Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in

Smallholder AgricultureInternational Conference

March 3-6, 2015, IITA Ibadan, Nigeria

Conference Facilitator: Dr. Jürgen Hagmann

PICOTEAM – Institute for People, Innovation and Change in Organisations

My role: supporting the process in order to bring it all together towards concrete outputs

Conference Process Steering Group

- a mechanism for Co-Management of the Meeting by Participants and Organisers -

Tasks: • To get feedback from participants on the process and

contents• To plan with the facilitator the next day in the evening

Members: • Ingrid Oborn Eric Koper Michael Philipps• Marc Shut Abioye, Oyewale Mazumdar, Sanghamitra• Richard Thomas Kwesi Atta-Krah Bernard Vanlauwe• Willemien Brooijmans Jürgen Hagmann

Core Values for our Interaction• Informality – relaxed atmosphere with discipline• Inclusiveness• Openness & transparency• Appreciate the difference in thinking• No defensiveness• No jargon• Understanding and accepting reality• Constructive controversy• Creativity and innovation• Honesty and political incorrectness

‘The problems of the world of today can not be solved by the level of thinking that created them‘ (Einstein)

Rules for the Table GroupsFor an effective and fun interaction....

• Sit at a NEW TABLE with NEW PEOPLE every half day

• Think first individually, then discuss as a group• Don‘t be dominant - give everyone a chance• Encourage the quiet ones• NO SPEECHES, be to the point• NO COMPUTERS and PHONES during sessions

Participants Introductions at the Tables

1. Make sure you sit at a table with people whom you dont know well

2. Find out from each other: (15 min)a. Who you are and where your roots areb. What makes you tick: what are you really proud of in

your personal and professional lifec. What are your experiences and key lessons with

systems approaches in R&D

Getting to know each other WHO IS IN THE ROOM

1. Farmers2. Extension 3. Researchers4. Private sector5. NGOs6. Government ministries7. Academics / Universities8. Donors

Conference Outcomes

1. Demonstrate and share experiences and evidence to the effect that Systems Approaches in agriculture research are effective and contribute to livelihoods and natural resource management.

2. Share methods, tools and research approaches used in Systems Research.

3. Explore opportunities for new partnerships in Systems Research for development.

4. Identify opportunities for cross-system learning, and methods to do this effectively

Overall Core Questions for the Conference to be answered

1.How to move systems concepts into practice effectively and efficiently?

2.How do we move to scale and development impact with systems research?

3.What is the value added of that approach? (Why is systems research needed to achieve this?)

The Daily SchedulePlease be in time so that we dont waste time!

Starting time: 8:30 am Morning break: 10:30 to 11:00 amLunch break: 12:30 – 14:00 pmAfternoon break: 15:30 – 16:00 pmEnd of day: approx. 17:30 pmBreaks are flexible – depending on the discussions!

WORKSHOP PROCESS STEERING GROUP: meets right after the end of sessions

INFORMATION MARKET near the tea / coffee area: please display any material you have brought with you!

Programme overviewDay 1 - Tuesday: Conceptual underpinning of systems researchDay 2 - Wednesday: Integrated systems improvement and

sustainable intensificationDay 3 – Thursday: Partnerships and institutional arrangements

for innovation, scaling up and impactDay 4 – Friday: – Foresight in systems research for development impact– Future directions: how to take systems research forward?

WORKSHOP PROCESS STEERING GROUP: meets right after the end of sessions

INFORMATION MARKET near the tea / coffee area: please display any material you have brought with you!

Presentation Sessions

1. Keynote papers: max 20 min presentation

2. Parallel Sessions: you can use power point (max 12-15 min – ca 15 slides max).

Be succinct, focus on the main and exciting points!

3. Parallel Session leaders: will guide the parallel sessionsRapporteurs will take notes

4. Facilitator: will guide the table group discussion and panel discussions in plenary

Please strictly stick to the time given Facilitator wil provide guidance through:

Green (5 min left), yellow (2 min) and red cards (time up!)

Thank You

Analysis of Presentations

Looking at the presentations and your own experiences with systems research concepts and

practice,

What are the 2 most critical issues we need to thresh out so that we can better put systems research into

practice effectively and efficiently?

Formulate as ‚HOW TO...........‘Max 2 cards per table!!!

