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Proceedings of the International Workshop on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa (AISA), 29–31 May 2013, Nairobi, Kenya Bernard Triomphe, Ann Waters-Bayer, Laurens Klerkx, Marc Schut, Beth Cullen, Geoffrey Kamau and Ewen Le Borgne (Editors) 20 March 2014 Document downloadable at: http://aisa2013.wikispaces.com/ais+workshop ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people contributed to the preparation, organisation and documentation of the AISA workshop. We particularly want to thank the following people and the programmes and institutions they belong to: International Scientific and Organising Committee (ISOC) Adewale Adekunle (FARA), Alan Duncan (ILRI), Wiebke Foerch (CCAFS), Geoffrey Kamau (KARI, JOLISAA–Kenya), Laurens Klerkx (WUR/CoS–SIS), Mary Kamau (Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture), Joseph Mureithi (KARI), Teresiah Ng’ang’a (PROLINNOVA–Kenya), Riikka Rajalahti (World Bank), Luis Rodriguez (FSIFS/AusAID), Bernard Triomphe (CIRAD/JOLISAA) (ISOC Chair), Ann Waters-Bayer (PROLINNOVA). Kenya National Organising Committee (EAFIF–AISA) Peter Gitika (KENFAP), Geoffrey Kamau (KARI), Righa Makonge (World Neighbors), George Mazuri (USTADI Foundation), Monica Mueni (Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture), Pauline Mugendi (Land o’ Lakes), Catherine Mungai (CCAFS), Teresiah Ng'ang'a (PROLINNOVA–Kenya), Rahab Njoroge (IIRR), Aileen Ogolla (Practical Action), Bell Okello (ICRW), Maren Radeny (CCAFS–East Africa) and special thanks to Amos Thiong’o (AgriProFocus/APF) for his immense contributions in organising the Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair (EAFIF). AISA facilitation Ewen Le Borgne and Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) assisted by Ann Waters-Bayer and Bernard Triomphe, members of the International Scientific and Organisational Committee and volunteers drawn from the AISA participants. WAIA/AISA Secretariat Ann Gakio, Jane Kiugu, Mary Mwega, Nicholas Jumah, Olivia Mutai, Teresiah Ng’ang’a, Philip Okumu Sources of funding We thank the JOLISAA project (EU FP7), CCAFS/PROLINNOVA and AusAID for their financial support. We also thank the many self-sponsored participants, without whom it would not have been possible to hold this workshop. Correct Citation Please cite these proceedings as: Triomphe B, Waters-Bayer A, Klerkx L, Schut M, Cullen B, Kamau G & Le Borgne E (eds). 2014. Innovation in smallholder farming in Africa: recent advances and recommendations. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa (AISA), 29–31 May 2013, Nairobi, Kenya. Montpellier: CIRAD. 229 p. Proceedings AISA Workshop on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa, Nairobi, 29–31 May 2013 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... i Table of contents ...................................................................................................... ii Introduction, background and workshop process ............................................... 1 Objectives and structure of the AISA workshop ....................................................................................... 2 Who took part in the AISA workshop? ..................................................................................................... 2 The Living Keynote process...................................................................................................................... 3 The AISA workshop and the Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair.................................................... 5 Paper structure and review process ......................................................................................................... 6 Content of these proceedings.................................................................................................................... 7 Section 2: Long papers ............................................................................................ 8 Approach to delivering impact from agricultural research and development: the case of the Sub- Saharan Africa Challenge Program (A. Adekunle, K. Nyakahadzoi & S. Siziba) .............................. 8 Facilitating institutional change in West Africa: the CoS–SIS experience (S. Adjei-Nsiah, O. Sakyi-Dawson & L. Klerkx) ........................................................................................................... 18 Farmer-managed funds stimulate farmer-led participatory innovation processes (C. Macoloo, G. Kamau, M. Righa, T. Ng’ang’a, A. Waters-Bayer & L. van Veldhuizen) ................................. 26 Learning from agricultural research for development in sub-Saharan Africa: development of evidence-based propositions to improve food security outcomes (L. Rodriguez, Y. Maru, D. Walker, R. Ison, W. Wanjura, I. Kershaw & J. Dixon) .............................................. 