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=='''Africa RISING WA Project Close-Out Event <br/> 1 - 3 November 2022 <br/> Bamako, Mali'''== | =='''Africa RISING WA Project Close-Out Event <br/> 1 - 3 November 2022 <br/> Bamako, Mali'''== | ||
'''Objectives''' | '''Objectives''' | ||
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*10:00 Timeline presentation of Africa RISING, specific focus on WA – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, Fmr. Project Manager | *10:00 Timeline presentation of Africa RISING, specific focus on WA – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, Fmr. Project Manager | ||
*''10:30 Break'' | *''10:30 Break'' | ||
| − | *11:00 | + | *11:00 Integration approaches for sustainable intensification in West Africa – F. Kizito, WA Chief Scientist |
| − | : | + | :(i) what linkages should be expressed within & between the chapters? (ii) what components/technologies/opportunities are missing but should be included in the chapter? (iii)are the key messages in the chapter clear for a development agent/policy maker etc.? |
| − | :: | + | :*CHAPTER 1: Participatory Gender Assessments in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification - B. Boyubie, K. Jimoh, G.Fischer, M. Cavicchioli |
| − | ::*Drought tolerant | + | ::*Gender-assessment tools based on the five SIAF domains |
| − | ::* | + | ::*Matrix-scoring based on SIAF |
| − | ::* | + | ::*Case study: Matrix scoring to assess gender dimensions of the cowpea living mulch technology in northern Ghana |
| − | ::* | + | |
| + | :*CHAPTER 2: Genetic intensification for resilient cropping systems - Saaka Buah | ||
| + | ::*Drought and Striga tolerant maize varieties | ||
| + | ::*Sorghum hybrids (Pablo, Fadda and Sewa, Dual-purpose sorghum) | ||
| + | ::*Soybean for Sustainable Intensification | ||
| + | ::*Aflatoxin resistant and early maturing groundnut varieties | ||
| + | ::*Vegetables varieties - tomato (Rio Grande), African eggplant (L10), Okra (Konni) | ||
| + | |||
| + | :*CHAPTER 3: Practices to intensify and diversify mixed crop-livestock systems | ||
| + | ::*Maize-legume strip cropping (cowpea and groundnut) strip cropping | ||
| + | ::*Sorghum-legume (groundnut) intercropping | ||
| + | ::*Integrated pest management for cowpea - genotype and insecticide spray regime | ||
*12:40 Lunch | *12:40 Lunch | ||
| − | :* | + | :*CHAPTER 4: Integrated Soil Fertility Management for improving cropping systems |
| − | :: | + | ::*Soil fertility management practices/technologies |
| − | ::* | + | :::*Maize-NPK |
| − | ::* | + | :::*Cowpea with starter N |
| − | ::* | + | :::*Rice-N fertilizer |
| − | ::* | + | :::*Compost application technique for sorghum |
| + | :::*Maize with cowpea living mulch | ||
| + | |||
| + | :*CHAPTER 5: Strategies for Improving Land, Soil and Water Resources Management in West Africa and the Sahel | ||
| + | ::*Contour bunding technology with fast growing tree species | ||
| + | ::*Innovative Water Management Tools for Scheduling Irrigation | ||
| + | ::*Effectiveness of maize with cowpea living mulch for soil and water conservation | ||
| + | ::*Local policy instruments to govern natural resoruces management and farmers’ inclusion in agricultural value chains | ||
| + | |||
| + | :*CHAPTER 6: Improved livestock management within mixed crop-livestock farming systems | ||
| + | ::*Crop residue production, processing and preservation as livestock feed | ||
| + | ::*Integrating Napier grass and Pigeon pea fodder production in farming systems to produce fodder for improved small ruminant productivity | ||
| + | ::*Small ruminant feed and health management for West Africa | ||
| + | ::*Developing the Small Ruminant Value Chain | ||
| + | |||
| + | CHAPTER 7: Minimizing food waste and improving food safety | ||
| + | ::*Integrated practices to minimize grain storage | ||
| + | ::*Aflasafe for aflatoxin control | ||
| + | ::*Management of aflatoxin in groundnut using pre-and post-harvest technologies | ||
| + | |||
| + | CHAPTER 8: Improving household nutrition and food quality | ||
| + | ::*Engaging mothers and fathers to increase support for optimal child feeding practices using the Care Group Approach/Model | ||
| + | ::*Integration of Nutrition education with agricultural interventions for improved child dietary diversity | ||
| + | ::*Preservation of Vegetables Using the Zero Energy Cool Chamber (ZECC) for Food Security | ||
| + | |||
| + | CHAPTER 9: Integration and landscape-based approaches for Sustainable intensification | ||
| + | |||
| + | CHAPTER 10: Approaches for taking agricultural technologies to scale for smallholder farmers | ||
| + | ::*Targeting of innovations to the biophysical context | ||
| + | ::*Targeting to farm and household features | ||
| + | ::*Farmer Research Networks | ||
| + | ::*Technology parks | ||
| + | ::*Innovation Platforms as means to boost the adoption of improved technologies | ||
| + | ::*Scaling through mass media approaches | ||
| + | |||
*16:00 Break | *16:00 Break | ||
| − | *16:45 | + | *16:45 Summarized feedback from Chapter leads [1-2-4 all exercise] |
'''Day TWO [2 November 2022]''' | '''Day TWO [2 November 2022]''' | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 16 October 2022
Africa RISING WA Project Close-Out Event
1 - 3 November 2022
Bamako, Mali
Objectives
- Present and critically assess the major research and development outputs and deliverables of the project.
