CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry - Plan of Work and Budget 2020

There were no significant changes in 2019 to FTA’s theory of change1. FTA plans all its work on the basis of its operational priorities. These, in turn, focusresearch towards major development demands and knowledge gaps, orienting FTA towards the implementation of the SDGs and other global commitments. Three operational priorities were added in 2020 (see list in Appendix 1) to better delineate pre-existing research areas addressing development bottlenecks needing dedicated investment and visibility: smallholder tree-crop commodities, tree seeds and seedlings delivery systems, and foresight. FTA organized in 2019, at the request of its ISC, a joint ISC-FTA workshop on impact assessment methods for the program. Based on the outcomes of this workshop FTA will, inter alia, revisit in 2020 its impact pathways and end of programme outcomes, and if need be, corresponding adjustments to the ToC of FTA and/or of its FPs will be made

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry - Plan of Work and Budget 2020

There were no significant changes in 2019 to FTA’s theory of change1. FTA plans all its work on the basis of its operational priorities. These, in turn, focusresearch towards major development demands and knowledge gaps, orienting FTA towards the implementation of the SDGs and other global commitments. Three operational priorities were added in 2020 (see list in Appendix 1) to better delineate pre-existing research areas addressing development bottlenecks needing dedicated investment and visibility: smallholder tree-crop commodities, tree seeds and seedlings delivery systems, and foresight. FTA organized in 2019, at the request of its ISC, a joint ISC-FTA workshop on impact assessment methods for the program. Based on the outcomes of this workshop FTA will, inter alia, revisit in 2020 its impact pathways and end of programme outcomes, and if need be, corresponding adjustments to the ToC of FTA and/or of its FPs will be made

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry - Plan of Work and Budget 2019

FTA work planning is based on a priority setting process, aiming at focusing research towards major development demands and knowledge gaps, orienting FTA towards the implementation of the SDGs and other global commitments. The 22 operational priorities of FTA, as elaborated for the 2018 POWB (see list in Annex 1) build on the comparative advantages of FTA and its partners in order to maximize effectiveness and impact

AlleleShift: an R package to predict and visualize polulations level changes in allele frequencies in response to climate change

Database and AlleleShift (on allele frequencies and climate change and surface diagrams) available for us

Tree pruning technology for Faidherbia albida and maize intercropping

End of research phas

Local adaptation of planting basins through options by context (OxC) co-learning and gender-sensitive methods

Over 1500 farmers are piloting OxC adaptation of planting basins for crops (500 farmers) and trees (1400 farmers) in Kenya and Ethiopia as part of planned comparisons in novel innovation platforms called communities of practice

FTA Research informs the development of a Monitoring and Evaluation System for Vietnam's national Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system

A comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) mechanism for PFES will enable policy makers to assess the effectiveness of such policies, as well as to demonstrate effectiveness to investors in order to secure sustainable funding. The new web-based M&E platform has been rolled out in the Lam Dong, Thanh Hoa, and Son La provinces and is expected too be deployed nationwide in 2020

Livelihood trajectory simulation model tool

The simulation modelling capability to combine globally calibrated crop models (APSIM) with inuitive models of system interactions causing livelihood impacts (Simile) engineered in 2020 has been shown to produce useful results in predicting impacts of innovations on farm households in Kenya and Ethiopia in 202

Technical guide on Forest tenure pathways to gender equality

Technical guide has been adopted by several sub-national level authoritie