reflection1_storagejar

NBDC Science and Reflection Workshop =4-6 May 2011= =ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa=


 * Ideas dropped in the Storage Jar**


 * Need integrated approach ... for communities to avoid
 * mixed messages
 * consultation/research fatigue
 * Linking models to community engagement
 * Water productivity:
 * Most of the databases are crude and small scale to rely on for modeling (e.g. soil map of Ethiopia is about 1:00,000 scale) our hydrological database are scant
 * The modeling will suffer of reliability. Clear biophysical and social contexts need to be made both to model processes and outscaling results
 * Communities can be sources of data. How do you put it?
 * In terms of process it is a big task to be presented with the innovative platforms and headline question and to immediately ask have we got it right? sometime for digest and reflection be there
 * RMS scenarios group
 * So many hydrological national partners
 * What is the scale of community conversations/action research
 * How to link modeling to innovation platforms and action research
 * Focus and prioritization in science
 * The NBDC is very ambitious. What will really be done in practical terms?
 * Now we have some RMS for each site - but how do we progress this. How do we get farmers/communities more involved?
 * Need to introduce gender perspective to Kees Swanns innovation platform document
 * Recurring point: Involve the communities - Who? How?
 * Be pragmatic
 * A high volume of work which was very rich and diverse has been presented throughout the workshop. Is there a process to prioritize and bring them together?