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41.188.188.110: ==NOTES== ---- *'''Day ONE [1 November 2022]'''

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==NOTES== ---- *<b/>'''Day ONE [1 November 2022]'''<b/>
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*12:00 Program-wide synthesis study results - Carlo Azzarri

*12:00 Program-wide synthesis study results - Carlo Azzarri

*13:00 Lunch

*13:00 Lunch

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*14:30 Fishbowl: Partnerships in Scaling – Lessons from selected scaling partners - Million Gebreyes (ILRI), Haroon Sseguya (IITA), Patrick Kiao (Mwanga), Betty Maeda (frmr. USAID Tanzania), Nana Ntiamoah (Degas), Aminata Coulibaly (Mali Mark)
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*14:30 Country table discussions to reflect on AR Program-wide synthesis results

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*15:00 Fishbowl: Partnerships in Scaling – Lessons from selected scaling partners - Million Gebreyes (ILRI), Haroon Sseguya (IITA), Patrick Kiao (Mwanga), Betty Maeda (frmr. USAID Tanzania), Nana Ntiamoah (Degas), Aminata Coulibaly (Mali Mark)

*15:30 Coffee break

*15:30 Coffee break

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*16:00 Experiences and lessons in harnessing diversity and research partnerships in projects like the Africa RISING partnerships? – Chief Scientists, M. Bekunda/ K. Mekonnen/ F. Kizito

*16:45 Wrap up day 2

*16:45 Wrap up day 2

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*08:30 Overview of day 3 agenda

*08:30 Overview of day 3 agenda

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*08:40 ~~Recap~~ of ~~day 2~~
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*08:40 Response to some of the concerns about the program-wide synthesis study results - Carlo Azzarri

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*09:00 Panel discussion: How to conduct systems research and showcase value – experiences from Africa RISING, CSISA, and One CGIAR Mixed Farming Systems Initiative. Panel: Peter Thorne (AR), Santiago Lopez (Mixed Farming Systems Initiative),Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Jerry Glover (USAID)
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*09:00 Experiences and lessons in harnessing diversity and research partnerships in projects like the Africa RISING partnerships? – Mateete Bekunda

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*10:30 Coffee break
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*09:45 Building upon Africa RISING successes - F.Kizito

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*11:00 Building upon Africa RISING successes - F.Kizito~~, K. Mekonnen and M. Bekunda~~
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*10:15 Coffee break

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*12:30 ~~What to expect in the upcoming end of program report~~ - ~~Jonathan Odhong~~
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*10:30 What to expect in the upcoming end of program report - Jonathan Odhong

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*11:00 Panel discussion: How to conduct systems research and showcase value – experiences from Africa RISING, CSISA, and One CGIAR Mixed Farming Systems Initiative. Panel: Peter Thorne (AR), Santiago Lopez (Mixed Farming Systems Initiative),Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Jerry Glover (USAID) - facilitated by Fred Kizito

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*12:30 Remarks by USAID - Jerry Glover

*13:00 Lunch

*13:00 Lunch

*14:30 Fun debrief exercise with all participants

*14:30 Fun debrief exercise with all participants

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*15:30 Reflections by the Regional Project Managers - Fred Kizito & Peter Thorne/Kindu Mekonnen

*15:00 Closing remarks

*15:00 Closing remarks

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~~:*USAID Ghana Mission - Amber Lily Kenny~~

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~~:*USAID – Jerry Glover~~

:*High level leadership from the lead centers

:*High level leadership from the lead centers

::* Siboniso Moyo, ILRI

::* Siboniso Moyo, ILRI

::* Robert Asiedu, IITA

::* Robert Asiedu, IITA

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~~:*Min. of Ag. Representation from the host/implementing country~~
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*16:00 Wrap up of event

*16:00 Wrap up of event

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-'''Africa RISING Program Close-out Event'''
+=='''Africa RISING Program Close-out Event''' <br />'''7 - 9 February, 2023'''<br />'''Alissa Hotel, Accra - Ghana'''==
 '''7 - 9 February, 2023'''
 '''OBJECTIVES'''
 # Showcase Africa RISING achievements at regional and program level.

