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PopoolaSamuel001: /* Baseline data Ghana, Mali */

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‎Baseline data Ghana, Mali

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PopoolaSamuel001: /* Feedback from the Steering Committee Meeting – Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon */

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‎Feedback from the Steering Committee Meeting – Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon

PopoolaSamuel001: /* Ghana team */

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‎Ghana team

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PopoolaSamuel001: /* Mid-term review recommendations */

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‎Mid-term review recommendations

PopoolaSamuel001: /* West Africa (2014) Review and (2015) Planning meeting */

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‎West Africa (2014) Review and (2015) Planning meeting

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 ==Research output 1 presentations==
-===Baseline data Ghana, Mali===
+====Baseline data Ghana, Mali====
 '''See the presentation by Apurba Shee (IFPRI)''':
 ===Farming system analysis===

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-=<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">West Africa (2014) Review and (2015) Planning meeting </span>=
+==West Africa (2014) Review and (2015) Planning meeting<br/>24-25 March 2015<br/>Mensvic Hotel,Accra, Ghana==
-'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">24-25 March 2015</span>'''
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 '''Tuesday, 24th March, 2015'''<br/>
-:30: '''Registration'''<br/>
+:30 '''Registration'''<br/>
-:00: Welcome and introductions<br/>
+:00 Welcome and introductions<br/>
 ::- Robert Asiedu (IITA)<br/>
 ::- Jerry Glover (USAID)<br/>
 Dr.Viktor AgyemanDirector General (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)<br/>
 Asamoah Larbi<br/>
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 Baseline surveys Ghana and Mali (IFPRI - Apurba Shee) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/ar-wa-reviewplansheemar2015| See the presentation]<br/>
 Farming systems analysis Ghana and Mali (WUR - Katrien Descheemaeker</span></span>) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/ar-wa-reviewplankatrienmar2015| See the presentation]<br/>
-:00: 2014 achievements : Integrated systems improvement (Research Output 2&3)<br/>
+:00 2014 achievements : Integrated systems improvement (Research Output 2&3)<br/>
-Ghana - Short overall presentation (SARI / IITA) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/ar-wa-reviewplanlarbimar2015| see the presentation]<br/>
+Ghana- Short overall presentation (SARI / IITA) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/ar-wa-reviewplanlarbimar2015| see the presentation]<br/>
 Mali - Short overall presentation (ICRISAT) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/ar-wa-reviewplanzemadimmar2015| see the presentation]<br/>
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-:15: Tea & coffee break
+:15 Tea & coffee break
-.45: '''Presentation of 2015 work plans: Mali'''
+:45 '''Presentation of 2015 work plans: Mali'''
 Theme 1: Socio-economics of intensification (J. Binam / ICRAF)<br/>
 Theme 2: Intensifying cereal-legume-vegetable production (A. Rouamba / AVRDC)<br/>
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-:00: Presentation Mali by E. Weltzien about the [http:''www.icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1651.htm#4| FARMSEM project] <br/> [http:''www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/ar-wa-reviewplanweltzienmar2015| See the actual presentation]<br/>
+:00 Presentation Mali by E. Weltzien about the [http:''www.icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1651.htm#4| FARMSEM project] <br/> [http:''www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/ar-wa-reviewplanweltzienmar2015| See the actual presentation]<br/>
-:15: Closing remarks<br/>
+:15 Closing remarks<br/>
-:45: Open slot for people to create their Africa RISING wiki and Yammer.<br/>
+:45 Open slot for people to create their Africa RISING wiki and Yammer.<br/>
-.00: Cocktail at the roof top<br/>
+:00 Cocktail at the roof top<br/>
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-=Meeting notes=
+===Meeting notes===
 Welcome notes by:
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 <u>Changes in the work plan</u>:
 * Re-organize theme 1
-''' Include technology parks
+::- Include technology parks
-''' Feedback and planning with IPs
+::- Feedback and planning with IPs
-''' Innovation fair with the farmers
+::- Innovation fair with the farmers
 * Better coordinate activities within theme 2 + theme 4

