This document outlines a situational analysis activity within the Humidtropics Strategic Research Theme. The objectives are to broadly characterize and analyze relevant aspects of target action sites, inform other program activities, and initiate stakeholder engagement. The methods include literature review, secondary data collection, analysis to identify constraints, and focus group discussions. Expected results are situational reports on production, marketing, and natural resource systems in each action site, compiled data sets, comparable statistics across sites, and engaged stakeholders.

1. Humidtropics
Strategic
Research
Theme
1
–
Systems
analysis
and
global
synthesis
Presen;ng
Ac;vity
1.1
–
Situa;onal
analysis
Jean-­‐Joseph
Cadilhon*,
Keith
Child*,
Jessica
Raneri‡,
Tim
Robinson*,
Steve
Staal*,
Nils
Teufel*
*
Interna)onal
Livestock
Research
Ins)tute
‡
Bioversity
Interna)onal
Objec;ves
1. Broadly
characterize
all
important
aspects
of
relevance
to
the
Program
within
the
target
ac)on
sites.
2. Inform
all
other
Program
ac)vi)es
in
the
context
of
aDaining
the
Intermediate
Development
Objec)ves
(IDOs),
as
well
as
ongoing
field
site
selec)on.
3. Ini)ate
and
facilitate
engagement
with
stakeholders
and
partners
as
part
of
the
R4D
plaOorm
development
that
is
needed
for
the
long
term
success
and
scalability
of
the
Program.
Methods
1. Literature
review
from
previous
research
and
project
reports
on:
• Development
overview
• Agricultural
produc)on
systems
• Markets
and
ins)tu)ons
• Natural
resources
management
2. Collec)on
of
secondary
data
from
interna)onal
sta)s)cal
sources,
na)onal
sta)s)cs
offices,
past
research
and
development
projects
3. Analysis
and
synthesis
of
secondary
data
gathered
to
iden)fy
main
constraints
to
the
systems
4. Focus
group
discussions
with
a
cross-­‐system
selec)on
of
key
stakeholders
to
validate
the
findings
from
secondary
data
analysis
and
gather
sugges)ons
on
interven)ons
of
par)cular
relevance
to
the
systems
under
study
Pictures
Humidtropics
coordinator
of
situa)onal
analysis
at
ac)on
site
level
(10%
of
staff-­‐)me
during
six
months)
experts
of
local
produc)on,
marke)ng,
and
natural
resources
management
systems
to
cons)tute
a
supervisory
commiDee
for
the
situa)onal
analysis
and
undertake
focus
group
discussions
(one
local
expert
also
holds
a
Secretarial
role
for
the
commiDee)
• Two
na)onal
consultants
fluent
in
the
na)onal
language
to
collect
and
analyse
secondary
data
and
report
on
findings
for
local
travel,
sta)onary,
focus
group
discussions,
supervisory
commiDee
mee)ngs
and
final
write-­‐shop
to
produce
the
Links
with
other
Humidtropics
ac;vi;es
• Constraints
iden)fied
and
interven)ons
suggested
inform
setup
of
integrated
research-­‐and-­‐development
ac)vi)es
• Holis)c
broad
picture
of
inter-­‐related
components
provides
hypotheses
for
systems
modelling
ac)vi)es
• Nucleus
of
stakeholders
involved
can
seed
the
development
of
R4D
plaOorms
in
the
ac)on
site
• Key
sta)s)cs
cons)tute
a
baseline
for
monitoring
contribu)on
to
IDOs
across
ac)on
sites
Resources
needed
• One
• Ten
• Budget
situa)onal
analysis
report
• Es)mated
all-­‐encompassing
budget:
US$70
000/na)onal
ac)on
site.
Expected
results
• One
50-­‐page
report
on
the
broad
situa)on
of
the
agricultural
produc)on,
marke)ng
and
natural
resources
management
systems
in
the
ac)on
site
• Data
sets
of
secondary
data
compiled
and
available
online
• A
set
of
key
and
comparable
sta)s)cs
on
Humidtropics
ac)on
sites
• Key
stakeholders
and
development
partners
iden)fied
and
engaged
to
contribute
further
to
Humidtropics
ac)vi)es
Jean-­‐Joseph
Cadilhon
j.cadilhon@cgiar.org
●
ILRI,
Box
30709,
00100
Nairobi,
Kenya.
Acknowledgement:
This
ac)vity
is
funded
by
the
CGIAR
Research
Program
on
Humidtropics
hDp://humidtropics.cgiar.org/
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document
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September
2014
September
2014