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8. WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS


8.1 Conclusions

The Workshop reached the following conclusions on the status and relevance of IIA and the establishment of an IIA Network:

(a) On integrated irrigation-aquaculture

(b) On the need for an IIA Network

8.2 Recommendations

With reference to the proposed regional IIA Network, the Workshop made the following recommendations:

Languages for networking: English and French.

Membership of the IIA Network:

During the first phase (18 to 24 months long), membership of the Network shall comprise the following five countries, each represented by the designated national institutions or Departments:

Burkina Faso

- Institut du Développement Rural (IDR)

- Ministère de l'Environnement et de l'Eau (MEE and Office National des Barrages et des Aménagements Hydro-agricoles)

- Ministry of Agriculture (Extension Service)

Côte d'Ivoire

- Agence Nationale pour le Développement Rural (ANADER)

- Centre National de Recherche Agricole (CNRA)

Ghana

- Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA-Irrigation Department, Fisheries Department and Irrigation Development Authority)

- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-Water Research Institute)

- Irrigation Company for the Upper Regions (ICOUR)

Mali

- Institut d'Economie Rurale (IER)

- Direction Nationale de l'Aménagement et de l'Equipement Rural (DNAER)

Zambia

- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAFF-Fisheries Department and Technical Services Branch/Irrigation Section)

- Member countries

- Burkina Faso: IDR

- Côte d'Ivoire: ANADER

- Ghana: MOFA (Fisheries Department)

- Mali: DNAER

- Zambia: MAFF (Fisheries Department)

- Observers: FAO, WARDA/IVC and IITA/EPHTA

- Network Coordinator: to be appointed by the ATF when funding is obtained.

It was agreed that the establishment of the IIA Network should be accomplished in the following stages and timeframes:

· Sensitization of decision-makers on the IIA Workshop recommendations



[Workshop participants, FAO]

December 1999

· Establishment and start of the IIA Africa Link



[EPHTA, donor/USAID]

December 1999

· Review of existing IIA technology



[FAO, ICLARM, WARDA]

January 2000

· Establishment of the Advisory Task Force (ATF)



[Workshop participants, FAO, Governments]

February 2000

· Development of a Regional Project Proposal on IIA in the context of SPFS



[FAO Regional Office for Africa, ATF]

June 2000

· Appointment of the Network Coordinator



[Network ATF]

September 2000


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