The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia

Peter Thorne

ILRI Ethiopia Projects meeting

Addis Ababa, 11 March 2013

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Overview

Feed the Future Research Strategy

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3 Major

Research

Programs

Integrated

Cross-

Cutting

Programs

Research in

key farming

systems

Program for Safe

and Nutritious Foods

Program for Policy

Research and Support

Program for Human and

Institutional Capacity Building

• Guinea Savannah in West Africa

• Maize-mixed systems in East and Southern Africa

• Ethiopian highlands

Key geographies:

• Alignment with CAADP priorities

• Coordination with other donors

• Alignment with USAID mission investments

• The Impact Imperative: What can we do now?

• An R&D model (coordination, alignment, and integration with impact) that is scalable and adaptable

The bigger picture

Program Coordination Team (IITA, ILRI, IFPRI, USAID)

E&SA Project Steering Committee (IITA)

Ethiopian Highlands Project Steering Committee (ILRI)

West Africa ProjectSteering Committee

(IITA)

Communications Team(ILRI, USAID)

Monitoring and Evaluation Team(IFPRI)

External Science Advice

Mechanism

Management structure

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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Nutrition

M & E

RO 1Situation

analysis and program-wide

synthesis

RO 2Integrated

systems improvement

RO 3Scaling and

delivery

Gender

Policy

Current household management strategy

Improved household management strategy

Household management strategies of peer group

Innovation generated by researchers

Markets

Policies

Institutions

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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 collection

2. Livelihoods-based stratification (typology)

3. Inventory of current practices / IK survey etc.

4. Establish community knowledge exchange groups / initial benchmarking

5. Characterise market opportunities and value chains

6. Establish multi-stakeholder platforms

7. Problem identification / gap analysis/ ex ante impact assessment

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