Dar_Synthesis-implications

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

=REFLECTIONS ON THE DAYS FROM THE WRITERS =


 * Bekele **

what's new ... systems approach came out much more clearly / postharvest issues came up in addition to the production aspects

what's missing in our CN ... gender, needs to be much more clearly articulated, with numbers / climate change linkages?

drastic change needed: our mindset/attitudes to deliver on multi-component, multi-org approach / need to engage more the farmers and the national partners, they are not enough in this discussion / move more to applied research that makes a difference to smallholders

we want to work together

still need to clearly define and decide who will do what in the project


 * africa rice **

what's new ... boundaries conversation; impact process; new purpose and goal and pillars of our CN

what's missing in our CN ... different geo location

what we will do together: baseline; something; strong involvement of development partners


 * ben**

what's missing in our CN ... taking advantage of synergies ; planning for the early wins ; defining scale of focus/research/operation ; emphasis on capacity building

drastic change needed ... livestock are in the background of the CN; livestock not really in the proposed activities

what we will do together ... define roles of the partners; joint planning


 * someone from iita**

what's new ...

what's missing ... we need quantitative targets in the outcomes

drastic change needed ... nutrition is not enough defined what we need to do

what we will do together ... need to meet other key stakeholders not represented here


 * said**

what's new ... here we left our institutional baggage behind

drastic change needed ... need to bring the regional focus in more clearly (spillovers, learning platforms ..?)


 * joseph**

what's missing in the CN ... our vision, what will we deliver? with evidence

drastic changes ... not enough impact-oriented; be accountable for impact from our research (short and long term) / need to work more with the wider NARS (traders etc as well as extension as usual)

what we will do together ... still to come; trust, inclusiveness, transparency, team working approaches


 * jerry**

challenge ... need to (how to) revise the local CN's to the overarching project goals etc

these workshops moving us to a richer conceptual place


 * last person**

what's new ... geo focus to align with FtF, hoping for spillover to other rice-based areas; new purpose, etc

what we will do together ... make a stakeholder platform; stakeholder to be shareholders