1. Capacity Building in Agriculture and Food Security AIARD Annual Conference on Building the Capacity to Transform the Food Security Landscape 5– 8 June 2011 Washington DC, USA

2. FAO and Capacity Building A renewed global commitment to agriculture and food security Additional resources have started to flow into the agriculture and food and nutrition security sectors Low institutional capacity in the agricultural sector Past activities have had limited impact Opportunities with CAADP, Donors Assistance Strategies etc. Capacity Development... Need for Greater Attention

3. FAO and Capacity Building Process versus Outputs Three Dimensions Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!

4. FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!

5. FAO and Capacity Building Process versus outputs Three Dimensions Design Phase Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!

6. FAO and Capacity Building Solutions Impleme nter Facilitato r Coordinat ion Needs Context Stakehold ers Linkages Solutions Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact! A Design Phase that Requires Very Good Understanding of Context

7. FAO and Capacity Building Process versus outputs Three Dimensions Design Phase Anchorage / Institutionalisation Easy to Deliver…. Difficult to Achieve Impact!

8. FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact! Less Chance of Impact Institutionalizing Results and Process Local Expertise External Expertise Local Institutions Government commitment Local Expertise External Expertise

9. FAO and Capacity Building Why? – Required to access input-output markets – Concentration of agents; New demands; Price volatility What? – Reviewing past investments – Sharing experience initiative Who? – FAO, WB, Agricord, IFPRI Senegal, IFAD Capacity Building of Producer Organizations a Partnership is Emerging

10. FAO and Capacity Building Planning and Policy Units – To deal with complex institutional relations – To lead policy debate for policy reforms – To defend the ag. budget – To plan the distribution of resources – To monitor sector and ministry performance – To move from doing ministries to regulating ministries Ministries of Agriculture Need for a Greater and Coordinated Attention

11. FAO and Capacity Building Capacity Development is complex and aid mechanisms do not help Initiative on Producers Organizations – Welcome to join Ministries of Agriculture - Need for greater attention Conclusion