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=='''Africa RISING design team meeting <br />1-3 September 2015<br />Wageningen'''==
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[[pct|  PCT page ]]

===Phase 2 design team meeting with most PCT members plus some others===

Bernard PeterT<br/>
Irmgard Kindu<br/>
Asamoah Mateete<br/>
Peter B<br/>
Jeroen Carlo<br/>


===Agenda/topics with leads=== 

# Systems approach - bernard [2-pager, evidence, arguments, messages, implications, value proposition - what 'we' mean by 'research'; research design considerations; farming systems versus livelihoods systems]

# Phase 2 vision of success - bernard
# Phase 2 theory of change - bernard
# Impact pathways / theory of change prototype - peter t
# phase 2 scaling targets / ''zones of influence'' - carlo
# farmer engagement guidelines - irmgard
# IP guidelines - irmgard
# AR 'immediate' SI assessment framework - carlo [short-term]
# Phase 2 hypotheses - bernard [testable for phase 2]
# evidence based narratives - peter b/carlo
# typologies - irmgard


===Documents=== 

[[retreat2015|  see also documents from Washington DC]]


==[[AR-strategy2015|  12. October workshop Planning]]== 

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Overall action points
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|'''Work stream'''
|'''Discussion points/actions'''
|'''people responsible (process shepherd pre-meeting)'''
|'''Preparation phase'''
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|Logistics
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|Irmgard leading organizing committee
|Organizing committee<br/>
Invitations sent; IHZ: WILL BE DONE BY ICRISAT NEXT WEEK<br/>
Local host: ICRISAT<br/>
Financing: 40:60 SPLIT BETWEEN IFPRI AND ILRI; EACH PROJECT PURCHASES THE TICKETS FOR THEIR MEMBERS; I HAVE REQUESTED PASSPORT COPIES TO START PURCHASING THE TICKETS<br/>
[[http://africa-rising-wiki.net/AR-strategy2015| Agenda]]<br/>
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|Evidence-based narratives, stories, briefs, products for different audiences
|PB to follow up with Carlo
|Carlo; PeterB, Asamoah, Mateete
|Agree template (2-pager); - ET project testing one this week. <br/>
Produce model (with content);<br/>
Solicit stories and ideas for technologies to be discussed at meeting (min 3 per country) <br/>
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|Reflections and guidance on typologies, farmer engagement, and R4DPs/IPs
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|Irmgard; Jeroen, Carlo, Asamoah, Mateete, Kindu
|Tables of typologies by country;<br/>
Info on ways we engage with farmers by country;<br/>
R4DP/IP status by country <br/> 
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|Targets and scaling approaches
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|Carlo; Bernard (for diagram write-up)
|Draft template across the 5 SI dimensions; <br/>
Proof of concept of possible scaling targets<br/>
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|SI indicators and assessment framework
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|Sieg, Carlo, PeterT<br/>
|Draft assessment framework;<br/>
SI lab concept note<br/>
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|Phase II proposal
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|Bernard, PeterT, Jeroen
|Vision of success; <br/>
ToC; <br/>
Hypotheses; Research Questions <br/>
System perspective write-up <br/>
(to be generated in the september design group meeting) <br/>
|}
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===Systems research/approach===

* do we do something new? change? or just more of the same?<br/>
* increased attention to interactions and tradeoffs?<br/>
* defining 'boundaries'<br/>
* shift the emphasis ...? moving up?<br/>
* some cross-project similar 'integrated' activities?<br/>
* what criteria to start/stop in next phase?<br/>
* specify entry themes as a way to limit demand/focus?<br/>
* exit strategy in case no phase 2?<br/>

===Vision of success===

* diagram<br/>
* targets<br/>
* benefits - Y axis<br/>
* by country<br/>
* blue and purple lines<br/>
* legend different<br/>


===Theory of change===

[[:File:ToC-IP_generic_aug2015.xlsx]]

[[:File:ToC-IP_ethiopia_aug2015.xlsx]]

===Outcomes===

1. By 2021, within Africa RISING target areas/communities, improvements in livelihood status (income, nutrition) by X% for at least Y households with Z improvement of NRM status and ensuring that benefits are equitably shared within farming communities….