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 ==Feedback from the Steering Committee Meeting – Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon==
 Main decisions taken during the Steering Committee meeting were as follows:
-* '''Baseline Surveys:''' Apurba Shea (from IFPRI) working on the baseline survey results summary will be shared with all scientists by end of April
+* Baseline Surveys: Apurba Shea (from IFPRI) working on the baseline survey results summary will be shared with all scientists by end of April
-* '''Brief write ups of most promising technologies''' by the Africa RISING WA team to be written down in a flyer. This will be completed by 30th August, 2015.
+* Brief write ups of most promising technologies by the Africa RISING WA team to be written down in a flyer. This will be completed by 30th August, 2015.
-* A '''criteria for characterizing the technologies''' as best bet to be developed by the program coordination team.
+* A criteria for characterizing the technologies as best bet to be developed by the program coordination team.
-* The '''West Africa project document''' is being revised based on the comments and feedback from scientists by end of the April, document to be finalized by end of June
+* The West Africa project document is being revised based on the comments and feedback from scientists by end of the April, document to be finalized by end of June
-* '''Addition of new activities (in terms of field trials):''' Irmgard, Asamoah and Birhanu to review these proposals and check whether there is proper justification for them. All decisions will be made before the final revised work plans are concluded in mid April.
+* Addition of new activities (in terms of field trials): Irmgard, Asamoah and Birhanu to review these proposals and check whether there is proper justification for them. All decisions will be made before the final revised work plans are concluded in mid April.
-* '''New theme 3 activity in Mali:''' The proposal should be resubmitted after consultations between ILRI, IER and ICRISAT. To be done by
+* New theme 3 activity in Mali: The proposal should be resubmitted after consultations between ILRI, IER and ICRISAT. To be done by
-* '''Composition of the Steering Committee:''' AVRDC’s membership/seat in the steering committee extended for 1 year
+* Composition of the Steering Committee: AVRDC’s membership/seat in the steering committee extended for 1 year
-* '''Data sharing policy''' needs to be adhered to. This will be a requirement in the next contracts
+* Data sharing policy needs to be adhered to. This will be a requirement in the next contracts
-* Teams need to '''continue holding regular meetings'''. If holding monthly meetings is not possible then they are required to at least hold them bi-monthly. All these meetings need to be minuted and minutes shared with the Africa RISING Program Coordinator and the Communication Specialist for upload to the wiki.
+* Teams need to continue holding regular meetings. If holding monthly meetings is not possible then they are required to at least hold them bi-monthly. All these meetings need to be minuted and minutes shared with the Africa RISING Program Coordinator and the Communication Specialist for upload to the wiki.
 * West Africa needs to be more visible on the Wiki and website. Scientists need to provide the information, link up and provide the Communication Specialist (Jonathan) with information on activities and events.
 * Program-wide scientific symposium for Africa RISING will be held during the learning event later in 2015 as a two-day event preceding the Annual learning event
 <span style="font-size: 130%;">General feedback/ Reflections on the review and planning meeting</span>
-* '''Eva'''; Farmers are missing from the meeting
+* Eva:- Farmers are missing from the meeting
-* '''Jerry'''; We discuss about involving farmers and private sector player in our project discussion, but they were not part of this meeting. Let us also think of including them in our meetings......Are the planning and review meetings the appropriate meetings for this? Probably not, but a different meeting should be organized where the scientists can interact and integrate with these groups.
+* Jerry:- We discuss about involving farmers and private sector player in our project discussion, but they were not part of this meeting. Let us also think of including them in our meetings......Are the planning and review meetings the appropriate meetings for this? Probably not, but a different meeting should be organized where the scientists can interact and integrate with these groups.
-* '''Mark''' from Mali; I really appreciate the different group activities, the format helped us understand the theme activities in two countries
+* Mark:- from Mali; I really appreciate the different group activities, the format helped us understand the theme activities in two countries
-* '''Sapna'''; The process format was very engaging and useful and the communication team, facilitation and the training was really great.
+* Sapna:- The process format was very engaging and useful and the communication team, facilitation and the training was really great.
 ===='''Closing Comments – Irmgard'''====

