sasi_amsterdam

Livestock and Fish expert workshop on systems analysis for value chain transformation Amsterdam, 19 November 2014

Background

 * Rapidly changing world with increasing complexity
 * Challenges in agriculture, with growing populations, looming poverty and environmental concerns
 * System approach needed to solve this
 * Address these within the Livestock and Fish Research Program

Value chains is the major impact pathway in L&F. System Approaches to achieve:
 * “Better” Interventions in Value Chains
 * Value Chain Transformation

Key questions for today: How can systems research be done for VC?
 * What does a ”thinking framework” look like?
 * Which components and aspects?
 * Boundaries?
 * How can it be operationalized?
 * Which tools and approaches will be needed?

Objectives

 * Develop a shared understanding of:
 * Challenges in systems research
 * Role of systems research in L&F
 * Ways forward


 * Build & strengthen internal and external partnerships

Presentations

 * The vision for systems analysis research within the Livestock and Fish research program
 * The Egyptian tilapia value chain experience
 * Systems Analysis for Sustainable Innovation (SASI): A new flagship in the Livestock and Fish research program

Agenda
> - Anne Marie Izac, Senior Science Advisor, CGIAR Consortium office || Session V: Way forward ||
 * 9.00 – 10.30 || Session I: Setting the context
 * Welcome - Jens Heinke and Mats Lannerstad, Scientists, ILRI
 * Livestock and Fish CRP - Tom Randolph, Director, L&F
 * The L&F SASI Flagship - An Notenbaert, Flagship Leader, CIAT
 * Key note: Urgent need for systems analysis
 * 10.30 – 11.00 || Coffee/tea ||
 * 11.00 – 12.30 || Session II: Systems Approaches – Why? What? How? ||
 * 12.30 – 13.30 || Lunch ||
 * 13.30 – 14.30 || Session III: Challenges and Issues in System Analysis ||
 * 14.30 – 15.00 || Coffee/tea ||
 * 15.00 – 17:00 || Session IV: Deep Dive - How in Value Chains?
 * 17.00 || Drinks and Tapas – Meeting KIT team - SED-Gender Lounge ||
 * 20.00 || Joint dinner – Restaurant Asparagus (opposite the Tropen Hotel) ||

Participants

 * ** Name ** || ** Institution ** ||  ||
 * Jennie Barron || SEI/IWMI ||  ||
 * Susanne Rolinski || PIK ||  ||
 * Signe Nelgen || ILRI ||  ||
 * Dolapo Enahero || ILRI ||  ||
 * Mark van Wijk || ILRI ||  ||
 * Catherine Pfeiffer || ILRI ||  ||
 * Mats Lannerstad || ILRI ||  ||
 * Jens Heinke || ILRI/PIK ||  ||
 * Tom Randolph (remote) || L&F ||  ||
 * Anne-Marie Izac (remote) || CGIAR ||  ||
 * An Notenbaert || CIAT ||  ||
 * Ulf Magnusson || SLU ||  ||
 * Katrien Descheemaeker || WUR ||  ||
 * Carl Timler || WUR ||  ||
 * Alan Duncan || ILRI ||  ||
 * Froukje Kruijssen || WorldFish ||  ||
 * Annouka Eederwijk || KIT ||  ||
 * Katrine Danielsen || KIT ||  ||
 * Rhiannon Pyburn || KIT ||  ||
 * Rhiannon Pyburn || KIT ||  ||