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Foodnet
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| September
1998-1999 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| June
98 |
Preparation of FOODNET proposal |
Uganda |
Proposal |
| May
99 |
Starch
utilisation in Uganda Market Survey |
Uganda |
Report |
| Ongoing |
Export
of cassava processing equipment to . |
Angola,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi |
Order
details |
| June
99 |
Foodnet
gains full funding from USAID |
REDSO |
Proposal |
| June
99 |
Foodnet
becomes full member of PhAction |
UK |
Proceedings |
| July
99 |
Foodnet
links with InPhO |
UK |
CD-ROM |
| Ongoing |
Crop
quality analysis of EARRNET improved germplasm.
(+$USAID/VOCA) |
Uganda |
Quarterly
reports |
| . |
Preliminary
visit to review Market information services in Uganda |
Uganda |
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| September
1999 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Preparation of FOODNET report |
Uganda |
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| Week
2 |
7-10
12 Meeting of the ASARECA CD |
Kenya
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Report
1 |
| Week
3 |
SARRNET SC |
Tanzania |
SARRNET Website |
| Week
4 |
Set up Uganda, Macro level marketing information
services (+$ACDI) |
Uganda |
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Week 5 |
Preliminary study on marketing information for small-scale
producers and traders (+$CTA) |
Uganda |
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| October
1999 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Preliminary
study on marketing information for producers and
traders ($$CTA) |
Uganda |
...
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| Week
2 |
Preliminary
study on marketing information for producers and
traders ($$CTA) |
Uganda |
Trip
report
Design report |
| Week
3 |
Training
in Roots crop processors with ISAR / World Vision |
Rwanda |
..
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| Week
4 |
Technical
backstopping with ISAR |
Rwanda |
..
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| November
1999 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
EARRNET
SC / PRAPACE SC |
Kenya |
...
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| Week
2 |
First
FOODNET Steering Committee |
Kenya |
SC
report |
| Week
3 |
Impact
meeting ASARECA
Website
planning
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Uganda
Uganda
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First
website design |
| Week
4 |
Training
course on "Methods of Analysis of Agricultural
Markets" (ENGLISH)
Technical evaluation of cassava processing equipment
(+$FAO)
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Kenya
Uganda
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Training
report
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| December
1999 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Load
Website on Internet
Market information workshop (CTA)
Market information meeting with traders
Processing machinery testing (FAO) |
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda |
Initial
setup
Report
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| Week
2 |
Backstopping
ISAR / ATDT project
Documentation for Processing machinery (FAO) |
Rwanda
Uganda
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Technical
report 1 |
| Week
3 |
Documentation
for Processing machinery (FAO) |
Uganda |
Evaluation
report |
| Week
4 |
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| January
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Call
for first round of FOODNETproposals made to all
countries |
All
countries |
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2 |
Updating
FOODNET website
Second SC of the Agricultural Technology development
and transfer project |
Uganda
Rwanda |
Site
updated
Report 1 |
| Week
3 |
Visit
of Senator Durban to IITA |
Uganda |
Report |
| Week
4 |
Visit
of D. Martella to review M&E criteria |
Uganda |
Report
submitted to USAID |
| February
2000 |
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Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
IITA
Workplanning week (cancelled) |
Nigeria |
. |
| Week
2 |
Cassava
supply chain market survey (+$NRI) |
Uganda |
. |
| Week
3 |
Cassava
supply chain market survey (+$NRI) |
Uganda |
. |
| Week
4 |
Cassava
supply chain market survey (+$NRI) |
Uganda |
. |
| March
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Analysis
of Ugandan cassava supply market survey information
and write up. |
Uganda |
Draft
report |
| Week
2 |
Attended
SARRNET SC |
Malawi |
SARRNET Website |
| Week
3 |
Backstopping
ISAR |
Rwanda |
. |
| Week
4 |
Deadline
for receiving FOODNET projects based on December
call |
. |
100
projects recieved |
| April
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
All
project proposals copied, bound and sent to project
review team. 10 person team. Evaluation system send
via email |
Review
countries |
. |
| Week
2 |
All
project proposals copied, bound and sent to project
review team. 10 person team. Evaluation system send
via email |
Review
countries |
. |
| Week
3 |
Backstopping
ISAR |
Rwanda |
Quarterly
report |
| Week
4 |
FOODNET
Project review team met to review 100 projects. |
Uganda
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20
Projects selected |
| May
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Presented
paper on ASARECA / FOODNET Strategy at IITA Board
of Trustees |
Nigeria
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Talk |
| Week
2 |
Email
review with FOODNET SC, decided to proceed with
projects as recommended by the review panel rather
than meet as an official SC |
All
countries |
More
rapid review process |
| Week
3 |
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| Week
4 |
ESARC
Steering committee meeting
PRAPACE Steering committee meeting |
Uganda
Rwanda |
. |
| June
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Successful
projects sent reviewers comments and asked to revise
projects accordingly |
. |
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| Week
2 |
PhAction
meeting at the GTZ headquarters, Eschborn.
