Addis_Buzz+group+and+plenary+feedback+discussion


 * 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 **

**Buzz group and feedback day 1**

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).

iain - likes useful to see all the CRP linkages useful overview

iain - gaps not possible to link with each and everyone; need to select which is most relevant, and which sites most relevant. prioritizaton private sector partners not mentioned did not yet zoom into the ET highlands

shirley - likes like the element of 'cultural change'; involving all stakeholders nicely aligned

shirley - gaps trees seem to be missing climate change not enough? legumes not secondary crops! water management missing? need to identify the unit of interventions, households, communities? need to clearly state what's unique and novel value chain issues? markets for ecosystems services? gender issues need to focus on several major components, or will be too broad?

shirley: challenge is to focus on a small (mixed) subset and also intersect with other projects and opportunities

stan - gaps what we measure in w africa can't be a template for here what are we really measuring - numbers - or ... main focus seems to be ex-ante, not clear what we will measure on the impact side? what about issues around social processes? missing some connections with how to measure the intensification gradient? what about diversification; longer term sustainability indicators? how to address (and measure) the prioirities of the government, and of the farmers what's the driving force for the intensification .. land productivity, water availability/productivity, ... pretty large gap/disconnect between the indicators/approach and what was presented by Iain and Shirley.

stan: tension between not having too many indicators and better understanding very complex subject/issues. How are we going to capture, eg social capital? Got to have really good a priori thinking about theories of change; then chop down into what you can actually do.