WA rev planning May2021

Africa RISING West Africa Project
Review and planning meeting
26 - 27 May 2021
Hybrid format (virtual & in-person)

Objectives

1. Review progress, activities and results for 2020/21 season.
2. Plan for implementation of activities in 2021/22 season.
3. Share updates with partners about project implementation and future direction.

AGENDA
26 May
08:00 Registration – P. Abitoma
08:15 Participant’s introduction, agenda overview – W. Ofori-Duah
08:30 Opening/welcome remarks

• Michael Abberton (virtual)
• I. Hoeschle-Zeledon (virtual)

09:00 Updates from the project - Fred Kizito
09:30 Break
10:00 Thematic Review presentations {5 min for each pres.+ 10 min. discussion after every theme}

Livestock management theme

• Pres. #1: Improved Feeding and Housing interventions for Mali and Ghana - Augustine Ayantunde, ILRI
• Pres. #2: The role of value chain actors for boosting small ruminant productivity in Ghana - Franklin Avornyo, CSIR-ARI

Agronomy {incl. crop livestock interactions}

• Pres. #1: Optimizing on-farm nitrogen (N) use efficiency in rain-fed maize-based cropping systems - Abdul Rahman Nurudeen, IITA
• Pres. #2: Understanding soil fertility management in cereal cropping systems in southern Mali - Bouba Traore, ICRISAT

Natural resource management {soil & water resources}

• Pres. #1: Evaluating the role of improved irrigation technologies for efficient and sustainable agricultural water management in rural Mali - Birhanu Zemadim, ICRISAT
• Pres. #2: Improving crop-livestock productivity and household income through the use of contour bunding and agroforestry options - Kalifa Traore, IER
• Pres. #3: Assess the impact of soil and water conservation interventions in a maize - cowpea living mulch system - Wilson Agyare,KNUST

Nutrition {veg. production, value addition, nutritional messaging}

• Pres. #1:Container gardening training combined with nutrition education for increased vegetable consumption - Mahama Saaka, UDS
• Pres. #2: Identification of major pests and diseases and management of vegetable crop species to preserve post-harvest product quality for Ghana and Mali in the dry season - Jean Baptiste Tignegre, WorldVeg

Gender, policy and socioeconomic dimensions

• Pres. #1: Analyzing the enabling environment including policies and institutional arrangements and intervention to identify factors that enable the inclusion of women and youth along irrigated vegetable value chain in Ghana and Mali - Minh Thai,IWMI
• Pres. #2:Assessing of women and the youth participation in maize and small ruminant value chains in project communities and markets which the communities are linked to - Gundula Fischer and Kipo Jimah, IITA
• Pres. #3: Key findings from follow-up studies on gender evaluation of cowpea living mulch in Ghana and vegetable interventions in Mali- Gundula Fischer and Kipo Jimah, IITA

Systems dynamics and modeling

• Pres. #1: o Evaluating crop simulation models using different fertility sources and climate model outputs to improve the productivity of sorghum - Akinseye Folorunso, ICRISAT
• Pres. #2: Risk management and informed decision making towards sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems -Katrien Descheemaeker, WUR
• Pres. #3: The role of System Dynamics modeling in mixed crop-livestock systems - Fred Kizito, IITA

Post-harvest mechanization

• Pres. #1: Reduction of vegetable postharvest losses through dissemination of Zero Energy Cool Chamber (ZECC) and processing of vegetables and capacity building: in dry season in Bougouni and Koutiala - Jean Baptiste Tignegre, WorldVeg
• Pres. #2: Monitoring group dynamics among users of small-scale maize shelling machines in Northern Ghana - Bekele Kotu, IITA
• Pres. #3: Evaluate the threshing efficiency of different maize shellers with regards to grain quality characteristics as influenced by different varieties and harvest timing - Issah Sugri,CSIR-SARI

Institutional linkages

• Pres. #1: Technology Parks, Farmers Field Days and Innovation Platforms: Linking researchers and farmers to scale Africa RISING validated technologies in Mali - Bougouna Sogoba, Mahamadou Dicko and Toumani Sidibe
• Pres. #2: Linking researchers and farmers to scale Africa RISING validated technologies in Ghana.

13.30 Lunch 14:30 Preparations for work planning break-out groups – F. Kizito 15:30 Work planning group discussions 16:30 Working break 17:30 End of day 1

27 May
08:00 Presentation of draft workplans developed
10:00 Monitoring, Evaluation and Data Management in AR West Africa – B. Ebito
10:30 Break
11:00 Partners go back into groups to refine workplans based on feedback received
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Briefing back about adjustments to workplans
16:00 Discussion of exit strategy and next steps
16:15 Closing remarks – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon
16:30 Break/End of meeting
18:30 Closing cocktail