2013 Annual Hub Review 13-16 January 2014

1. AAS in the “Southern Bangladesh Polder Zone” 2013 Annual Hub Review13-16 January 2014

2. The AAS Development Challenge A Busy Year The AAS development challenge is to achieve sustainable and continual improvements in agricultural productivity, livelihoods and nutrition of poor communities in the Southern Bangladesh Polder Zone in the face of increasing salinity, changing hydrology, climate change and within a context of complex and dynamic markets and social change.

3. KHULNA HUB LEVEL THEORY OF CHANGE Sustainable reductions in poverty & improvements in Nutrition Norms for greater gender equity at the household, community and hub levels is established. Private sector, government and NGO services and structures are poor-responsive = Farmers lead, have improved understanding of and have improved access to modern science and technology X X Strategic Changes: Farmers have enhanced science skills which they use to do research, analyze research and share it with other farmers and communities. Farmers are aware of and linked to key sources of informationand science Formal sector researchers and scientists regularly communicate and engage with farmer scientists Farmers are linked to and share their research and knowledge with other community members and adjacent communities CGIAR scientists actively support and link their research to community based research agendas Strategic Changes: Agriculture input systems are women and poor responsive. Agriculture information systems are developed with women and poor as specific target audiences and their structures are designed for this purpose. Markets are women and poor-friendly in terms of participation in buying , selling and negotiating prices. Women are involved in and their opinions equal for water and other common resource committees Women and the poor have organized group approaches to gain voice and power in negotiations Strategic Changes: Greater gender equity in household decision-making Including food decisions More control and/or ownership of monetary and other productive resources by women Women playing more influential roles in community governance Women are respected as important economic actors the local economy Government policies support gender equity and are implemented Women and the poor have organized group approaches to gain voice and power in negotiations IDOs

7. PAR ACTIVITIES POTENTIAL TO TRIGGER PRIVATE SECTOR GENDER RESPONSIVE SEED INPUT SYSTEM & CROP PRODUCTIVITY PAR ON SEED AND VARIETY QUALITY PAR ON LIVESTOCK FODDER PARTICIPATORY MARKET CHAIN ANALYSIS AND SKILL BUILDING PAR ON NON-RICE CROPS COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND INTENSIFIED CROPPING & INCOME PARTICIPATORY GIS INCREASED $ &FOOD AND WOMEN RESPONSIVE FISH SEED SYSTEM PAR ON SMALL HOMESTEAD POND FISH LEVERAGING: BROADER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGES IN GENDER NORMS, FARMER CAPACITY BUILDING, RESPONSIVE RESEARCHERS, LEADERSHIP, PARTNERSHIPS, ETC.

8. The Alignment processes

9. 2014 AREAS OF FOCUS • MORE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS • ENHANCING FARMER LEADERSHIP • LINKING PILOT COMMUNITIES TO MORE SERVICES (VC ACTORS) • IMPROVED DOCUMENTATION (COLLETION, ANALYSIS & REPORTING) • INCREASED CAPACITY TO FACILITATE HIGH QUALITY PAR • REVISED RESEARCH/TECHNICAL SUPPORT FUNCTION (RST) • GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF GTA • MORE INCLUSIVE AND PRO-ACTIVE GOVERNANCE OF AAS • INCORPORATING WORLDFISH BILATERAL PROGRAMS • MULTI-STAKEHOLDER KSL RESOURCE OFFICE ESTABLISHED

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