WA_planning_Oct2012_Agenda

= West Africa planning and review meeting = Back to the event home page
 * 23-25 October 2012 **
 * Modern City Hotel, Tamale, Ghana **

**Agenda**
What does it mean to work on integrated research (A. Larbi) - ||
 * || ** Day 0 - Monday, 22 October, 2012 ** ||
 * || Arrival of participants and registration ||
 * ||= ** Day 1 - Tuesday, 23 October 2012 ** ||
 * || ** Session 1: Opening address and introduction ** ||
 * 08:00-08:30 || Registration ||
 * 08:30-09:00 || Welcome and opening address:
 * Director, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI): S. K. Nutsugah
 * IITA, Africa RISING Coordinator – East, Southern and West Africa: I. Hoeschle-Zeledon ||
 * 09:00-09:30 || Workshop objectives, processes & participant’s introduction ( E. Le Borgne) ||
 * 09:30-09:50 || Overview of year one activities ( I. Hoeschle-Zeledon) - Presentation ||
 * 09:50-10:20 || // Group photograph and break // ||
 * || ** Session 2: Status and expected outputs of quick-win activities in cereal (maize, rice, and sorghum)-legume (soybean, cowpea and groundnut) -based systems ** ||
 * || Presentations for each system will focus on status of quick-win activities for Outcome 1: Sustainable increase of farm productivity in cereal-based systems; Outcome 2. Improved on-farm and off-farm natural resource management; Outcome 3. Reduced vulnerability of target population, and Outcome 4. Increased nutritional and economic levels of the target population (especially women and children) ||
 * 10:30-12:00 || Presentation of activities from year 1
 * Maize-based systems (IITA/SARI/AVRDC/UDS/ILRI/ARI/MOFA/SeedPAG/WIUC/IWIMI/KNUST) : A. Larbi - Presentation
 * Sorghum-based systems (ICRISAT/ILRI): E.Weltzien et al. - Presentation
 * Rice-based systems (Africa Rice/SARI): O. Ajayi - Presentation
 * Vegetable-based systems (AVRDC/ICRISAT/SARI/UDS): A. Tenkouano - Presentation ||
 * 12:00-12:30 || Quick-win activities implementation – challenges, lessons and opportunities
 * National Research &Extension Partners – Ghana (MOFA, SARI, ARI, UDS) - [[file:WA12_5. Quick win lessons ARI.ppt|Presentation]]
 * National Research and Extension Partners – Mali
 * ICRISAT: E.Weltzien et al.
 * Africa Rice: O. Ajayi
 * AVRDC: A. Tenkouano
 * IWMI: F. Kizito
 * ILRI: A. Fall ||
 * 12.30-13.00 || Possible partnerships:
 * Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA): Activities and partnership opportunities - [[file:WA12_6. IPA.ppt|Presentation]]
 * Africa Soil Information Service (AFSIS): Activities and partnership opportunities - [[file:WA12_7. AFSIS.pdf|Presentation]] ||
 * 13:00-14:20 || // Lunch break // ||
 * || ** Session 3: Planning for years 2-5 ** ||
 * 14:20-15:40 || The building blocks of the program (20 min each)
 * Communications (E. Le Borgne) - Presentation
 * Research framework (J. Rusike) - Presentation
 * M&E framework (N. Sakana) - [[file:WA12_10. Monitoring and evaluation.ppt|Presentation]]
 * Action research sites (E. Weltzien & A. Larbi):
 * Presentation Mali
 * Presentation Ghana ||
 * 15:40-16:10 || // Coffee / tea break // ||
 * 16:10-17:30 || Marketplace discussion ||
 * 17:30 || Closing (End of Day 1) ||
 * ||= ** Day 2 - Wednesday, 24 October 2012 ** ||
 * || ** Session 4: Developing a demand driven research agenda for year 2-5 ** ||
 * 08:30-09:15 || Key challenges in smallholder cereal-legume/livestock systems (15 min each):
 * Mali (A. Ayatunde & E. Weltzien) - Presentation
 * Ghana (S. J. Buah & N. Karbo) - Presentation
 * Collective prioritization of the challenges per country ||
 * 09:15_09:45 || Research boundaries and principles: focus on interactions ( I. Hoeschle-Zeledon) - [[file:WA12_15. Africa RISING Boundaries and principles.ppt|Presentation]]
 * || ** Session 4: Developing a demand driven research agenda for year 2-5 ** ||
 * 08:30-09:15 || Key challenges in smallholder cereal-legume/livestock systems (15 min each):
 * Mali (A. Ayatunde & E. Weltzien) - Presentation
 * Ghana (S. J. Buah & N. Karbo) - Presentation
 * Collective prioritization of the challenges per country ||
 * 09:15_09:45 || Research boundaries and principles: focus on interactions ( I. Hoeschle-Zeledon) - [[file:WA12_15. Africa RISING Boundaries and principles.ppt|Presentation]]
 * 09:45-10:00 || Guidance on group work ( E. Le Borgne) ||
 * 10:00-10:30 || // Coffee / tea break // ||
 * || ** Session 5: Group work planning research agenda for years 2-5 ** ||
 * 10:30-12:30 || ** Research output 1: Situation Analysis **
 * Group 1 - Presentation of group work results - [[file:WA12_17. Research output 1 group.ppt|Final presentation of Research Output group 1]] ||
 * || ** Research output 2: Improvement of Integrated Systems **
 * ** Group 2: Ghana / Northern region - [[file:Group work - Northern Region 1.pptx|Results of first session]] - [[file:Group work - Northern Region 2.pptx|results of second session]] **
 * Group 3: Ghana / Upper East region ** - ** [[file:Group work - Upper East 1.pptx|Results of first UER session]]
 * Group 4: Ghana / Upper West region ** - ** [[file:Group work - Upper East 1.pptx|Results of first UWR session]] - [[file:Group work - Upper East 2.pptx|results of second UWR session]]
 * Group 5: Mali group ** - ** [[file:Mali Group Discussion 24 Oct 2012.docx|Results of first session]] - Presentation about the [[file:20121025_AfricaRISING_Mali_EntryPoints&IntegrationLevels.ppt|entry points and integration levels]] ||
 * || ** Research output 3: Scaling-out **
 * Group 5 ||
 * 12:30-14:30 || // Lunch break // ||
 * 14:30-16:00 || Group work (continued with focus on year 2 work plan) ||
 * 16:00-16:30 || Coffee / tea break ||
 * 16:30-17:30 || Presentation of group work and review by panel:
 * A. Larbi
 * C. Tenkouano
 * I. Hoeschle-Zeledon
 * O. Ajayi
 * E. Weltzien
 * A. Ayantunde ||
 * 17:30 || Closing reflections for the day – End of day 2 ||
 * 17:45 || Meeting of process steering group ||
 * ||= ** Day 3 - Thursday, 25 October 2012 ** ||
 * || ** Session 6: Group/team work planning research agenda for years 2-5 ** ||
 * || Smaller groups/teams to develop concept note for research themes and prioritize activities for 2013 and other years (sequencing). ||
 * 08:30-08:45 || Review of questions and suggestions regarding previous days’ group work ||
 * 08:45-10:00 || Smaller groups/teams work on research protocols and prioritize activities:
 * || Smaller groups/teams to develop concept note for research themes and prioritize activities for 2013 and other years (sequencing). ||
 * 08:30-08:45 || Review of questions and suggestions regarding previous days’ group work ||
 * 08:45-10:00 || Smaller groups/teams work on research protocols and prioritize activities:

