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DURAS Documentation workshops held
Two separate DURAS workshops were organized aimed at documenting and analyzing experience in building multi-stakeholder partnership in implementing DURAS-funded projects.
Two separate DURAS workshops were organized aimed at documenting and analyzing experience in building multi-stakeholder partnership in implementing DURAS-funded projects.
The first workshop (held on 16-19 January 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam) was for anglophone projects. It gathered together around 20 participants from three Southeast Asian countries (i.e., Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), from Kenya and France. The second workshop (held on 11-15 February 2008 in Cotonou, Benin) was for francophone projects. A total of 32 participants from eight West African countries (i.e., Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Senegal) and from France took part in this event.
During the workshops, participants discussed and defined indicators which can be used in analyzing and evaluating success and partnership quality of their respective projects based on different criteria (e.g., participation, knowledge management, capacity building/ empowerment, and institutionalization). Thereafter, each project will prepare an article highlighting the process and partnership dimension of their respective initiative.
It should be recalled that the 12 DURAS projects were selected on the basis of an eligibility criteria which requires (1) projects to involve at least three types of stakeholder groups, including a farmer organization, a non-government organization, and/or a small/medium agri-enterprise; and (2) involvement of at least two countries from the South. Such innovative criteria are deemed relevant in fostering agricultural research for development.
International NGO ILEIA Group (Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture) provided support in employing process documentation methodology and has also provided financial contribution for the organization of the two workshops. ILEIA’s Jorge Chavez-Tafur and Karen Hampson co-facilitated the anglophone workshop while francophone event was co-facilitated by Awa Faly Ba Mbow of Innovation, Environnement, Développement (IED-Afrique), Frank van Schoubroeck (ILEIA) and Henri Hocdé (CIRAD).
A special publication that will feature lessons learnt on each of the 12 projects as well as their research findings will be prepared and disseminated. These lessons learnt will also be presented in the DURAS Project Closing Workshop, slated in June 2008, which is being organized under the auspices of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR).
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Thu Feb 28 12:03:27 CET 2008 Attached resources
 Some of the participants in the francophone workshop held in February in Cotonou in a group photo taken at the end of the 5-day event
 Participants in the Anglophone workshop held in January in Hanoi pose for a group photo.
 Participants from Cambodia visited Nam Sach one of the sites of the Pig Projet led by RUDEC. Tasting of the borax-free traditional meat products followed.
 Participants involved in the POPSe project (from University of Nairobi and the Center for Participatory Irrigation Management) discuss lessons learned in implementing their project.
 During the Open Marketplace session of the Benin workshop, Yann Madode a young researcher from the Regional Center for Applied Nutrition and Food of the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) explains to other participants activities of the Malto-Sorgo Project which is seeking to produce quality sorghum and millet for small-scale food production in the sub-region.
 Benin workshop participants discussing with locals from Ze village who are involved in the INNOBAP Project. The villagers are involved in the participatory selection of improved varieties of banana and plantain.
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Some of the participants in the francophone workshop held in February in Cotonou in a group photo taken at the end of the 5-day event
Participants in the Anglophone workshop held in January in Hanoi pose for a group photo.
Participants from Cambodia visited Nam Sach one of the sites of the Pig Projet led by RUDEC. Tasting of the borax-free traditional meat products followed.
Participants involved in the POPSe project (from University of Nairobi and the Center for Participatory Irrigation Management) discuss lessons learned in implementing their project.
During the Open Marketplace session of the Benin workshop, Yann Madode a young researcher from the Regional Center for Applied Nutrition and Food of the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) explains to other participants activities of the Malto-Sorgo Project which is seeking to produce quality sorghum and millet for small-scale food production in the sub-region.
Benin workshop participants discussing with locals from Ze village who are involved in the INNOBAP Project. The villagers are involved in the participatory selection of improved varieties of banana and plantain.