Feed the Future Innovation Labs for Collaborative Research and Partners Workshop: Accra, Ghana, July 8 – 9, 2013
Council meeting participants discuss resilient farming systems in Accra, Ghana.
The Feed the Future Innovation Labs for Collaborative Research (formerly CRSPs) held their Council workshop on “Scaling Agricultural Technologies and Developing Collaborative Partnerships to Prioritize Research for Development” in Accra, Ghana on July 8th and 9th. Innovation Lab Directors and researchers were joined by USAID/Washington and Mission staff from Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, West Africa, and Rwanda, as well as research partners from Ghana and across West Africa. Over 83 participants attended the meeting which focused on critical research priorities related to agriculture and nutrition, developing resilient farming systems, scaling technologies (with special attention to horticulture and IPM), seed systems, and integrating animals and legumes into production systems.
Resources including the meeting agenda and presentations are provided below.
AGENDA
Monday, July 8
OVERVIEW OF INNOVATION LABS
• Feed the Future Innovation Labs
o Irv Widders, Feed the Future Legume Innovation Lab
OVERVIEW OF MISSION ACTIVITIES
USAID, BUREAU FOR FOOD SECURITY
o Rob Bertram, USAID, Bureau for Food Security, Office of Agriculture Research and Policy
CORAF/WECARD
• Contribution to the Transformation of Agriculture in West Africa
o Aboubakar Njoya, CORAF/WECARD
PLENARY: BUILDING AG-NUTRITION LINKAGES,
MODERATOR JEFFREY GRIFFITHS, FEED THE FUTURE NUTRITION INNOVATION LAB
o Mark Manary, Project Peanut Butter
• Building Agriculture – Nutrition Linkages: Evidence Base
o Shibani Ghosh, Feed the Future Nutrition Innovation Lab
• From Agriculture to Nutrition: Pathways and Principles
o Jim Yazman, USAID Bureau for Food Security
PLENARY: DEVELOPING RESILIENT FARMING SYSTEMS,
MODERATOR TARA STEINMETZ, FEED THE FUTURE AMA BASIS INNOVATION LAB
o Vara Prasad, Kansas State University, Feed the Future SANREM Innovation Lab
o Gaoussou Traoré, National Center of Specialization on Rice, Bureau ECOFIL IER
• Developing Resilient Farming Systems in Northern Ghana
o Stephen Nutsugah, CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute
Tuesday, July 9
FARA OVERVIEW
• Partnerships and Strategic Alliances Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
o Wale Adekunle, FARA
HICD PRESENTATION & PANEL,
MODERATOR BRADY DEATON, BIFAD
• Human and Institutional Capacity Development – Search for Best Practices
o Susan Owens, USAID Bureau for Food Security, Office of Agriculture Research and Policy, HICD-BIFAD Division
PLENARY: SCALING HORTICULTURE AND IPM TECHNOLOGIES,
MODERATOR BETH MITHCHAM, FEED THE FUTURE HORTICULTURE INNOVATION LAB
• Scaling Horticulture & IPM Technologies
o Beth Mitcham, Feed the Future Horticulture Innovation Lab
• IPM-omics: Development of Scalable Solutions for Control of Pests of Cowpeas in West Africa
o Barry Pittendrigh, University of Illinois
• Humidtropics: New opportunities for improved livelihoods in a sustainable environment
o Kwesi Atta-Krah, CRP Humid Tropics Systems
• Scaling Horticulture and IPM Technologies
o Amer Fayad, Feed the Future IPM Innovation Lab
PLENARY: INTEGRATING ANIMALS & LEGUMES IN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS,
MODERATOR SHANA GILLETTE, FEED THE FUTURE LIVESTOCK INNOVATION LAB
• Integrating Animals and Legumes into Production Systems
o Shana Gillette, Feed the Future Livestock Innovation Lab
• National Center of Specialization for Livestock (NCOS)
o Alio Abdoulaye, National Center of Specialization on Livestock, INRAN
• La Gestion des Systèmes Fluviaux pour l’Avenir (GSFA) RIVERS Project
o John McPeak, Syracuse University
• Integrating Livestock into Production Systems: Overview of Livestock-Innovation Lab Activities
o Richard Bowen, Feed the Future Livestock Innovation Lab
PLENARY: LINKING INNOVATION LAB VARIETIES TO SEED SYSTEMS,
MODERATOR IRVIN WIDDERS, FEED THE FUTURE LEGUME INNOVATION LAB
• Linking Innovation Lab Varieties to Seed Systems
o Irvin Widders, Feed the Future Legume Innovation Lab
• ISRA: Linking Innovation Lab Varieties to Seed Systems
o Ndiaga Cisse, National Center of Specialization on Dryland Cereals, ISRA/CERAAS
• The AGRA Approach to Seed Value Chain Development in Africa
o Issoufou Kapran, AGRA
