Integrated Agricultural Production Systems Nile Valley - Project Completion Report April 2017
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International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas ICARDA. (2/4/2017). Integrated Agricultural Production Systems Nile Valley - Project Completion Report April 2017.
Abstract
This technical report is a synthesis of activities undertaken between March 13th,
2014 and March 12th, 2016. Countries of engagement for this initiative were
Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Yemen. As of March 12th, 2016,
$539,471 of the allocated $1,470,000 remained underutilized, with over half of
this amount relating to unspent staff costs for ICARDA social scientist
engagement.
Prior to project closure, a request for no-cost extension was submitted by the
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to IFAD.
The argument for an extension at no-cost was based on delays in implementing
activities at project inception, given a mutual decision between IFAD and ICARDA
to first undertake a synthesis of an earlier phase of this initiative; and thereby
identifying specific value chains for focus within this second phase.
Based on discussions over the week of March 6th, 2017, and considering the
closure of the IFAD AR4D Support for Dry Lands in January 2017, ICARDA was
advised that a no-cost extension could not be entertained.
Over the one-year period since the application for a no-cost extension, country
partners have continued, and are continuing, to push forward on many activities
initiated under this project – through their own volition and with their own (nonproject) resources. A synthesis of this work, post March 6th 2016, is not captured
within this report. As such, a proposal has been offered to hold a workshop cum
write-shop over the week of May 13th, 2017 aimed at capturing learning,
synthesize project lessons learned; and to document success stories, challenges
and recommendations for efficacy in future undertakings. If accepted, a revision
to this report will be submitted and one that is inclusive of learnings documented
from the proposed workshop cum write-shop.
