Daklak 2014

22-24 September 2014

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In the past years ILRI and partners have worked on various tools to support better feed interventions in tropical livestock systems. These tools include FEAST - a feed assessment tool, and TechFit - a feed prioritization tool. More recently, work has started on possible ration balancing tools that could be combined with these in some way.

This workshop is sponsored by the CGIAR research programs on livestock and fish and on Humidtropics. Its objectives are:

1. Critically assess and take stock of progress in developing the tools and products in preparation
2. Define actions to further develop these tools for use by researchers and practitioners
3. Contribute to an updated agenda and program of work for the Livestock and Fish flagship on feeds and forages

Some photos

Draft Agenda

		22 September
Time	Activity	Process
0830	Registration
0900	Opening, introductions, process	Alan Duncan Peter Participants
0930	Feeding innovation – Feed innovation toolkit state of the art. General update and overview of where we are with FEAST and Techfit (especially). Origins, evolution, activities, progress, challenges (Alan) Q&A	Alan Duncan
1030	Break
1100	Feed challenges and opportunities – the wider picture Looking beyond the tools to the wider 'feeds' agenda. Brief updates from participants.	Peter Participants
1230	Break
1400	Humidtropics scoping exercise on integrated feeding strategies for the Mekong Brief update from Steve on the plans and what we do this week File:mekong feeds scoping study.docx/spanbrbrbrFile:mekong feeds solutions.pdf	Steve
1430	Stocktaking and Planning for FEAST (Alan and Ben) - Progress - New products - Actions To cover: - enhancements of the tool (the excel thing) - the aggregator - the training module - gender dimensions - outputs - workflows - downloading; versioning; sharing; reports; languages; community - actions	Participants
1800	Close

		23 September
0830	Recap day 1; plans day 2	Peter
0900	Ration balancing – opportunities with a new tool (Ben) Since this is a new addition to the 'toolkit' we plan a brief introduction to the approach/tool (Rajendran); get feedback from the recent trainng in Hyderabad (Ben and Jane); discuss ways the tool can be brought into this toolkit - opportunities, synergies, actions.	Ben Jane Rajendran Anandan
1030	Break
1100	Stocktaking and planning for TechFit (Alan and Werner) - Progress - New products - Actions To cover: - last years actions - taking stock - general update - from individual filter scores to composite scores - factsheets - cba - link to feast - gender dimensions - workflows - downloading; versioning; sharing; reports; languages; community - proper platform	Participants
1230	Break
1400	Stocktaking – TechFit (continued)
1530	Break
1600	Synthesis: Moving to an integrated feed innovation toolkit (Alan and Peter) Actions for each tool Actions on gender Actions on a wider toolkit Actions around documenting results, impacts, communicating stories	Alan Duncan Participants
1730	Close
	Dinner together

		24 September
0800	Field Visit depart from the hotel
1630	Retun to hotel

Visas

Some people have arranged their own visas.

For most people, the visas have been arranged through the ILRI/ICRAF office in Hanoi.

Everyone should anyway receive an 'official approval letter for Vietnam visa'. Once you have this:

1) Print visa letter to paper to use (in black and white is also OK). 2) Prepare 2 passport-sized photos (photos of your face) (4*6cm). 3) Complete the entry and exit form which will save your time at Vietnam Airport to declare it before you get visa stamp. 4) Bring the visa letter with you to the airport and show at the Airlines Office Desk when boarding the plane. 5) Have some money in cash to pay for visa stamp fee (paid by yourself upon arrival at the airport: between 40 and 70 USD depending on nationality)

Local Logistics

Meeting venue and accommodation at: DARUCO hotel 30, Nguyen Chi Thanh street Buon Ma Thuot city, Vietnam

Airport pickups will be made for all people who provided their flight details to Eric (ILRI) or Tassilo (CIAT)

In case there are any problems with the arrangements, please contact our local partners, Dr Khanh (pronounce: Kaeng): +84 913 48 43 03 Ms Long: +84 982 05 76 77

Weather The weather in Central Vietnam is generally warm and moist. Rain protection is advisable as is sunscreen. The nights can be fresh at times.

Product availability Boun Ma Thout is a medium sized provincial city. Although most day to day products are easily available, specific western products or specialized items (e.g. drugs etc.) might be difficult to find. So please make sure you do not depend on the supply of such items during your stay.

Participants

Name	Organization	email address
Adugna Tolera	Hawassa University	[atolera@yahoo.com]
Alan Duncan	ILRI	[a.duncan@cgiar.org]
Aziz Karimov	ILRI	[az.karimov@cgiar.org]
Ben Lukuyu	ILRI	[b.lukuyu@cgiar.org]
Jacquelyn Escarcha	ILRI	[J.Escarcha@cgiar.org]
Nils Teufel	ILRI	[n.teufel@cgiar.org]
Padmakumar	ILRI	[v.padmakumar@cgiar.org]
Peter Ballantyne	ILRI	[p.ballantyne@cgiar.org]
Hung Nguyen	ILRI	[H.Nguyen@cgiar.org]
Werner Stur	Independent	[stur@warrawilla.com.au]
Rajendran Duraisamy	NIANP	rajnutri@gmail.com
Arnel Del Barrio	Philippine Carabao Center	arneldb.25@gmail.com
Katrine Danielsen	KIT	K.Danielsen@kit.nl
Rhiannon Pyburn	KIT	[R.Pyburn@kit.nl]
Adrian Bolliger	CIAT	[a.bolliger@cgiar.org]
Michael Peters	CIAT	[m.peters-ciat@cgiar.org]
Tassilo Tiemann	CIAT	[T.Tiemann@CGIAR.ORG]
Jane Wamatu	ICARDA	[j.wamatu@cgiar.org]
Danilo Pezo	ILRI	[d.pezo@cgiar.org]
Melkamu Derseh	ILRI	[m.derseh@cgiar.org]
Mohamed Ibrahim	ILRI	[M.Ibrahim@cgiar.org]
Steve Staal	ILRI	[s.staal@cgiar.org]
Lisa Hiwasaki	ICRAF	[l.hiwasaki@cgiar.org]
Addis Mulugeta		[addismul@gmail.com]
Ramana Reddy	ILRI	[R.Ramana@cgiar.org]
Anandan Samireddypalle	ILRI
Chau Thi Minh Long	WASI	longchau76@yahoo.com
Tran Quang Hanh	TNU
Vu Chi Cuong	NIAS
Truong Tan Khanh	TNU	tankhanh.dhtn@gmail.com