Event Information

The 2014 Feed the Future Innovation Lab Council Partners Workshop, held March 10-11 in Kathmandu, Nepal, centered on the theme of “Scaling Up Agricultural Research and Technologies and Designing Research for Improved Nutritional Outcomes”. Over 80 participants – members of the Innovation Lab community and USAID/Washington and mission staff – joined in a robust series of plenary sessions with plenty of time for discussion and networking. The objectives for the workshop included:

•  Understanding the principles and processes of scaling agricultural technologies
•  Improving connections and collaborations between Innovation Labs, USAID mission value chain programs and other USAID research programs
•  Identifying pathways through which improved nutritional outcomes can be incorporated into Innovation Lab research agendas
•  Understanding how agricultural interventions and technology scaling can contribute to household nutrition outcomes

The Agrilinks team attended the workshop to support knowledge capture, collaboration, and social media engagement.

For quick recaps, check out the following blog posts from the workshop and the associated 2-day field trip:

• Day 1 | Annual Innovation Lab Council Partners Workshop
• Day 2 | Annual innovation Lab Council Partners Workshop
• Feed the Future Innovation Lab Field Trips Day 1: A Collaborative Approach to Agricultural Development
• Feed the Future Innovation Lab Field Trips Day 2: Integrating Nutrition into Agricultural Projects

Full Workshop Resources

View the event agenda, photos, and videos via the links in the sidebar at the top right of this page.

View the Power Point presentations via the links listed in the agenda below:

Day 1: Monday March 10
Introduction to Missions and Mission Activities

1. USAID Nepal (Danielle Knueppel)
2. USAID Bangladesh (Osagie Aimiuwu)
3. USAID Burma
4. USAID Cambodia (Teffera Betru)
5. USAID India (Bahiru Duguma)
6. USAID Tajikistan (Aviva Kutnick)
7. USAID RDMA (Regional Development Mission for Asia) (Kipp Sutton/Tania Tam)

Overview of the Feed the Future Innovation Labs (Jeffrey K. Griffiths)

Highlights and Innovations in Research that have Potential for Scaling

Session 1: Scaling up Principles and Processes

1. Setting the Stage on the concepts of Scaling up (Richard Kohl)
2. Designing Research Programs for Maximum Impact at Scale (J. Vern Long)
3. Scaling IPM Technologies in Nepal (Luke Colavito)

Session 2: Animals in Production Systems

1. Fish Production Systems in Nepal (Madhav K. Shrestha)
2. Livestock and Climate Change Research in Nepal (Richard Bowen)
3. Chickens & Eggs: Low Hanging Fruit of Development (David Bunn)
4. Cattle and Buffalo: Emerging Opportunity (Navin Hada)

Session 3: Sustainable Intensification and Risk Management Practices

1. Scaling up technologies on sustainable agriculture and natural resources management (Adrian Ares)
2. CSISA Bangladesh (Richard Rose) and  CSISA Nepal/India (Andrew McDonald)
3. Risk Management Tools for Agricultural Growth and Resilience (Sarah Janzen)

Day 2: Tuesday, March 11
Session 4: Crop Improvement

1. Developing climate resilient wheat varieties for South East Asia (Kulvinder Gill)
2. Dry Grain and Legume (Dave Hoisington on behalf of Irvin Widders)
3. Heat Stress Resilient Maize for South Asia project  (P. H. Zaidi, CIMMYT)
4. Increasing peanut production and reducing mycotoxin contamination (Dave Hoisington)
5. USAID India: Addressing Crop Improvement (Srivalli Krishnan)

Session 5: Nutrition, Food Security and Health

1. The Contributions of Agriculture to Nutrition: Thought Experiments and Experimental Thoughts (Patrick Webb)
2. Nutrition Innovation Lab Africa: Biological Insights into Malnutrition (Jeffrey K. Griffiths)
3. Nepal’s Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan- What is the role of agriculture in meeting nutrition outcomes (Ministry of Food and Agriculture Representative)
4. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post Harvest Loss (Paul Fox & Alfred Schmidley)
5. Overview of FTF Asia Regional Aquaculture- Horticulture for Nutrition Program (Robert Bertram)
6. USAID Bangladesh: Achievable Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages (Osagie Aimiuwu)

Session 6: Horticulture

1. Introduction to the Horticulture Innovation Lab (Elizabeth Mitcham)
2. Enhancing the impact of horticulture on poverty reduction and nutrition outcomes (Elizabeth Mitcham)
3. Globalization of IPM Technologies and Management of Invasive Species (R. Muniappan)
4. AVRDC: Home Vegetable Gardens (Warwick Easdown)
5. USAID–Cambodia: Scaling up Commercial Horticulture (Teffera Betru)