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 =Feedback on the work plans=
 ==Ghana team==
-The connective tissue for the Ghana team is the theme 1 on socioeconomics, partnerships and platforms...
+The connective tissue for the Ghana team is the theme 1 on socioeconomics, partnerships and platforms...<br/>
-Theme 2 on crops. Connection with theme 1 on training and adoption. We need to address these issues in theme 1.
+Theme 2 on crops. Connection with theme 1 on training and adoption. We need to address these issues in theme 1.<br/>
-Theme 3 on fodder/livestock
+Theme 3 on fodder/livestock<br/>
-Theme 4 on land, soil and water management
+Theme 4 on land, soil and water management<br/>
-Theme 5 on nutrition, post harvest and mycotoxin management
+Theme 5 on nutrition, post harvest and mycotoxin management<br/>
-Under theme 1 are pathways of making change.
+<br/>
-The themes 3 & 4 anre connected around nutrients, irrigation and outreach/education.
+Under theme 1 are pathways of making change.<br/>
-We discussed how to make things happen on the ground. E.g. during field experiments we need to wonder where are key connections e.g. when doing irrigation work or soil & water conservation.
+The themes 3 & 4 anre connected around nutrients, irrigation and outreach/education.<br/>
 points that came up consistently: Platforms, adoption constraints, gender, communication and farmer feedback, training and capacity building, cost-benefit analysis, partnerships, farming systems (WUR), common protocols, needs assessment, Involve community leaders, traditional challenges.
-We are not doing enough on e.g. cost-benefit analysis (how much would it cost a farmer to use technology xyz as opposed to another one). Functional partnerships allow you to address issues of mechanization, unfriendly/expensive technology, needs assessment to do a lot of outreach, training etc. and get feedback.
+We are not doing enough on e.g. cost-benefit analysis (how much would it cost a farmer to use technology xyz as opposed to another one). Functional partnerships allow you to address issues of mechanization, unfriendly/expensive technology, needs assessment to do a lot of outreach, training etc. and get feedback.<br/>
 <u>Comments / Q&A</u>:
 * Congratulations on this mind map.
 * Cross-cutting issues come up again and again but have you developed activities to address these issues? E.g. on gender
-''' Yes. E.g. we discussed partners in terms of their ability to address key concerns.
+::- Yes. E.g. we discussed partners in terms of their ability to address key concerns.
-''' On gender, we brainstormed specific gender issues or key ideas that Gundula Fischer can add on to.
+::- On gender, we brainstormed specific gender issues or key ideas that Gundula Fischer can add on to.
-* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">On adoption: What are you adopting? Where is the technology?</span>
+*On adoption: What are you adopting? Where is the technology?
-''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">For each of these specific technology approaches/practices - which we'd like to sell to farmers etc. - we realize that there's a lot that hasn't been taken up. This is a key research theme that questions why a technology wasn't taken up. We have to think sequentially about this. There are technology parks under investigation and their M&E looks into ease of use, affordability etc. and once that assessment is done the technology can go on the shelf and onto scaling.</span>
+::- For each of these specific technology approaches/practices - which we'd like to sell to farmers etc. - we realize that there's a lot that hasn't been taken up. This is a key research theme that questions why a technology wasn't taken up. We have to think sequentially about this. There are technology parks under investigation and their M&E looks ::- into ease of use, affordability etc. and once that assessment is done the technology can go on the shelf and onto scaling.<br/>