Conceptual underpinnings of systesm research

Looking at the discussions and your experience,

What are the 3-4 key fundamental criteria you would apply to differentiate integrated systems research

from conventional research?(Factors which need to be in place to qualify as systems

research)

Max 3-4 cards per table!!!

Open Space DiscussionsPlease take the initiative! DARE to SHARE!

We are looking for conveners of discussions on interesting topics / cases, methods, ideas on integrating nutrition in agriculture

Please register on the flichart at the entrance to the main room

Posters

Please bring your posters tomorrow morning at 7:30 am so that they can be put up!!

Please prepare one slide on your poster which entices people to come to your poster!

Thank You

Todays Agenda - TUESDAY

1. Introduction into parallel sessions2. Parallel sessions (presentations and discussions)3. Report back (before lunch)

4. Working groups on solutions (afternoon)

5. Report back

Task for Parallel SessionTask: 1. What are the salient issues / challenges in this topic? (How to..)

Quels sont les defis majeurs dans ce thème?2. What are possible strategies and practical solutions which have a high

potential to work in practice?Quelles sont des stratégies et solutions praticables qui ont beaucoup de potentiel en practique?

3. What are the conditions / drivers / incentives to make these strategies work at scale in other places? (e.g. In investment programs)

Quels sont les conditions / facteur de changement/ motivations pour mettre à l‘echelle ces stratégies ?

Please choose a presenter who reports back to plenary electronically in max 8-10 min!

Report back at 12:00!!

Critical Challenges1. How to allocate adequate resources for nutrition in agriculture? Comment allouer des

ressources pour la nutrition dans le budget de l´agriculture?2. How to integrate nutrition into agricultural investment plans and programs? / comment

integrer la nutrition dans les prog et les plans d investissement agricoles ?3. How to approach multi-sectoral coordination for enahncing nutrition at all levels? /

comment mettre en oeuvre la coordination multi sectorielle pour la nutrition a tous les niveaux ?

4. How to integrate nutrition into agriculture through a common framework? / comment integrer la nutrition dans l agriculture a travers un cadre de programmation commun ?

5. How to design and deliver nutrition education across actors and levels? / comment concevoir et mettre en oeuvre l education nutritionnelle a tous les niveaux et en incluant tous les acteurs?

6. How to genrate leadership and political will for nutrition using evidence, advocacy and communication? / comment generer le leadership et la volonte politique pour la nutrition en se basant sur des resultats probants, le plaidoyer et la communication?

7. How to develop adequate capacity to integrate and mainstream nutrition across actors and levels? / comment developper les capacites necessaires pour integrer la nutrition aupres de tous les acteurs et a tous les niveaux?

8. How to implement national plans and strategies to really make a difference at household level? / comment mettre en oeuvre des plans et strategies nationaux pour reellement faire une difference au niveau des menages?

Task for Groups on Solutions1. Within the topic and cluster you have chosen, what are the real deeper underlying issues

in this challenge? (screen the cards and unpack the issues - come up with a list of the key issues to be addressed)

Pour ce défi en particulier, quelles sont selon vous les causes sous-jacentes ? (regarder les cartes associées, et préparer une liste des problèmes clé à traiter)

2. What do you want to achieve in an ideal world in dealing with this challenge? Que souhaitez-vous atteindre dans un monde idéal, pour répondre à ce défi?

3. HOW: what are good strategies and practices which can address these challenges - and which cases seem to provide good demonstrations of successful practice / innovative solutions to learn from?

COMMENT: quelles sont les stratégies /pratiques qui peuvent permettre de répondre a ce défi ? Quels cas semblent proposer une bonne pratique / solution innovante sur laquelle vous pourriez vous appuyer?

4. In conclusion, what are the most critical factors for success and failure in dealing with this challenge?

En conclusion, quels sont selon vous les facteurs clés de succès et risques d’échec les plus critiques pour répondre à ce défi?

