tamale_sorghum1

=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=

Sorghum Systems Working Group 1

Starting from the ideas in the concept note:
 * For your specific farming/production system, WHAT SPECIFIC IMPACTS and OUTCOMES (targets, quantifiable, timeframe) do we want to achieve, directly by our project, or through the actions of others. What problems will you solve?
 * For your chosen impacts and outcomes, specify HOW you would achieve these, with major timelines. What are your IMPACT or OUTCOME PATHWAYS?

For YOUR impact or outcome pathways:
 * Identify, as precisely as possible, WHO in terms of organizations, initiatives or other processes must be involved in your project, and how. Indicate what would be necessary to motivate them to fully engage in the project. What partners are needed to achieve your impacts?


 * Sorghum System (French speaking group)**

Impact targeted : Reduce malnutrition from 30% in 2011 to 15% in 2016 for children below the age of 5 years.

Problems to be solved:
 * Monotonie in crop and food system
 * Soil degradation
 * Low productivity (crops and livestock)
 * Long hunger period
 * Low income specifically for women

What approach:

Participaory planning with farmer groups at village and communcal level Determining roles of key actors Elaboration of communication plan to reach other actors M&E every year

Activities: A: Nutrition (could be formulated as an outcome) - Improve nutritional practices (from diagnostics to developing new recipes with newly available ingredients - from diversified production) - Training local resource persons (from grandmothers, health workers to young mothers), probably done by partners

B. Productivity increases - Mechanization options for critical farm operations Intensification of intercrops, including fodder production Integrated soil and water management (also using trees) Facilitate access to improved seed and planting material

C. Income generation - Collective marketing Improved storage and preservation Options for value addition on the farm, in the household (e.g. animal feed, couscous,…) Introduction of vegetable production

IMPACT Pathway

Partners: CSREF, OPA, DNA, CPS/SDR, IER, ICRISAT, AMEDD, Mobiom, INTSORMIL
 * 1) Evaluation and establishment of baseline for agricultural production, nutrition and health

Time: Year 1 Partners: AMEDD, PROGEBE, Mobiom, IER, ICRISAT, ILRI, ICRAF, AVRDC, BNDA, Kato, OPA Time: Year 1
 * 1) Create/Strengthen Innovation platforms in 12 communes: 6 in Koutiala, 6 in Bougouni Zone


 * 1) Participatory planning

Partners: AMEDD, Mobiom, IER, ICRISAT, ILRI, ICRAF, AVRDC, BNDA, OPA. PROGEBE

Time year 1 and revisions in the following years, based on experiences and lessons learned.

From year 1-5 Partners: AMEDD, Mobiom, IER, ICRISAT, ILRI, ICRAF, AVRDC, BNDA,, OPA, PROGEBE, INTSORMIL, DRY Pulses CRISP, SANREM AMEDD, Mobiom, IER, OP, IFPRI, ILRI, ICRISAT, ICRAF, IER,
 * 1) Participatory implementation of the planned activities
 * 1) Annual Monitoring and Evaluation
 * 1) Communication Plan