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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 =

=Presentation: Sustainable intensification in the CGIAR (R. Asiedu, IITA) =

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).


 * Conceptual frameworks for SI: Benchmark area approach, INRM.
 * Some examples: 40 cases of projects in 20 countries in Africa.
 * Some lessons:
 * science and farmer inputs
 * improvement of farmer knowledge
 * micro finance and rural banking
 * public support
 * CGIAR's new vision: reducing rural poverty, improving food security, improving nutrition and health, sustainable management of natural resources.
 * 15 CGIAR research program consortiums
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CRP 1.2: humid tropics (integrated systems for the humid tropics).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">First of four objectives emphasisses sustainable intensification of rainfed smallholder farming systems.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">3 themes: systems analysis, integrated ... ??
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">11 work areas, including Southern moist savannas as major farming systems
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Impacts related to needs: SRT 1 leads to situation analysis
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CRP 1.1: Dryland systems with innovation systems, partners, scaling out, tradeoffs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Some areas focus on reducing vulnerability through sustainable intensification
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Some specific work in Northern Tanzania