Comments on: Evidence based research to foster integration of system based interventions

By: Ewen Le Borgne

Ewen Le Borgne — Fri, 15 May 2015 11:14:11 +0000

(Late comment from Addis team)
We haven’t much seen an integrated approach to research interventions. There is a lot of duplication of efforts and wastage of resources.
This is a pilot intervention that can generate evidence where an integrated approach works at a systems level – evidence can be used to generate an integrated system model.
This can be Integration at scale or integration at farm level
Synergy
This can be seen from two perspectives: 1) Doing research on how best to integrate the interventions and 2) research on how to get better impact at scale.
The ideas already exist in some of the research projects (like Africa RISING) but there is no practical intervention.
We need to see the evidence where we first identify the key issues jointly, bring in all expertise and work together. Different interventions can be brought together from the CG and national system. Here also we need to understand the systems in operation.
Integration for impact.

By: Barry Shapiro

Barry Shapiro — Thu, 14 May 2015 10:10:24 +0000

This good idea should be merged with “Climate smart livestock systems”

By: Polly Ericksen

Polly Ericksen — Thu, 14 May 2015 08:36:59 +0000

I agree with Ewen. not sure what this is trying to really do? Are you treating integration as some sort of hypothesis?… do you want to explore whether or not it really generates better research?

By: eleborgne

eleborgne — Thu, 14 May 2015 06:30:30 +0000

Sounds far-fetched and needs much unpacking, but the objective it serves is good of course.
Perhaps you can elaborate on this today?