37 Multi-stakeholder innovation processes in African smallholder farming: key lessons and policy recommendations from Benin, Kenya and South Africa (B. Triomphe, A. Floquet, A. Waters- Bayer, G. Kamau, J. van den Berg, B. Letty, R. Mongbo, J. Stevens, T. Crane, C. Almekinders, N. Sellamna, S.D. Vodouhê & N. Oudwater) ........................................................ 44 Section 3: Short papers ......................................................................................... 56 Supporting farmers with funds for innovation: the Ghanaian experience (F. Avornyo, J. Lambon, J. Nchor, M. Alebikiya, J.M. Kombiok & B. Alenyorege)............................................ 56 Facilitating agricultural innovation: example from Agricultural Innovation Grant Scheme (AIGS) in Papua New Guinea (T. Beshah, A. Mbabu & A. Hall) ................................................................... 60 Reflection on innovation processes in a smallholder goat development project in Mozambique (B. Boogaard, K. Swaans, S. Hendrickx & M. Cosijn)...................................................................... 66 Experiences with aloe domestication and exploitation, Baringo County, Kenya (J. Mulindo Chengole, M. Welimo, R. Belmin, G. Kamau, T. Ng’ang’a & B. Triomphe)............. 71 From a desired to a despised and later desired tree: the case of prosopis introduction and management in Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya (J. Mulindo Chengole, M. Welimo, R. Belmin, T. Ng’ang’a & G. Kamau) ................................................................................................ 75 Navigating power dynamics in innovation platforms: lessons from the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia (B. Cullen, Z. Lema, J. Tucker, K. Snyder & A. Duncan) ................................................................ 79 ASARECA: Working with national agriculture research systems to build capacity for agricultural innovation systems in Eastern and Central Africa (L. Dusengemungu, O. Ndayitegeye, J. Methu & D. Akishule) .......................................................................................... 85 Proceedings AISA Workshop on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa, Nairobi, 29–31 May 2013 ii No see, no hear, no talk – a three-monkeys fable in the ARD triangle: the agrofishing “hwedo” system of the Ouémé floodplain (Bénin) (A. Floquet, R. Mongbo, G. Vodouhê & F. Houèdokoho) .................................................................................................................................... 90 Models in innovation studies: a critical reflection based on comparison of four innovation processes in Benin (A. Floquet, S.D. Vodouhê, J. van den Berg, R. Tossou, B. Triomphe & R. Mongbo)................................................................................................................. 95 How innovation processes unfold along unexpected trajectories: the case of soy in Benin (A. Floquet, G. Vodouhê, A. Michaud, B. Bridier & S.D. Vodouhê) ............................................. 104 Bringing new ideas into practice: learning from RIU experiments with agricultural innovation (P. Gildemacher, R. Mur & M. Wongtschowski) ............................................................................ 109 Innovation research in high-value commodity chains: lessons learnt (H. Høgh Jensen, C. Odhong, R. Onwonga & N. Halberg) ........................................................................................... 114 Farms of the Future: an innovative approach for strengthening adaptive capacity (A. Jarvis, J. Ramirez-Villegas, V. Nelson, R. Lamboll, N. Nathaniels, M. Radeny, C. Mungai, O. Bonilla-Findji, D. Arango & C. Peterson) ............................................................... 119 Innovation in gadam sorghum production and marketing in Eastern Kenya (J. Kavoi, G. Kamau, R. Kisilu, J. Wafula & T. Ng’ang’a) ............................................................ 125 Experiences from JOLISAA: three cases of multistakeholder innovation processes in South Africa (B. Letty, J. Stevens, G. Rootman, N. Buthelezi, W. Jagiello & B. Triomphe) ............................. 128 Agricultural innovation funds at community level in Kenya (C. Macoloo, G. Kamau, M. Righa, T. Ng’ang’a, A. Waters-Bayer & L. van Veldhuizen) ................................................... 132 Seasonal weather forecasting: integration of indigenous and scientific knowledge (H. Mahoo, W. Mbungu, F. Rwehumbiza, E. Mpeta, I. Yonah, J. Recha, M. Radeny & J. Kinyangi) ......................................................................................................................................... 137 Broad versus specific agricultural recommendations: implications for research and policy (M. Mkondiwa