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 <b/>'''Response to some of the concerns about the program-wide synthesis study results - Carlos Azzarri'''<b/>
-::- Carlos noted that for the case of Ethiopia the results were in line with expectation. However, he said that, to look at the situation more the team should refine and verify the data and that is something they were doing.
+::- For the case of Ethiopia the results were in line with expectation. However, to look at the situation more, the team should refine and verify the data and that is something they were doing.
-::- He highlighted the list of technology park adoption; farmer field school demonstration, method of delivering technologies. Among the challenge is that they didn’t collect data before the harvest that’s why they couldn’t collect good data on harvest.
+::- There is a list  of technology park adoption; farmer field school demonstration, method of delivering technologies. Among the challenge is that they didn’t collect data before the harvest that’s why they couldn’t collect good data on harvest.
 ::- Moreover, Carlos talked about the diversification. However, he doesn’t think it's necessarily inconsistent with the increasing yield because people are less diversified.
-::- He also narrated the success of Africa RISING in Ghana. But, the team does not have accurate results since there are some villages that were dropped, 13 villages from the region out of 25 villages in phase one. So unfortunately the information was missed out, the plan is to do the analysis for Ghana by excluding these villages and see how the results are going to change particularly on the innovation that were demonstrated during phase one.
+::- There are some Africa RISING successes in Ghana, but the team does not have accurate results since there are some villages that were dropped, 13 villages from the region out of 25 villages in phase one. So unfortunately the information was missed out, the plan is to do the analysis for Ghana by excluding these villages and see how the results are going to change particularly on the innovation that were demonstrated during phase one.
-::- Improved crop varieties versus recycle seed; He noted that they will include the data. Also, there was a strong push on P jump in Tanzania that was not captured in the results and also they have the information of pigeonpea that they are looking at and would be included.
+::- Improved crop varieties versus recycle seed; He noted that they will include the data. Also, there was a strong push on P jump in Tanzania that was not captured in the results and also they have the information of pigeon pea that they are looking at and would be included.
 <b/>'''Experiences and lessons in harnessing diversity and research partnerships in projects like the Africa RISING partnerships?'''<b/>
 *'''Mateete Bekunda presentation'''
-::- He talked about the importance of partnership noting that, for him there was no greater partnership than these three people in Africa Rising program (the chief scientist, Fred). Shortly, he noted that the partnership was excellent.
+::- There was a consistent funding from USAID that helped the project to continue.
-::- “Based on what we know now, what could we have done to make Africa RISING work better?”. He replied that, based on what he knows is that Africa RISING had the opportunity to map the partners that they were going to work together. The contribution of partnership helped a lot in the program's success since the partners came with different multidisciplinary technologies and knowledge. Thus the issue of partnership is very important for Africa RISING program to work better.
+::- The strong partnerships that kept communicate in every aspect of the project. The local partnership and implementers who helped scientists from across the globe to do activities on the ground. These people were trained to address different disciples.
-::- He believes that by the end of March, Africa RISING would have produced more than 200 general publications, he thinks that's a very big achievement in the research field.
+::- Exchange visits were very important
 <b/>'''Building upon Africa RISING successes'''<b/>
 *'''Fred Kizito presentation'''

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	*<b/>'''Day TWO [8 February 2023]'''<b/>		*<b/>'''Day TWO [8 February 2023]'''<b/>
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		+	----
		+	*<b/>'''Day THREE [9 February 2023]'''<b/>
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		+	<b/>'''Response to some of the concerns about the program-wide synthesis study results - Carlos Azzarri'''<b/>
		+	::- Carlos noted that for the case of Ethiopia the results were in line with expectation. However, he said that, to look at the situation more the team should refine and verify the data and that is something they were doing.
		+	::- He highlighted the list of technology park adoption; farmer field school demonstration, method of delivering technologies. Among the challenge is that they didn’t collect data before the harvest that’s why they couldn’t collect good data on harvest.
		+	::- Moreover, Carlos talked about the diversification. However, he doesn’t think it's necessarily inconsistent with the increasing yield because people are less diversified.
		+	::- He also narrated the success of Africa RISING in Ghana. But, the team does not have accurate results since there are some villages that were dropped, 13 villages from the region out of 25 villages in phase one. So unfortunately the information was missed out, the plan is to do the analysis for Ghana by excluding these villages and see how the results are going to change particularly on the innovation that were demonstrated during phase one.
		+	::- Improved crop varieties versus recycle seed; He noted that they will include the data. Also, there was a strong push on P jump in Tanzania that was not captured in the results and also they have the information of pigeonpea that they are looking at and would be included.
		+
		+	<b/>'''Experiences and lessons in harnessing diversity and research partnerships in projects like the Africa RISING partnerships?'''<b/>
		+	*'''Mateete Bekunda presentation'''
		+	::- He talked about the importance of partnership noting that, for him there was no greater partnership than these three people in Africa Rising program (the chief scientist, Fred). Shortly, he noted that the partnership was excellent.
		+	::- “Based on what we know now, what could we have done to make Africa RISING work better?”. He replied that, based on what he knows is that Africa RISING had the opportunity to map the partners that they were going to work together. The contribution of partnership helped a lot in the program's success since the partners came with different multidisciplinary technologies and knowledge. Thus the issue of partnership is very important for Africa RISING program to work better.
		+	::- He believes that by the end of March, Africa RISING would have produced more than 200 general publications, he thinks that's a very big achievement in the research field.
		+
		+	<b/>'''Building upon Africa RISING successes'''<b/>
		+	*'''Fred Kizito presentation'''

