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=Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in Eastern and Southern Africa = =Project Inception Workshop = =6-9 February 2012, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania =

=Sustainability and intensification indices (Carlo Azzari, IFPRI) =

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4).

Presentation:

Indices: Normalized indices (0,1) with weights, based on the first principal component, the linear combination capturing the greatest variation among the set of variables. What are we missing?  What is the loss of soil? Market access: effects of it on both indices. Morogoro received a lot of input subsidies for a while, explaining the dark red parts on the map of Tanzania, Malawi.  In the baseline we'll have to disaggregate the 2 aspects (sustainability and intensification). 
 * INT: hh average education, quantity of improved seed/area, quantity of ino. fertilizer/area, quantity of org. fertilizer/area, quantity of pesticides/area, use of irrigation, # of total TLU/area, //ganyu// labor/area (MWI)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sustainability index: degradation, land and water availability and variability, erosion, SLM practices, NRM...
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">INT: mechanization (MWI), soil quality, AEZ, yield? productivity? depending on the intensification definition;
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">SUST: diversity of crop, social capital, engagement of private sector, future potential in agriculture and markets access (in 5 years), # of trees planted and survived.