1. Africa RISING Programme West Africa – Ghana and Mali East and Southern Africa – Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia Ethiopian Highlands – Tigray – Amhara – SNNPR – Oromia

2. Some Key Features of Africa RISING Focus on sustainable intensification of whole system Research 4 Development Development outcomes are important Close alignment with Feed the Future Goals – Food security – Poverty alleviation – Improved livelihoods – Nutrition and Health – Gender equity

3. Nutrition Impact pathways Indicator databases and tools Impacts on gender relationships Redressing gender imbalances Outcome mapping Early impact assessment M & E Evaluate drivers of change Compendium of tools and methods Compendium of tools and methods Compendium of tools and methods Site selection Characterisation Typologies Problem ID Options Entry points Research teams Modeling Participatory evaluation Adaptation Combination Farm-level impacts Sustainability / resilience DS tools Meta analysis Forecast replicability Validate replicability Scaling approaches Aggregated impacts Implemntation support Synthesis RO 1 Situation analysis and programme- wide synthesis RO 2 Integrated systems improvement RO 3 Scaling and delivery Shocks and stresses Gender Policy

4. 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 practices Ex 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”