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CCARDESA Annual Report 2020

The main objective of the consultancy is to support the implementation of APPSA regional M&E activities. The specific objectives are to:

1. To Review and share Good Practice checklist for M&E and to foster the regional exchange of experience, good practices and tools through convening regular virtual meetings of the APPSA M&E Focal persons
2. To facilitate the establishment of M&E and Communication Working groups in Angola
3. To review the Results Frameworks for the 8 sub-projects that are currently being implemented
4. To Facilitate Results-based M&E training of RcoL staff
5. To develop guidelines on the establishment of database on agricultural technologies

The Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA)- is a project supported by the World Bank which seeks to promote a regional approach to agricultural technology generation and dissemination by supporting, strengthening and scaling up of regional centers of Regional Leadership on commodities of regional importance. APPSA is structured around four components of which one of them is technology generation and dissemination hence the reason for sub-projects that address this component.

This report highlights key outputs of CCARDESA’s activities for the year 2019 which were crafted along the five thematic areas of the Revised Medium-Term Operational Plan (2015-2018). The MTOP in turn derives its focus from key strategic regional documents such as the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP), the Regional Indicative and Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), and the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

The Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) is a subsidiary implementing institution of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat. This MTOP for CCARDESA’s is based on the CCARDESA long-term Strategic Plan (2018 - 2028) and the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) paradigm for Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) to align R&D organizations to sub-sector, sector and ultimately, national and regional development objectives.

This Options Paper focuses on some of the Best Bet Climate-Smart practice and technology options for rice production in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

Cet outil de décision vise à aider le personnel de vulgarisation au niveau du terrain à prendre des décisions intelligentes face au climat sur quelle option de gestion des régimes alimentaires pour le bétail convient le mieux au contexte de leurs agriculteurs. Cet outil n'est pas conçu comme un guide technique pour la mise en œuvre. Il est conçu pour aider le personnel de vulgarisation à prendre des décisions intelligentes face au climat sur les améliorations de leurs systèmes agricoles avec leurs agriculteurs comme clients. La référence aux guides techniques pertinents pour les pratiques et technologies décrites est incluse à la fin de l’outil

The advent of COVID-19 has disrupted face to face interaction of CCARDESA with its key stakeholders including its ICKM national focal point persons with whom they routinely share ways and means of strengthening the information sharing process in the SADC region. This has made CCARDESA explore ways of engaging its stakeholders virtually. However, the realization that most stakeholders may not have knowledge on how to use the existing virtual platforms, let alone know how to access them. This has prompted CCARDESA to engage a Consultant/s to develop virtual training modules that will capacitate its stakeholders with skills on how to use the virtual systems for learning and sharing information in the era of COVID-19. This calls for capacity building of stakeholders to enable them to engage and derive benefit from these tools to plan and implement actions on the ground.

Presentations discusses the role of M&E and learning in R&D projects

Presentations shares R&D efforts on legumes under APPSA.