Presented by Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IITA) at the Africa RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Accra, 1-2 February 2017

1. Achieving our Vision of Success –
Africa RISING West Africa phase II
Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IITA)
Africa RISING West Africa Annual Review and
Planning Meeting
1-2 February 2017
Accra, Ghana

2. Africa RISING WA Success:
Technological innovations that are the result of our
research are improving the lives of smallholder farm
families.
How many farm families should benefit from our
technologies to call the project a success?

3. WA phase 2 targets (Ghana and
Mali)

4. Impact targets 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Households
participating directly
in AR research
2,995 3,744 4,680 5,850 7,312 9,140 11,426
Mali 1,287 1,609 2,011 2,514 3,142 3,928 4,910
Ghana 1,708 2,135 2,669 3,336 4,170 5,212 6,516
Households exposed
to development
partners’ activities
2,995 23,987 31,355 41,024 53,719 70,402 92,339
Mali 1,287 7,521 9,401 11,752 14,689 18,362 22,952
Ghana 1,708 16,466 21,954 29,272 39,030 52,040 69,387
Total households in
FTF zones of
influence
1,261,248 1,297,376 1,333,504 1,369,632 1,405,760 1,441,889 1,478,017
Mali 816,076 842,164 868,252 894,340 920,428 946,516 972,604
Ghana 445,172 455,212 465,252 475,292 485,332 495,373 505,413

5. How to reach these numbers?
• # of direct beneficiaries increase moderately due to
the nature of the project (research project)
• Projected increase from existing and expected
partnerships with development projects, government
and private institutions
Ghana: ???
Mali: ARDT_SMS: aims at >76,000 farmers
applying improved technologies by 2017; how
many will apply AR technologies?

6. • Follow up on interested actors
• Mapping of development projects in all countries
and assessment of potential
• Actively approaching development projects to
create interest (documentation of technologies with
socio-economic analysis, invitations to field days,
information day,…)
• Investment in partnerships (demonstrations,
research to backstop scaling activities)
• R in D
• Others?

7. Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation
africa-rising.net
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