Open knowledge sharing to support learning in agricultural and livestock research for development projects
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The document discusses the need for knowledge sharing and collaborative learning in agricultural and livestock research to enhance development projects. It highlights the limitations of 'business as usual' methods and emphasizes the importance of engaging multi-stakeholder platforms to co-create and share knowledge. Key strategies proposed include documenting diverse voices, making research open, and fostering continuous engagement among partners and communities.
![ILRI roles in program learning
ļ® ILRI as a āknowledgeā partner ā in
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ļØ Learning,M&E, impact assessment
ļØ Knowledge, expertise, facilitation, CD
ļØ Evidence, validation, ā¦
ļ® ILRI as R4D āsolution-finderā with partners
ļØ Participatory, multi-stakeholder ā¦
ļØ Explicit learning/knowledge focus ā¦
ļ® ILRIās āopenā research, knowledge and
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![Working out loud!
ļ® ābringing activities out of closed repositories and
applications [and events and processes], and pulling
them into the open increases the likelihood of learning
information earlier.ā
- Stowe Boyd:
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ļ® WOL = Observable Work + Narrating Your Work
ļØ Narrating Your Work: journaling what you are doing
in an open way for others to follow
ļØ Observable Work: creating / modifying / storing
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Open knowledge sharing to support learning in agricultural and livestock research for development projects
- 1. Open knowledge sharing to support learning in agricultural and livestock research for development projects Peter Ballantyne Food Security and Nutrition Network East Africa Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 June 2012
- 2. Topics ļ® Why we need learning ā ābusiness as usual interventionsā donāt work ļ® ILRI and more effective development ļ® Why share and learn ā starting points for knowledge management? ļ® Ways to share and learn ā approaches we use at ILRI
- 3. Business as usual ā Ask the farmers Whatās your Iāll go find Feed main problem some technology
- 4. Business as usual ā Whatās on the scientistsā shelf What feed technologies Planted forage have you got? Urea treated straw Bypass protein OK, letās try those
- 5. āOur findings indicate that business as usual feed āpromotionā and interventions are not too promising.ā AlanĀ DuncanĀ (ILRI) āIf you do what youāve always done, youāll get what you always got.ā MarkĀ Twain
- 6. ILRI roles in program learning ļ® ILRI as a āknowledgeā partner ā in development projects ļØ Learning,M&E, impact assessment ļØ Knowledge, expertise, facilitation, CD ļØ Evidence, validation, ā¦ ļ® ILRI as R4D āsolution-finderā with partners ļØ Participatory, multi-stakeholder ā¦ ļØ Explicit learning/knowledge focus ā¦ ļ® ILRIās āopenā research, knowledge and learning approach [local to global]
- 7. Some starting points ļ® Together - researchers, communities, and development partners - know so much ā¦ ļØ How do we create, document and share this knowledge? ļØ How do we support learning, and share the results? ļØ How do we enrich these processes of documenting, learning, and sharing? ļØ Can we do R4D better? ļ® To increase the effectiveness of R4D!
- 8. Some āanswersā 1. Co-create and co-learn in multi- stakeholder platforms 2. Document and mobilize knowledge from the (un)usual people 3. Make research knowledge, events, processes and platforms āopenā 4. Engage, engage, engage ā¦
- 10. 1. Innovation platforms ļ® spaces for diverse actors to engage in dialogue, and to jointly identify, learn about and address issues Innovating with communities
- 12. 2. Documenting (un)usual voices ļ® Community perspectives ļ® Beyond reports Listen and learn
- 14. Most significant Any observable changes impacts?
- 15. Discussion support tools Farmer focus ļ® Rapid value chain assessment ļ® Participatory āFEASTā feed assessment with communities ļ® Technology prioritization with farmers (Techfit)
- 16. Discussion support tools ContributionĀ ofĀ livelihoodĀ activitiesĀ toĀ householdĀ incomeĀ (asĀ aĀ percentage) 6% Results in: 6% 32% ļ® Promising feed Agriculture 14% interventions that Livestock Remmitance might work Labour Others Business 20% ļ® Better understand 22% why usual suspects often donāt work Solutions suggested by farmers ļ® Learning from ļ® Crops at backyard, around communities fence, farm side ļ® Reducing the herd size ļ® Improving the utilization of straws of different food crops ļ® Providing farmers with continuous training
- 17. 3. Open the knowledge ļ® Open research ļ® āWorking out loudā
- 18. Open planning ā events and thinking
- 19. āOpenā events ā all the discussions
- 20. Open projects ā work in progress
- 21. Open sharing ā gaps, weaknesses ā¦
- 23. Open photos
- 24. Open reports and repository
- 26. Working out loud! ļ® ābringing activities out of closed repositories and applications [and events and processes], and pulling them into the open increases the likelihood of learning information earlier.ā - Stowe Boyd: http://blog.podio.com/2011/08/01/working-out-loud-make- ļ® WOL = Observable Work + Narrating Your Work ļØ Narrating Your Work: journaling what you are doing in an open way for others to follow ļØ Observable Work: creating / modifying / storing your work where others can see it, follow it and contribute to it, before it is final
- 27. 5. Engage over time Partners, collaborators Relationships Feedback Open mindsets Social learning Social media
- 30. Challenges ļ® Process versus products ļ® Getting to open ļ® Finding āfacilitationā and process expertise ļ® Fear of new ātoolsā; fear of āoverloadā ļ® Making time to learn and share
- 31. Contacts ļ® KM and KS @ ILRI: Peter Ballantyne ( p.ballantyne@cgiar.org) ļ® Participatory video: Beth Cullen ( b.cullen@cgiar.org) ļ® Innovation platforms: Alan Duncan ( a.duncan@cgiar.org) ļ® http://infoilri.wordpress.com