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Welcome to the 2023 Network Summit! Your group is:
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Dorotea Rossi Kriscak
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Anirudh K C
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Lia Leffland - ATV
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Marcella D'Souza- WOTR
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Kesavan Subaharan- ICAR
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Nityananda Dhal- PRADAN
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Theory of Change
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Setting up a Theory of Change is like making a roadmap that outlines the steps by which you plan to achieve your goal. It helps you define whether your work is contributing towards achieving the impact you envision, and if there is another way that you need to consider as well. The Theory of Change also allows you to spot potential risks in your plan by sharing the underlying assumptions in each step. Work outwards from your defining problem, and towards your long-term impact. Write down the entities that are most needed and who you hope to help with your work. Then think about where to start your work, you may need to find a place, a person or a thing that will be your first port of call. Try to think of some practical steps that you can take to make changes. Try to keep these as action-oriented as possible. And finally, what would the immediate results or outcomes be? These could be tangible results that you can show to other people to clarify how your work is making a difference. List the key outcomes that your activity would lead to: these are the preconditions that you need to realise your vision. As you fill each of the boxes, it is critical to also reflect on the key assumptions that underpin these steps in your work. This may help you to spot potential risks or connections between the different projects.TEA BREAKEND DAY ONEEND DAY TWO
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Research QuestionStep 1: What are the key results you want to accomplish by addressing this question in a three year project - meaning, what do you want to see happen if you address this question that will impact the larger issue (LOOK TO THE RIGHT)? (30 minutes)Step 2: Now take a look at the results you just outlined, does the research question on the left reflect these results or should it be refined to become more targeted and relevant to the overall issue (LOOK TO THE RIGHT)? (10 minutes)Step 3. Who are the key entry participants needed for the desired results? (what organizations, institutes, programs, should be involved - include your organizations and any others. Please note external organizations must be brought on board) (15 minutes)Step 4. What entry resources or infrastructure will you need to achieve the desired results? (what personnel, equipment, data sets, field sites, other infrastructure or resources will you need to answer this question. If these are not accessible by the participating organizations in the session, how will we access them?) (15 Minutes) Step 5. What major steps are needed to achieve the results? (make sure these steps can be addressed in a 3-year period) (30 minutes)Step 6. How long will each step take? (months, years) (10 minutes)Step 7. What will be the measurable effects of this work? (In other words, how do you know the step has been completed? What milestones or deliverables will be achieved at each step - consider community, policy, and/or research outcomes) (20 minutes)?Step 8. What are the Wider Benefits of this work? Do your benefits address the larger focus area (LOOK TO THE RIGHT)? (20 minutes)Step 9. If all outcomes are met, will there be a way to extend or expand this project in a second round in Year 3? If so, how? (20 minutes)Overall Issue
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 Developing an institutional ecosystem for localized and sustainable agrifood systemsPoints to be considered while developing the Ph.D. project: 1. Carbon-cost of transfer of food and decentralized production to reduce carbon costs 2. Mapping of the type of food grown traditionally and how much of that can be brought back along with changes in consumer behavior. 3. Developing a Package of Practices for water and land use and enabling EbA through FPOs. 4. Stewardship approach for management and Water governance 5. Possibility of incentivization for good practices through crop insurance. 6. Inclusivity based on gender and class, the possibility of carbon trading for small-scale farmers, and regenerative financing. 7. Scope of utilizing the traditional varieties as a mitigation measure of climate chagechanged title is provided in the first cell1. WOTR, ECOBARI, PRADAN 2. NGOs 3. Government agencies ( state and center) 4. SAU/ICAR 5. CSR agencies 6. Networks on agroecological domains 7. Collectives and FPOs. Programs 1. National Mission on Natural Farming 2. PMFBY 3. PM Pranam and other programs on agri and farmer welfare. CGAIR institutes Location of the study: Places where we have indigenous communities (as they have rich but fast-depleting resources and changing food systems). Aspirational disctricts listed by Govt. of India Outine of data needed: Climate risks that have been in last 10 years, mapping of households, farming allied, data regarding climate, cropping pattern of the area ,the requirement of the community the, quantity of produce sold in the market (Livestock and poultry should also be included). Secondary data on geographical distance to the major markets. Food items and products movement into and out of the area (Helps identify changes and the inputs needed). Source of knowledge and who is influencing the community. Change in food habits that is available online with the public distribution system or the flow of grains, vegetables and fruits in local markets Human health and crop practices correlation. Agri-enterprises in the area. Human-animall conflicts.
