A presentation by Patrick Dugan, Program Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems, at the 2012 Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development. Held in Uruguay from the 27th of October to the 2nd of November, 2012.

1. Establishing effective livelihood research
partnerships for impact at scale
Patrick Dugan

2. Four Issues
•• Focus on scale
Focus on scale
•• Importance of
Importance of
partnerships
partnerships
•• Our approach
Our approach
•• Challenges &
Challenges &
Next steps
Next steps

3. Scale and the system CRPs
Number of rural poor (millions) (<US$1.25 per day)

4. “The definition of insanity is
doing the same thing over
and over again and
4 issues
expecting different results”
Albert Einstein
Innovation
• Gender
• MEIA
• Nutrition
• Partnerships

5. Partnerships and scale
“If you want to go fast,
go alone. If you want to
go far, go together.” African
proverb

7. Key Partnerships - Zambia
Types of partners Examples Role in scaling
Core Provincial and National Policy
institutions BR
Key EUNZA Provincial and National Capacity
implementing (research and development)
partners
Integration of learning into
development programs – landscape
Senanga Farmers Assoc.
and national
With bilateral and multilateral agencies supporting locally and scaling nationally
With bilateral and multilateral agencies supporting locally and scaling nationally

8. Wider partnerships
Local: AAS partnership network in Western Province

9. Challenges
• What knowledge and
capacities are needed?
(IPGs?)
• What mechanisms work
best where & for whom?
• Evolving CGIAR role of
broker and catalyst?

10. Next steps
• Expand engagement with
partners at all levels
• Foster Dialogue
• Learn from past experience
and emerging innovations
• Strengthen capacity within
partner networks

11. Thank you!