-''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">For example one adoption constraint would be when there's no difference in price depending on the season... </span>
+::- For example one adoption constraint would be when there's no difference in price depending on the season...<br/>
-'''* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">But what about a package/system that combines all of this? We shouldn't go for single component... </span>
+::- But what about a package/system that combines all of this? We shouldn't go for single component...<br/>
-''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">We expect technology to be adopted but at the very beginning, we have to think about potential constraints for technology development. It's a research question. How to make the technologies attractive ahead of time, not just at the end of the day (it's not about adoption studies). This is a cross-cutting issue.</span>
+::- We expect technology to be adopted but at the very beginning, we have to think about potential constraints for technology development.<br/>
-''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">If you look at the draft work plan, there are various packages that form combinations. </span>
+::- It's a research question. How to make the technologies attractive ahead of time, not just at the end of the day (it's not about adoption studies). This is a cross-cutting issue.<br/>
-'''* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">The technology is not on the desk!</span>
-'''* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">The crux is how the technology packs (how do farmers modify these packs into niches)? We have to look at how these are modified... </span>
-''' I wouldn't want to see Africa RISING ignore/dismiss other technologies that others have developed strictly because they are not a novel product by Africa RISING. One of our novel approaches is to consider how existing technologies can be adopted differently etc.
+<br/>
-''' This framework we've presented serves as a unique selling point of combining all components.
+If you look at the draft work plan, there are various packages that form combinations. <br/>
-* From your experience, how practical is it to ???
+The technology is not on the desk!<br/>
-''' We hinted a lot at internal comms and planning to think about planning when to be in the field with experiments and running it + having someone on the ground to ensure this framework is effectively applied on the ground from the onset. The communication about when activities should start is really important. Internal communication is essential because land preparation is our starting point. If we have specific issues around mulching etc. we have to get together and ensure it's done. The minimum we can do is to ensure we're on the ground to execute our plans. That's the catalyst to make sure this plans.
+The crux is how the technology packs (how do farmers modify these packs into niches)? We have to look at how these are modified..<br/>
-'''* >> Perhaps you could have research assistants on the ground e.g. AVRDC agreed to have two research assistants on the ground planning things together and these assistants are collecting data. This has seriously improved their outputs.
-'''''' >> Yes, and we do have research assistants now.
+<br/>
-* If we share our experimental designs, we'll see experiments feed into work - using common protocols before (e.g. next month) for each theme - we'll have a useful approach.
+I wouldn't want to see Africa RISING ignore/dismiss other technologies that others have developed strictly because they are not a novel product by Africa RISING. One of our novel approaches is to consider how existing technologies can be adopted differently etc.<br/>
-''' Yes, good idea, all can upload the protocols onto the wiki page '''by 20 April'''.
+This framework we've presented serves as a unique selling point of combining all components.<br/>
 ==Mali team==

