Architectural considerations for communication and knowledge sharing for the Livestock and Fish research program

Peter Ballantyne (ILRI)

Organizing, Managing, Communicating and Leveraging Information and Knowledge to Support and Deliver CRP Results, Addis Ababa, 17-21 October

2012

• Increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.

Program goal

Key elements

• The ‘whole’ value chain

• Impact at scale through partnerships

• Focus on 9 value chains in 8 countries

• Value chain development (VCD) + technology development

8 value chains in 8 countries

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

...in Country A

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

...in Country D

...in Country C

...in Country B

Past research ‘piecemeal’

• Technology Generation

• Feeds; Genetics; Health

• Market Innovation

• Targeting & Impact

Inputs & Services

Production

Processing

Marketing

Consumers

GLOBAL RESEARCH PUBLIC GOODS

INTERVENTIONS TO SCALE OUT REGIONALLY

Major interventions with development partners

Hypothesis / Value Proposition

Focused ‘whole’ VCD + technology development + partnerships

+ Knowledge, communication information

= impact ‘at scale’

Communication, advocacy, data and knowledge management

Improved TechnologiesGenetics

Feeds

Health

Value Chain DevelopmentSectorial and policy analysis

Value chain assessment

Value chain innovation

Targeting, Gender and ImpactSystems analysis and targeting

Gender and equity

M&E and impact assessment

Connecting and powering value

chain development

Enabling technology development

Dealing with data

Communicating and learning

across the Program

Communicating for wider impact

Principles

The knowledge we generate will be open and public We value the knowledge of our clients and partnersWe publish and communicate using multiple formats for multiple purposesWe support knowledge collecting, connecting and conversingFace to face communication is as important as other more explicit ‐ ‐communication channelsAdvocacy is everyone’s responsibilityCommunication inextricably linked to outcomesInternal communication is part of our communication strategyPartnerships are the key to impactWe will innovate in the ways we share knowledge and use ICTs.

now

Communication, Re-use, And Publishing

Outputs / Products

in ILRI web

multimediaslides and posters publications

in partner websCGIAR web

data

relay, outreach, amplification

partners

news

!

Critical Success Factors

• Buy in from ‘research’ and leadership• Expertise and skills – ours / partners• Right content flows / tools / pathways• Partners in outreach, relay,

amplification … impact• Facilitated processes, activities, …

CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish

livestockfish.cgiar.org