Regions and Sites Selection

Humidtropics

Outline

1. Systems Research - Humidtropics

2. Action Areas and Flagship Projects

3. Regions & Site Selection Process

4. Extrapolation and scaling

5. Concluding Comments

11 Core Partners

Systems Research• Involves whole-system analysis and interactions

– multi cropping systems, – integrated crop – livestock, – NRM – productivity-markets/institutions interactions– gender and generational issues, etc.

• The blending of local and technical knowledge• Matching of technological options to the biophysical

and socio-economic contexts• Participatory multi-stakeholder engagement and

partnerships.

Livelihood enhancement, Sustainable Intensification and NR integrity

Systems-CRPs

• Core business: Integrated systems approaches

• The “melting pot” dimension: integration across CRPs operating within AEZ

• Strategic partnership with selected CRPs

• Elements exist within other CRPs

10 Elements of “Systemness”

1. Systems mindset– Boundaries– Components

2. Inter-”disciplinary” Teams– Partnerships– New competencies

3. Stakeholder engagement– R4D, Innovation Platforms

4. Integrated systems: interactions and trade-offs

5. Innovation: hardware, software and ‘orgware’

6. Scale dimension: -scaling up/out

7. Gender research: -women and youth

8. Capacity building -across “actors”

9. Development orientation - IDOs

10. Learning

- mechanisms and strategies

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2012 2020

Transitioning Towards Increased ‘Systemness’

Systems Research- Situation analysis- R4D Platforms- Partnerships- ETC.

Ongoing Research of Centres• Various domains• Progressive alignment towards

systems and IDOs

Theory of Change

A2

A1

High NR integrityHigh productivity

Program Framework

Overarching Impact Pathway

2: 2017

1: 2012

3: 2020

Action Areas

Flagship Regions

Implementing Humidtropics

Two types:

1. Crosscutting Flagship

2. Area-Based Flagships• East and Central Africa• West Africa• Central America and the Caribbean• Central Mekong

Instruments for research structuring, organization and implementation.

Flagship Projects

Flagship Projects Portfolio -…The Hamburger Model

CrosscuttingFlagship

Area-based Flagships

ECAH

WAHL

CAC

C

Mekong

Crosscutting

Crosscutting GenderCapacity DevelopmentMonitoring and Evaltn.Global Synthesis

Situation AnalysisTools and MethodsInt. Systems Res.• NutritionInnovation

Strengthening scientific coherence - in relation to our Theory of Change and Program Hypotheses

1. Foresight (in partnership with others, CRPs)

2. Integrated soil fertility mgt. X Productivity X Markets

3. Social science and policy dimensions ???

How do these areas interact with the regional Flagships? ……

… and with other CRPs???

- Emerging Research Areas

Crosscutting Flagship

Spatial analysis – ‘Hard’ criteria

• Use the 3 key variable site selection process, based on: • Poverty• Market access• Risk of degradation

• Combinations of High and Low for each of these leads to 8 categories (HHH, HLH, HLL, etc.)

• Those categories which are the dominant features of the Action Site should be included to some degree in the Field Sites

Site Selection

‘Soft’ criteria - Dialogue with partners and local experts

• Local knowledge

• Local partnerships and views of local experts with better grounded knowledge and experience may bring in other ground considerations influencing choice of Field Sites

• Institutional, political, security considerations, etc.

• Developmental opportunities

Site Selection

Site Selection

Development Domains in the ECA Flagship

Poverty Level

Risk of Degradation (HANNP)

Market Access

• Site selection guidelines produced

• Three key variables are used (scaled as hi or lo)

• All combinations are mapped to encompass the range of social, political, and environmental heterogeneity

• Spatial analysis is subjected to stakeholder consultation for final selection

Site Selection

Site Selection

• Southern part of four selected countries: Nigeria, Cameroun, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire

• About 28% of population live with less than US$1.25/day

• Average market access is about 3 hours

• 58% of land area is estimated to be degraded

West Africa Flagship

West Africa Flagship• West Africa Flagship Project launched in June 2013

• West Africa Flagship: 4 Action Sites• Two operational: Nigeria and Cameroon

West Africa Flagship

i) population density

ii) potential for poverty reduction

iii) potential to reduce land degradation and social conflicts

iv) action to protect agro-biodiversity hotspots

v) enhanced social learning for multi-cultural communities

vi) potential for cross-border trade and market chains

vii) national interests in collaboration

Combination of hard and soft criteria

Cameroon Sites Selection Criteria

Data Sources for Site Selection

• Population: Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project*, Version 1 data:

• Poverty Reduction: HarvestChoice Poverty maps, commissioned by the CGIAR SRF Team

• Land degradation: Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP)*

• Trade and market chains: Market Access and Influence data*

• ETC., ETC.