2. By 2021, X development/scaling/value chain partners are advancing research results to Y households beyond the Africa RISING target areas/communities…

do we bring back the original objectives and outcomes



===Research questions===

# which combinations of technologies/interventions/components (spatial/temporal) result in the most attractive/highest net benefits in terms of at least 3 SI dimensions for all farm/household typologies and agro-ecologies?
# How and in what ways does systems research (and its various components/elements) deliver higher/more attractive net benefits (in terms of SI dimensions) than traditional/conventional component research does?
# How can innovations be best scaled? What scaling approaches work?
# How do cross-scale (plot, farm, landscape) interactions affect the net benefits (in terms of SI dimensions)?
# How can systems research inform farmer, policy maker and research decision makers to implement SI?
#Extra action/question to be asked at end of phase 1: What are the application domains of phase 1 results that need to be continued into phase 2? To guide the process of selecting the promising innovations to continue into phase 2 - where, and how

===SI framework===
* complete the rapid assessment tool/instrument<br/>
* validate in bamako<br/>
* test via the postdocs<br/>
* devise the aggregation protocol for the net benefits [proof of concept with weights and current data]<br/>
* then the regional projects can use it<br/>

===Farmer engagement===
[[:File:Summary of Farmer Engagement and Participation in Africa RISING -2408.docx]]
[[:File:Farmers engagement Ethiopia.docx]]
[[:File:AR_engagement_standards_jan2014.pdf]]

===M&E===
phase 2 - ifpri has a modified scope envisaged.
ifpri to finance 'data managers' in each regional project
need to also have local M&E specialists in each regional project/country - perhaps same person as the data manager.
aim to recruit these folks to be in place before phase 2 starts
need clear guidance on what data needs to be collected for program M&E as well as research purposes
need joint M&E/research planning in the planning meetings.
nothing much we can change now for phase 1 / aiming for phase 2 [also session in bamako]

===Typologies===
*4 uses - get from Jeroen<br/>
*Scientists to be trained to use/build typologies<br/>
*See the action list from Carlo first 2<br/>
*Science symposium in march 2016 the big exposure of the scientists to using typologies<br/> 
*How to move from typologies to targeting<br/>

===2016 science symposium===


====phase 2 writing team====

* proposal target date april/may 2016<br/>
* core team - who<br/>
* wider engagement - process<br/>
* PCT decide in bamako<br/>
*'template' / outline / table of contents - use it in the bamako meeting - asamoah<br/>

===Products===

* systems piece 
* bernard and jeroen to send next draft; then comments<br/>
* Then session in bamako research questions 
* Peter to update and re-order and simplify; develop sub-questions in bamako<br/>
* typologies piece for proposal,generate typologies in phase 1;<br/>
* plan of action to use the typologies - carlo and jeroen follow up. - with systems piece discuss in bamako.<br/>
* vision of success diagram [country diagrams (carlo) and to validate, overall diagram, assumptions narrative for each country] -<br/>
* success targets and SI benefits - carlo, peterT, jeroen [the aggregator/weighting thing] - include the postdocs; available after bamako.<br/>
* TOC and IPs piece - peter to tidy. complete fr ethioipia. other regions after banmako meeting.<br/>
* SI framework to validate then test - carlo to update/validate; then to bamako,<br/>
* then to postdocs farmer and IP engagement piece - irmgard to complete,<br/>
* then to bamako phase 2 proposal outline/template - asamoah to draft<br/>

narratives - peter circulate model; carlo a couple with ifpri info; several examples (also of cba studies) review in bamako; then produce more<br/>

===event planning===
* prepare messages from icrisat - peter and irmgard<br/>
* agenda update - peter and ewen<br/>
* session assignments and session process and documentation- peter and ewen<br/>
* per diems message to icrisat - peter<br/>