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| {"metadata":{"id":"008e20becc6b48b2c968c9b09e2875ee","source":"gardian_index","url":"https://cgspace.cgiar.org/rest/bitstreams/65a1352b-cb0a-46e8-bbf8-6c9b368474fb/retrieve"},"pageCount":1,"title":"Targeting for the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme (SSA-CP): ILRI outcome story 2005","keywords":[],"chapters":[],"figures":[],"sieverID":"971e7a79-0434-48a9-bee7-0325002a4d14","abstract":"ILRI developed a number of methodologies and tools for targeting Research and Development interventions in developing countries. The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) asked ILRI to use these research outputs in helping FARA to develop a framework that would identify Pilot Learning Sites (PLS) for the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme (SSA-CP).This research was first planned in the 1998-2000 MTP and achieved in 2005. Two main outputs from ILRI research were used for identifying PLS; (1) continent-wide maps of agricultural potential of the underlying resource base; (2) characterization of agricultural systems based on spatial overlays of agricultural potential, population density, market access and poverty levels. These outputs were then used by Sub-Saharan Africa's sub-regional research organizations (SROs) to identify candidate PLS based on the potential impact for science and technology (S&T) interventions to alleviate poverty A number of actors were involved. ILRI led a small task force to develop a framework for identifying suitable sites for implementing SSA-CP activities. ILRI targeting research outputs were then combined with information from rapid assessment conducted by partners at these sites to identify entry points and priorities for S&T interventions appropriate for the region. The three SROs (ASARECA, CORAF and SAD-FANR) held stakeholder consultations to use the targeting framework, information from the rapid appraisal and the ILRI-derived maps and data from the candidate sites. Using criteria guided by ILRI, the stakeholders ranked the pilot learning sites and selected among those top-ranked one site for each sub-region of Africa.The use of the targeting framework derived from ILRI research was very influential in allowing FARA and the SROs to systematically choose PLS based on reproducible criteria."} |