Humidtropics update and ILRI planning meeting

Info Centre, ILRI, Nairobi, 6 May 2014

Timothy Robinson

Programme

Humidtropics

• Launched in July 2012

• Phase 1 was due to end in June 2015

(3 years)

• Goal: Improving agricultural productivity in a

sustainable manner and transforming the

lives of the rural poor in the humid tropics

• Theme: Sustainable intensification

• Six Intermediate Development Outcomes

(IDOs)

• New programmatic framework in 2013: Five

‘Flagship Projects’ – one crosscutting and

four based on Action Areas

• Extension of Phase 1 to the end of 2016

• Phased shift towards ‘Results Based

Management’

Programmatic framework

Action Areas (Tier 1)

Action Sites and Field Sites

Spatial scaling

• Estimate actual impact of intervention(s) at

field site level (in terms of IDO indicators)

• Estimate potential impact of intervention(s)

at a range of levels (Action Site, Action Area,

Humidtropics) based on spatial data and

similarity mapping

• Estimate the expected impact of

intervention(s) based on:

• partnerships

• political and institutional constraints

• innovation capacity

Field Site

Action Site

Action Area

Humidtropics

Imp

act

Intermediate Development Outcomes

IDO 1 Income: lift 3 million poor households above the

poverty line.

IDO 2 Nutrition: dietary diversity for improved nutrition

of 3 million poor households attained.

IDO 3 Productivity: 2 million poor households increased

total factor productivity by 60% while sustaining

the natural resources.

IDO 4 Environment: 3.5 million hectares of degraded

land is restored to sustainable management.

IDO 5 Gender: women and youth in 1 million target

households perceive they have better control

over assets, input and benefits.

IDO 6 Capacity to Innovate: indicators related to

coalitions for change, institutionalization of

innovation methods, processes and strategies,

improvement of knowledge development

capacity, mainstreaming innovation-thinking

procedures into projects, and autonomous

continuation of innovation networks. nine year targets (to 2022)

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Institutiona

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R4D and

Innovation Platforms

SRT 1• Situational analysis

•Baselines & typologies

•Entry points

•Global synthesisSRT 2•Policies, markets and institutions

•Productivity

•NRMSRT 3

• Institutional innovation capacity

•Responsible scaling

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Selected interventions

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Humidtropics summary diagram

The Flagship Projects

1.1 Global synthesis

(SRT 1)

1.2 Strategic nutrition

research (SRT 2)

1.3 Scaling out and

institutional innovation

(SRT 3)

1.4 Gender research

and integration

1.5 Capacity

development

x.1 Systems analysis

and synthesis (SRT 1)

x.2 Integrates systems

improvement (SRT 2)

x.3 Scaling out and

institutional innovation

(SRT 3)

x.4 R4D partnership

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Humidtropics ILRI budget lines

Code Description

SRT 1.1 Situation analysis

SRT 1.2 Baseline data and household typologies

SRT 1.3 Entry points

SRT 1.4 Global synthesis

SRT 2.1 Markets, policies and other institutions

SRT 2.2 System productivity

SRT 2.3 Natural Resource Management

SRT 3.1 Capacity and institutional innovation

SRT 3.2 Responsible scaling strategies, processes and adoption

R4D platforms Support to R4D platforms, linked to area-based flagships

Gender Gender research

CapDev Capacity Development

RBM Results Based Management

Communication Communications

Coordination SRT 1 leadership

Project support Full cost recovery, based on 15% overheads

Humidtropics allocations (W1/2)

PARTNER 2013 2014

IITA 3,682,670 4,190,286

ILRI 2,173,256 2,453,498

CIAT 1,174,612 1,514,612

FARA 2,082,240 1,500,000

AVRDC 800,000 890,000

ICRAF 612,312 829,310

icipe 695,268 771,000

WUR 396,000 689,043

CIP 631,892 660,000

Bioversity 269,136 644,867

IWMI 461,376 461,376

Total W1/W2 12,978,761 14,603,992

IITA

ILRI

CIAT

FARA

AVRDC

ICRAF*

icipe

WUR

CIP

Bioversity

IWMI

Humidtropics allocations (W1/2)

