Presented by Alan Duncan, Beth Cullen, Aster Gebrekristos and Stefan Shultz at the Africa RISING Ethiopia Project Implementation Meeting, Addis Ababa, 13-14 February 2013
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Proposals for Africa RISING Ethiopian Highlands Research Component 1—Characterization
1. Proposals for Africa RISING
Ethiopian Highlands Research
Component 1 -
Characterization
Alan Duncan, Beth Cullen, Aster Gebrekristos, Stefan Shultz
Africa RISING Ethiopia project implementation meeting, Addis
Ababa, 13-14 February 2013
2. Partners
ILRI (lead): Expertise in the development and application of a wide
range of participatory methods (e.g. for characterisation of
resource availability and utilisation and stratification of households
within communities); Gender analysis (identification of gender-
disaggregated constraints and opportunities and identification of
gender-equitable solutions).
CIP: Past experience of community situation analysis and action
research planning.
ICRAF: Resource mapping and formalisation of indigenous
knowledge and practises.
National Partners: Community engagement; past experience in the
use of diagnostic approaches and tools.
3. Endogenous Driver of Innovation Exogenous
Research component 1 Research component 4
Review of best
System characterisation and analysis technology / “Action research”
management
Community options
characterisation
and stratification Participatory Validate technologies /
problem Ex ante modelling / management practices
identification and impact assessment
Inventory of current gap analysis
technologies /
practices and their
Adaptation and
sources
integration of
technologies /
Research component 3 management practices
Research component 2
Community institutions Markets and wider
and knowledge stakeholders
exchange
Identified market
opportunities
Biophysical and Research component 5
socio-economic
benchmarks Outputs to outcomes
Characterisation of specific
value chains (actors and links)
Scaling: to be developed
Community
knowledge exchange Functioning multi-stakeholder
groups established platforms
Opportunities for
scaling innovation
(endogenous and
exogenous)
4. Key deliverables
Socio-economic community characterization.
Characterisation of bio-physical environment.
Household stratification (against socio-economic and biophysical
factors)
Gender analysis.
Inventory of current practices / technologies and their sources.
Participatory problem identification and gap analysis.
6. Household typologies
Each household is different
For intensification strategies – one size does not fit all
Can we find ways of characterizing households that will lead to
better tailored interventions?
What is the minimum dataset needed to do this?
7. Gender
Women and men play different roles in the household economy
and reap different benefits
How do we take account of this in designing sustainable
intensification strategies?
8. Research Questions
What is the minimum dataset (biophysical and socio-economic,
quantitative and qualitative) required for effective household
characterisation and stratification and to meet the needs of
monitoring progress towards AR-EH / FtF development outcomes?
What is the best approach to mainstreaming household gender
considerations so that they inform the selection of technologies
and practices for sustainable intensification?
What is the best way of conducting gap analysis and problem
identification for a household based programme of action research
for SI?
11. Approach – biophysical envt characterization
Identification of a suite of biophysical indicators for M&E
Household-level sampling frame across the AR-EH sites.
GIS-based approaches for strengthening these data.
Baselines for future M&E
12. Approach – Household stratification
Livelihoods asset for household typologies
Participatory approaches to interpreting and strengthening asset-
based strata.
Needs assessment for more detailed, household survey based
stratifications.
13. Approach – Gender analysis
Study of gender differentiation
Identification of potential entry points based on strengthening
household management teams.
14. Approach – inventory of current technologies and
their source
Participatory study of current practices and technologies including
mapping of uptake pathways
15. Approach – Participatory problem identification and
gap analysis
Livestock production and management practises including the feed
resource base (FEAST / Techfit).
Future visions, challenges and solutions.
Trade-offs analysis.
Criteria that might influence applicability, performance and
adoption of technologies and management practices.
Feed into ex ante impact assessments conducted under RC5.
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