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J Odhong: /* Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project Pre-Planning Meeting 10 - 11 September 2019 Arusha, Tanzania */

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‎Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project Pre-Planning Meeting 10 - 11 September 2019 Arusha, Tanzania

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 ::: According to him there should be comparison where they introduced control value in Kiteto and Kongwa, which would allow researchers to look at the domain and see how those communities can be compared. The framework will allow flexibility to researchers at the extent when they could explain what they were implementing. Where he noted time, space, performance indicators and scales were important to consider”.<br/>
 ::: He explained it was important to discuss and look for answers of the sustainability of the land scales, farm and landscape scales. The questions on how scientist can achieve sustainable intensification at the farm and landscape scales, how can we ensure different policies complement each other at different scales?
-::: <br/>Another question focused on incentives design that recognize small scale farmers as able stewards of the land resources? Can we operationalize the SIAF under field conditions, if yes, what critical aspects should we consider?
+:::Another question focused on incentives design   that recognize small scale farmers as able stewards of the land resources, the question was on how the team could  operationalize the SIAF under field conditions, and some of the critical aspects which needs to be considered?
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 ::* Indicator selection (feasible vs useful) and weighting
 ::* 'Win-wins’, no tradeoffs
 :: '''Experience from Malawi'''
 ::* It is an example where the team would bare the technologies within multiple domains. And they use multiple discipline and multiple indicators for domain

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 ::::: '''Response:'''
 ::::::Sharing her experience from Ghana where the project works with Nurudini (a farmer) on Maize technologies, Gundula explained the leaving period for farmers to implement the technologies were two seasons. “For the two season farmers are still experimenting the technologies with the input provided, where the third season the input (s) are not provided. Moreover, she noted assessing sustainability of technologies to farmers is difficult if farmers are provided with inputs.
-::[[:File:Animal_Production_Systems_theme_2019.pptx|Presentation by Ben Lukuyu/ILRI.]]
+::[[:File:Animal_Production_Systems_theme_2019.pptx|'''Presentation by Ben Lukuyu/ILRI'''.]]
 ::: Ben Lukuyu from ILRI shared his observations from the experiences from Ghana SIAF workshop. According to him, there is a need and an opportunity to work further on data for human and environment domain because there are still gaps on data for the two domains compared to productivity, profitability and social domain. Moreover, he expressed the significance of integrating data on nutrition for poultry in the system.<br/>
 ::: Ben also presented his observations on data quality, where according to him lots of data collected were disintegrated; he recommends consistency in reporting pointing out it could be possible for the project team to work closely together.<br/>

