the africa rising project in ethiopia
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The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia. Peter Thorne International Livestock Research Institute SLATE Training for Africa RISING / NBDC Addis Ababa / Jeldu. 1 - 5 April 2013. Overview. Feed the Future Renews commitment to reducing hunger and poverty - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia
Peter ThorneInternational Livestock Research InstituteSLATE Training for Africa RISING / NBDC
Addis Ababa / Jeldu. 1 - 5 April 2013
Feed the Future
Renews commitment to reducing hunger and poverty
Goal: Assist partner countries to halve poverty and hunger
Focused food security research agenda
www.feedthefuture.gov
Overview
Feed the Future Research Strategy
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3 Major Research Programs
IntegratedCross-Cutting Programs
Research in key farmingsystems
Program for Safe and Nutritious Foods
Program for PolicyResearch and Support
Program for Human and Institutional Capacity Building
Early Win Projects
“Quick Feeds” – ILRI / ICARDA / EIAR / ORARI “Quick Water” – IWMI / ILRI / Addis Ababa,
Bahir Dar, Arba Minch Universties “Quick Trees” – ICRAF / ILRI / EIAR / Mekele
University “Quick Pulses” – ICARDA / EIAR / ORARI / Farm
Africa Research Design – CIMMYT / ILRI
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Current household management strategy
Improved household management strategy
Household management strategies of peer group
Innovation generated by researchers
Markets
Policies
Institutions
Adaptation
Access to NRs
Human capacity
Knowledge brokers
Endogenous Driver of Innovation Exogenous
Community characterisation
and stratification
Inventory of current technologies /
practices and their sources
Participatory problem
identification and gap analysis
Opportunities for scaling innovation (endogenous and
exogenous)
Research component 1
Biophysical and socio-economic
benchmarks
Research component 2
Identified market opportunities
Characterisation of specific value chains (actors and links)
Research component 4
Functioning multi-stakeholder platforms
Review of best technology /
management options
Validate technologies / management practicesEx ante modelling /
impact assessment
Research component 5
Scaling: to be developed
Adaptation and integration of technologies /
management practices
Community knowledge exchange groups established
Research component 3
System characterisation and analysis
Community institutions and knowledge
exchange
Markets and wider stakeholders
Outputs to outcomes
“Action research”
Work packages
1. Data collection2. Livelihoods-based stratification (typology)3. Inventory of current practices / IK survey etc.4. Establish community knowledge exchange groups / initial
benchmarking5. Characterise market opportunities and value chains6. Establish multi-stakeholder platforms7. Problem identification / gap analysis/ ex ante impact assessment
Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation
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