Research Framework Workshop July 2012
Contents
Africa RISING research design meeting
Ibadan, Nigeria 16 – 18 July 2012
Objectives of the meeting
- Review the latest version of the Program research framework
- Finalize sections of the framework
- identify roles and responsibilities to complete the document
- Develop region-specific iterations
- Move forward on site selection
- Develop a program--wide logframe [larger than the research]
- Determine next steps and timelines in terms of this framework and other upcoming planned activities
- identify roles and responsibilities for all the follow up and planned activities
Materials for the Meeting
Latest version of the research framework: File:Africa RISING research framework 16july2012.docx
People Attending the meeting
- Regis Chikowo
- Jerry Glover
- Eric Witte
- Stanley Wood
- Nome Sakane
- Anthony Kimaro
- Saito Kazuki
- Eva Weltzien
- Bernard van Lauwe
- Mateete Bekunda
- Asamoah Larbi
- Joseph Rusike
- Alpha Kamara
- Peter Thorne
- Peter Ballantyne
- Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon
Notes
What are the unique/strong aspects of our research approach?
- the 'race track' aspect of the conceptual framework
- 'whole farm' focus
- diagnosis and interventions
- integration of components
- it connects together a set of (not always new) concepts
- focus on scalability
- it tackles dynamic changes over time
- any crop, any value chain ... demand driven
- three regions
- a priori characterization will help us to scale (by design)
- M&E (robust data and tools) in from the beginning