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Advancing Agricultural Knowledge: Insights from the Agri-ProFocus Council Meeting in Utrecht

The Agri-ProFocus (APF) Knowledge Agenda focuses on enhancing agricultural practices relevant to nine countries by emphasizing documentation, communication, and collaboration. Key topics include gender equality in value chains, farmer access to finance, and climate change's impact on food security. Various actions aimed at capacity strengthening and practical training for development practitioners are being implemented. The agenda aims for cross-country learning while navigating complex priorities and decision-making challenges. The overarching goal remains to improve development practices in agriculture by the end of 2012.

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Advancing Agricultural Knowledge: Insights from the Agri-ProFocus Council Meeting in Utrecht

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  1. Agri-ProFocus Knowledge Agenda Status report Participants Council Utrecht, 13 October 2011 Peter Gildemacher

  2. Knowledge agenda • Clarification • The “APF knowledge agenda”, concerns knowledge issues of relevance across the 9 countries • The agri-hubs have their own additional activities that are “outside” the 9-country knowledge agenda • The knowledge agenda focuses on documentation and communication of new and existing knowledge • The aim is to contribute directly to an improved development practice • The target audience are development practitioners (private, public and NGO) and the core subject is their work

  3. Knowledge agenda Broadly 3 types of action can be distinguished Collection, documenting and analysis of practical experiences from the field Communication and training based on earlier documented experiences Piloting collaborative action

  4. Knowledge agenda • 5 topics were chosen: • Gender equality in value chains • Farmer access to financial services • Organized farmers as partners in agri-business • Sustainable rural business development services • Climate change and food security

  5. Knowledge agenda • Criteria for the selection of topics: • Priorities of the 9 countries • On-going multi-country knowledge initiatives under APF • 5th theme more ‘supply’ driven, following Dutch development policy

  6. Knowledge agena • Process that was applied: • Assessment of the interests in the 9 APF country programs • Discussion of the 5 topics with Dutch APF members (14 April) • Preparation of draft ideas for action by Dutch knowledge institutes (KIT & WUR-CDI) • Making choices and team formation during the core-group meeting 5-7 July • Development of action plans by teams per topic

  7. Knowledge agenda • Core group meeting 5-7 July: • Presentation of draft ideas for action by Dutch knowledge institutes (KIT & WUR-CDI) • Suggestions by country teams with regard to action per topic resulting in a long-list • Choosing topic form the long-list to reduce to maximum 2 per topic • Develop steps and deliverables till end 2012 • Country teams decided on topics for their country (max. 5) • Start made with action plans per topic per country

  8. Knowledge agenda

  9. Knowledge agenda • Gender & Inclusion in Value Chains • Coordination: KIT, F&S • Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia • Action: Capacity Strengthening on Gender & Inclusion in Value Chain Development • Presentation and discussion gender and value chain book • Learning, coaching and interaction trajectories for 15-20 participants per country on applying principles in their own work • Documentation per country and cross country synthesis

  10. Knowledge agenda Farmers Access to Finance Coordination: KIT Action 1: Translation Value Chain Finance book in French and sharing of tools Countries: Benin, Mali, Niger Action 2: Brokering interaction between farmer entrepreneurs and financial service providers Countries: Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Mali, Rwanda, Zambia, Ethiopia

  11. Knowledge agenda Organized Farmers as Partners in Agri-Business Coordination: WUR-CDI, WUR-VHL, KIT Action 1: Farmer-firm relations and inclusive agribusiness models Countries: Mali, Niger, Benin, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique Action 2: Basket of options for economic service provision Countries: Niger,Rwanda, Ethiopia

  12. Knowledge agenda Sustainable Rural Business Development Services Coordination: KIT, WUR-CDI Action 1: Stocktaking of experiences and demand for Rural Business Development Services (RBDS) Countries: Zambia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda Action 2: Inventory of supply, demand and addressing gaps in Rural Business Development Services Countries: Mozambique, Rwanda, Ethiopia

  13. Knowledge agenda Food Security and Climate Change Coordination: ETC, WUR-CDI Action 1: Develop a method to assess, communicate and positively influence the effects of market driven food production on household food security Countries: Uganda Action 2: Exchange experiences about practices how to become more resilient to (climate) change Countries: Mali, Niger

  14. Knowledge agenda • Challenges • Difficult decision making process • Priorities within the 9 countries, while aim is cross-country learning, buy-inn difficult • Balance between implementation drive and documentation focus • Shifting agendas and priorities Agri-Hubs • Budget for coordinating organizations (KIT, WUR-CDI, ETC, F&S, WUR-VHL) • Tangible results by end 2012

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