Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP

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SANREM CRSP Overview

• Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP
• Office of International Research, Education, and
  Development, Virginia Tech

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Outline

• SANREM Past Future
• SANREM Phase III
• Goals and Objectives
• Programs
• Funding
• Governance
• Key M.E. Personnel

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SANREM Phases I II

• 1991 National Research Council study to develop
  a research strategy for U.S. universities to
  support sustainable agriculture and natural
  resource management in developing countries.
• 1992 SANREM CRSP created, competed, and awarded
  to University of Georgia.

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SANREM Phases I II

• Phase I 1992-1997
• Phase II 1998-2004
• Projects
• Southeast Asia
• Andes
• West Africa

• Partners
• 15 US and host country universities
• 5 NGOs
• 6 research/extension organizations
• 6 IARCs
• USDA/ARS

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SANREM Phases I II

• Outputs
• 86 journal articles
• 84 book chapters
• 21 books
• 53 policy briefs
• 74 research reports
• 105 conference presentations

• 16 MS degrees
• 25 PhDs
• 6,291 non-degree training recipients

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SANREM Recompetition

• SANREM Phase III recompeted in 2004
• M.E. awarded to Virginia Tech
• Leader with Associate (LWA) Cooperative Agreement
• Virginia Tech is the Leader/M.E.

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Initial Phase III Partners

• Iowa State University
• North Carolina State University
• Purdue University
• Virginia Tech
• Washington State University
• Rodale Institute
• Winrock International
• University of Colorado

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Additional Phase III Partners

• Cornell University
• Florida AM
• Indiana University
• Kansas State University
• North Carolina A T
• Penn State
• Texas AM

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Connecticut
• University of Georgia
• University of Missouri
• University of Wisconsin

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Initial Phase III Collaborating Institutions

• World Cocoa Foundation
• AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
• CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
• ICRAF - International Center for Research in
  Agroforestry
• ICRISAT - Int. Crop Research Inst. for the
  Semi-Arid Tropics
• IITA - International Inst. for Tropical
  Agriculture
• ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
• IRRI - International Rice Research Institute

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Additional Collaborating Institutions

• CIAT - Centro Internacional de Agricultura
  Tropical
• CIFOR - Center for International Forestry
  Research
• CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa
• IFPRI - International Food Policy Research
  Institute
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• Dozens of host country colleges, universities,
  national research centers, and NGOs

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SANREM Phase IV

• Phase III award Oct. 2004 to Sept. 2009
• 2008 SANREM Review
• SANREM External Evaluation Panel
• USAID Administrative Management Review
• 2009 BIFAD and USAID will review Phase III
  progress and recommend renewal, expansion, or
  recompetition

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Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Services CRSP?

• In 2005, USAID proposed to eliminate SANREM and
  replace it with a recompeted SWES CRSP in 2009.
• Decision will now be based on 2008 review.
• We need a favorable review in 2008!

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Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Services CRSP

• Proposed key topical areas
• soil conservation and fertility management
• impact of production and tillage practices on
  water quality,
• infiltration and hydrology
• methodologies for valuation of ecosystem
  services
• policy incentives and/ or payment mechanisms for
  ecosystem services and
• interactions between resource rights and
  sustainable management.
• All currently addressed by SANREM, but
• more emphasis on soil quality and water

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SANREM CRSPPhase III
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SANREM Objectives

• Increase stakeholder income generation,
• Empower stakeholders, particularly women,
• Enhance resource management,
• Strengthen local institutions,
• Improve market access for small-holders and
  communities, and
• Promote sustainable and environmentally sound
  development.

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SANREM Thesis

• Development and environmental problems must be
  addressed using a nested landscape systems
  approach
• Field-based systems
• Farm and enterprise-based systems
• Watershed-based systems
• Ecological systems
• Governance and policy systems

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SANREM M.E. Goals

• To facilitate the research and capacity building
  activities of the SANREM researchers, and
• To compile and disseminate the knowledge
  generated by SANREM CRSP researchers.