PARTNERTOTAL

W1/W2

Normal

Allocation

Action Area

Coordination

SRT

Leadership

Action

Area Fund

Additional

1

Additional

2

IITA 4,190,286 2,837,286 560,000 63,000 360,000 230,000 140,000

ILRI 2,453,498 2,149,498 0 84,000 0 220,000 0

CIAT 1,514,612 831,612 280,000 63,000 120,000 150,000 70,000

FARA 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 0 0 0 0

AVRDC 890,000 800,000 0 0 0 90,000 0

ICRAF 829,310 254,310 280,000 105,000 120,000 0 70,000

icipe 771,000 695,268 0 0 0 75,732 0

WUR 689,043 312,000 0 42,000 0 120,000 215,043

CIP 660,000 631,893 0 0 0 28,107 0

Bioversity 644,867 269,136 0 0 0 0 375,731

IWMI 461,376 461,376 0 0 0 0 0

Total W1/2 14,603,992 10,742,379 1,120,000 357,000 600,000 913,839 870,774

Humidtropics 2014 budget

Outgoing Costs US$

Non-staff (60%) 1,252,410

Staff (40%) 1,852,319

Total 3,104,729

Incoming Budget

Normal 2014 allocation 2,149,498

SRT 1 leadership 84,000

CapDev 220,000

Sub-total 2,453,498

Actual carry over from

2013 216,436

Actual budget for 2014 2,669,934

Shortfall 434,795

Humidtropics 2014 budget

Budget by Flagship US$

FS 1: Crosscutting 868,945

FS 2: East and Central Africa 1,051,320

FS 3: Western Africa Humid Lowlands 421,544

FS 4: Central Mekong 709,089

FS 5: Central America and the Caribbean -

Humidtropics 2014 budget

Budget by Line US$

SRT 1.1 446,501 Situation analysis

SRT 1.2 334,763 Baseline data and household typologies

SRT 1.3 361,160 Entry points

SRT 1.4 473,458 Global synthesis

SRT 2.1 - Markets, policies and other institutions

SRT 2.2 1,040,841 System productivity

SRT 2.3 - Natural Resource Management

SRT 3.1 - Capacity and institutional innovation

SRT 3.2 - Responsible scaling strategies, processes and adoption

R4D platforms - Support to R4D platforms linked to area-based flagships

Gender 67,175

CapDev 243,000 Additional US$ 220,000 for 2014

RBM -

Communication -

Coordination 84,000 SRT 1 leadership

Project support 53,830 Full cost recovery: N2Africa only for now

Humidtropics 2014 work programme

SRT 1.1: Situation analysis (Jo)• Guidelines developed: Green Triangle, W. Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia

SRT 1.2: Baseline data and household typologies (Nils)• IMPACT Lite adapted: W. Kenya, Green Triangle, Development Triangle

• SLATE tool adapted: Ethiopia, W. Kenya

SRT 1.3: Entry points (Peter) • EXTRAPOLATE adapted: W. Kenya, Green Triangle, Development Triangle, Golden Triangle (Plus 2

L&F VCs)

• Value Chain Assessments: Green Triangle, Development Triangle, Nigeria

• Household survey analysis: W. Kenya

SRT 1.4: Global synthesis (Keith)• M&E framework

• IDO Indicator Manual

• Spatial data layers and the Livestock Geo-Wiki

• Quantification of the Humidtropics / Action Areas / Action Sites / Field sites for targetting and

impact assessment

• Site similarity mapping tool

Humidtropics 2014 work programme

SRT 2.2: System productivity (Alan)• Tree-Forage-Livestock Assessment: Green Triangle

• Livestock feed resource analysis (FEAST): W. Kenya, Nigeria

• Feed price quality database: W. Kenya, Nigeria

• Household survey analysis: W. Kenya, Green Triangle, Nigeria

Gender: Gender research and integration (Annet)• Case studies on gender norms: Ethiopia

• Evaluate and provide guidelines for gender specificity in the Tools for Systems Analysis (TOSA)

• Gender relations baseline: W. Kenya

CapDev: Capacity Development (Iddo)• Support R4D platforms by building capacity in novel integrated systems approaches - training

workshops in at least four Action Sites.

• Develop training aids for tools (e.g. EXTRAPOLATE)

ILRI Humidtropics budget projction

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500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

2013 2014 2015 2016

Series3

Series2

Series1

40%30%

‘RBM’

Carry over

Allocation

Looking forward

• Significant cuts need to be made

• to staff, not operational funds

• Move from SRT 1 to SRT 2 and SRT 3

• more emphasis on research

• Need to focus geographically

• spread too thinly

• need to follow-up on situation analysis and baselines

• Put together strong bids for ‘Cluster 4’ funds

• R4D Partnership Development

• Particular areas for concern

• Cross-CRP activities

• Window 3 funding

• Publications

• Communications and publicity

• Where should ILRI position ourselves for 2015/6

Thank You !

Cross-CRP activities

• Need joint activities

• A4NH

• L&F

• CCAFS

• Drylands

Window 3 funding

• Existing

• BMZ legume project

• N2Africa

• AfricaRISING

• Pipeline

• IFAD-EC

• Need to target funds for particular

regions

Publications

• 2013: 2 peer-reviewed publications !

• Humidtropics Conference (Ibadan,

October 7-10)

• Working papers

• Publication plan

• Book on the roles and opportunities for

livestock in the Humidtropics

Communications and publicity

• Alfresco

• ILRI Humidtropics website

• Tools for Systems Analysis (TOSA)

• Document formats

• News and events

2014 Work Programme

• Plea from Assenath:

please get contracts set up EARLY to

avoid last minute rushing

2015/6 POWB

• 2015: 30% ‘results based’

• 2016: 40% ‘results based’