Africa RISING in the Ethiopian Highlands Peter Thorne
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Africa RISING in the Ethiopian Highlands Peter Thorne 1
Timeline Ø January 2012: Project design workshop Ø March 2012: Quick Win projects identified Ø April – September 2012: Quick Win projects operating Ø September 2012: Project review and planning meeting 2
Quick Win Projects Ø “Quick Feeds” – ILRI / ICARDA / EIAR / ORARI Ø “Quick Water” – IWMI / ILRI / Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Arba Minch Universties Ø “Quick Trees” – ICRAF / ILRI / EIAR / Mekele University Ø “Quick Pulses” – ICARDA / EIAR / ORARI / Farm Africa Ø Research Design – CIMMYT / ILRI 3
Research Process ID Typo n logie ectio l e s s Site n o i t a Pro teris Charac ble m Com l D Farm-leve S t ools n pacts Su tio im stai pta tion re nability s bina i l i ence / a Ad Mode ling esis h t n Sy Research P ns a s t o i n i t teams e rtici o p p O va pat ry lua or Ent tio y n RO 1 RO 2 Situation Integrated analysis and systems programmeimprovement wide synthesis RO 3 Scaling and delivery 4 Agg te re Valida imp gated lity ac plicabi S c a is re l i n g ts I app lys m r o a c p ast na h c e s le a a Fore bility s m a et u p nta M plic p e t r o rt ion
Types of Intervention Ø Knowledge and capacity strengthening – Tools for targeting and scaling – Tools / documents to support farmer decisionmaking Ø Social cohesion – Community level innovation to support peer-topeer learning – Removing constraints on collaboration and reciprocity 5
Types of Intervention Ø Technical advances – Integrating pulses into cereal-based systems – Capitalising on tree-livestock interactions – Improved feed resource management Ø Institutional strengthening – Multi-stakeholder approaches for strengthening market function / service delivery etc. – Community-based Policy Advocacy 6
Partnerships Ø Research: CGIAR, NARS, Universities, NGOs Ø Development: AGP initiatives, USAID, ATA Ø Other donor initiatives: Df. ID, ACIAR, EU, IFAD 7
Why Partnerships? Ø Strengthen research capacity / synergies Ø Not re-inventing wheels or inventing new wheels with flat tires Ø Grounding the research in development problems Ø Opportunities for scaling 8