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Research Programs

• Immediate Activities
• Bridging Awards
• Planning Awards
• Long-Term Research Awards
• Associate Awards
• Technical Assistance

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Immediate Awards

• SANREM Knowledge Management
• Landscape Systems Coordinators and Technology
  Transfer Coordinator
• State of the art synthesis of SA and NRM
  knowledge
• Book
• 720,000 over two years

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Bridging Awards
Research capitalizing on SANREM Phase I and II
activities

• RFA within 2 weeks
• 12 applications
• Evaluation by SANREM TC
• 4 awards for 381,042
• 3 months after startup

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Bridging Award Recipients

• Globalization, Agricultural Growth and the
  Environment Consolidation and Continuity of
  SANREM Research in Southeast Asia (University of
  Wisconsin-Madison and Purdue University)
• Sustainable Land Use and Biodiversity
  Conservation in the Andes Scaling-Up
  SANREM-Andes Research (University of Georgia).
• Analysis Required for Payments for Watershed
  Environmental Services (Ohio State University)
• Metadata Development for the SANREM Knowledge
  Base (Virginia Tech)

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Planning Awards

• Funding for travel to host countries to

• Identify research needs
• Consult with potential partners, stakeholders,
  USAID Missions and Bureaus
• Develop collaborative research plans

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Planning Awards

• RFA within 3 months
• Worldwide distribution
• 74 applications
• 18 awards for 700,000
• External Review Panel
• 6 months after startup

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Long-Term Research Awards

• RFA within 3 months
• 28 applications
• 10 without Planning Awards
• External Evaluation Panel
• 5 awards for 6,000,000
• 15 months after startup

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Long-Term Research Awards

• Decentralization Reforms Property Rights
  Potentials and Puzzles for Forest Sustainability
  and Livelihoods
• Developing a Participatory Socio-Economic Model
  for Food Security, Improved Rural Livelihoods,
  Watershed Management, and Biodiversity
  Conservation in Southern Africa
• Watershed-based Natural Resource Management in
  Small-scale Agriculture Sloped Areas of the
  Andean Region
• Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands
  Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and
  Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-Ecosystems
• Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production
  in Southeast Asian Watersheds

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Associate Awards

• Additional potential funding from USAID
  Missions/Bureaus
• Up to 5 million in Cooperative Agreement
  really no limit
• Chris Kosnik will discuss in more detail later.

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Technical Assistance

• Approximately 50,000/year to provide technical
  assistance related to SA and NRM to USAID
  Missions/Bureaus.
• Funds can only be expended in response to
  specific Mission requests.

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SANREM Knowledge Base

• A web-based knowledge management system that
• Creates metadata for SA and NRM knowledge
  resources.
• Channels SA NRM knowledge to users worldwide.
• All SANREM partners must contribute to the SANREM
  Knowledge Base.
• More details from Conrad Heatwole tomorrow.

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SANREM Budget Overview
90 of non ME expenses
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SANREM Budget Outlook

• Budget OK for FY 2007
• Budget outlook for FY 2008 and beyond may be
  challenging.
• USAID indicating possible reductions in CRSP
  funding of 20 in FY 2008.
• Possibility of additional funding in FY 2008 to
  support soil quality research activities when/if
  the Soil Management CRSP ends in FY 2007.

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SANREM Governance

• Board of Directors
• Technical Committee
• Landscape System Coordinators
• Research Activity Committees
• External Evaluation Panel
• Policy and Operating Procedures Manual

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Board of Directors

• Provides policy-level advice to the M.E. in
  conformance with the CRSP Guidelines.

