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Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (Iagri) Final Report Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (iAGRI) Final Report Cooperative Agreement Number: 621-A-00-11-000090-00 Activity Start Date and End Date: March 1, 2011 to August 27, 2017 AOR Name: David Charles Submitted by: Mark Erbaugh Ohio State University (OSU) Office of International Programs in Agriculture 160 Bevis Hall 1080 Carmack Road Columbus, OH 43210 Tel: (614) 292-7252 Fax: (614) 292-1757 This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). July 2008 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Program Description ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Project Objectives ................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Balancing Intermediate and Long-term Results ..................................................................................... 6 1.4 Overview of Activities ............................................................................................................................. 6 1.5 Monitoring and Evaluation ..................................................................................................................... 9 2. Project Outcomes Measured by Formal Indicators of Intermediate Results ................................................ 10 2.1 Categories of Indicators ........................................................................................................................ 10 2.1.1 Feed the Future Indicators .................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2 Custom Indicators .................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Improved Agricultural Productivity (IR 1) ............................................................................................. 11 2.2.1 Human and Institutional Capacity Building (Sub IR 1.1) ........................................................ 12 2.2.2 Research and Technology Transfer (Sub IR 1.2) .................................................................... 12 2.3 Investment in Agriculture and Nutrition (IR 3) ..................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 Private Sector Linkages (Sub IR 3.1) ...................................................................................... 12 2.3.2 Knowledge and Ideas Generated through Organizational Experiments ............................... 13 2.3.3 Knowledge and Ideas Acquired through Study Tours (Sub IR 3.3) ........................................ 13 2.4 Enabling Policy Environment (IR 8) ....................................................................................................... 13 2.4.1 Capacity to Conduct Research and Analysis (Sub IR 8.1) ....................................................... 13 2.4.2 Public/Private Sector Dialogue on Policy (Sub IR 8.2) ........................................................... 13 2.5 Cross-cutting Issues .............................................................................................................................. 13 2.5.1 Gender ................................................................................................................................... 14 2.5.2 Climate Change ...................................................................................................................... 14 3. Major Project Activities ............................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Training Activities ................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1.1 Degree Training ..................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Short-term Training ............................................................................................................... 18 3.2 Research Activities ................................................................................................................................ 19 3.2.1 Collaborative Research .......................................................................................................... 19 3.2.2 Policy Research ...................................................................................................................... 21 3.3 Institutional Capacity Building Activities .............................................................................................. 22 3.3.1 Organizational Experiments and Study Tours to Change Mindsets ...................................... 22 3.3.2 Administrative Restructuring for the 21st Century University ............................................... 37 3.3.3 Building Capacity for Strategic Planning and Implementation .............................................. 38 3.3.4 Building Capacity for Technological Innovation .................................................................... 38 4. Project Impacts and Sustainability ............................................................................................................... 40 4.1 Training ................................................................................................................................................. 41 4.2 Research ............................................................................................................................................... 43 4.3 Institutional Capacity Building .............................................................................................................. 44 4.4 Impact of Global Linkages ..................................................................................................................... 45 5. Lessons Learned and Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 46 5.1 Human Capacity Development ............................................................................................................. 46 Recommendations: ............................................................................................................................... 48 5.2 Institutional Capacity Development ..................................................................................................... 48 2 Recommendations: ............................................................................................................................... 49 Annex I: FY 2017 pmp indicator progress ................................................................................................................ 51 Annex II: iAGRI-Sponsored Student List ............................................................................................................... 53 Annex III: Collaborative Research Outputs, Outcomes, and Impacts .................................................................... 65 Annex IV: Peer-Reviewed Publications by iAGRI Students ................................................................................... 67 Annex V: Conference Presentations by iagri students .......................................................................................... 78 Cover Page Photo Captions: (Clockwise from top left) – 1). Tractor-training event at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) through the Innovational Portfolio; 2). Participants during hydrological modeling workshop at SUA in November 2016; 3). iAGRI student, Stanslaus Materu, discusses his field research on water management in rice production; 4). Glory Mhalu, iAGRI student during Cohort II, who researched the effect of orange fleshed sweet potatoes on Vitamin A status in children. 3 List of Acronyms AWARD African Women in Agricultural Research and Development CARI Chollima Agricultural Research Institute CICT Center for Information Communication and Technology CSU Classroom Services Unit DAECD Department of Agricultural Extension and Community Development ELRC English Learning Resource Center FtF Feed the Future GoT Government of Tanzania GRE Graduate Record Exam GTA Graduate Teaching Assistant HDF Horticulture Demonstration Facility HICD Human and Institutional Capacity Development iAGRI Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative ICD Institutional Capacity Development IGU Income Generating Unit IP Innovation Portfolio IRR Internal Rate of Return LGU Land Grant University LIBHUB Library Management Software System LOP MALF Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries1 MATI Ministry of Agriculture Training Institute M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MLND Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease MoU Memorandum of Understanding NAIVS National Agricultural Input Voucher System NBS National Bureau of Statistics NGO Non-Governmental Organization NMB National Microfinance Bank NORAD Norwegian Agricultural Development Agency OIES Organizational Experiment Indicator Scale OSUC Ohio State University Consortium PAU Punjab Agricultural University PMP Performance Management Plan PMU Program Management Unit (of iAGRI in Tanzania) PPP Public-Private Partnership QAPB Quality Assurance Promotion Bureau ROI Return on investment RUFORUM Regional Universities Forum for Capacity
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