- Explore opportunities for further scaling of project outputs and outcomes beyond the life of Africa RISING.
Day ONE [1 November 2022]
- 08:30 Participants registration
- 09:00 Introduction of participants/ overview of agenda for the day
- 09:30 Welcome & Opening remarks
- ICRISAT West and Central Africa Director – Tabo Ramadjita
- IITA West Africa Hub Director - Michael Abberton
- Representative from USAID Mali Country Mission
- USAID Center for Ag. Led Growth leadership (Washington DC) - Jerry Glover/Zachary Stewart
- 09:50 Welcome remarks by DG of IER - Modibo Sylla
- 10:00 Timeline presentation of Africa RISING, specific focus on WA – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, Fmr. Project Manager
- 10:30 Break
- 11:00 Integration approaches for sustainable intensification in West Africa – F. Kizito, WA Chief Scientist
- (i) what linkages should be expressed within & between the chapters? (ii) what components/technologies/opportunities are missing but should be included in the chapter? (iii)are the key messages in the chapter clear for a development agent/policy maker etc.?
- CHAPTER 1: Participatory Gender Assessments in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification - B. Boyubie, K. Jimoh, G.Fischer, M. Cavicchioli
- Gender-assessment tools based on the five SIAF domains
- Matrix-scoring based on SIAF
- Case study: Matrix scoring to assess gender dimensions of the cowpea living mulch technology in northern Ghana
- CHAPTER 2: Genetic intensification for resilient cropping systems - Saaka Buah
- Drought and Striga tolerant maize varieties
- Sorghum hybrids (Pablo, Fadda and Sewa, Dual-purpose sorghum)
- Soybean for Sustainable Intensification
- Aflatoxin resistant and early maturing groundnut varieties
- Vegetables varieties - tomato (Rio Grande), African eggplant (L10), Okra (Konni)
- CHAPTER 3: Practices to intensify and diversify mixed crop-livestock systems
- Maize-legume strip cropping (cowpea and groundnut) strip cropping
- Sorghum-legume (groundnut) intercropping
- Integrated pest management for cowpea - genotype and insecticide spray regime
- 12:40 Lunch
- CHAPTER 4: Integrated Soil Fertility Management for improving cropping systems
- Soil fertility management practices/technologies
- Maize-NPK
- Cowpea with starter N
- Rice-N fertilizer
- Compost application technique for sorghum
- Maize with cowpea living mulch
- CHAPTER 5: Strategies for Improving Land, Soil and Water Resources Management in West Africa and the Sahel
- Contour bunding technology with fast growing tree species
- Innovative Water Management Tools for Scheduling Irrigation
- Effectiveness of maize with cowpea living mulch for soil and water conservation
- Local policy instruments to govern natural resoruces management and farmers’ inclusion in agricultural value chains
- CHAPTER 6: Improved livestock management within mixed crop-livestock farming systems
- Crop residue production, processing and preservation as livestock feed
- Integrating Napier grass and Pigeon pea fodder production in farming systems to produce fodder for improved small ruminant productivity
- Small ruminant feed and health management for West Africa
- Developing the Small Ruminant Value Chain
CHAPTER 7: Minimizing food waste and improving food safety
- Integrated practices to minimize grain storage
- Aflasafe for aflatoxin control
- Management of aflatoxin in groundnut using pre-and post-harvest technologies
CHAPTER 8: Improving household nutrition and food quality
- Engaging mothers and fathers to increase support for optimal child feeding practices using the Care Group Approach/Model
- Integration of Nutrition education with agricultural interventions for improved child dietary diversity
- Preservation of Vegetables Using the Zero Energy Cool Chamber (ZECC) for Food Security
CHAPTER 9: Integration and landscape-based approaches for Sustainable intensification
CHAPTER 10: Approaches for taking agricultural technologies to scale for smallholder farmers
- Targeting of innovations to the biophysical context
- Targeting to farm and household features
- Farmer Research Networks
- Technology parks
- Innovation Platforms as means to boost the adoption of improved technologies
- Scaling through mass media approaches
- 16:00 Break
