The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia
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The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia
Peter ThorneInternational Livestock Research InstituteSLATE Training for Africa RISING / NBDC
Addis Ababa / Jeldu. 1 - 5 April 2013
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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
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation
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