Crop-Livestock Systems Modeling for Ex Ante Impact Assessment using the TOA-MD and Ruminant Models - June 2014
This week-long workshop was the culmination of a course led by John Antle and Roberto Valdivia (Oregon State University) and Mario Herrero (CSIRO) for multi-disciplinary research teams studying crop-livestock systems. The five participating research teams from ILRI, CIAT, ICRISAT, and IFPRI are composed of economists, crop scientists and livestock scientists. TOA-MD is an economic model for multi-dimensional impact assessment of agricultural systems, and the Ruminant Model simulates ruminant livestock production. The goal of the workshop was for the participating teams to use these two models to carry out impact assessments for technologies being studied in their research projects.
Workshop Participants
| Team | Name | Profession | Institution |
| CCAFS | Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku | Economist | CIAT-Nairobi |
| CCAFS | Caroline Mwongera | Crop Scientist | CIAT-Nairobi |
| CCAFS | Birthe Paul | Livestock feeding, Env. Scientist | CIAT |
| CCAFS | Silvia Silvestri | Environmental Socio-Economist | ILRI |
| ICRISAT | Patricia Masikate | Crop Modeler | ICRISAT |
| ICRISAT | Thabani Dube | Agricultural Economist | ICRISAT |
| ICRISAT | Ndlovu Trinity Sandra -Senda | Livestock/Susutainable Agriculture | Matopos Research Station-Zimbabwe |
| ICRISAT | Agrippa Murimbika | Economist | University of Zimbabwe |
| IFPRI-ELD | Edward Kato | Agricultural Economist | IFPRI |
| IFPRI-ELD | Evelyne Nyathira Kihiu | Economist | University of Bonn |
| IFPRI-ELD | Ho-Young Kwon | Crop Modeler-Soil Scientist? | IFPRI |
| IFPRI-ISRA | Amy Faye | Economist | ISRA-BAME |
| IFPRI-ISRA | Assane Bèye | Economist | ISRA-BAME |
| IFPRI-ISRA | Yakhya El Hadji THIOR | Animla production scientist | ISRA |
| ILRI-Tanzania | Aziz A. Karimov | Agricultural Economist | ILRI-Vietnam |
| ILRI-Tanzania | Bernard Lukuyu | Animal Nutritionist | ILRI |
| ILRI-Tanzania | Emily Awuor Ouma | Agricultural Economist | ILRI |
| ILRI-Tanzania | Michael Mukembo Kidoido | Ag. & Development Economist | ILRI |
| ILRI-Tanzania | Signe Nelgen | Agricultural Economist | ILRI-Kenya |
| Vital Signs-CI | Ravic Nijbroek | Research Scientist | Conservation International |
| Lieven Claessens | Soil Scientist | ICRISAT |
Workshop Agenda
June 9-13, 2014
ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sunday June 8
- Participants arrived at ILRI campus, Addis Ababa
Monday June 9
- Introductions and review of goals, agenda
- Presentations by Participants
- Challenges with crop-livestock systems
- Identify priority topics for the week
Tuesday June 10
- Breakouts for economics and livestock models
Wednesday June 11
- Summary from breakouts: lessons learned
- Linking crop and livestock systems: group discussion
Thursday June 20
- Special topics requested by participants; ecosystem services
- Participant project development
Friday June 21
- Participant project presentations
- Meeting ends at noon.