tamale_agenda

=Sustainable Intensification of Cereal-based Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa= =Project Design Workshop= =9-12 January 2012, Modern City Lodge, Tamale, Ghana=

AGENDA

09:00 Registration of participants 10:00 Workshop introduction, process, and objectives 10:15 Welcome of participants (R. Asiedu, IITA; A.I. Kollo, CORAF; J. Howard, USAID) 10:30 U.S. Feed the Future Initiative’s Research Strategy (R. Bertram, USAID) 11:00 The Dublin Process: International Research Efforts and the CAADP Agenda (T. Arnold, CGIAR Consortium Board; Jeff Hill, USAID, Dublin Process Steering Committee) 11:30 CGIAR Integrated Systems Approach to SI Research (R. Asiedu, IITA) 12:00 Lunch 13:30 Participant Introductions 14:15 Presentation of draft concept note (J. Glover, USAID, moderator) 15:30 Break 16:00 Farming systems mapping, data management, and monitoring & evaluation strategies (S. Wood, IFPRI) 16:30 Comments and reactions on the concept note 17:30 Summary, Conclusions & Preparation for Tuesday (R. Bertram, USAID) 18:00 Meeting logistics and closing (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA)
 * Monday, 09.01.2012 **
 * Introduction [[file:tamaleCN_intro.ppt]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">IITA [[file:tamaleCN_iita.ppt]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">ICRISAT [[file:tamaleCN_icrisat.ppt]]
 * AfricaRice [[file:tamaleCN_africarice.ppt]]

08:30 Day 1 reflection (Irmgard) 08:45 Project Design – What IMPACTS do we want this project to achieve? 10:00 Groups 11:30 Group progress reports 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Groups 15:00 Break 15:30 Group reports 17:00 Reactions from the writing team 17:30 Next steps, and closing Irmgard/Robert/Julie
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Tuesday, 10.01.201 **
 * Maize systems1
 * Maize systems2
 * Sorghum systems1
 * Sorghum systems2
 * Rice systems1
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Transforming systems1

08:30 What we want to achieve today and tomorrow 08:45 Project Design – Project PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES and top-level OUTCOMES 09:15 Mapping Activities and Sites (Stan) 10:00 Break 10:30 Three Parallel Groups
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Wednesday, 11.01.201 **
 * Clear and agreed project goals, objectives, plan
 * Re-characterizing the systems and sub-systems; intensification gradients
 * Sub-system typologies/ intensification gradients

11:30 Group check in 12:00 Lunch 13:30 Groups: Logframe development [by outcome] 17:00 Group check in / report back 18:00 Close

08:00 Logframe group work
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, 12.01.2012 **

10:15 Break 10:30 Parallel groups
 * Logframes synthesis and feedback
 * Site selection, mapping actors
 * Communication and dissemination
 * Big goal

11:30 Group report back 12:00 Lunch 14:00 Groups: Workplanning
 * Ghana planning [quick wins]
 * Mali planning [quick wins]
 * Project coordination and management

15:30 Break 16:00 Groups report back 17:00 M&E planning (Stan) 17:30 After action review 18:00 Close