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Board of Directors

• Alton Thompson, NC AT (Chairperson)
• David Acker, Iowa State
• Robert Bates, Washington State
• James Lowenberg-DeBoer, Purdue
• Sharron Quisenberry, Virginia Tech
• Mark Rosegrant, IARC Representative
• L. George Wilson, NCSU
• International Representative Unfilled
• Ex-Officio Members
• Chris Kosnik (Voting), USAID
• S.K. De Datta (Ex-Officio), Administrative PI
• Theo Dillaha (Ex-Officio), Program Director
• Keith Moore (Ex-Officio), Assoc. Program Director
  

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Technical Committee

• Review the research, training, and technology
  transfer progress
• Assess the research outcomes and impacts of the
  SANREM CRSP
• Propose modifications in the program

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Technical Committee

• Andrew Manu, Iowa State
• Paul Mueller, NCSU
• Gerald Shively, Purdue (Chairperson)
• Chris Pannkuk, Washington State
• Saied Mostaghimi, Virginia Tech
• Barry Shapiro, ICRISAT
• Devona Bell, Winrock International
• Maria Elisa Christie, Gender Spec., Virginia Tech
• Host-country representative - unfilled
• Ex-Officio Members
• Chris Kosnik, USAID CTO
• S.K. De Datta, Administrative PI
• Theo Dillaha, Program Director
• Keith Moore, Associate Program Director
• Mike Bertelsen, Policy/Economics Coordinator

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Landscape System Coordinators

• Develop the SANREM knowledge base in their system
  area
• Coordinate planning and other activities for
  their respective system, and
• Facilitate cross-system planning and activities
• Serve on Technical Committee
• Future?

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Landscape System Coordinators

• Field-based systems, Paul Mueller, NCSU
• Farm/enterprise-based systems, Chris Pannkuk,
  Washington State
• Watershed-based systems, Saied Mostaghimi, VT
• Ecological systems, Andrew Manu, Iowa Sate
• Governance/policy systems, Jerry Shively, Purdue.
  
• Technology Transfer Coordinator, Devona Bell,
  Winrock

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Research Activity Committees

• Plan and implement individual SANREM CRSP-funded
  long-term research activities.
• Chaired by Research Activity Leader, a PI from
  the lead US university
• Need to let M.E. know who is a member of each RAC
  and who the Research Activity Leader is.

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External Evaluation Panel

• Evaluate, rank, and recommend activities for
  SANREM support.
• Conduct an annual review of SANREM funded
  activities.
• Conduct an in-depth year 3 review of long-term
  research activities.
• Identify inadequate, irrelevant, or marginal
  activities.

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External Evaluation Panel

• Robyn Burnham, University of Michigan (ecologist)
• Kathleen Galvin, Colorado State (Anthropologist)
• Richard Harwood, (Chair), formerly Michigan
  State, Rodale, Winrock, CGIAR (Agronomist)
• Don Winkelmann, former Director General of CIMMYT
  and Chair of CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee
  (Economist)

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Policy and Operating Procedures (POP) Manual

• Purpose
• Ensure that the SANREM CRSP operates in a
  consistent and efficient manner to promote SA
  NRM research, training and technology transfer.
• Available from SANREM website.

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SANREM ME Personnel

• S.K. De Datta, Administrative PI
• Theo Dillaha, Program Director
• Keith M. Moore, Associate Program Director
• Michael Bertelsen, Economic and Policy Impact
  Assessment Coordinator
• Maria Elisa Christie, Gender Equity Coordinator
• John Lipovsky, Program Coordination Assistant
• Kirk Neal, Communications Specialist/Editor

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Administrative PI S.K. De Datta

• Administrative and financial oversight of the
  SANREM CRSP, monitoring conformance with
  university and USAID procedures
• Supervise the core management team
• Serve as a scientific resource for the program,
  including non-voting ex-officio membership on the
  TC and Board.

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Program Director Theo Dillaha

• Facilitate activities of research partners
• Technical, administrative, and budgetary
  oversight
• Coordinate preparation of the annual reports,
  work-plans and budgets
• Develop and implement activity monitoring and
  evaluation procedures
• Solicit supplemental resources (Associate
  Awards)
• Coordinate technical assistance activities
• Non-voting member of the BOD and TC
• Implement Board policies and recommendations and
  
• SANREM representative to USAID/W, CRSP Council,
  and internationally.

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Biodiversity Conservation inAgriculture
Symposium  PUNTACANA Resort and ClubPunta Cana,
Dominican RepublicMay 31-June 2, 2006 Organized
by the Virginia Tech Office of International
Research, Education, and Developmentwith funding
from the United States Agency for International
Development
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