Guidelines+for+briefs

Topics

 * 05 Appropriate feed technologies
 * 06 Village innovation platforms

Key messages
Decide what key messages you want to convey. Base the draft around these messages.

Possible structure
Total 2000 words (4 A4 pages)

Message

 * 50 words. What is the key message you are trying to get across?
 * 200 words. What is the issue? What problem did you try to solve? What causes the problem? How serious is it? What effects does it have?
 * 600 words. How was the problem solved (or how can it be solved)? Give locations, dates, organizations involved. How to use the technique you recommend?
 * 600 words. What evidence can you give that your solution works? This may be a short case story, tables, graphics, data.
 * 200 words. What should be done next to ensure that your solution is adopted and spreads?

Illustrations
Bring ideas for illustrations – flow diagrams, labelled diagrams, or drawings. We can make sketches during the writeshop and commission an artist to draw them later. Each brief will have one or perhaps two illustrations.

Photos
We can include photos to illustrate the text, so bring them with you. Requirements: excellent quality, stunning composition, superb lighting. JPG format, at least 1 megabyte in size. Make sure you know who the photo should be attributed to, and that you have permission to use it. Write a caption describing what the photo shows and how it relates to the topic of the brief. Bring other photos with you for the artists to refer to when they are drawing the illustrations.

Authors
Names and contact information (organization, email address) of the authors or others who can provide more information.