Project+progress+workshop+in+Morogoro,+Tanzania+(20-24+Jan+2014)

Venue
[|Nashera Hotel] Morogoro

Meeting objectives

 * Briefly review project progress (update and refresher from Almora)
 * Peer review forward plans for 2014
 * Build common understanding on innovation platforms
 * Think about project outputs and synthesis

Day 1 - Wednesday 22 Jan 2014

 * Morning** - review project progress (maybe not the whole morning)


 * ~ Time ||~ Topic ||~ Who? ||~ Note taker ||
 * 08:30 || Participant introductions/ice breaker || Thanammal || Walter for the morning sessions ||
 * 08:40 || [[file:Alan Duncan - MilkIT introductory presentation.pptx|Refresher on MilkIT - aims and objectives]] || Alan ||  ||
 * 09:00 || [[file:Morogoro Jan 2014 Maziwa Zaidi Progress Update - 22Jan13 - For MilkiT Coodination meeting - Morogoro Amos Omore.pptx|Update on overall progress of Maziwa Zaidi]] || Amos ||  ||
 * 09:30 || [[file:MilkIT_CoordinationMeeting_140122.pdf|Review of progress in India (including discussion)]] || India team led by Thanammal ||  ||
 * 10:30 || Tea/coffee || Alan ||  ||
 * 11:00 || [[file:MOROGORO STAKEHOLDERS MEETING_April 2013.doc|Review of progress in Tanzania (including discussion)]] || Tanzania team led by Brigitte ||   ||
 * 12:00 || General discussion on progress so far || Alan ||  ||
 * 12:30 || Lunch ||  ||   ||
 * 13:30 || Review of FEAST exercise results in Tanzania by village and preliminary stakeholder suggestions on feed interventions || Brigitte and Tz team || Gregory for afternoon sessions ||
 * 14:00 || [[file:Morogoro Jan 2014 Best bet intevrnetions strategy Morogoro TZ 2014 Ben Lukuyu.pptx|Ideas from Ben]] followed by breakout groups to come up with tentative strategy and timeline for best bet feed interventions - 2 groups || Ben to lead process and nominate group leads ||  ||
 * 15:00 || Tea/coffee ||  ||   ||
 * 15:30 || Reporting back || Ben to lead ||  ||
 * 16:00 || Forward plans for India || India team led by Thanammal ||  ||
 * 16:30 || Forward plans for Tanzania || Tanzania team led by Brigitte ||  ||
 * 17:00 || General discussion on forward plans || Alan ||  ||

Day 2 - Thursday 23 Jan 2014

 * Field visit**

Comment: unfortunately the visit to Manyinga village had to be cancelled due to flood damages of Mikundi bridge on the Highway between Morogoro and Dodoma Regions; see article on [|DailyNews].
 * ~ Place ||~ Activity ||~ Time ||~ Who ||
 * Hotel Morogoro || Leave for field visit || 07.30 || All team ||
 * Mbwade village (Kilosa District) || Visit to demo farm & meet with some farmers (IP members) || 08.30-10.00 || All team ||
 * ^  || Demonstrate the layout of forage plots ||^   || Mr. Protas & Kochocho to all team ||
 * Kimamba village || Milk collection center (Tanga Fresh) || 10.00-10.45 || All team ||
 * Lunch || 13.45-14.30 || All team + IP members ||
 * Nashera Hotel || Debrief and reflections on field visit || 15.00-17:00 || All team ||

Day 3 - Friday 24 Jan 2014

 * Morning** - facilitated discussions on key issues surrounding application of innovation platform approaches - using selected IP briefs as a guide

We will use a "World Cafe" format to discuss the following information platform [|briefs]:

[|1] What are innovation platforms? - Cafe host Alan Duncan [|4] Power dynamics and representation in innovation platforms - Cafe host Ben [|6] Innovation platforms for agricultural value chain development - Cafe host Julius [|10] Facilitating innovation platforms - Cafe host Thanammal


 * ~ Time ||~ Topic ||~ Who? ||~ Note taker ||
 * 08:30 || Feedback discussion on field visit || Germana || Fred for morning sessions [excused] ||
 * 09:00 || Introduction to World Cafe || Alan ||  ||
 * 09:15 || Table discussions in 2 groups for briefs 1 and 4 || Alan and Ben ||  ||
 * 10:15 || Tea/Coffee ||  ||   ||
 * 10:45 || Table discussions in 2 groups for briefs 6 and 10 || Julius and Thanammal ||  ||
 * 11:45 || Table hosts report back || Fred || Group leaders send their brief summaries to Fred who will compile and put on the Wiki ||
 * 12:30 || Lunch ||  ||   ||
 * 13:30 || Resume ||  ||   ||


 * Afternoon** - Preliminary identification of some areas of learning in MilkIT and how these can be synthesised and into what outputs - what further data collection is needed to fill gaps? What are next steps


 * ~ Time ||~ Topic ||~ Who? ||~ Note taker ||
 * 13:30 || Introduction to topic || Alan || Ben for afternoon sessions ||
 * 13:45 || Buzz-groups to identify some key learning areas from experience in MilkIT so far || Alan ||  ||
 * 14:00 || Reporting back and finalizing of topics || Alan ||  ||
 * 14:30 || Country teams meet to develop action plan for developing research outputs || Country teams led by Thanammal and Brigitte ||  ||
 * 15:15 || Tea/coffee ||  ||   ||
 * 15:30 || Reporting back and discussion on cross-country research outputs || Alan ||  ||
 * 16:15 || Summing up and close || Alan ||  ||