Presented by Timothy Robinson, ILRI, Nairobi, 6 May 2014

1. Humidtropics update and ILRI planning meeting
Info Centre, ILRI, Nairobi, 6 May 2014
Timothy Robinson

2. Programme

3. Humidtropics
• Launched in July 2012
• Phase 1 was due to end in June 2015
(3 years)
• Goal: Improving agricultural productivity in a
sustainable manner and transforming the
lives of the rural poor in the humid tropics
• Theme: Sustainable intensification
• Six Intermediate Development Outcomes
(IDOs)
• New programmatic framework in 2013: Five
‘Flagship Projects’ – one crosscutting and
four based on Action Areas
• Extension of Phase 1 to the end of 2016
• Phased shift towards ‘Results Based
Management’

4. Programmatic framework

5. Action Areas (Tier 1)

6. Action Sites and Field Sites

7. Spatial scaling
• Estimate actual impact of intervention(s) at
field site level (in terms of IDO indicators)
• Estimate potential impact of intervention(s)
at a range of levels (Action Site, Action Area,
Humidtropics) based on spatial data and
similarity mapping
• Estimate the expected impact of
intervention(s) based on:
• partnerships
• political and institutional constraints
• innovation capacity
Field Site
Action Site
Action Area
Humidtropics
Impact

8. Intermediate Development Outcomes
IDO 1 Income: lift 3 million poor households above the
poverty line.
IDO 2 Nutrition: dietary diversity for improved nutrition
of 3 million poor households attained.
IDO 3 Productivity: 2 million poor households increased
total factor productivity by 60% while sustaining
the natural resources.
IDO 4 Environment: 3.5 million hectares of degraded
land is restored to sustainable management.
IDO 5 Gender: women and youth in 1 million target
households perceive they have better control
over assets, input and benefits.
IDO 6 Capacity to Innovate: indicators related to
coalitions for change, institutionalization of
innovation methods, processes and strategies,
improvement of knowledge development
capacity, mainstreaming innovation-thinking
procedures into projects, and autonomous
continuation of innovation networks.
nine year targets (to 2022)

9. Biophysical
Socio-
cultural
Economic
Institutiona
l
Political
R4D and
Innovation Platforms
SRT 1
•Situational analysis
•Baselines & typologies
•Entry points
•Global synthesis
SRT 2
•Policies, markets and institutions
•Productivity
•NRM
SRT 3
•Institutional innovation capacity
•Responsible scaling
Globalsynthesisandlearning
Entry points
External environment
Selected interventions
Technical
Humidtropics summary diagram

10. The Flagship Projects
1.1 Global synthesis
(SRT 1)
1.2 Strategic nutrition
research (SRT 2)
1.3 Scaling out and
institutional innovation
(SRT 3)
1.4 Gender research
and integration
1.5 Capacity
development
x.1 Systems analysis
and synthesis (SRT 1)
x.2 Integrates systems
improvement (SRT 2)
x.3 Scaling out and
institutional innovation
(SRT 3)
x.4 R4D partnership
development
CrosscuttingFlagshipProject
Area-basedFlagshipProjects

11. Humidtropics ILRI budget lines
Code Description
SRT 1.1 Situation analysis
SRT 1.2 Baseline data and household typologies
SRT 1.3 Entry points
SRT 1.4 Global synthesis
SRT 2.1 Markets, policies and other institutions
SRT 2.2 System productivity
SRT 2.3 Natural Resource Management
SRT 3.1 Capacity and institutional innovation
SRT 3.2 Responsible scaling strategies, processes and adoption
R4D platforms Support to R4D platforms, linked to area-based flagships
Gender Gender research
CapDev Capacity Development
RBM Results Based Management
Communication Communications
Coordination SRT 1 leadership
Project support Full cost recovery, based on 15% overheads

12. Humidtropics allocations (W1/2)
PARTNER 2013 2014
IITA 3,682,670 4,190,286
ILRI 2,173,256 2,453,498
CIAT 1,174,612 1,514,612
FARA 2,082,240 1,500,000
AVRDC 800,000 890,000
ICRAF 612,312 829,310
icipe 695,268 771,000
WUR 396,000 689,043
CIP 631,892 660,000
Bioversity 269,136 644,867
IWMI 461,376 461,376
Total W1/W2 12,978,761 14,603,992
IITA
ILRI
CIAT
FARA
AVRDC
ICRAF*
icipe
WUR
CIP
Bioversity
IWMI

13. Humidtropics allocations (W1/2)
PARTNER
TOTAL
W1/W2
Normal
Allocation
Action Area
Coordination
SRT
Leadership
Action
Area Fund
Additional
1
Additional
2
IITA 4,190,286 2,837,286 560,000 63,000 360,000 230,000 140,000
ILRI 2,453,498 2,149,498 0 84,000 0 220,000 0
CIAT 1,514,612 831,612 280,000 63,000 120,000 150,000 70,000
FARA 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 0 0 0 0
AVRDC 890,000 800,000 0 0 0 90,000 0
ICRAF 829,310 254,310 280,000 105,000 120,000 0 70,000
icipe 771,000 695,268 0 0 0 75,732 0
WUR 689,043 312,000 0 42,000 0 120,000 215,043
CIP 660,000 631,893 0 0 0 28,107 0
Bioversity 644,867 269,136 0 0 0 0 375,731
IWMI 461,376 461,376 0 0 0 0 0
Total W1/2 14,603,992 10,742,379 1,120,000 357,000 600,000 913,839 870,774