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 __NOTOC__
-=='''Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project Pre-Planning Meeting <br/>14 - 18 July 2019 <br/>Arusha, Tanzania'''==
+=='''Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project - Tanzania Country Meeting <br/>08 - 10 July 2019 <br/>Arusha, Tanzania'''==
 '''Participants'''
 # Mateete Bekunda, IITA
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 '''Introduction'''
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-This report includes highlights of the two pre-planning meetings held at Arusha, Tanzania July 2019. The meeting brought together project partners from AR Eastern and Southern Africa (Tanzania & Malawi) to discuss and agree on the presentation templates for the project review and planning meeting in September 10-11. Partners also discussed a series of activities and timelines for producing materials and content to be presented during the upcoming review and planning meeting.
+This report includes highlights of the two pre-planning meetings held at Arusha, Tanzania July 2019. The meeting brought together project partners from AR Eastern and Southern Africa (Tanzania & Malawi) to discuss and agree on the presentation templates for the project review and planning meeting in September 10-11. Partners also discussed a series of activities and timelines for producing materials and content to be presented during the upcoming review and planning meeting.<br/>
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 '''Review and response to suggestions from SIAF workshop (Ghana 29-02 Nov.2019) and Learning Event Malawi (5-8 Feb 2019)'''
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 ::::: '''Response:'''
 ::::::Sharing her experience from Ghana where the project works with Nurudini (a farmer) on Maize technologies, Gundula explained the leaving period for farmers to implement the technologies were two seasons. “For the two season farmers are still experimenting the technologies with the input provided, where the third season the input (s) are not provided. Moreover, she noted assessing sustainability of technologies to farmers is difficult if farmers are provided with inputs.
-:: '''Presentation by Ben Lukuyu/ILRI'''
+::[[:File:Animal_Production_Systems_theme_2019.pptx|Presentation by Ben Lukuyu/ILRI.]]
 ::: Ben Lukuyu from ILRI shared his observations from the experiences from Ghana SIAF workshop. According to him, there is a need and an opportunity to work further on data for human and environment domain because there are still gaps on data for the two domains compared to productivity, profitability and social domain. Moreover, he expressed the significance of integrating data on nutrition for poultry in the system.<br/>
 ::: Ben also presented his observations on data quality, where according to him lots of data collected were disintegrated; he recommends consistency in reporting pointing out it could be possible for the project team to work closely together.<br/>
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 ::: SI toolkits involves four steps; engaging stakeholder, indicators that are important to stakeholders, and identifying critical tradeoff and synergies, and selecting metrics.
 :::Observations were on the first and fourth steps of the SI toolkit. According to L. Classesn, the first step of the toolkit, which is engaging stakeholders is not done properly in many cases, while for the fourth steps of selecting metrics it was noted that there are difficulties to indicate the metrics in many cases.
-::: '''Comments'''::
+::: '''Comments'''
-::* Share and reflect output with stakeholders; for-example the tool website (www.sitoolkit.com). Wide dissemination and sharing of output can lead to re-identify sort of indicators.
+::::* Share and reflect output with stakeholders; for-example the tool website (www.sitoolkit.com). Wide dissemination and sharing of output can lead to re-identify sort of indicators.
 ::* A lot of indicators are focuses on crop production, and there is a lot of livestock data are missing for example livestock productivity which talks much about yield.
 ::* There is a need to revise the indicators to bring in some of the key livestock aspect, Ben agreed to share some of the missing -livestock indicators with metrics.

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 *Identify data available (it was emphasized data presented shall be those which can be access in the project data stock).
 *Data available were to be presented according to the SIAF indicators.
-*The team identified gaps and assigned the researcher responsible.
+*[[:File:Data_inventory_tables.xlsx|The team identified gaps and assigned the researcher responsible.]]
 *Data collection tool for each group was developed.

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 :: '''Experience from Malawi'''
 ::* It is an example where the team would bare the technologies within multiple domains. And they use multiple discipline and multiple indicators for domain
-::* Data analysis based on combination of the trail and survey data but also some group simulation data (he data that create the spider diagram).::: '''Observations''' ::
+::* Data analysis based on combination of the trail and survey data but also some group simulation data (he data that create the spider diagram).
 ::* Most of sites do not have the data yet to meet the needs of the SIAF. It was proposed data generation should be substituted in the work plan.
-::* Discipline approach dominate'''Reflection of the SI toolkit-steps''' ::: SI toolkits involves four steps; engaging stakeholder, indicators that are important to stakeholders, and identifying critical tradeoff and synergies, and selecting metrics.
+::* Discipline approach dominate'''Reflection of the SI toolkit-steps'''
 :::Observations were on the first and fourth steps of the SI toolkit. According to L. Classesn, the first step of the toolkit, which is engaging stakeholders is not done properly in many cases, while for the fourth steps of selecting metrics it was noted that there are difficulties to indicate the metrics in many cases.
 ::: '''Comments'''::

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 ::* Need for ‘stocktaking’ and ‘legacy’ workshops and training on data collection and indicator assessment
 ::* Need stock taking of the legacy data to fill the gaps and see where the gaps are in terms of future works
-:: '''The Babati (TZ) example - Comparing technologies within one discipline – single indicator per domain'''
+:: [[:File:ISFM_AR_TZ_2019.pptx|'''The Babati (TZ) example - Comparing technologies within one discipline – single indicator per domain''']]
 ::* Maize-pigeon pea, 5 ISFM treatments
 ::* Environmental domain is missing

