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Agriculture Education and Market Improvement Program (AEMIP) AEMIP Quarterly Progress Report OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2014 Submitted by: AEMIP Winrock International ISAV/F Campus Faranah, Guinea January 31st, 2015 AEMIP is funded by USAID Cooperative Agreement No. AID-675-A-13-00003, as an Associate Award under the Farmer-to-Farmer LWA Cooperative Agreement No.EDH-00-0900003-00. Contact AEMIP Andrew Kovarik, Program Director ISAV/F Campus Faranah, Guinea +224-62-082-0 433 [email protected] Winrock International AEMIP Quarterly Progress Report (October-December 2014) TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................................iii I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY–QUARTER OVERVIEW ........................................................... 2 II. WORK PLAN PROGRESS –STATUS OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES ................................ 5 A. Status of Planned Activities Year 2 ...................................................................................................................... 5 B. Discussion of planned activities that are delayed, postponed or cancelled, or unplanned activities that took place ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 III. ACCOMPLISHMENTS ....................................................................................................... 16 A. Activities implemented .......................................................................................................................................... 16 B. Deliverables & Reports Prepared ....................................................................................................................... 22 C. Quarter Outputs .................................................................................................................................................... 23 D. FY 2014 Year-End Outputs .................................................................................................................................. 27 IV. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................. 29 A. Change of Home Office Management Position ............................................................................................... 29 B. Plan for Continued Project Operations September-December 2014 .............................................................. 29 C. Volunteer Assignments Completed ................................................................................................................... 29 D. International Travel ................................................................................................................................................ 29 E. Key Stakeholder Meetings Held.......................................................................................................................... 29 G. Problems Encountered/Solutions Developed .................................................................................................. 30 H. Program Communications and Public Relations ............................................................................................. 30 I. Requested Adjustments to Approved Work Plan and PMP ........................................................................ 30 V. EMERGING BEST PRACTICES ......................................................................................... 30 VI. SUCCESS STORIES ............................................................................................................ 30 VII. WORK PLAN FOR NEXT QUARTER .............................................................................. 32 A. Activities Planned ................................................................................................................................................... 32 B. Volunteer Assignments Planned ......................................................................................................................... 32 C. Staff and Consultant Technical Assistance Planned ........................................................................................ 33 VIII. APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................... 33 Winrock International P a g e | ii AEMIP Quarterly Progress Report (October-December 2014) ACRONYMS AEMIP USAID’s Agriculture Education and Market Improvement Program AET Agriculture Education and Training AGRHYMET Center for Agriculture Research on Climate Change and Water/Natural Resource Management AQRM African Quality Rating Mechanism CDC Center for Disease Control CILSS Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel DPD AEMIP Deputy Program Director ENAE École Nationale de l’Agriculture et Elevage ENATEF École Nationale des Agents Téchniques des Eaux et Forêts EVD Ebola Virus Disease F2F USAID’s Farmer to Farmer for Agriculture Education and Training F2FCD F2F Country Director GAIN Guinean Agriculture Institutions Network GOG Government of Guinea HQ Winrock Headquarters ICT Information and Communications Technology ISAV/F Institut Supérieur Agronomique et Vétérinaire de Faranah LOE Level of Effort LTTA Long-Term Technical Assistance M&E Monitoring and Evaluation ODI Organizational Development Index PD AEMIP Program Director PMP Performance Monitoring Plan PPP Public-Private Partnership PU Purdue University PUPS PU Program Staff RS Winrock Recruitment and Mobilization Specialist SSA Sub Saharan Africa SOW Statement of Work STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance TA Technical Assistance TOR Terms of Reference TOT Training of Trainers UMES University of Maryland-Eastern Shore USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USG United States Government VTA Volunteer Technical Assistance WHO World Health Organization WI Winrock International Winrock International P a g e | iii AEMIP Quarterly Progress Report (October-December 2014) I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY –QUARTER OVERVIEW This report is a synthesis of the major activities planned and implemented, and the results achieved during the period from October 1st through December 31st, 2014. The major focus of project implementation for this reporting period included: (1) Completion of public outreach information for the Baseline Study for the AEMIP Global Climate Change (GCC) Integration Pilot (Foundational Activity) The Agriculture Education and Market Improvement Program (AEMIP) submitted the full Baseline Study to USAID in April, and began developing an annotated version to be shared with agriculture education and training (AET) stakeholders in the previous quarter. French and English Publication versions of the annotated report were completed during the quarter after reception of comments from USAID and ISAV/F. AEMIP has shared copies with the ISAV/F Direction. (2) Installation of the agro-meteorological research stations (Activity 1) During a short term consultancy conducted by two trainers form the University of Nzerekore’s Meteorological Department, the installation of the agro-meteorological research station was completed. The installation included measurement equipment, fencing and plot signboards. The trainers provided ISAV/F faculty and students a hands on training in installation, maintenance, data collection and agro- meteorology. The station will allow ISAV/F to conduct research trials on the influence of meteorological and climactic conditions on the production of various crops thus expanding the institutions role in developing Climate Smart Agriculture Strategies. (3) Editing of French-English Glossary of Agriculture and Climate Change Terminology (Activity 1) The French-English Glossary of Agriculture and Climate Change Terminology, based on a Purdue glossary from the 1980s, was revised over the quarter with additional terms added for biotechnology and precision agriculture. Based upon comments and discussion with ISAV/F and Purdue, a final revision will be undertaken in the upcoming quarter to create near 100% parallelism between the two versions and to add forwards in English and French. (4) Installation of Distance Learning Conference Center at ISAV/F Library (Activity 2) Due to the need to continue technical assistance assignments in the face of Ebola related travel restrictions, AEMIP installed a high speed internet connection in ISAV/F library. SOWs for three technical assistance assignments were adapted for this distance learning approach using platforms such as Webex. ISAV/F also requested the use of the conference center to host six masters’ thesis defenses for both Guinean and foreign students thus improve outreach and partnership with external partners. Winrock International P a g e | 2 AEMIP Quarterly Progress Report (October-December 2014) (5) Training of Trainers on Extension Methods (Activity 2) In early December, Dr. Jerry Peters and Dr. James Woolf presented a training of trainers through distance learning covering various extension techniques including: experiential student learning involving practical, hands-on problem-solving techniques; using extension participatory skills in working with adult learners and community leaders to conduct needs assessments with a logic model; and, preparing ISAV/F graduates with leadership skills that will help them become competitive in a global workforce. (6) Gender and Climate Change (Activity 3) In mid-December Mrs. Andrea Burniske provided a training of trainers
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