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=West Africa planning and review meeting=
'''23-25 October 2012'''
'''Modern City Hotel, Tamale, Ghana'''
[[WA_planning_Oct2012| Back to the event home page]]
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=='''Agenda'''==
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| || '''Day 0 - Monday, 22 October, 2012'''
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| || Arrival of participants and registration
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| ||''' '''[[WA_planning_review_2012_day1| Day 1]] - Tuesday, 23 October 2012'''
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| || '''Session 1: Opening address and introduction'''
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| 08:00-08:30 || Registration
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| 08:30-09:00 || Welcome and opening address: * Director, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI): S. K. Nutsugah * IITA, Africa RISING Coordinator – East, Southern and West Africa: I. Hoeschle-Zeledon
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| 09:00-09:30 || Workshop objectives, processes & participant’s introduction (E. Le Borgne)
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| 09:30-09:50 || Overview of year one activities (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-intro-oct2012| Presentation] 
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| 09:50-10:20 || ''Group photograph and break''
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| || '''Session 2: Status and expected outputs of quick-win activities in cereal (maize, rice, and sorghum)-legume (soybean, cowpea and groundnut) -based systems'''
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| || Presentations for each system will focus on status of quick-win activities for Outcome 1: Sustainable increase of farm productivity in cereal-based systems; Outcome 2. Improved on-farm and off-farm natural resource management; Outcome 3. Reduced vulnerability of target population, and Outcome 4. Increased nutritional and economic levels of the target population (especially women and children)
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| 10:30-12:00 || Presentation of activities from year 1 * Maize-based systems (IITA/SARI/AVRDC/UDS/ILRI/ARI/MOFA/SeedPAG/WIUC/IWIMI/KNUST): A. Larbi - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/maizebased-systems-15207930| Presentation] * Sorghum-based systems (ICRISAT/ILRI): E.Weltzien et al. - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-mali-oct2012| Presentation] * Rice-based systems (Africa Rice/SARI): O. Ajayi - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-rice-oct2012| Presentation] * Vegetable-based systems (AVRDC/ICRISAT/SARI/UDS): A. Tenkouano - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-veg-oct2012| Presentation]
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| 12:00-12:30 || Quick-win activities implementation – challenges, lessons and opportunities * National Research &Extension Partners – Ghana (MOFA, SARI, ARI, UDS) - [[:File:WA12_5. Quick win lessons ARI.ppt| Presentation]] * National Research and Extension Partners – Mali * ICRISAT: E.Weltzien et al. * Africa Rice: O. Ajayi * AVRDC: A. Tenkouano * IWMI: F. Kizito * ILRI: A. Fall
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| 12.30-13.00 || Possible partnerships: * Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA): Activities and partnership opportunities - [[:File:WA12_6. IPA.ppt| Presentation]]br Africa Soil Information Service AFSIS: Activities and partnership opportunities - [[:File:WA12_7. AFSIS.pdf| Presentation]]
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| 13:00-14:20 || ''Lunch break''
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| || '''Session 3: Planning for years 2-5'''
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| 14:20-15:40 || The building blocks of the program (20 min each) * Communications (E. Le Borgne) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/africa-rising-comms-14648391| Presentation] * Research framework (J. Rusike) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-framework-oct2012| Presentation] * M&E framework (N. Sakana) - [[:File:WA12_10. Monitoring and evaluation.ppt| Presentation]] * Action research sites (E. Weltzien & A. Larbi): ''' [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-ilri-oct2012| Presentation Mali] ''' [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-ghanasites-oct2012| Presentation Ghana]
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| 15:40-16:10 || ''Coffee / tea break''
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| 16:10-17:30 || Marketplace discussion
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| 17:30 || Closing (End of Day 1)
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| ||''' '''[[WA_planning_review_2012_day2| Day 2]] - Wednesday, 24 October 2012'''
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| || '''Session 4: Developing a demand driven research agenda for year 2-5'''
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| 08:30-09:15 || Key challenges in smallholder cereal-legume/livestock systems (15 min each): * Mali (A. Ayatunde & E. Weltzien) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-malilivestock-oct2012| Presentation] * Ghana (S. J. Buah & N. Karbo) - [http://www.slideshare.net/africa-rising/arwa-ghanalivestock-oct2012| Presentation] * Collective prioritization of the challenges per country