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 ::'''Participant 3:''' He emphasized on recognizing the efforts and contribution done by partners particularly on the challenges related to operational management. He also explained that, they discussed on Climate information services since nowadays there are many data tools developed to support all technologies that they are trying to implement. He said that there is a need to put much effort into this direction.
-::- Participant 4: Gender inclusiveness is among achievements. He highlighted the need of having insurance policies so that all the activities that they have been doing with farmers to create an insurance to them.
+::'''Participant 4''': Gender inclusiveness is among achievements. He highlighted the need of having insurance policies so that all the activities that they have been doing with farmers to create an insurance to them.
 ::'''Participant 5:''' He talked about the concept of integration, as it was understood more later in the project and started to be applied in the phase two, which affected the analysis interms of the system approach. He also talked about the seed system as there is a need to engage more seed suppliers of many crops since the challenge was much based on well-known crops like maize and groundnuts, etc, to help farmers easily understand where to access the seeds. The other part he talked about was on the social domain, as they did not collect enough data in these domains noting that there is a need to do better on this component.
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 *'''''Genetic intensification'''''
 :''Poster 1'': Resilient vegetable varieties for improved productivity and income in Tanzania'''
-::Question: The yield report, is it irrigation or rainfed system?
+::Question: The yield report, is it irrigation or rain-fed system?
-::Response: It is  both in irrigated and rainfed areas, but the experiment was done during the rainy season
+::Response: It is  both in irrigated and rain-fed areas, but the experiment was done during the rainy season
 ::Question: During the rainy season, there is a lot of production. What do farmers do with the reduced price?
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 :''Poster 7'': Improvement of inter-cropping efficiency using contour banding technology in southern Mali
-::Question: Why do you use soyabean, not cowpea
+::Question: Why do you use soybean, not cowpea
-::Response: What we want to do is create business for the women. Cowpea is for eating, but soyabean is business
+::Response: What we want to do is create business for the women. Cowpea is for eating, but soybean is business
 :''Poster 8'': Soil and water conservation research and farmer capacity building in Northern Ghana
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 ::Question: Did you compare with traditional silos?
-::Response: The traditional silo is not easly to clear, so we did not include it as something to promote
+::Response: The traditional silo is not easily to clear, so we did not include it as something to promote
 ::Question: On dietary diversity, did you see access to diverse food?
-::A:
+::REsponse:
 ::Question: What makes the silos a technology?
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 ::Question: How is the cost, how scalable is it?
 ::Response: The one with iron sheet is a bit expensive

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 <b/>''' Market Place of project level technologies/achievements<b/>'''
-*''''''Genetic intensification''''''''
+*'''''Genetic intensification'''''
 :''Poster 1'': Resilient vegetable varieties for improved productivity and income in Tanzania'''
 ::Question: The yield report, is it irrigation or rainfed system?
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 ::Question: How do you attribute the benefits to the impacts?
 ::Response: We measured the results before and after the interventions

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 :''Poster 5'': Improving food security and household income in Tanzania through drought tolerant quality protein maize
-::Question: How to sustain seed production, why don’t Meru company contribute to the variety maintenance?
+::Question: How to sustain seed production, why doesn’t Meru company contribute to the variety maintenance?
 ::Response: Seed companies have their own priorities; they focus more on what brings money immediately.
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 ::response: We are working with the research system who are producing early generation seeds.
-::Question: How many farmers adopt these varieties
+::Question: How many farmers adopt these varieties?
 ::Response: We do not have such a figure, but we have figures for total number of farmers who benefited from these technologies.
-'''''Ecological intensification'''''
+*'''''Ecological intensification'''''

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 *12:00 Program-wide synthesis study results - Carlo Azzarri
 *13:00 Lunch
-*14:30 Fishbowl: Partnerships in Scaling – Lessons from selected scaling partners - Million Gebreyes (ILRI), Haroon Sseguya (IITA), Patrick Kiao (Mwanga), Betty Maeda (frmr. USAID Tanzania), Nana Ntiamoah (Degas), Aminata Coulibaly (Mali Mark)
+*14:30 Country table discussions to reflect on AR Program-wide synthesis results
 *15:30 Coffee break
 *16:45 Wrap up day 2
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 *08:30 Overview of day 3 agenda
-*08:40 Recap of day 2
+*08:40 Response to some of the concerns about the program-wide synthesis study results - Carlo Azzarri
-*09:00 Panel discussion: How to conduct systems research and showcase value – experiences from Africa RISING, CSISA, and One CGIAR Mixed Farming Systems Initiative. Panel: Peter Thorne (AR), Santiago Lopez (Mixed Farming Systems Initiative),Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Jerry Glover (USAID)
+*09:00 Experiences and lessons in harnessing diversity and research partnerships in projects like the Africa RISING partnerships? – Mateete Bekunda
-*10:30 Coffee break
+*09:45 Building upon Africa RISING successes - F.Kizito
-*11:00 Building upon Africa RISING successes - F.Kizito, K. Mekonnen and M. Bekunda
+*10:15 Coffee break
-*12:30 What to expect in the upcoming end of program report - Jonathan Odhong
+*10:30 What to expect in the upcoming end of program report - Jonathan Odhong
 *13:00 Lunch
 *14:30 Fun debrief exercise with all participants
 *15:00 Closing remarks
 :*High level leadership from the lead centers
 ::* Siboniso Moyo, ILRI
 ::* Robert Asiedu, IITA
-:*Min. of Ag. Representation from the host/implementing country
 *16:00 Wrap up of event