14. Humidtropics 2014 budget
Outgoing Costs US$
Non-staff (60%) 1,252,410
Staff (40%) 1,852,319
Total 3,104,729
Incoming Budget
Normal 2014 allocation 2,149,498
SRT 1 leadership 84,000
CapDev 220,000
Sub-total 2,453,498
Actual carry over from
2013
216,436
Actual budget for 2014 2,669,934
Shortfall 434,795

15. Humidtropics 2014 budget
Budget by Flagship US$
FS 1: Crosscutting 868,945
FS 2: East and Central Africa 1,051,320
FS 3: Western Africa Humid Lowlands 421,544
FS 4: Central Mekong 709,089
FS 5: Central America and the Caribbean -

16. Humidtropics 2014 budget
Budget by Line US$
SRT 1.1 446,501 Situation analysis
SRT 1.2 334,763 Baseline data and household typologies
SRT 1.3 361,160 Entry points
SRT 1.4 473,458 Global synthesis
SRT 2.1 - Markets, policies and other institutions
SRT 2.2 1,040,841 System productivity
SRT 2.3 - Natural Resource Management
SRT 3.1 - Capacity and institutional innovation
SRT 3.2 - Responsible scaling strategies, processes and adoption
R4D platforms - Support to R4D platforms linked to area-based flagships
Gender 67,175
CapDev 243,000 Additional US$ 220,000 for 2014
RBM -
Communication -
Coordination 84,000 SRT 1 leadership
Project support 53,830 Full cost recovery: N2Africa only for now

17. Humidtropics 2014 work programme
SRT 1.1: Situation analysis (Jo)
• Guidelines developed: Green Triangle, W. Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia
SRT 1.2: Baseline data and household typologies (Nils)
• IMPACT Lite adapted: W. Kenya, Green Triangle, Development Triangle
• SLATE tool adapted: Ethiopia, W. Kenya
SRT 1.3: Entry points (Peter)
• EXTRAPOLATE adapted: W. Kenya, Green Triangle, Development Triangle, Golden Triangle (Plus 2
L&F VCs)
• Value Chain Assessments: Green Triangle, Development Triangle, Nigeria
• Household survey analysis: W. Kenya
SRT 1.4: Global synthesis (Keith)
• M&E framework
• IDO Indicator Manual
• Spatial data layers and the Livestock Geo-Wiki
• Quantification of the Humidtropics / Action Areas / Action Sites / Field sites for targetting and
impact assessment
• Site similarity mapping tool

18. Humidtropics 2014 work programme
SRT 2.2: System productivity (Alan)
• Tree-Forage-Livestock Assessment: Green Triangle
• Livestock feed resource analysis (FEAST): W. Kenya, Nigeria
• Feed price quality database: W. Kenya, Nigeria
• Household survey analysis: W. Kenya, Green Triangle, Nigeria
Gender: Gender research and integration (Annet)
• Case studies on gender norms: Ethiopia
• Evaluate and provide guidelines for gender specificity in the Tools for Systems Analysis (TOSA)
• Gender relations baseline: W. Kenya
CapDev: Capacity Development (Iddo)
• Support R4D platforms by building capacity in novel integrated systems approaches - training
workshops in at least four Action Sites.
• Develop training aids for tools (e.g. EXTRAPOLATE)

19. ILRI Humidtropics budget projction
-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
2013 2014 2015 2016
Series3
Series2
Series1
40%
30%
‘RBM’
Carry over
Allocation

20. Looking forward
• Significant cuts need to be made
• to staff, not operational funds
• Move from SRT 1 to SRT 2 and SRT 3
• more emphasis on research
• Need to focus geographically
• spread too thinly
• need to follow-up on situation analysis and baselines
• Put together strong bids for ‘Cluster 4’ funds
• R4D Partnership Development
• Particular areas for concern
• Cross-CRP activities
• Window 3 funding
• Publications
• Communications and publicity
• Where should ILRI position ourselves for 2015/6

21. Thank You !

22. Cross-CRP activities
• Need joint activities
• A4NH
• L&F
• CCAFS
• Drylands

23. Window 3 funding
• Existing
• BMZ legume project
• N2Africa
• AfricaRISING
• Pipeline
• IFAD-EC
• Need to target funds for particular
regions

24. Publications
• 2013: 2 peer-reviewed publications !
• Humidtropics Conference (Ibadan,
October 7-10)
• Working papers
• Publication plan
• Book on the roles and opportunities for
livestock in the Humidtropics

25. Communications and publicity
• Alfresco
• ILRI Humidtropics website
• Tools for Systems Analysis (TOSA)
• Document formats
• News and events

26. 2014 Work Programme
• Plea from Assenath:
please get contracts set up EARLY to
avoid last minute rushing

27. 2015/6 POWB
• 2015: 30% ‘results based’
• 2016: 40% ‘results based’