26 February 2018
Presentations
| 09:00 | Welcome by IFPRI and ISPC/SPIA | David Spielman, IFPRI; Leslie Lipper, ISPC |
| 09:10 | Session 1. Overview and objectives | Chair: Karen Macours, SPIA |
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| 09:20 | Introductions | Nancy Johnson, SPIA |
| 09:40 | Presentation: Trends in NRM investment, research and impact assessment in CGIAR | Lakshmi Krishnan, SPIA |
| 10:00 | Session 2. Recent evidence on uptake of crop, land and water management innovations at scale | Nancy Johnson, SPIA |
| 10:05 | Presentation: Synthesis of findings from 9 studies | James Stevenson & Paul Vlek, SPIA |
| 11:15 | Reflections from some Centers involved in SIAC studies | |
| 11:45 | Bringing in the landscape perspective Presentation: CIFOR systematic review of integrated landscape approaches |
James Reed, CIFOR |
| 12:40 | Lunch | |
| 13:40 | Session 3. Improving how NRM innovations are developed and tested | Chair: Frank Place, IFPRI/PIM |
| 13:45 | Presentation: Yield gap or field gap? Reevaluating the yield gap bringing together agronomic and economic insights | Bernard Vanlauwe, IITA |
| 14:15 | Presentation: Testing NRM innovations with the farmer in mind | Kelsey Jack, Tufts University (virtual) |
| 14:45 | Presentation: Understanding and coping with heterogeneity in designing experiments | Ric Coe, ICRAF/ Statistics for Sustainable Development |
| 15:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:50 | Discussants – focusing on WG questions below | Bruno Gerard, CIMMYT; Cheryl Palm, University of Florida |
| 16:15 | Working Group Session A. Discussion in three breakout groups 1. Clarity in NRM research agenda and impact pathways within the CGIAR 2. Adequacy of NRM research process design 3. Realistic assessments of trade-offs – what are the right questions to ask? |
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| 17:30 | Working Group Session A. Reporting back | |
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18:00 |
Reception (hosted by SPIA at IFPRI) |
27 February 2018
| 08:30 | Light breakfast | |
| 09:00 | Session 4. Improving how NRM innovations are promoted and scaled | Chairs: Karl Hughes, ICRAF |
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| 09:10 | Presentation: What have we learnt from evaluations of extension interventions for NRM technologies? | Florence Kondylis, World Bank |
| 09:40 | Presentation: Understanding constraints to adoption | Jenny Aker, Tufts University |
| 10:10 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 | Presentation: Insights from behavioral economics - uncertainty, risk preferences, nudges | Patrick Ward, IFPRI |
| 11:00 | Discussant: NRM Adoption | Kathy Baylis, University of Illinois |
| 11:15 | Working Group Session B. Discussion in three breakout groups 1. Taking stock of where we are as researchers on the topic 2. Top three priorities going forward 3. Concrete actions we can take forward to address these priorities |
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| 12:15 | Working Group Session B. Reporting back | |
| 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 | Session 5. Methods and tools for assessing adoption and impact of NRM innovations | Chair: Nancy Johnson, SPIA |
| 13:50 | Presentation: New approaches to measuring improved natural resource systems and ecosystem services | Bradley Doorn, NASA; Yusuke Kuwayama, Resources for the Future |
| 14:20 | Presentation: Developing indicators for sustainable intensification | Cheryl Palm, University of Florida |
| 14:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:10 | Presentation: Making better use of secondary data in impact assessment of natural resource management interventions | Katharine Sims, Amherst College |
| 15:40 | Discussants | Claudia Ringler, IFPRI; Leslie Lipper, ISPC |
| 15:50 | Working Group Session C. Discussion in three breakout groups 1. Promising areas for methodology development given specific challenges of NRM 2. Priorities for adoption and impact studies in the context of constraints to adoption and challenges to scale 3. Areas for innovation in measurement, considering that environmental impacts of NRM technologies are not adequately evaluated or captured |
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| 16:50 | Working Group Session C. Reporting back | |
| 17:20-17:50 | Conclusions and Close of Workshop | Chairs: Karen Macours, SPIA; David Spielman, IFPRI |
28 February 2018
| 08:30 | Light breakfast | |
| 09:00-10:30 | Workshop follow up (not required of non-CGIAR participants) |
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| This session will focus on concrete follow up actions to implement the ideas generated in the workshop |
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| At the end of the workshop, those participants staying on for the policy seminar will have to go to the IFPRI building on 1201 Eye St., NW ( a 20 minute walk or short ride by taxi) |
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| 11:45-14:00 | IFPRI Policy seminar. Managing natural resources for sustainable production systems: A research agenda at the crossroads | Moderator: Frank Place, Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) |
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| A light lunch will be provided by IFPRI before the seminar |