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Agri-ProFocus Kenya Network Day

Agri-ProFocus Kenya Network Day. 30 September Silver Springs Hotel. Programme. Programme. Our Aspirations. Sphere of interest Addressing poverty by improving farmer entrepreneurship Sphere of influence Enhanced services for farmer entrepreneusrhip by relevant stakeholders

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Agri-ProFocus Kenya Network Day

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  1. Agri-ProFocus KenyaNetwork Day 30 September Silver Springs Hotel

  2. Programme

  3. Programme

  4. Our Aspirations Sphere of interest • Addressing poverty by improving farmer entrepreneurship Sphere of influence • Enhanced services for farmer entrepreneusrhip by relevant stakeholders Sphere of Control • Vibrant Kenyan network acting and learning together

  5. APF Multi Actor Arena Gender in Value Chains Value Chain Development NGOs, Service Providers Sustainable Food Production Access to Financial Services

  6. Agri-ProFocus Kenya Now

  7. Output area A:Action learning on Agri-business Development • Participating organisations are improving their understanding and practice • Currently 15+ cases in various sub-sectors from SNV, Heifer, Oikocredit-Pawdep, HSHC, PELUM, Solidaridad, ICCO-Forefinance KENFAP, WRCCS, IDCCS, KOAN, KIOF, Ufadhili Trust, KCPA • Skill improvement sessions and coaching • New cases welcome!

  8. Output Area B:Access to Financial Services and Products Objective: Clarity on demand and supply for financial products Improve services (technically, commercially, risk mitigation) to producer organisations Activities (so far): Value Chain Finance Market Study VCF Event Linking financial service providers to action –learning cases of APF Kenya members (e.g. forefinance pilots and Oikocredit)

  9. Output Area C (Policy) and D (Knowledge and Networking) Policy Services to policy issues in agri-business cases Next stop: KENFAP to link up to agribusiness cases Knowledge development Documenting and disseminating learning Networking and Exchange Matchmaking between organisations Linking to institutes of higher learning (KIM, JKUAT, etc.) Ning

  10. Online Platform (currently 160 members)Sign up and Join us!

  11. Business Café Objective Forge coalitions / partnerships around the presented topics, using the APF Kenya network Process • 5 corners with topics • 2 rounds of discussion • Participants subscribe in topics for 1st and 2nd round • Topic is introduced by table owner • A note taker is appointed to capture the main points of the discussion on flip charts • The discussion is to be led by the table owner. • We at least like the following points documented: • Lead organization and person of the follow-up activity • Participating organizations in the initiative and their role • Ambitions of the follow-up initiative • Concrete activities for the coming 6-12 months • How will the initiative be part of APF Kenya?

  12. Partnership dating market Objective Provide opportunity to participating organizations to seek partnerships for on-going and new initiatives Process • Organizations wanting to advertise their partnership needs prepare a flipchart stating: • What do I have on offer? • What am I looking for? • Owners put up their advertisement in the corner where their subject belongs • Other participants circulate and look for opportunities • If a partnership opportunity is identified, a date is made and recorded on a card: • Subject of the date • Person and their organizations dating • Follow-up (nature of the date) • Put concluded dates on the indicated wall

  13. APF Kenya action learning Objective: Improve knowledge and practice of APF Kenya members in facilitating agricultural entrepreneurship Brief history • Action learning kick-start May 2010 • Second action learning meeting September 2010 Participating organizations Heifer Kenya, Forefinance, Solidaridad, KENFAP, KIT, KOAN, KIOF, Oikocredit, Pelum, SNV, Ufadhili trust, WRCCS, HSHC, IDCCS

  14. APF Kenya action learning Action learning set-up • Finished cases on agri-business facilitation, published through BMA (www.businessmindsafrica.org) • Identification of 7 learning questions • Identify on-going cases and choice of learning questions • Identification of 3 topics for ‘self-education’ • 24 months learning trajectory, on-line sharing and 6-monthly meetings • Graphic picture

  15. How to join? Joining the action learning initiative • Personal and organizational commitment to invest in learning and willingness to share • Identify an on-going case in your work to learn from specifically • Contact Tito Arunga, APF Kenya coordinator • Join the APF Kenya Ning (http://apf-kenya.ning.com) • Download the case description form and fill it • Choose 2 form the 7 learning questions to focus on • Participate in on-line debate and face-to-face meetings

  16. 7 learning questions SELECTED LEARNING QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR APF KENYA • How to effectively provide services to small farmers (financial, inputs, market info)? • How to motivate private sector actors to become involved in agri-business development initiatives for smallholders? • How to use collective action of producers in agri-business development? What can be learned from the cooperative model for agri-business development? • How to improve the knowledge in POs on assessing financial and investment risks and opportunities? • How to do an effective value chain and system analysis with actors, including assessment of opportunities? • How do we promote the fair distribution of investments and returns along the value chain? • How to empower women and youth to take a leadership role in agricultural business?

  17. 3 topics chosen for self-education • Participatory systems analysis • Investment assessment, feasibility study, business plan development • Improving understanding between financial services and agri-business facilitators

  18. APF Kenya graphically Services offered by APF Kenya participants Day-to-day practice APF Kenya participants Financial services Services Tailor made capacity building Learning Case Learning Case Business development services Learning Case Demand articulation Learning Case Strengthening producer organizations Learning Case Gender issues Expected outcomes Knowledge development Agri-business development capacity Successful learning cases Joint action APF Kenya Evidence based policy making

  19. Future of the APF network Group brainstorm • Tables with 5 people: • Write on a card 3 actions you can take to broaden the network • Write on a card 3 things you want to get out of the network • Table by table 1 action or expectation is presented

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