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 __NOTOC__
-=='''Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project Pre-Planning Meeting <br/>10 - 11 September 2019 <br/>Arusha, Tanzania'''==
+=='''Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project Pre-Planning Meeting <br/>14 - 18 July 2019 <br/>Arusha, Tanzania'''==
 '''Participants'''
 # Mateete Bekunda, IITA
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 # Francis Muthoni, IITA
 # Ancient Sambala, IITA
-# Julius Manga, IITA
+# Julius Manda, IITA
 # Lieven Claessens, IITA
 # Fred Kizito, IITA

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 '''Introduction'''
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-This report includes highlights of the two pre-planning meetings held at Arusha, Tanzania July 2019. The meeting brought together project team from Eastern and Southern Africa to discuss and agreed on the presentation templates for the project review and planning meeting in September 10-11. Also engaged project stakeholders to discuss and agree on series of activities and timelines for producing presentation formats and implementing other identified custom products.
+This report includes highlights of the two pre-planning meetings held at Arusha, Tanzania July 2019. The meeting brought together project partners from AR Eastern and Southern Africa (Tanzania & Malawi) to discuss and agree on the presentation templates for the project review and planning meeting in September 10-11. Partners also discussed a series of activities and timelines for producing materials and content to be presented during the upcoming review and planning meeting.
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 '''Review and response to suggestions from SIAF workshop (Ghana 29-02 Nov.2019) and Learning Event Malawi (5-8 Feb 2019)'''
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 '''Lessons learned from the SIAF Workshops in Malawi and Ghana'''
 :: '''Presentation by Job Kihara/CIAT'''
-::: Job Kihara explained among of the keys things he learnt were mainly on the intensification and mapping of the innovation, social integration and support to capture different path through social work for-example focus group discussions and discussion with individual farmers. Which according to him, it was the biggest lessons he learned from Lujumbula, Ghana. He also shared an example presented on the water management data which for him it was important perspectives. He explained with such kind of information’s they could be able to assess farmers’ perspectives on production, economics and social domains.
+::: Job Kihara explained among of the key things he learnt were mainly on the intensification and mapping of the innovations, social integration and support to capture different path through social work for-example focus group discussions and discussion with individual farmers. Which according to him, it was the biggest lessons he learned from  Ghana. He also shared an example presented on the water management data which for him gave interesting insights . He noted that with such kind of information partners could  assess farmers’ perspectives on production, economics and social domains.
 :::: Discussions
-::::: '''Question:'''
+::::: '''Question:'''How should The question of engaging farmers to practice the technology. The duration of time enough for farmer to interact with the technology, and the leaving part, is it the farmer being at the side or giving the knowledge and let the farmers implement the technology according to how she or he understands. How it is being handled.
 ::::: '''Response:'''
-::::::Sharing her experience from Ghana where the project works with Nurudini (a farmer) on Maize technologies, Bendula explained the leaving period for farmers to implement the technologies were two seasons. “For the two season farmers are still experimenting the technologies with the input provided, where the third season the input (s) are not provided. Moreover, she noted assessing sustainability of technologies to farmers is difficult if farmers are provided with inputs.
+::::::Sharing her experience from Ghana where the project works with Nurudini (a farmer) on Maize technologies, Gundula explained the leaving period for farmers to implement the technologies were two seasons. “For the two season farmers are still experimenting the technologies with the input provided, where the third season the input (s) are not provided. Moreover, she noted assessing sustainability of technologies to farmers is difficult if farmers are provided with inputs.
 :: '''Presentation by Ben Lukuyu/ILRI'''
 ::: Ben Lukuyu from ILRI shared his observations from the experiences from Ghana SIAF workshop, according to him, there is a need and an opportunity to work further on data for human and environment domain because there are still rarely gaps on data for human domain and environment as compares to productivity, profitability and social domain. Moreover, he expressed the significance of integrating data on nutrition for poultry in the system.<br/>

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 The project team selected theme for presentations accordingly. This exercise involved randomly selections of the project team where three groups were formed, and each group appointed their champions (representative) whom shall present during the planning meeting and ensure all assigned tasks by group members completes on time. The below table 1. Below shows the selected theme and the champions.
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