Please choose a facilitator (not a chairperson!) Please nominate a rapporteur who writes a 2-3 page summary of your discussions Please present back max 5 key points tomorrow morning

Todays Agenda - WEDNESDAYPlease sit in mixed groups – different countries

SVP mettez-vous en groupes mixtes - plusieurs pays autour d une meme table

Agenda points / Elements sur l agenda du jour: 1. Brief report back from the groups yesterday afternoon / Courte

presentation des groupes de travail d hier apres midi2. Presentations on / Presentation de

a) institutional mechanisms / mecanismes institutionnelsb) capacity development issues / problematiques du developpement des capacites

3. After lunch: Country working groups on integrating nutrition into the investment plans / Apres le dejeuner : travail en groupe par pays sur comment integrer la nutrition dans les plans d investissement

Report back on Solution GroupsUnfortunately time does not allow us to do a long report back on each of the group

topics of yesterday afternoons sessionMalheureusement nous n avons pas assez de temps pour des presentations

detaillees du travail pendant les sessions sur les challenges d hier apres-midiTHEREFORE / AINSI :1. Please quickly screen your notes and pick 3 key things which were the most interesting /

exciting / controversial issues you discussed and you feel the other participants should know and understandSVP reprenez rapidement vos notes et choisissez 3 elements cles qui ont ete discutes et qui vous semblent les plus interessants / excitants et que vous voulez partager avec les autres participants

2. Present these issues (without power point, from your table) in max 2 minutes!Presentez ces elements cles (sans Power Point, de votre table) en 2 minutes !

3. Share the session report. Domitille will collect them and make them available for the country groups‘ discussions Partagez les comptes-rendus des sessions. Domitille va les recollecter et les mettre disponible pour les discussions entre les groups pays.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAVING TIME!!!MERCI BEAUCOUP POUR ECONOMISER LE TEMPS !!!

Todays Agenda - ThursdayPlease sit in mixed groups – different countries

SVP mettez-vous en groupes mixtes - plusieurs pays autour d une meme table

Agenda points / Elements sur l agenda du jour: 1. Presentations on costing / Presentation sur costing / financement2. Recap presentation / Présentation pour récapituler3. Country group work / travail en groupe par pays sur comment integrer

la nutrition dans les plans d investissement4. Report back (2 countries – Somalia, South Sudan) at 17:00 /

présentation des résultats des groups (2 pays)

Todays Agenda - FRIDAYPlease sit in country groups / SVP mettez-vous en groupes des pays

Agenda points / Eléments sur l´agenda du jour: 1. Report back of countires / présentation des résultats des

groups (3 min)2. Development of the next steps in the countries /

prochains pas dans les pays3. Clarification of follow up by AUC/NEPAD/RECs, FAO /

Clarification de suivi par AUC/NEPAD/RECs /FAO4. Next steps after this workshop / Prochains pas après cet

atelier5. Key messages / messages clés6. Workshop evaluation / évaluation de l‘atélier7. Closing ceremony / cloture officielle

Way forward in the CountriesPlease come up with immediate next steps back home in your country: 1. How will each of your team members report back to their respective

organisations? WHEN and WHO?Comment les membres de votre groupe vont rapporter à vos institutions?

2. How do you as a team sensitise / influence the major decision makers to take on board your recommendations? WHEN and WHO? Comment est-ce que vous allez sensibiliser / influencer les décideurs pour qu‘ils prennent en charge des recommandations de cet atelier?

3. What are the key events and steps in the national CAADP processes where you / the decision makers can integrate your suggestions on nutrition? WHEN and WHO? Quels sont les evenements clés dans le processus PDDA où vous ou les décideurs peuvent intégrer les suggestions sur la nutrition?

4. Is there any need for support from outside? If yes, what kind of support?Est-ce que vous avez besoin de l‘assistance de l‘extérieur? Si oui, quel type d‘assistance?

Please give your report from the group work to Domitille, it will be integrated into the documentation

Donnez le rapport à Domitille, il va etre intégré dans la documentation!

KEY MESSAGES

Discuss at your table: What are the 3 most important messages you take

home from this meeting and you want to communicate to people who have not been here?

Agree as a table group and write them down and then hand the notes over – they will be integrated in the

documentation Les resultats de l‘evaluation vont integrer la

documentation de l‘atelier

Workshop Evaluation

Please brainstorm at your table and write in your notebook: a) What I / we really liked / have achieved in this workshop, was... Ce que j‘ai le plus aime / nous ont acheve dans cet atelier etait.....b) What I did not like / could have been better, was... Ce que j‘ai le moins aime et qu‘on pourrait aimeeliore dans cet atelier etait.......c) The most exciting thing in this workshop for me, was.... Le plus stimulant dans cet atelier etait...........

Then hand the notes over – they will be integrated in the documentation Les resultats de l‘evaluation vont integrer la documentation de l‘atelier

Some tables will be asked to report back to plenary what the table members feel certaines tables seront seront appeles a reporter a la pleniere sur ce que leurs opinions