Next steps - by Asamoah Larbi || __Note (1)__: AAfricaRice, Africa Rice Center; ARI, Animal Research Institute; AVRDC, World Vegetable Center; GHS, Ghana Health Services; IITA, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; ICRISAT, International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics; IWMI, International Water Management Institute; KNUST, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; KSU, Kansas State University; MOFA, Ministry of Food and Agriculture; SARI, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute; SeedPAG, Seed Producers Association of Ghana; UDS, University of Development Studies; ICRAF, World Agroforestry Center; WIAD, Women in Agricultural Development; and WIUC, Wisconsin International University College.
 * Group 1: Ghana / Northern region - [[file:Group work - Northern Region 3.pptx|Final results Northern]]
 * Group 2: Ghana / Upper East region - [[file:Group work - Upper East 2.pptx|Final results UER]]
 * Group 3: Ghana / Upper West region - [[file:Group work - Upper West 3.pptx|Final results UWR]]
 * Group 4: Mali group - [[file:Mali Group work Day 3_25 Oct 2012.pptx|Final results Mali]] ||
 * 10:00-10:30 || // Coffee / tea break // ||
 * 10:30-12:30 || Group work (continued with focus on year 2 work-plan) ||
 * 12:30-14:00 || // Lunch break // ||
 * 14:00-15:30 || Group work (continued) on research and cross-cutting themes ||
 * 15:30-16:00 || // Coffee / tea break // ||
 * 16:00-17:30 || Plenary reporting of working groups and discussion
 * 17:30 || Closure (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA; O. Ajayi, AfricaRice; E. Weltzien, ICRISAT) ||