AR WA phase-1-legacy-meeting Dec2016

Africa RISING West Africa
Phase 1 legacy workshop - writeshop
12 - 13 December, 2016
Bamako, Mali

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Participants (click to download)

Objectives

• Review achievements and lessons from Phase 1
• Document project output in forms of scientific and non-scientific publications
• Present and review draft papers for publication in peer reviewed journals

Meeting outputs

• List of project publications
• Book of abstracts (click to download; updated version to be uploaded soon)
• Timeline for completion of papers and submission to peer review journals
• Workshop proceedings

Agenda
*Click on the presentations to download Day 1 (12 Dec, 2016)

07:30 Departure from hotel to ICRISAT Station at Samanko
08:30 Welcome & Opening addresses - R. Tabo
08:40 Participants introduction, scene setting for the workshop & Overview of Agenda for the day - Facilitator 09:10 Presentation on WA project evolution and workshop objectives – A. Larbi 09:30 Q&A – reflections on presentation by A. Larbi (3 minutes reflection around the table + 7 minutes for burning Q&A) - Facilitator

- Theme and paper presentations begin (10-minute presentation by theme leader; 8-minute presentation by each paper + 5 minute “rebuttal” by the internal reviewer + 3 minute for comments)

- SESSION 1: Socio-economics of intensification (Theme 1) – Presentations (All participants attend: ROOM A)

09:40 Overview by Theme Leader - B. Kotu
09:50 A Spatial Analysis of Land Cover Change and Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from Northern Ghana - Haile et al.
10:05 Motivations and barriers to adoption of innovations by farmers in northern Ghana - Bedi et al.
10:20 Transhumant practices and its effects on natural resources management in Malian Sudano-Sahelian zone - Umutoni Ayantunde
10:35 Economic analysis of alternative systems for sorghum and maize production in Southern Mali - Badolo Kotu
10:50 Exploring gender differentials in adoption of sustainable intensification practices in northern Ghana - Bedi et al.
11:05 COFFEE BREAK

PARALLEL SESSION 2A & 2B (5 Minutes for people to move into the rooms for session 2A and 2B)

Time	SESSION 3 A - Household nutrition, food safety, mycotoxin (Theme 5 presentations – ROOM A)	SESSION 3 B - Intensifying crop production (Theme 2) – Presentations (ROOM A)
14:30	Overview by Theme Leader - Mahama	Overview by Theme Leader - Saaka Buah
14:40	Magnitude and determinant of child undernutrition in southern Mali - Sobgui et al.	Cowpea growth type effects on productivity and profitability of hybrid maize-cowpea - Haruna et al.
14:55	Relationship between household food insecurity and nutritional status of pregnant women in northern Ghana - Saaka et al.	Corralling maize density and N fertilizer rate effects on soil crop and financial returns in northern Ghana - Nurudeen et al.
15:10	Relationship between agricultural biodiversity and dietary diversity of children aged 6-36 months in Northern Ghana - Saaka et al.	Productivity of maize-vegetable intercrops in Northern Ghana and Mali - Jean-Baptiste et al
15:25	Fermentation time of malted cereal flour effects on nutritive value of complementary porridge for children - Diallo et al.	Intensification of cool dry season vegetable production in Africa rising project intervention zones of South Mali - Jean Baptiste et al.
15:40	Towards a Peanut Value Chain for Income and Nutrition without Aflatoxins in Ghana	Livestock corralling density effect on soil quality index and weed dynamic Nurudeen et al.
16:00	COFFEE BREAK
16:20	Reflections on day 1 - Facilitator
16:45	Depart ICRISAT to hotel
Day 2 (13 Dec, 2016)
07:30		Departure from hotel to ICRISAT Station at Samanko
08:30	Review of agenda for the day	Departure from hotel to ICRISAT Station at Samanko
08:45	Instructions for group break out tasks - Asamoah LarbibrTemplate for posters to be presented in Dar es Salaamduring the Africa RISING science event 17 - 19 January, 2017	Participants break into groups for revision of papers based on comments received the previous day
09:00	Review and revision of papers	Theme 1: Socio-economics of intensification (ROOM A)-- Bekele Theme 2: Intensifying crop production (ROOM A) --Roger Theme 3: Intensifying livestock and integrated crop/livestock (ROOM B)-- Augustine Theme 4: Land, soil and water management (ROOM A) --Birhanu Theme 5: Household nutrition, food safety, mycotoxin (ROOM B) ---Mahama
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Review and revision of papers (continued)
12:30		LUNCH BREAK
14:00		Themes meet to agree on timelines to finalize and submit paper(s) to peer reviewed journals
15:00	Presentations by theme leaders on timelines Theme 1(click to download) Theme 2 (click to download) Theme 3 (click to download) Theme 4(click to download) Theme 5 (click to download)
16:00	Wrap up & closing remarks
16:30		Coffee Break & Departure

