N2Africa Workshop Launch

N2Africa-Ethiopia Launch Workshop 27 -28 February, 2014. ILRI Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Objectives

The workshop aimed to: - Introduce N2Africa project (day 1) - Review progress so far (day 1) - Map related activities and projects (day 1) - Connect N2Africa research agenda with development outcomes (day 1) - Broad-brush planning (day 2)

Some photos

Agenda

Day 1 - Feb 27

Time	Activity	Responsible	Notes
08:30-09:00	Arrival and registration	ILRI Staff
09:00-09:05	Program introduction	Endalkachew
09:05-09:10	Welcome	Alan
09:10- 09:20	Opening	Fentahun Mengistu, EIAR
9:20 -9:40	Icebreaker - introductions	Facilitator
09:40-10:10	Overview of N2Africa Phase II	Ken Giller
10:10-10:30	Project implementation	Bernard Vanlauwe	File:project_implementation_feb2014.pptx
10:30-11:00	Break & Group Photo
11:00-11:15 11:15-11:30 11:30-11:45 11:45-12:00 12:00-12:15 12:15-12:45	Bridging phase progress reports SNNRS OARI ARARI EIAR Facilitated Q&A	Endalkachew Galfato/Endalkachew Zerihun Abebe Tesfaye Feyisa Angaw	Overall] Amhara SNNPR Oromia EIAR
12:45-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Mapping related initiatives - Brief intervention from ATA - Beief intervention from EIAR	Samuel Gemeda Asnake Fikre	Participants discuss and map what’s happening. Captured on big boards. Mapped to Value Chain components. Results captured in this file: File:N2AfricaEthiopia_projects.xlsx
15:30-1600	Break
16:00-16:45	Brainstorming around outcomes:		Groups: Make the Logical links between each outcome and N2Africa’s legume research interventions.
	- Livelihoods_income	Yared Sertse	What would N2Africa Success look like for improved livelihoods/income? What are the key research and development gaps that N2Africa could address? Outline a series of steps towards achieving improved livelihoods/income through more and better integration of legumes in Ethiopian smallholder systems.
	- Nutrition	Yewelsew Abebe	What would N2Africa Success look like for improved human nutrition? What are the key research and development gaps that N2Africa could address? Outline a series of steps towards achieving improved human nutrition through more and better integration of legumes in Ethiopian smallholder systems.
	-Agronomy	Kindu Mekonnen	What would N2Africa Success look like for improved soil fertility? What are the key research and development gaps that N2Africa could address? Outline a series of steps towards achieving improved soil fertility through more and better integration of legumes in Ethiopian smallholder systems.
	- Women’s empowerment	Ephrem Tesema	What are the key intersections between women's empowerment and legumes in Ethiopian smallholder systems. How could greater women's empowerment lead to more and better integration of legumes in Ethiopian smallholder systems and how could a greater emphasis on legume development empower women?
	- Crop-Livestock	Getnet Asefa	What are the key intersections between livestock and legumes in Ethiopian smallholder systems. How could greater attention to livestock lead to more and better integration of legumes in Ethiopian smallholder systems and how could a greater emphasis on legume development improve livestock production?
16:45-18:30	Reception

Day 2 - Feb 28

	Activity	Responsible	Notes
08:30-09:15	Recap day 1 Plans and outputs day 2	Peter Ballantyne
09:45-10:30	Project sites and locations	Andy Farrow	File:ethiopia_sites_farrow.pptx After the presentation, it was suggested that a small group of people join with the country coordinator to review the sites and criteria and finalise this in light of any additional knowledge and priorities.
	PPP	Edward Baars	File:scaling_ppp_feb2014.pptx
	Work plans introduction	Bernard Vanlauwe	File:results_framework_feb2014.pptx This was the basis for the subsequent groups to produce first plans (see below)
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:45	Group work Specifying a research4development agenda for each.	Each an expert resource person
	Agronomy /rhizobiology/soil fertility	Tilahun Amede	Thinking about the outcome pathways developed yesterday, what key activities are needed in the broad area of legume agronomy/rhizobiology/soil fertility
	Women's Empowerment	Annet Mulema	Thinking about the outcome pathways developed yesterday, what key activities are needed in the broad area of women's empowerment+Nutrition
	Multi-stakeholder Platforms	Alan Duncan	Thinking about the outcome pathways developed yesterday, what key activities are needed in the broad area of Multi-stakeholder platforms. What would be their function? At what levels would they operate? Who would need to be involved?
	Input and output delivery systems	Edward Baars	Thinking about the outcome pathways developed yesterday, what key activities are needed in the broad area of input and output delivery systems? What is needed to improve these? What steps need to be taken to improve these?
	Crop-Livestock	Gemeda Duguma	Thinking about the outcome pathways developed yesterday, what key activities are needed in the broad area of legume/livestock development?
	Dissemination	Sam Gemeda
12:45-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:00	Group work (continued) - synthesis
15:00-15:30	Break
15:30-16:30	Group reports	Group Rapporteurs
16:30-16:45	General discussions	Alan/Endalkachew
16:45-17:00	Next steps and closing	Bernard, Ken

List of participants

File:Participants.xlsx Sam Gameda