Addis_day1Recap

=Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands= =Project Design Workshop= =30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia=

=Day 1 recap by Shirley Tarawali=

Thinking and discussing about sustainable intensification
 * a range of views
 * on what this encompasses
 * on the extent to which it is ‘the’ or ‘a’ solution
 * everyone sees some value

Sustainable intensification in CGIAR research programs
 * In the project under discussion

// Consensus //
 * markets important & integral part
 * private sector
 * some kind of ‘intensification gradient’ makes sense - how we define, that is much less clear

// Challenges //
 * What is ‘in’ and what is ‘out’?
 * Many times – broadening
 * Bay for project proponents is how to define __success__
 * Lots of ideas & possible metrics from Stan
 * Lined up with USAID priorities but health/nutrition missing
 * Catalyse? Synergies? Leverage? Alignment

Level of work, level of success indicators & time frame - yes we may impost on nutrition – but that may be an outcome further down the road – several years – what are the measurable steps for us to know we are leading the right way?

Leveraging & connecting with other programmes is essential – that is where there is significant resources to take research results to scale. Over 70 projects & programmes in this rather small sub sample of R&D!