Allanblackia – Tree Domestication

Jan Beniest

World Agroforestry Centre

Training Unit

Purpose

‘To share knowledge and experiences on Allanblackia domestication and related activities that will facilitate large-scale deployment of cultivation, in a coordinated and sustainable manner, to smallholder farm producers in Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania’.

Objectives – domestication specialists

• Through information sharing, comparison and critique, become familiar with the most recent knowledge available for optimal cultivation of Allanblackia, and understand where key gaps in knowledge, requiring further action, lie.

• To develop an interdisciplinary understanding of how domestication activities interact with other elements within the wider context of the Allanblackia initiative, and how these interactions impact on the implementation of cultivation plans.

• Through familiarity with 1 and 2 above, and through given course materials, to be able to communicate appropriate Allanblackia domestication approaches to other colleagues concerned with practical deployment objectives in individual project countries.

Objectives – Allanblackia initiative

• To develop an interdisciplinary understanding of how domestication activities interact with other elements within the wider context of the initiative, and to understand how these interactions impact on the implementation of wider plans.

• Through familiarity with 1 above, to be able to communicate with domestication colleagues in a way that, through better integration, facilitates the practical deployment objectives of the Allanblackia initiative.

Objectives - both

• Together develop concrete action plans, which optimise Allanblackia domestication and facilitate wider integration across disciplines.

Structure

• MODULE 1 – Introduction to integrated thinking on Allanblackia tree domestication

• MODULE 2 – Domestication: germplasm collection and propagation

• MODULE 3 – Domestication: nursery production to on-farm harvesting

• MODULE 4 – Understanding context: cultivation, market and policy issues

• MODULE 5 – Investors Forum

Resource Persons

• You!• Colleagues and facilitators

Evaluation

• Anytime-anywhere• Final course evaluation

Follow-up

• Personal action plans• Small Grant Projects

P.A.P.A.P.A.P.A.

The Participant/Personal Action The Participant/Personal Action Plan ApproachPlan Approach

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Adult learningAdult learning Adults learn best by building on their Adults learn best by building on their

existing experience or through existing experience or through ‘experiental learning’‘experiental learning’

Experiental learning is a process of Experiental learning is a process of reviewing, reflecting and applying new reviewing, reflecting and applying new skills, behaviour and attitudesskills, behaviour and attitudes

Learners must be enabled to ground their Learners must be enabled to ground their learning in their actual work environmentlearning in their actual work environment

What is PAPAWhat is PAPA A method to ‘follow up’ on training at least A method to ‘follow up’ on training at least

6 months after participants return to their 6 months after participants return to their work environmentwork environment

Proven method for monitoring and Proven method for monitoring and evaluating trainingevaluating training

Based on ‘action planning’Based on ‘action planning’ Participant focused but implicates Participant focused but implicates

organizational and institutional organizational and institutional developmentdevelopment

PAPA explainsPAPA explains

What happened on the job as a result of What happened on the job as a result of the training?the training?

Are changes that occurred the ones Are changes that occurred the ones intended by those providing the course?intended by those providing the course?

What may have interfered with the What may have interfered with the participants trying to use on the job what participants trying to use on the job what they learned in the training?they learned in the training?

Steps in PAPASteps in PAPA

PlanningPlanning In-course activitiesIn-course activities Follow-up activitiesFollow-up activities Analysis and conclusionsAnalysis and conclusions ReportingReporting

In-course activities: In-course activities: stage 1stage 1

OBJECTIVES:OBJECTIVES: understand the use of PAPAunderstand the use of PAPA identify possible action ideas to be tried on the jobidentify possible action ideas to be tried on the job

PROCEDURE:PROCEDURE: 5 minutes each day to jot down action ideas during 5 minutes each day to jot down action ideas during

the trainingthe training use the handout provideduse the handout provided confer with other participants/trainers periodicallyconfer with other participants/trainers periodically

In-course activities: In-course activities: stage 2stage 2

OBJECTIVE:OBJECTIVE: to compile a final action planto compile a final action plan

PROCEDURE:PROCEDURE: prepare preliminary list of action itemsprepare preliminary list of action items confer with others from same team/instituteconfer with others from same team/institute finalize and prioritize list of action itemsfinalize and prioritize list of action items report individual action plansreport individual action plans make copy and submit to trainermake copy and submit to trainer

Follow-up activitiesFollow-up activities

TRAINERSTRAINERS Formulate and send Formulate and send

questionnairequestionnaire Analyze and interpret Analyze and interpret

datadata Prepare reportPrepare report Improve course Improve course

content and approach content and approach if necessaryif necessary

PARTICIPANTSPARTICIPANTS Fill out and return Fill out and return

questionnairequestionnaire

Receive report and Receive report and send feedbacksend feedback

PAPA FormPAPA FormSII/World Agroforestry Centre Training Project

‘Advancing agroforestry research and development through training and education’

Regional Training of Trainers Course:

Allanblackia – Tree Domestication 23 October – 27 October 2006, Nairobi, Kenya

PERSONAL ACTION PLAN

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Small Grants ProjectsSmall Grants Projects

• The purpose of this scheme is to allow The purpose of this scheme is to allow individuals and their employing institution individuals and their employing institution to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired as a result of training workshops acquired as a result of training workshops and courses and thus strengthen the national and courses and thus strengthen the national institutions they work for.institutions they work for.

Small Grants ProjectsSmall Grants Projects• They must ‘enable’ the application of knowledge, skills They must ‘enable’ the application of knowledge, skills

and attitudes acquired as a result of a specific training and attitudes acquired as a result of a specific training eventevent

• They must strengthen the institution in which the They must strengthen the institution in which the individual functionsindividual functions

• The national institution is responsible for implementation, The national institution is responsible for implementation, management (Letter of Agreement, reporting) and makes a management (Letter of Agreement, reporting) and makes a counterpart contribution to show interest and commitmentcounterpart contribution to show interest and commitment

• Projects must have national or regional relevanceProjects must have national or regional relevance• The active involvement of women is encouraged The active involvement of women is encouraged

(implementing, participating, benefiting)(implementing, participating, benefiting)• Projects cannot be allocated to World Agroforestry Centre Projects cannot be allocated to World Agroforestry Centre

staff participating in the training, but collaboration staff participating in the training, but collaboration between a national institution and the Centre’s scientists is between a national institution and the Centre’s scientists is strongly encouragedstrongly encouraged

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