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Project
4.2:
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Socioeconomics
of Agricultural Production Systems in Dry Areas |
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| Goal: | Sustainable improvement of the welfare of poor people in dry areas through the identification of problems and the development, transfer and adoption of viable options. | ||
| Indicator: |
Increased productivity, sustainable farming practices, and higher returns
to farm resources. |
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| Purpose: | A better understanding of the economic and social dimensions of rural poverty through micro-economic and social analysis of farm households and rural poverty improved targeting of technology transfer efforts. | ||
| Indicator: | Increased
use of multi-disciplinary problem diagnosis by ICARDA and NARS scientists. Increased use of farmer participatory research methods by ICARDA and NARS researchers in technology development and evaluation and targeting of technologies. Adoption of formal methods of impact assessment for evaluating the potential impacts of ICARDA's research program. Adoption by national programs of effective methods (including participatory techniques) of problem diagnosis and constraint analysis of agricultural systems with noticeable impact on the technology development and transfer process. Adoption by national programs of formal and quantitative methods of impact (ex ante and ex post) assessment which takes into account the economic, social and environmental aspects of the technology in target agricultural systems. |
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| Output 1: | Production problems of resource-poor farmers identified and their production systems characterized. | ||
| Indicators: | Diagnostic surveys carried out and production problems identified with in farming systems | ||
| Milestones: | |||
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2003:
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Production problem diagnosis and characterization of farm and households typologies in three watersheds in Yemen completed. | ||
| 2004: | Production
problem diagnosis and characterization of farm and households typologies
of Punjab province, Pakistan, completed. Technological and management options described for the Khanasser Integrated Research Site in Syria. |
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| Output 2: | Rural households and their livelihood strategies characterized and the circumstances that constrain or enhance the adoption of technologies and management practices identified. | ||
| Indicators: | Household studies | ||
| Milestones: | |||
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2003:
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Study
of the effects of socio-economic factors on the incidence of Lathyrism
in Ethiopia completed. Determinants of rural poverty in the dry areas of WANA (including western Anatolian region of Turkey, Khanasser valley of Syria, mountains of Yemen) analyzed. Analysis of the socio-economic factors affecting lysine deficiency in rural areas of Syria completed. |
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2004:
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Study
of determinants of rural poverty in selected cases in the dry areas of
WANA completed. Analysis of the gender dimension of rural poverty by disaggregating rural livelihood systems in selected area in the CWANA region completed. Analysis of the spatial distribution of poverty (poverty mapping) in Syria completed. |
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| Output 3: | Quality of farmer participation in agricultural research improved. | ||
| Indicators: | Guidelines
and procedures for effective farmer participation in research provided
to NARS. Guidelines and procedures for user participation in the dialogue and evaluation of improved technology provided to NARS researchers. |
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| Milestones: | |||
| 2003: |
Guidelines and methods for farmer participation in research developed. Analysis of farmers' decisions on land use changes using five years monitoring data in different agro-ecologies in Egypt and the effects of these changes on the environment. |
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| Output 4: | Documented adoption, and feedback of user evaluations into the technology generation process. | ||
| Indicators: | Adoption studies and analysis of constraints to adoption of technologies identified in target agricultural systems | ||
| Milestones: | |||
| 2004: | Adoption study on lentils in Ethiopia conducted. | ||
| 2005: |
Studies of adoption of technologies in Egypt, Pakistan, and Central Asia
completed. |
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| Output 5: | Quantified ex ante and ex post impact of new technologies and information for research priority setting and planning. | ||
| Indicators: | Guidelines
for identifying and assessing the different types of impacts of agricultural
research made available to NARS of WANA. Ex ante and ex post impact assessments of agricultural technology and analysis of the returns to research supplied to research managers in ICARDA, NARS, the CGIAR, and the donor community. |
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| Milestones: | |||
| 2003: |
An ex ante impact study of one technology completed in one agro-ecology. An ex ante impact study of the IPM of sunn pest of wheat in Iran, Syria and Turkey completed. |
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2005:
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An
ex ante impact study of chickpeas in Turkey completed. |
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| Output 6: | Evaluation of the economics of livestock production in the low rainfall areas of CWANA. | ||
| Indicators: | Development
of a database of the livestock surveys and experiments conducted by ICARDA
Report of the preliminary analyses are conducted and knowledge gaps Synthesis report on the economics of livestock production |
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| Milestones: | |||
| 2003: |
Analysis of livestock marketing channels in the changing institutional
and policy environment of Central Asia completed. Analysis of the economics of livestock production in the changing agricultural systems in WANA published. |
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| Output 7: | Strengthened research capacity of NARS. | ||
| Indicators: | Training
of NARS personnel in research methods in the socioeconomic aspects of
technology development and transfer. Thematic workshops on multidisciplinary and socioeconomic research |
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| Milestones: | |||
| Anually: |
Socio-economic training (including on-the job individual and group training
and training workshops) organized for NARS in collaborating projects. Contribution to training courses organized by other projects. |
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| Duration: | 3
years. |
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| Users and beneficiaries: | |||
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ICARDA and NARS researchers will benefit from the feedback provided by
the project, through better targeting of their research and greater awareness
of the problems and constraints faced by farm households. Farmers will,
in turn, benefit from the development of appropriate technologies and
solutions to production problems that take account of their needs and
constraints. The information generated from the analysis of rural poverty
and the micro-studies of farm households will ensure that technical solutions
are developed that take account of the different needs of the rural poor. |
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| Collaborators: | |||
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All activities are conducted in collaboration with NARS and universities in CWANA. |
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| Cost:
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| 2003 | US$ 1.521 Million | ||
| 2004 | US$ 1.609 Million | ||
| 2005 | US$ 1.673
Million |
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| System
Linkages: |
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| Output 2 | Germplasm collection: | 50 % | |
| Output 3 | Sustainable Production: | 40% | |
| Output 5 | Enhancing NARS: | 10% | |
| Participation
in the Systemwide Programme on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis
(SP-PRGA) convened by CIAT. Linkage with CGIAR SPIA (formerly IAEG). |
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| Financing Plan: | |||
| Unrestricted core funds. Donor attributed funding from DFID, UK; studies on the adoption and impact of specific technologies supported under the respective projects; research on nutrition financed by International Nutrition Foundation, USA; restricted program funding from BMZ; activities in Egypt funded by Egypt; cooperation in Pakistan supported by Barani Village Development Project. Anticipated funding from IFAD and Asian Development Bank for activities in Central Asia. | |||
| Project 4.1 | |||