1. Identification of the critical institutional barriers along the supply chain (production, technology, finance, and marketing) of agricultural products that hamper localized regenerative agriculture.
2. Assess institutional abilities, needs, risks, and benefits associated with incentivizing regenerative agriculture in communities.
3. Formulate institutional design strategies that can incentivize regenerative agriculture locally. ( Current capacity and desired capacity mapping)
4. Develop a roadmap offering opportunities for a supportive institutional ecosystem for transitioning to and upscaling regenerative agriculture in local communities.		1. Six months 2. Six months 3. 3-4 Months 4. 6 months ( The remaining time period can devoted for the course, review, conferences and writing)Community outcomes: 1. Food resilience around non-toxic, nutritional, diverse, and sufficient food for everyone (gender inclusive) 2. Significant household income to lead an inspired life. 3. Support services including finance, inputs, marketing, and extension services. 4. Community Institutional mechanism. 5. Climate-resilient farming systems. 6. Enhance and Enrich the natural resource base.
Research outcomes: 1. Critical institutional barriers along the supply chain will be identified 2. Institutional abilities, risks, and benefits associated with incentivizing regenerative agriculture locally will be assessed 3. An institutional design strategy to incentivize regenerative agriculture will be developed. 4. Roadmap offering opportunities for a supportive institutional ecosystem for transitioning to and upscaling regenerative agriculture in local communities will be developed.
Policy outcomes: 1. Policies for incentivization of sustainable practices and inclusion of benefits in crop insurance schemes. 2. Coordination of agencies based on the mapped institutional ecosystem. 3. Enabling supply chains.
1. Proper incentivisation of regenerative agriculture can improve yield, conserve water and nutrients, and mitigate climate change.
2. This project can lead to an improved understanding of key levers to incentivise the agricultural sector to adopt regenerative agriculture practices.
3. Transformation to regenerative techniques will encourage climate resiliency.
4. The resultant outputs will provide pathways and tangible strategies for upscaling regenerative agriculture.
5. The project will build interactions and exchanges between stakeholders involved in regenerative agriculture.		Further extension emphasizing on possibilities of carbon trade, developing a package of practices for crop and soil management for larger areas, mapping possibilities of forming clusters of villages/watersheds instead of single locations/villages, and specific study based on gender and class inclusivity. In collaboration with the ECOBARI Collaborative for Resilience, develop and test an implementation strategy for ecosystem-based, regenerative, and sustainable agriculture in selected rural communities in Maharashtra. As a pilot case, we initially plan to develop an ecosystem-based strategy forĀ  dryland agricultural communities
near Pune. (Spell out the agroclimatic zone rather than the name of the nearby city)
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NOTES FROM GROUP PARTICIPANTS:Marcella: The point on Carbon footprint can be removed from the study (even though otherwise its important). Let's focus on Behavior around food habits & the institutional setup to promote sustainable healthy food security. (i) Map the foods currently consumed, why they choose these.& where sourced from. (ii) Map the food crops currently grown and the food crops grown 15 - 20 years earlier; what triggered the change (iii) Interventions / approaches/ methodologies at the individual (income) and community level (which adresses the research topic) that works towards sustainability of the food systems and FNS Marcella: Businesses drive what we do, hence corporates working in the food sector to be included
Lia: Our group consisted three entusiastic students and clever persons from the private/NGO sector. But we lacked members with a research/science background to concretize and respond to potential connections to a specific three year PhD. project. I will recommend a potential supervisor from a university is included.

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