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<p>Imported from Wikispaces</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands= <br /> =[[#Project Design Workshop]]Project Design Workshop= <br /> =[[#x30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia]]30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia= <br /> <br /> =Day 1 recap by Shirley Tarawali= <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Thinking and discussing about sustainable intensification&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;a range of views&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;on what this encompasses&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;on the extent to which it is ‘the’ or ‘a’ solution&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;everyone sees some value&lt;/span&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Sustainable intensification in CGIAR research programs&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;In the project under discussion&lt;/span&gt;<br /> <br /> ''&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt; Consensus&lt;/span&gt;''<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;markets important &amp; integral part&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;private sector&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;some kind of ‘intensification gradient’ makes sense - how we define, that is much less clear&lt;/span&gt;<br /> <br /> ''&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Challenges&lt;/span&gt;''<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;What is ‘in’ and what is ‘out’?&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Many times – broadening&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Bay for project proponents is how to define &lt;u&gt;success&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Lots of ideas &amp; possible metrics from Stan&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Lined up with USAID priorities but health/nutrition missing&lt;/span&gt;<br /> * &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Catalyse? Synergies? Leverage? Alignment&lt;/span&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;span style=&quot;display: block; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Level of work, level of success indicators &amp; time frame - yes we may impost on nutrition – but that may be an outcome further down the road – several years – what are the measurable steps for us to know we are leading the right way?&lt;/span&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;span style=&quot;display: block; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Leveraging &amp; connecting with other programmes is essential – that is where there is significant resources to take research results to scale.&lt;/span&gt;<br /> &lt;span style=&quot;display: block; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Over 70 projects &amp; programmes in this rather small sub sample of R&amp;D!&lt;/span&gt;</div>

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