Program (simplified)

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Session 1: Perceptions of impact assessment for institutional learning and change [abstracts]
Facilitator: John Dixon
· Donor demands for evidence of research impact - The case of the CGIAR by David Raitzer (SPIA) [Presentation] [Paper]
· From impact assessment to learning: Experience with ILAC in the CGIAR by Jamie Watts (IPGRI) [Presentation]

Session 2: Moving from assessment to learning and change: Collaborative impact assessment [abstracts]
Facilitator: Stephen Biggs
· Collaborative impact assessment: Experiences assessing the impact of improved fallows and biomass transfer in western Kenya by Steve Franzel (ICRAF) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Collaborative participatory research as a learning process: The case of CIP and CARE in Peru by Oscar Ortiz (CIP) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Assessing research impact: Implementing a framework for action case studies on impact assessment from two global research projects of the International WaterManagement Institute (IWMI) by Yogesh Bhatt (IWMI) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Participatory process of developing performance indicators in a global partnership program: The case of PROLINNOVA by Marissa Espineli (PROLINNOVA) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Learning from the positive to reduce rural poverty: Institutional innovations in agricultural and natural resources research and development by Stephen Biggs [Presentation] [Paper]

Discussion groups: Session 1 & Session 2

Session 3: Methods and constraints for institutional learning and change [abstracts]
Facilitator: Jamie Watts
· Participatory monitoring and evaluation for stakeholder engagement, assessment of project impacts, and for institutional and community learning and change by Jemimah Njuki (CIAT) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Assessment of participatory elements in agricultural research for institutional learning and change by Andreas Neef (Hohenhiem) [Presentation] [Paper]
· The challenges of out-scaling participatory methods in agricultural research by Aden Aw-Hassan (ICARDA) [Presentation] [Paper]

Session 4: Project impacts on stakeholder empowerment [abstracts]
Facilitator: Andrew Bartlett
· No more adoption rates! Looking for empowerment in agricultural development programs by Andrew Bartlett (HELVETAS, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Empowerment through technology: Gender dimensions in social capital build-up with implications for technology exchange by Cynthia Bantilan (ICRISAT) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Video Presentation: Together we sow, together we reap (ICRISAT) by Cynthia Bantilan
· Participatory development projects in the Andes - Looking for empowerment with Q-Methodology by Regula Züger (ETHZ Department of Agriculture) [Presentation] [Paper]

Session 5: Project impacts on women [abstracts]
Facilitator: Hilary Feldstein
· Creating learning cultures for gender mainstreaming: Strategic approaches for impact assessment by Carol Amaratunga (Univ. of Ottawa) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on poor rice-farming households with emphasis on women farmers: A case study in selected districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India by Thelma Paris (IRRI) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Intra-household impact of improved cowpea varieties in the northern savannas of Nigeria by Anita Tipilda (IITA) [Presentation] [Paper]

Discussion groups: Session 3, Session 4 & Session 5

Session 6: Benefits and costs of participatory research [abstracts]
Facilitator: Roberto La Rovere
· Cost of research: Comparing participatory and conventional silviculture research in Nepal by Krishna P. Acharya (Department of Forest Research and Survey, Nepal) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Cost-benefit analysis of participatory breeding program in Syria by Yasmin Mustafa (ICARDA) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Integrating participatory elements in conventional research projects: Counting the costs and measuring the benefits
by Andreas Neef (Hohenheim) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Benefit / costs of participatory research by Roberto La Rovere (CIMMYT) [Presentation]

Session 7: Project impacts on rural innovation capacity [abstracts]
Facilitator: Jonathan Hellin
· Assessing impacts of farmer participatory research approaches: A case study of local agricultural research committees in Colombia by Susan Kaaria (CIAT) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Agricultural development among poor small-holder farmers in Soroti district, Uganda: Impact assessment of agricultural technology, farmer empowerment and changes in opportunity structures by Esbern Friis-Hansen (DIIS) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Participatory evaluation and impact assessment of a community-based learning process: "Strengthening folk ecology" for integrated soil-fertility management in western Kenya by Joshua Ramisch (CIAT) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Participatory plant breeding: A catalyst for greater impact of improved germplasm and farmer innovation by Jonathan Hellin (CIMMYT) [Presentation] [Paper]

Discussion groups: Session 6 & Session 7

Session 8: Participatory methods in impact assessment [abstracts]
Facilitator: Nina Lilja (Steve Franzel)
· Comparative evaluation of participatory and conventional approaches to impact assessment - A SWOT analysis by Francesca Mancini (Wageningen UR) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Assessing impacts of pathogen-tested sweet potato planting materials in Central Luzon, The Philippines by Carlos Basilio (CIP-UPWARD) [Presentation] [Paper]
· Picturing impact of the PEDIGREA Programme: A case study from Indramayu, Indonesia by Nugroho Wienarto (FIELD) [Presentation] [Paper]

Discussion groups: Session 8

Summaries: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Overall

GENDER SIDE-MEETING, OCTOBER 21, 2005