2. 2014 Plans – Africa RISING Ghana Asamoah Larbi International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Africa RISING West Africa 2 nd Review and Planning Meeting Bamako, 3-5 February, 2014

3. Situation analysis (Research output 1)Leader 1Community mobilization and innovation platformsIITA 2Farming systems analysisWUR 3Inventory of innovationsIITA Integrated systems management (Research output 2) 4Improving cereal-legume systemsIITA 5Land management strategiesCIAT 6Agricultural water managementIWMI 7Improving cattle, sheep and goat productionILRI 8Intensifying rural pig and poultry productionKNUST 9Improving farm household nutritionGHS, FRI Scaling and delivery (Research output 3) 10Comparison of delivery approachesMoFA, UDS Africa RISING-Ghana: 2013 Work plan

4.  Technology development versus socio-economics..????  Focus on farming systems research  Integration of activities  Small-scale mechanization and post-harvest losses….???  Value addition…??? Looking ahead………..???????

5. NoWork-package TitleLeader 1Establishment of research-for-development platformIITA 2Farming systems analysisWUR 3Improving crops and cropping systemsIITA 3.1AflatoxinIITA 3.2Vegetable productionAVRDC 3.3Agricultural land water managementIWMI 4Improving grazing lands and livestockIITA/ILRI 5Mechanization of production, processing and reduction of post-harvest lossesIITA/??? 6Improving household nutritionGHS 7Linking farmers to marketsIITA??? 8Comparison of scaling out approachesIITA?? Proposed work-package title -2014

6. Farmer Researcher Approach: Farming Systems Research Extension Agent Characterization Designing Testing/Adapting Diffusion

7. Cropping systems - cereals

8. Cropping systems – sorghum and millet

9. Cropping systems – cereals-legume

10. Cropping systems – legumes

11. Cropping systems – vegetables

12. OutputActivities 1. Improved food/feed cropsReview and report past IITA research on food-feed crops Identify and promotion dual-purpose/food feed crops 2.Best-bet crop varieties and agronomic practicesEvaluate combinations of crop and agronomic practices Establish partnerships to produce seed for on-farm Assess vegetable seed systems Test intensified vegetable mono cropping systems Test cereal-vegetable intercropping systems 3. Better integrated crop-livestock systemsDevelop and test crop and livestock production strategies 4. Strengthened capacity of partnersOrganize a workshop on crop-livestock integration Organize a short course on experimental design Organize a short course on business management Organize training on vegetable production/post-harvest Arrange inter and intra-regional visits 5. Increased public awarenessPublish project reports and brochures Publish journal paper 6. Impact of interventions assessedAssess adoption rate Assess economic and environmental impact WP: 3: Improving crops and cropping systems

13. OutputActivities 1. Biological strains identified and selected to control aflatoxin in maize and groundnuts Biological strains selection in lab and field testing 2. Public awareness of aflatoxinTraining of farmers and extension staff 3. Field trial and pre-registration asTest field efficacy of bio-control strains bio-pesticide 4. Strengthened capacity of partnersEnhance infra-structural capacity to conduct research Arrange inter and intra-regional visits 5. Increased public awarenessPublish project reports and brochures Publish journal paper 6. Impact of interventions assessedAssess adoption rate Assess economic and environmental impact WP: 3b: Biological control of aflatoxin

14. OutputActivities Business planManagement action sequences Business planning Instrumented sitesProcurement of instruments Protoype implementedDesign and construction WP: 3d: Evolving smallholder farm systems and farm enterprises

15. Livestock – small ruminants

16. Livestock – rural poultry and pigs

17. WP 4 : Improving grazing lands and livestock OutputActivity 1. Grazing land and livestock committee formedOrganize community consultations 2. Community action to improve grazing landAccess and monitor grazing land condition Characterize and conserve rangeland biodiversity Community action to test improved options 3. Community action to improve ruminantsTest management options to improve sheep and goats Improve processing, marketing and use of crop residues 4. Improved poultry production (15%)Test options to improve rural poultry production 5. Improved pig production (15%)Test options to improve rural pig production 6. Build capacity for livestock productionOrganize training in sheep/goat, poultry and pig production Train community health workers Train graduate students 7. Increased public awareness on livestockPrepare leaflets for farmers and extension workers Write annual reports and conference papers Write journal papers

19. Nutritional status of children (0-60 months of age)

20. WP: 3d: Linking agriculture to nutrition OutputActivities Integrated agriculture-nutrition-health identificationExpert workshop to agree on integrated activities Identify and geo-reference households Capacity of women and women’sTrain the trainers in health and nutrition workers Nutritional status of farm-families improvedPublish results of nutrition survey Comparison of approaches for linking agriculture to nutrition

21. ARIAnimal Research Institute CBOsCommunity-based Organizations CRICrops Research Institute FRIFood Research Institute GLDBGrains and Legumes Development Board INSTIInstitute for Scientific and Technological Information KNUSTKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology MOFAMinistry of Food and Agriculture MOHMinistry of Health SARISavanna Agricultural Research Institute SEEDPAGSeed Producers Association of Ghana SRISoil Research Institute UDSUniversity for Development Studies UGUniversity of Ghana Africa RISING – Ghana: National partners

22. AVRDCThe World Vegetable Center CIATInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics IITAInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute IWMIInternational Water Management Institute Africa RISING – Ghana: International partners

23. Wise men sleep awake