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MEETING NOTES

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Openings remarks by Dr. Ramadjita Tabo – ICRISAT Regional Director for West and Central Africa

Dear participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Italy, Burkina Faso, and Mali, Welcome to Bamako. I hope those of you coming from outside Bamako had a nice trip. We are delighted to have you here to participate in and share your work in the Africa RISING West Africa Legacy Workshop hosted by ICRISAT on behalf of the West Africa program. The importance of the Legacy workshop lies in identifying the achieved products of Africa RISING phase I program and what lessons we are taking forward to the second phase. During the legacy workshop, Theme Leaders will provide guidance on the preparation of the workshop proceedings and publications in peer reviewed journals. The research-for-development (R4D) activities conducted under Phase 1 of the Africa RISING project in West Africa from 2012 to 2016 were implemented under 10 Work-packages (2013-2015) and five Research Themes (2014-2016) by multi-disciplinary teams of research and development partners. The Results of the R4D activities have been documented mostly in project reports and conference proceedings, with few publications in peer-reviewed, impact-factored journals. Therefore, the objectives of the two days legacy workshop are to:

• Review achievements and lessons learnt from Phase 1
• Document project output in the form of scientific and non-scientific publications and,
• Present and review draft papers for publication in peer reviewed journals.

I am grateful you have come to share your knowledge today and tomorrow with colleagues. I am confident that we will all benefit from these presentations and the subsequent discussions and workings groups sessions. During these two days we will listen to many examples of what was done and what lessons we learned. We will also identify activities to proceed with during the second phase, which will start in March 2017. I would like to take his opportunity to thank USAID and IITA for making resources available for this work and for providing scientific guidance. I wish you a successful meeting, and look forward to hearing about the outcomes of the workshop. Thank you!

Organizers page Openings remarks by Dr. Ramadjita Tabo – ICRISAT Regional Director for West and Central Africa Dear participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Italy, Burkina Faso, and Mali, Welcome to Bamako. I hope those of you coming from outside Bamako had a nice trip.

We are delighted to have you here to participate in and share your work in the Africa RISING West Africa Legacy Workshop hosted by ICRISAT on behalf of the West Africa program. The importance of the Legacy workshop lies in identifying the achieved products of Africa RISING phase I program and what lessons we are taking forward to the second phase. During the legacy workshop, Theme Leaders will provide guidance on the preparation of the workshop proceedings and publications in peer reviewed journals. The research-for-development (R4D) activities conducted under Phase 1 of the Africa RISING project in West Africa from 2012 to 2016 were implemented under 10 Work-packages (2013-2015) and five Research Themes (2014-2016) by multi-disciplinary teams of research and development partners. The Results of the R4D activities have been documented mostly in project reports and conference proceedings, with few publications in peer-reviewed, impact-factored journals. Therefore, the objectives of the two days legacy workshop are to: § review achievements and lessons learnt from Phase 1 § document project output in the form of scientific and non-scientific publications and, § present and review draft papers for publication in peer reviewed journals. I am grateful you have come to share your knowledge today and tomorrow with colleagues. I am confident that we will all benefit from these presentations and the subsequent discussions and workings groups sessions. During these two days we will listen to many examples of what was done and what lessons we learned. We will also identify activities to proceed with during the second phase, which will start in March 2017. I would like to take his opportunity to thank USAID and IITA for making resources available for this work and for providing scientific guidance. I wish you a successful meeting, and look forward to hearing about the outcomes of the workshop. Thank you!