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 * Biomass estimation - We collected a lot of data and are calculating data that is replacing satellite imaging. This is data coming from Dryland Systems.
 * Land use / land cover?
-''' >> Perhaps we can do some small videos around the remote sensing work?
+::- Perhaps we can do some small videos around the remote sensing work?<br/>
-''' >> How will he help establish local conventions? Perhaps we can use local radio to urge neighboring communities to adopt such ideas etc.
+::- How will he help establish local conventions? Perhaps we can use local radio to urge neighboring communities to adopt such ideas etc.<br/>
-''' >> Livestock-Meat (betail/viande) association works on pastoral schemes etc. At communal level, we have to be associated with them.
+::- Livestock-Meat (betail/viande) association works on pastoral schemes etc. At communal level, we have to be associated with them.<br/>
-<span style="font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5;">'''Theme 5 - Nutrition, post harvest etc.'''</span>
 * Mostly questions for clarification... Generally very positive feedback.

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 * We don’t really know if the farmers are presented well in the platforms
 * Recommendations
-''' The land owners should be incorporated in the platforms
+::- The land owners should be incorporated in the platforms
-''' At the community level farmers are incorporated but women groups are not enough heard or incorporated in the platforms
+::- At the community level farmers are incorporated but women groups are not enough heard or incorporated in the platforms
-''' It should involve all types of farmers
+::- It should involve all types of farmers
-''' The women groups and different typologies has to be incorporated in the R4D platforms
+::- The women groups and different typologies has to be incorporated in the R4D platforms
 '''Theme2:'''
 * Suggestion made in particular technologies, the technologies mentioned was cereals and vegetables
 * To focus on legume vegetable inter cropping than cereals
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 * Under activity intensifying sesame cereal production; it was suggested to share experience of other countries like Tanzania and Burkina Faso
 * We need more expertise and skills to analyze our data
-* Recommendations:
-''' Under theme3 increasing feed option under cropping activities? We don’t know if we have budget for this
+<br/>
-''' We need integration b/n vegetables, irrigation and land
+Recommendations:<br/>
-''' Postharvest issues needs to be addressed
+* Under theme3 increasing feed option under cropping activities? We don’t know if we have budget for this
-''' We need the business link with activities and identify opportunity for mechanization
+* We need integration b/n vegetables, irrigation and land
-''' The integration of the feed component is missing
+* Postharvest issues needs to be addressed
-'''Theme3''':
+* We need the business link with activities and identify opportunity for mechanization
 * Use R4D platforms to identify available options, on feeding and animal diseases
 * If we use R4D platforms to screen and prioritize available option it would be good for farmers
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 * Issue of crop residues for various activities, look at testing options to improve feed
 * Linking nutrients flow in smallholders to theme 4
-''' More focus on grazing land and fodder irrigation if possible
+* More focus on grazing land and fodder irrigation if possible
-''' Integration of fodder irrigation is needed
+* Integration of fodder irrigation is needed
-''' We look into business scale of fodder irrigation
+* We look into business scale of fodder irrigation
-''' Farmers need training on the power of composing feeds
+* Farmers need training on the power of composing feeds
-'''Theme 4:'''
+<br/>
 * Small scale irrigation, it is suggested to follow up with it
 * Soil water conservation, we have to consider regional issues in this theme
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 * Knowledge sharing, training, capacity building highly suggested this point has emerged from all the different themes
 * Recommendation:
-''' Under the activity 1.4, we need to address socio-economics
+::- Under the activity 1.4, we need to address socio-economics
-''' Mechanization of soil and water conservation needs to be in place, specially mechanization procedures
+::- Mechanization of soil and water conservation needs to be in place, specially mechanization procedures
-''' Feedback from farmers is a critical issues and it flies as a cross cutting issue in all the themes
+::- Feedback from farmers is a critical issues and it flies as a cross cutting issue in all the themes
-''' The labor input is a particular issue when we evaluate the data, how do we do that in the drylands area, is it based on interview or measuring the data?
+::- The labor input is a particular issue when we evaluate the data, how do we do that in the drylands area, is it based on interview or measuring the data?
-'''* Platforms could be a good method for this,
+::- Platforms could be a good method for this,
-'''* Interviewing the farmers could be another way
+::- Interviewing the farmers could be another way
-'''* Rain water harvesting will it be at farmer level
+::- Rain water harvesting will it be at farmer level<br/>
-'''''' We are planning water harvesting but not at the farm level may be using some tanks and it is not labor intensive
-'''''' Sharing knowledge with farmers should be emphasized before we do some testing
+<br/>
-'''''' In rain water harvesting which particular farmers are you targeting?
+* We are planning water harvesting but not at the farm level may be using some tanks and it is not labor intensive
-''''''* For now small scale irrigation is the focus
+* Sharing knowledge with farmers should be emphasized before we do some testing
-''''''* The targeting will come for next year
+* In rain water harvesting which particular farmers are you targeting?
-''''''* Lets show the community how water harvesting will be important
+* For now small scale irrigation is the focus
-'''Theme 5:'''
+<br/>
 * We shouldn’t have to replicate what has been done already
 * The nutrition people has to test the hypothesis