1. 1. Identify challenges and opportunities
using questions that reference the six
research for development themes defined
in the AAS Program Proposal. This will
confirm the development challenges and
the capacity of the program to address
them.
TASKS FOR THE SCOPING TEAM
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2. 2. Begin to build the intervention
matrix. The team should collect
basic descriptive information on
the interventions.
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3. 3. Identify potential links with
ongoing and future
investments. This will also
identify partners to participate
in the inception workshops.
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4. 4. Identify existing data suitable
for baseline information for
performance monitoring and
impact assessment.
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5. 5. Recommend a potential set of
target areas. Considerations include:
representativeness of relevant
stratifications of the program research
for development themes such as agro-
ecology, market access, farming system,
food, nutrition and health, and policy or
governance environment.
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6. 6. From within the target areas,
the scoping team should
recommend priority
communities. What is a
community?
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