AR Mali Evaluation

I. Hoeschle-ZeledonCoordinator Africa RISING ESA and WA

Bamako, 8 January 2015

Today’s focus:• Management• Resources• Implementation• Partnerships• Monitoring• Data Management

Recommendations related to research activities will be discussed during workplan revision

Management (p. V and 44)

i.Streamlining approval of work plan and budgets, ease of fund transfers to national partners, reporting schedules aligned to season, mentoring partners in reportingii.Matching budgets with work plansiii.Improving communication between partners, remove silo approach

iv. Re-engaging IER, build their capacityv. Pathway to impact: collaboration with development partners and projects, monitoring technology uptakevi. Completion of logframe, include theory of change

Resources (p. vii and 45)

i.Qualified research coordinator in each districtii.Mobility of students iii.Minimise # of short-term/part-time scientistsiv.Mentoring new staff, cross-team meetingsv.National partners supported with transport and research assistance

Implementation (p. ii and 7-11)

i.R4D platforms at different levels to be operationalized, link activities to the platforms (prioritization, demand driven research)ii.Role, facilitation and management of platforms to be clarified and agreed upon; AMEDD and AMASSA to facilitate platforms

iii. Establishment of at least two research hubs with government and development organizations integrated, all partners to work at these hubsiv. Pulling different surveys together to provide holistic synthesisv. Participatory budgets and cost–benefit analysis of SI optionsvi. Attention to impact of technology changes on gender

Partnerships (p. v, vi and 37-38)

i.Limit lengthy and complex compliance arrangements, timely submission of workplans and reports, timely funding of partnersii.Integration of activities by different research partnersiii.Improve communication among partners: calendar, meetings, seminars

iv. Closer and broadened collaboration with IER for better ownership of resultsv.Information of USAID mission and their bilateral projects; development partners to establish demonstrations near Africa RISING communitiesvi.NGOs to facilitate R4D Platforms, development partners to become members

vii.Feedback of research results to R4D platforms and farmers viii.Address farmers’ request for inter-farm visits and field days

Monitoring (p. v)

i.Assemble socially disaggregated data of project participantsii.Studies on technology integration into farming activities, case studies on hh resource allocationsiii.Question research hypothesesiv.Gender research around technologies

Data Management (p. v)

i.Use of PMMT, inclusion of data from NARS in PMMTii.Data sharing according to data management plan

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