  6. Fred Kizito – IITA
  7. Fuseini Salifu – World Cover
  8. Issah Sugri – CSIR-SARI
  9. Kipo Jimah – IITA
  10. Linda Dari – UDS
  11. Lydia Konlan – Göttingen University
  12. Mahama Saaka – UDS
  13. Nana Yamoah – STEPRI
  14. Paul Zaato – WorldVeg
  15. Richard Ampadu Ameyaw – STEPRI
  16. Sadat Salifu – CSIR-ARI
  17. Shaibu Mohammed – CSIR-ARI
  18. Terry Ansah – UDS
  19. Weseh Addah – UDS
  20. Wilhelmina Ofori Duah – IITA
  • Mali
  1. Bougouna Sagoba – AMEDD
  2. Cheik Oumar Dembele – IER
  3. Felix Badolo – ICRISAT
  4. Karamoko Sanogo – ICRISAT
  5. Karamoko Traore – ICRISAT
  6. Madina Diancoumba – ICRISAT
  7. Mamourou Sidibe – ICRISAT
  8. Mariam Courouma – AMEDD
  9. Nadine Worou – ICRISAT
  10. Zemadim Birhanu – ICRISAT


AGENDA
All indicated times are Accra/Bamako time

26 May
08:00 Registration [in parallel for physical participants in Bamako and Tamale locations]
08:15 Participant’s introduction, agenda overview – J.Odhong
08:30 Opening/welcome remarks

  • Michael Abberton (virtual)
  • I. Hoeschle-Zeledon (virtual)

09:00 Updates from the project - Fred Kizito
09:30 Break
10:00 Thematic Review presentations {7 min for each pres.+ 10 min. discussion after every theme}

Livestock management theme
Agronomy {incl. crop livestock interactions}
Natural resource management {soil & water resources}
Nutrition {veg. production, value addition, nutritional messaging}

11:25 – 11:40 Break 2

Gender, policy and socioeconomic dimensions
Systems dynamics and modeling

13.15 - 14.15 Lunch
Thematic Review presentations continued

Post-harvest mechanization
Institutional linkages



15:16 Preparations for work planning break-out groups – F. Kizito
15:30 Work planning group discussions
16:30 Break
16:45 Group work continuation
17:20 Brief preparation for day 2 draft work plan presentations
17:30 End of day 1


27 May
08:00 Work planning group discussions continued

continued from Day ONE

10:00 Monitoring, Evaluation and Data Management in AR West Africa– B. Ebito
10:30 Break
11:00 Presentation of draft workplans developed
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Briefing back about adjustments to workplans
15:30 Discussion of exit strategy and next steps
16:00 Closing remarks – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon
16:30 End of meeting
18:30 Closing cocktails for participants in Bamako and Tamale

NOTES

Opening/Welcome remarks

M. Abberton - Steering Committee Chair, Africa RISING West Africa Project
  • Post comments by Abberton hereAbberton stated that it was good to see both the virtual and physical participation, which explains progress. It was also good to welcome everybody to the meeting. He congratulated Irmgard, Fred and Jonathan in advance for the preparation of the meeting. He encouraged everybody to stay engaged and online and not drift off. He added that they were looking forward to getting into the concluding phase. He said he would look for in the meeting, the signs and synthesis that would result in publications but also going to result in impact on the ground. And also, synthesis that would pave the way for what they could do in future inside the new CGIAR. He finally said it was good to see everybody and he believed fruitful discussion would come out of the meeting.
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I. Hoeschle-Zeledon - Steering Committee Chair, Africa RISING West Africa Project
  • Post comments by Zeledon here


Updates from the project - F.Kizito, Chief scientist Africa RISING West Africa Project

  • Post comments by Kizito here

Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
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Thematic Review presentations

Livestock management theme

Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.


Agronomy {incl. crop livestock interactions}


Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.



Natural resource management {soil & water resources}


Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.



Nutrition {veg. production, value addition, nutritional messaging}


Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.


Gender, policy and socioeconomic dimensions


Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.


Systems dynamics and modeling


Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.



Post-harvest mechanization


Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.


Institutional linkages


Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.


Work planning group discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
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Monitoring, Evaluation and Data Management in AR West Africa - B. Ebito

Discussions

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.

Discussion of exit strategy and next steps

  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.
  • Question [person who asked]: Post the question here
  • Response [person who responded]: Post the response here.

Closing remarks – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon

  • Post comments by Zeledon here
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