Getting beneath the surface in program planning, monitoring and evaluation: Learning from use of participatory action research and theory of change in the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems

Apgar, Marina; Allen, Will; Albert, Joelle; Douthwaite, Boru; Ybarnegaray, Rodrigo Paz; Lunda, Jeston

doi:10.1177/1476750316673879

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“…While the mode of participatory research used in this study, in itself, was a mechanism to foster empowerment and collective learning (Apgar et al, 2017)…”

Section: Improved Nutritional Knowledgementioning

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Malnutrition in rural Solomon Islands: An analysis of the problem and its drivers

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Siota

et al. 2020

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Solomon Islands, like many Pacific Island nations, suffer from the burden of malnutrition. External drivers including population growth, declining agriculture and fisheries productivity and global food trade have contributed to the transition to greater reliance on imported foods. Globally, diets are recognized as both a cause of and solution to the burden of malnutrition. Using a mixed‐method approach this study assessed nutritional status and key determinants of malnutrition among women and young children in rural Solomon Island communities. Quantitative 24‐hour recall surveys identified diets of women and young children in these communities to be very limited in diversity. Typical daily diets comprised of fish, sweet potato (and/or rice) and slippery cabbage (a leafy green) usually boiled in coconut milk or baked. Participatory research using problem tree and biocultural approaches identified basic determinants of poor diets and opportunities to address these challenges. We highlight three domains of opportunity to improve diets across multiple scales; 1) improve nutrition‐sensitive agriculture and fisheries to produce and distribute diverse, productive and nutrient rich foods; 2) nutrition education and empowerment, focusing on the first 1000 days of life, to influence and inform choices regarding food consumption; and 3) reducing the consumption of imported, energy‐rich nutrient poor foods through national and regional policies. These multi‐scale domains highlight that food system approaches that strengthen integrated policy and empower people are essential for healthy and sustainable diets in Solomon Islands and more broadly in the Pacific region.

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“…While the mode of participatory research used in this study, in itself, was a mechanism to foster empowerment and collective learning (Apgar et al, 2017)…”

Section: Improved Nutritional Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Malnutrition in rural Solomon Islands: An analysis of the problem and its drivers

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Bogard

Siota

et al. 2020

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…This can be of sufficient scope to boost adaption some distance along the scaling pathway (Starred on Figure 3). CGIAR's research programme on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is a good example of this approach (Apgar et al 2017and Apgar & Douthwaite 2013). The AAS hubs embedded research programmes within larger development projects, initially at the city level, and then scaled to address poverty and drive transformative adaption (Apgar et al 2017(Apgar et al & 2015.…”

Section: Figure 3: the Adaption-development Landscape From The Standpmentioning

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“…CGIAR's research programme on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is a good example of this approach (Apgar et al 2017and Apgar & Douthwaite 2013). The AAS hubs embedded research programmes within larger development projects, initially at the city level, and then scaled to address poverty and drive transformative adaption (Apgar et al 2017(Apgar et al & 2015. Participatory Action research (PAR) was used to balance system level actors and community participants from the beginning of the innovation process (Douthwaite et al 2013).…”

Section: Figure 3: the Adaption-development Landscape From The Standpmentioning

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“…b. Use Participatory Action Research (PAR) to achieve a balance of community and system level participants from the beginning of the innovation process (Apgar et al 2017, Ensor et al 2018, Hickey & Mohan 2004b. c. Maintain this balance through the scaling process by moving through nested levels of voices and systems, from community to national and international levels (Douthwaite et al 2013).…”

Section: Conclusion: Innovation Pathways To Adaption For Humanitarianmentioning

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“…c. Maintain this balance through the scaling process by moving through nested levels of voices and systems, from community to national and international levels (Douthwaite et al 2013). d. Ensure adaptive management so that project aims can change over the course of the project to reflect shifts of direction as new voices and system levels components are added (Apgar et al 2017).…”

Section: Conclusion: Innovation Pathways To Adaption For Humanitarianmentioning

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The innovation process is central to effective adaption to climate change and development challenges, but models from business and management tend to dominate innovation theory, which sits outside the adaption-development paradigm. This paper presents an alternative conceptual framework to visualize innovations as pathways across the adaption-development landscape for humanitarian and development goals. This useful tool can reveal, map and coordinate innovation strategy. To demonstrate and validate this approach, we analyze a case study of innovation in aftershock forecasting for humanitarian decision-making and show that the most effective strategy is for multiple innovation strands and hubs to move concurrently and cumulatively towards transformative humanitarian and development goals.

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Hedgehog or fox? Theories of change for dryland cereals in Eastern Africa

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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics' (ICRISAT) research strategy for sorghum and millets is based on market‐led development. We analyse the construction of this Theory of Change and its application to Eastern Africa using evidence from the Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement (HOPE) project. We trace the evolution of market discourse in ICRISAT and ask why this discourse became so influential. The scale of commercialisation was limited, and its effect on intensification was mixed. A Green Revolution for dryland cereals in Eastern Africa may come not from improved varieties that give higher yields but that mature early and evade drought. A modified Theory of Change for dryland cereals requires greater recognition of household food security, farmer agency and regional heterogeneity.

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Getting beneath the surface in program planning, monitoring and evaluation: Learning from use of participatory action research and theory of change in the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems

Cited by 34 publications

References 11 publications

Malnutrition in rural Solomon Islands: An analysis of the problem and its drivers

Malnutrition in rural Solomon Islands: An analysis of the problem and its drivers

Innovation Pathways to Adaption for Humanitarian and Development Goals: A Case Study of Aftershock Forecasting for Disaster Risk Management

Hedgehog or fox? Theories of change for dryland cereals in Eastern Africa

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