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ICRISAT Governing Board 2019 PC meeting: Drylands in transition - Update on the socio-economic research strategy - by Dr Michael Hauser

  1. DRYLANDS IN TRANSITIONUpdate on the socio-economic research strategy
  2. General update 1. Team development: Recruitment of two value chain researchers (India, Malawi), recruitment of one development economist (Kenya) 2. MINDplus network: Stalled due to staff turnover and perceived opportunity cost by participants. 3. Community of practice: Research colloquia and lead of social science convenings of all CGIAR centres at ICRAF Campus, Nairobi. 4. Donor intelligence: Establishment of comprehensive country donor lists (Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, India); Ongoing conversation with BMGF, EU, IFAD – for details see list of pipeline projects managed by SMC.
  3. 1. Foresight on farming and food 3. Transition and scaling pathways 5. Impact assessment and learning 2. Agri-food system innovation 4. Facilitation and collective behaviour Evidence and tools for governing transitions to sustainable agri-food systems Sustainable Diets Environmental Health Social Resilience
  4. Strengthening crop-livestock value chains • Mapping crop-livestock value chains • Trade-off analysis- identifying fodder opportunities and options for improving livestock value chains • Systems dynamics value chain modelling- mapping regional corridors of livestock trade across West Africa against macro-level economic variables and policies Understanding dynamics of Livestock value chains, Niamey In WCA- Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire (ICRISAT, ILRI, CIRAD)
  5. • Accelerating stakeholder dialogue across scales; • Support creativity in institutional change processes; • Trigger adopting of technologies and practices; and • Influence decisions for transitions towards sustainable practices. Redeployable tools, experimental games
  6. Impact of food environments on diets 35%
  7. Update on investment • Programming of Urban dietary behaviour change and nutrition-sensitive value chains: Pilots started in Bulawayo, Lilongwe, Nairobi – intensive engagement with strategic partners (UNICEF, WFP, UN-Habitat; EU Delegations, DFID, IDRC on future program funding). • Programming of crop-livestock integration for conflict transformation in agro-pastoral East/West-Africa: Ongoing conversations with EU Delegations, selected bilateral donors, BMGF and IFAD. • Progress towards self-funded socio-economics programs: IIASA project with LVBC / East African Community, Millinet (BBSRC), SLU on rural/urban linkages, three new CIM positions, etc.
  8. Way forward 1. The only way to secure large programme funding is through a coordinated approach to fundraising. 2. Continue conversations with donors for support of the two research programs (Urban dietary behaviour change / Crop- Livestock integration and conflict transformation).
  9. Thank You
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