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| 09:15_09:45 || Research boundaries and principles: focus on interactions (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon) - [[:File:WA12_15. Africa RISING Boundaries and principles.ppt| Presentation]]/spanbrspan stylefont-size: 12pxWhat does it mean to work on integrated research A. Larbi - [[:File:WA12_16. Integrated Systems_AL24Oct.ppt| Presentation]]
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| 09:45-10:00 || Guidance on group work (E. Le Borgne)
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| 10:00-10:30 || ''Coffee / tea break''
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| || '''Session 5: Group work planning research agenda for years 2-5'''
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| 10:30-12:30 || '''Research output 1: Situation Analysis''' * Group 1 - Presentation of group work results - [[:File:WA12_17. Research output 1 group.ppt| Final presentation of Research Output group 1]]
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| || '''Research output 2: Improvement of Integrated Systems''' * '''Group 2: Ghana / Northern region - [[:File:Group work - Northern Region 1.pptx| Results of first session]] - [[:File:Group work - Northern Region 2.pptx| results of second session]]/spanbr span stylefont-size: 9pt font-weight: normalGroup 3: Ghana / Upper East region/spanspan stylefont-size: 9pt - /spanspan stylefont-size: 9pt[[:File:Group work - Upper East 1.pptx| Results of first UER session]]/spanbr span stylefont-size: 9pt font-weight: normalGroup 4: Ghana / Upper West region/spanspan stylefont-size: 9pt -/spanspan stylefont-size: 9pt [[:File:Group work - Upper East 1.pptx| Results of first UWR session]] - [[:File:Group work - Upper East 2.pptx| results of second UWR session]]/spanbr span stylefont-size: 9pt font-weight: normalGroup 5: Mali group/spanspan stylefont-size: 9pt - /spanspan stylefont-size: 9pt[[:File:Mali Group Discussion 24 Oct 2012.docx| Results of first session]] - Presentation about the [[:File:20121025_AfricaRISING_Mali_EntryPointsIntegrationLevels.ppt| entry points and integration levels]]
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| || '''Research output 3: Scaling-out''' * Group 5
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| 12:30-14:30 || ''Lunch break''
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| 14:30-16:00 || Group work (continued with focus on year 2 work plan)
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| 16:00-16:30 || Coffee / tea break
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| 16:30-17:30 || Presentation of group work and review by panel: * A. Larbi * C. Tenkouano * I. Hoeschle-Zeledon * O. Ajayi * E. Weltzien * A. Ayantunde
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| 17:30 || Closing reflections for the day – End of day 2
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| 17:45 || Meeting of process steering group
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| ||''' '''[[WA_planning_review_2012_day3| Day 3]] - Thursday, 25 October 2012'''
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| || '''Session 6: Group/team work planning research agenda for years 2-5'''
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| || Smaller groups/teams to develop concept note for research themes and prioritize activities for 2013 and other years (sequencing).
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| 08:30-08:45 || Review of questions and suggestions regarding previous days’ group work
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| 08:45-10:00 || Smaller groups/teams work on research protocols and prioritize activities: * Group 1: Ghana / Northern region - [[:File:Group work - Northern Region 3.pptx| Final results Northern]]/spanbr span stylefont-size: 9ptGroup 2: Ghana / Upper East region - [[:File:Group work - Upper East 2.pptx| Final results UER]]/spanbr span stylefont-size: 9ptGroup 3: Ghana / Upper West region - [[:File:Group work - Upper West 3.pptx| Final results UWR]]/spanbr span stylefont-size: 9ptGroup 4: Mali group - [[:File:Mali Group work Day 3_25 Oct 2012.pptx| Final results Mali]]
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| 10:00-10:30 || ''Coffee / tea break''
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| 10:30-12:30 || Group work (continued with focus on year 2 work-plan)
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| 12:30-14:00 || ''Lunch break''
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| 14:00-15:30 || Group work (continued) on research and cross-cutting themes
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| 15:30-16:00 || ''Coffee / tea break''
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| 16:00-17:30 || Plenary reporting of working groups and discussion Next steps - [[:File:WA12_18. Next Steps.pptx| Presentation]] by Asamoah Larbi
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| 17:30 || Closure (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA; O. Ajayi, AfricaRice; E. Weltzien, ICRISAT)
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Note (1): AAfricaRice, Africa Rice Center; ARI, Animal Research Institute; AVRDC, World Vegetable Center; GHS, Ghana Health Services; IITA, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; ICRISAT, International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics; IWMI, International Water Management Institute; KNUST, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; KSU, Kansas State University; MOFA, Ministry of Food and Agriculture; SARI, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute; SeedPAG, Seed Producers Association of Ghana; UDS, University of Development Studies; ICRAF, World Agroforestry Center; WIAD, Women in Agricultural Development; and WIUC, Wisconsin International University College.

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