Meeting held with CTA regarding funding of Micro-MIS
service in Uganda |
Germany
Netherlands |
PhAction
members draw up a plan of action |
| Week
3 |
Backstopping
ISAR |
Rwanda |
Report |
| Week
4 |
Attended Regional conference on Shea Production
and Processing at Lira
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Uganda |
Project linkage |
| July
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Successful
projects sent reviewers comments and asked to revise
projects accordingly
Paper on Market information in Uganda presented
at regional IGAD conference
Attended ASARECA Networks Review |
Sudan
Madagascar
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Project
Improvement
Paper
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| Week
2 |
Attended
ASARECA Networks Review |
Madagascar |
Report
X |
| Week
3 |
Backstopping
ISAR |
Rwanda |
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Technical
Report |
| Week
4 |
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| August
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Project
follow up |
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| Week
2 |
Export
of cassava processing equipment |
Zimbabwe |
Order
details |
| Week
3 |
Project
follow up |
..
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| Week
4 |
Export
of cassava processing equipment |
Swaziland |
Order
details |
| September
2000 |
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| Week |
Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Equipment
for project 6 exported |
Tanzania |
Project
6 started |
| Week
2 |
Successful
projects sent contracts and request made for banking
details. |
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| Week
3 |
ASARECA
Networks Website design course |
Uganda |
14
sites developed
Report
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| Week
4 |
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| October
2000 |
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Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Follow
up on request for signed contracts and specific
details on banking arrangements
Staff trained in Impact assessment through EARRNET
course |
Kenya |
..
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| Week
2 |
Staff
trained in Impact assessment through EARRNET course |
Kenya |
..
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| Week
3 |
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| Week
4 |
Regional
meeting for Market information projects. (Foodnet
projects 1 and 2)
Presented paper at CTA Market information meeting
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Kenya
Netherlands
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Improved
proposals
Review of 3 projects and publication of proceedings |
| November
2000 |
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Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Start
up of the Micro-marketing information service
at three pilot sites (+$CTA)
Presented
MIS paper at SUIPA meeting
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Uganda
Kenya
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Buy
in from WFP and UNFA |
| Week
2 |
Cassava
demand chain market survey conducted in collaboration
with EARRNET and Natural Resources Institute UK
(+$NRI) |
Uganda |
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Report
on Web |
| Week
3 |
Cassava
demand chain market survey conducted in collaboration
with EARRNET and Natural Resources Institute UK
(+$NRI)
Second
Regional Market Analysis training Course
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Uganda |
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Report
on Web
Kenya
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| Week
4 |
Cassava
demand chain market survey conducted in collaboration
with EARRNET and Natural Resources Institute UK
(+$NRI)
First tranches of funds sent to FOODNET projects
Setup work for EARRNET / FOODNET cassava sub-sector
analysis. Technical support from CIRAD. |
Uganda
All
countries
Madagascar
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Draft
report
Update
Trip report
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| Week
5 |
IITA
Work Planning Week
Setup work for EARRNET / FOODNET cassava sub-sector
analysis. Technical support from CIRAD. |
Nigeria
Madagascar |
Trip report / update |
| December
2000 |
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Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
IITA
Work Planning Week
Visit to Ethiopian Projects |
Nigeria
Ethiopia |
Review of projects and delivery of funds |
| Week
2 |
Backstopping
ISAR |
Rwanda |
..
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| Week
3 |
Meetings
held with S. Wood IFPRI regarding project development
on impact assessment of market information.
Staff provided with supplimentary training on DREAM |
Uganda |
Setup
for new projects on impact with IFPRI |
| Week
4 |
Revised
Projects 1 and 2 re-evaluated and comments sent
to partners for review |
Uganda |
Projects
re-aligned |
| January
2001 |
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Activity |
Country |
Output |
| Week
1 |
Update
of Foodnet website.
Technical
support rendered to Project 3 until on the industrial
potential of cassava in Kenya
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Uganda
Kenya
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Relevant
data for Project 3 collected & analysed
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| Week
2 |
Update
of Foodnet website. Start of monitoring and evaluation
of activities with outputs
Preparation of Rwandan ISAR/ATDT report
Export of cassava processing equipment to Tanzania
Technical
support rendered to Project 3 until on the industrial
potential of cassava in Kenya
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Uganda
Uganda
Tanzania
Kenya
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Update
on activities for website
Report 5
Start up of Project 7 |
| Week
3 |
Technical
support to Kenya EARRNET / FOODNET cassava sub-sector
analysis under Project 3 Foodnet focussing
on demand side |
Kenya |
Implementing
Project 3 |
| Week
4 |
Technical
support to Kenya EARRNET / FOODNET cassava sub-sector
analysis under project 3. Foodnet focussing
on demand side
Technical
support to ISAR- Rwanda, Steering committeee meeting
and final planning for strategic planning process
Setting
up of website in Rwanda by Andrew
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Kenya
Rwanda
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Implementing
Project 3
Revised plan |
| February
2001 |
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