Domains Poverty, Market Access and Land Degradation - in that order -

DomainsPopulation Density, Market Access and Land Degradation

- in that order -

Joint Planning and Platforms

Action Area meeting, Bukavu, May 2013

Action Site Rural Pop. HH Size Rural HH Arable Land % Forest Cover %Burundi 7,488,513 4.70 1,652,533 102,646 52 44,058 22 DRC 3,644,162 5.16 837,084 31,657 10 212,784 69 Western Ethiopia 17,236,800 5.13 3,373,150 358,860 28 348,553 28 Western Kenya 10,133,030 4.85 2,110,209 111,137 53 44,864 21 Rwanda 10,394,860 4.55 2,394,017 142,127 56 54,136 21 Uganda 20,000,890 5.06 4,381,667 403,864 44 311,957 34 ECA Total 68,898,255 4.91 14,748,660 1,150,291 41 1,016,352 33 Central/Western Cameroon 10,059,010 5.26 2,429,774 192,892 13 860,275 59 Côte d’Ivoire 10,345,100 5.22 2,757,167 579,607 35 677,658 41 Southern Ghana 15,641,130 3.80 3,782,939 463,446 33 470,344 33 Southwest Nigeria 61,249,060 4.84 16,315,948 619,560 28 604,453 27 WA Total 97,294,300 4.78 25,285,829 1,855,505 27 2,612,730 40 Development Triangle 7,220,079 4.91 7,587,514 131,375 11 671,741 54 Golden Triangle 4,287,239 4.47 4,449,623 77,463 9 526,509 59 Green Triangle 6,340,461 4.22 6,661,121 130,476 15 352,278 41 CM Total 17,847,779 4.53 18,698,257 339,314 11 1,550,528 51 Dominican Republic 2,161,645 3.94 567,760 41,550 26 65,400 41 El Salvador 2,729,246 6.00 597,357 24,043 50 15,442 32 Guatemala 7,780,990 5.65 1,597,361 72,128 27 124,210 47 Haiti 2,615,173 4.61 570,622 40,994 46 14,048 16 Honduras 4,052,513 4.90 882,406 46,125 15 167,831 54 Central-Northern Nicaragua 2,369,737 6.05 395,380 90,434 20 244,377 55 CAC Total 21,709,304 5.19 4,610,887 315,273 31 631,309 41 Tier 1 Action Areas Total 205,749,638 4.85 63,343,634 3,660,382 22 5,810,918 33

Scaling Out

AfriPop

Population

Rural Population

Agricultural population

Poor farmers

Scaling Out

Similarity Mapping

Area of interest

Log Pop

Accessibility

LGP

• Map variables of relevance to a given issue• Environmental suitability for particular

farming systems

• Access to specialised markets

• Chose area of interest• Source area (AA, AS, FS)

• Target area

• Run similarity model• Chose variables

• Chose statistical method

• Evaluate outputs• Select similarity threshold

• Quantify relevant variables in target area – rural population, poor farmers, land degradation

Similarity Mapping

Collaboration with CRPs

Systems CRPs• Regular consultations among Directors • Joint events: Enhancing coherence in systems research

– S-CRPs workshop on “Capacity to Innovate” as an IDO, Amsterdam, March, 2014

– IFSA/CGIAR Symposium on Global Partnerships in systems research and innovation, Berlin, April, 2014.

– Integrated Systems Conference for Sustainable Intensification: 3-6 March, 2015, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria

Other CRPs

Co-location, Coordination, Collaboration– I. RTB, A4NH, L&F– II Maize, FTA, PIM, CCAFS

– Humidtropics Focal Point for Cross-CRP interaction

Humidtropics: Diverse agricultural systems

East-DR CongoRwanda

Natural resource status

Food security and cash crops

Banana Beans Cassava Maize Coffee

Livestock

PotatoRTB

Humidtropics and RTB team up

- Co-Location- Potato lines (RTB-CIP) that produce tubers at

warmer temperatures are being tested in Western Kenya action area as part of the systems intensification research of Humidtropics

Humidtropics integration of varieties into system: best fit, trade-offs and interactions

RTB-CIP screening potato varieties, for possible fit into the humid tropics.

Zone of convergence Humidtropics R4D

Platform

ConclusionHumidtropics is making progress ….

…. within reasonable limits!!

• Increased coherence and trust building:

• Combining crosscutting with regional Flagships

• Site selection links to extrapolation domains

• Make partnerships count for good

– Regional organizations

– R4D Platforms

• More efforts in CRPs collaboration

– Co-location, Coordination, Collaboration

• Overall, positive feel! Great Expectations!!

Focus on DELIVERY!

Thank You!