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GBDC Reflection Workshop
10-11 April 2013
….an area of unique humanand agro-ecosystems…..
….home to 38 million people….
AAS in the “Southern Bangladesh Polder Zone”
The AAS Development Challenge
The AAS development challenge is to achieve sustainable and continual improvements in agricultural productivity, livelihoods and nutrition of poor communities in the Southern Bangladesh Polder Zone in the face of increasing salinity, changing hydrology, climate change and within a context of complex and dynamic markets and social change.
Our Starting Point
We believe in and seek to harness an immense and inherent potential for:
1. People to innovate and adapt
2. Continued and sustainable improvements in aquatic agricultural systems in the polder zone
1. Sustainable Increases in System Productivity
2. Equitable Access to Markets
4. Gender Equity
5. Policies and Institutions to Empower AAS Users
3. Socio-Ecological Resilience and Adaptive Capacity
6. Knowledge, Sharing, Learning and Innovation
AAS Research Themes
Norms for greater gender equity at the household,
community and hub levels is established.
Farmers lead, have improved understanding of and have
improved access to modern science and technology
Private sector, government and NGO services and structures are poor-
responsive
Sustainable reductions in
poverty & improvements in
Nutrition
Strategic Changes:
Greater gender equity in household decision-makingIncluding food decisions
More control and/or ownership of monetary and other productive resources by women
Women playing more influential roles in community governance
Women are respected as important economic actors the local economy
Government policies support gender equity and are implemented
Women and the poor have organized group approaches to gain voice and power in negotiations
Strategic Changes:
Farmers have enhanced science skills which they use to do research, analyze research and share it with other farmers and communities.
Farmers are aware of and linked to key sources of information and science
Formal sector researchers and scientists regularly communicate and engage with farmer scientists
Farmers are linked to and share their research and knowledge with other community members and adjacent communities
CGIAR scientists actively support and link their research to community based research agendas
Strategic Changes:
Agriculture input systems are women and poor responsive.
Agriculture information systems are developed with women and poor as specific target audiences and their structures are designed for this purpose
Markets are women and poor-friendly in terms of participation in buy, selling and negotiating prices.
Women are involved in and their opinions equal for water and other common resource committees
Women and the poor have organized group approaches to gain voice and power in negotiations
KHULNA HUB LEVEL THEORY OF CHANGE
X X =
PROGRAM OF FARMER AND COMMUNITY LED RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION
PROGRAM SUPPORTIVERESEARCH FOCUSED ON
AGENDAS 1-6
Prioritization of Researchable Participatory Technology Development Agendas
Establish partnerships for research
Livestock Poultry Aquaculture Vegetables Fruits Freshwater0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
High Saline: Satkhira (Homestead Agriculture)
Women Men Total
Women=100, Men=100, Total Taka=400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)
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nt in
Tak
a
Livestock Poultry Aquaculture Vegetables Fruits Freshwater0
50000
100000
150000
200000
Medium Saline: Khulna (2 polders) Homestead Agriculture
Women Men Total
Women=200, Men 200, Total Taka= 800,000 (@Tk 2000/person)
Livestock Poultry Aquaculture Vegetables Fruits Freshwater0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
Low Saline: Barguna (Homestead Agriculture)
Women Men Total
Women=100, Men=100 Total Tk= 400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)
Amou
nt in
Tak
a
Rice Winter Crops Water Management Vegetables Gher Aquaculture Com. Poultry Ag. Equipment Others0
50000
100000
150000
200000
High saline: Satkhira (Field Agriculture)
Women Men Total
Women=100, Men=100, Total Taka = 400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)
Amou
nt in
Tak
a
Rice
Winter
Crops
Wate
r Man
agem
ent
Vegeta
bles
Gher Aquacu
lture
Commertial
Poultry
Others
Agri eq
uipments
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
Medium Saline: Khulna Field Agriculture
Women Men Total
Women=200, Men=200, Total Taka=800,000 (@Tk 2000/person)
Rice Winter Crops Water Management Vegetables Gher Aquaculture Com. Poultry Ag. Equipment Others0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
Low Saline: Barguna (Field Agriculture)
Women Men Total
Women = 100, Men=100 Total Taka=400,000 (@Tk 2000/person)
Amou
nt in
Tak
a
A RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF TWO LINKED AND COMPLEMENTARY LEVELS OF RESEARCH
Programof System-Level Action Research
&Strategic Research
Agendas
CommunityVision-Informed
ResearcherLeadership
Community LevelProgram of Action
Research,Inquiry and
Capacity Building
GoB, NGO & P. S. Support
Research PartnerSupport
SCIENCEOUTPUTS
DEVELOPMENTOUTCOMES
A PLATFORM FOR PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE, COORDINATION &
COMMUNICATION
2013 Village Level Action Research
Work with poor farm households to:• Manage local water resources Identify, construct suitable water management units and
establish community water management systems Pilot and develop rainwater and freshwater homestead
collection and storage
• Improve integrated agro-ecological farming systems
Livestock Fodder (variety testing, animal health, markets)
Testing of non-rice field crops
2013 Village level action research
Work with poor farm households to:
• Develop sustained links to service & knowledge providers
Improve farmers’ knowledge of livestock market systems (constraints/opportunities
• Creating awareness of and changes in gender equity at household level
Facilitate discussions about the benefits of greater gender equity for livelihood outcomes
2013 Strategic and System Level Research
• Improved and equitable micro-level water management systems Review and monitor management practices that
reduce conflict and increase inclusion Technology options for drainage and salinity
control
• Modeling salinity systems and system resilience to water intrusion Modeling productivity of sorjan systems under
plausible scenarios
• Poor and women responsive market systems that provide appropriate, timely inputs Document then pilot existing fish seed supply
systems Facilitate livestock (focus on fodder) value
chain• Challenged Ponds Technology Development
Work with research partners to:
2013 Strategic and System Level Research
• Climate change adaptation Rice field habitat restoration research (for increased
fish populations)
• Ecosystem services Overview of agro-biodiversity resources with focus on
local crop varieties
• Gender systems level research Cage aquaculture technology risk research with focus
on women Gender and social analysis in AAS Villages
• Nutrition systems level research Understanding of equitable intra-household food
distribution
Work with research partners to:
OBSERVATION
Low rice production
RESPONSE
BreedingDefine salinity Fertilizer trials
Slow adoption of new varieties, low input use
DemonstrationsParticipatory selectionTraining
Share crop system (1/3 of harvest). No access to credit. No control over water.
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Must have “own” local rice varieties for own consumption and guests
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The WorldFish work on “challenged ponds” is exploring this same model: Why is there low productivity? Is it a lack of technology or are there other underlying factors?
Identify groups interested in
research agendas and benchmark
farmer's experiences
Initiate and design research for suggested
technologies
Coordinate researcher visits for technical backstopping and farmer-researcher
interaction
Identify and build networking
opportunities between farmers, communities
and orgaznizations
Analyze, document and share final results with
community, researchers and organizations and
plan next research agendas
Establish dialogue with farmers on
specific issues for better
understanding and suggest best
practice options for PTD (easy win)
Train staff on research topics and
research design
Field visit support and dialogue visits
Co-writing publications
Science Advisory Group
Write publications and provide
support/training on report writing &
publication
Support staff on effective
communication methods
Train on PAR processes, gender equity, monitoring
tools and technique
Provide thought leadership and
documentation of PAR processes
Process Support & Documentation
Farmer Led Action Research
ScienceQuality
FarmerScience
ProcessScience