- 16:45 Summarized feedback from Chapter leads [1-2-4 all exercise]
Day TWO [2 November 2022]
- 08:50 Overview of agenda for the day
- 09:00 Market Places Continued
- Market Place III: Improved livestock management
- [3 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]
- Improved feed practices/crop-livestock management – Sadat Salifu/ Théophile Dembélé
- Housing and health – Sadat Salifu
- Integrated management (groundnut haulms/leaf stripping) - Bouba Traore/Addah Wesseh/ Terry Ansah/Moumini Guindo
- Closing discussion from marketplace
- Market Place IV:Technologies applying socio-economic intensification as an entry point
- [5 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]
- Returns on investment in Africa RISING research and scaling – Bekele Kotu/Julius Manda/Felix Badolo
- Benefits of weaving gender into SI Interventions – G. Fischer/Martina Cavicchiolii
- Overview from our Monitoring and Evaluation work – Benedict Boyubie M&E Lead
- Innovation platforms and scaling practices – Toumani Sidibe/ Mahamadou Dicko
- Integrated crop-livestock system – Kalifa Traore
- Closing discussion from marketplace
- 10:20 Break
- 10:50 Market Place V:Technologies applying human condition intensification as an entry point
- [4 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]
- Improved household nutrition (value addition) – Raki Diallo, Alpha Traore
- Technologies for reducing post-harvest losses and improving food safety/maize shelling – Alejandro Ortega-Beltran/Bekele Kotu
- Home Gardens- Mahama Saaka/Alpha Traore/Raki Diallo
- Behavioral change training- Mahama Saaka/Alpha Traore/Raki Diallo
- Closing discussion from marketplace
- [4 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]
- 11:50 Market Place VI: Tools for scaling WESA Technologies
- [3 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]
- Utilization of geospatial tools – Francis Muthoni/Birhanu Zemadim/Karamoko Sanogo
- Sustainable recommendation domains (FARMDESIGN, Typologies etc.) – J. Groot/Katrien Descheemamaekerer/ Arouna Dissa/Eva Huet
- Using the SI Assessment Framework learning lab approach for impact – Birhanu Zemadim/Nurudeen AR/Fred Kizito
- Closing discussion from marketplace
- [3 bus stops, 20 mins. each + 20 mins. discussion]
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:00 Reflections about the marketplaces and the work implemented
- Mateete Bekunda, Chief Scientists ESA
- Kindu Mekonnen, Chief Scientist Ethiopia
- 14:30 Lessons in implementation
- 14:30 - 15:10 Gaps and opportunities for further research [views from the experts who took part in the internally commissioned external review of Africa RISING]– Mark Powell, Christine Negra
- 15:10 - 16:15 Panel discussion: Partnerships in Scaling - Christine Negra, Bougouna Sogoba, Mohammed Dicko (AMEDD), John Nzugize (ARDT-SMS), Mohammed Dicko, Maimouna Rep MaliMark, Nana Ntiamoah (DEGAS), Chief Amadou (SEEDPAG), Tumaini Sidibe (FENABE), Patrick Kiao (ESOKO)
- 16:15 Break
- 16:30 Next steps for closure of project and what follows (administrative focus) – F. Kizito
- 16:45 Closing remarks
- 17:00 Wrap up/ Close of science outcomes & impacts review meeting
- NB: Students will also slot in their posters at the various thematic-based market place sections. Extend the invitation to the graduate students to present their works.
Day THREE [3 November 2022]
- [To hold at ICRISAT campus in Samanko]
- 09:00 Registration
- 09:30 Achievements of AR Program in Ghana [N. AbdulRahman] and in Mali [B. Traore]
- 10:00 Exhibition tour, coupled with farmer testimonies
- New crop varieties of crops - sorghum, vegetables- Akinseye Folorunsu (Aminata Coulibaly Tangara)
- Nutrition - value addition - Mahama Saaka and Alpha/Raki (Farmer testimony)
- Compost manure and cattle corralling system work - Bouba Traore (Farmer testimony by Nfa Coullibaly)
- Mechanization - Bekele Kotu (Farmer Testimonies in form of Video display (training on machine maintenance)
- Contour bunding - Kalifa Traore Farmer Testimonies by Adama berthé
- 12:30 Speeches and remarks from the Sous Prefects of Koutiala and BougouniMande
- 13:00 Vote of Appreciation - Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon and Fred Kizito, Former and Current Africa RISING Project Managers
- 13:15 Closing and then Lunch
- 18:30 Cocktail at the hotel
