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1 Joining Forces to support Farmer Entrepreneurship Agri-ProFocus Uganda Coordination meeting 24 January 2011

2 Objectives Discuss and find joint answers to:  How we are doing as APF-Uganda  Neccesary improvements  Plans for 2011  How we can support each other

3 WhenWhat 09.00Welcome - Introduction and Overview 09.30 Joint Reflection on Performance APF-Uganda  Theory of Change  Joint Assessment Excercise 11.00Break 11.15Conclusions and recommendations 12.00 APF-Uganda 2011  Farmers’ organisations (Hellen – NUCAFE and Esther - SACU)  Financial Services (Joseph – VECO and Ivan - SNV)  Farming Services (Allan - BRAC) 13.00Lunch 14.00 APF-Uganda 2011  Food Security (Astrid - ZOA)  Market information (Robert and Racheal – FIT Uganda)  Policy (Stella - Pelum)  Gender (Bernard – SNV and Roel - APF) 15.15Break 15.30 Collaboration and Exchange  Membership and leadership  Budget  Coordination and support  Online exchange 16.45Wrap up – Next steps 17.00Closure Programme

4 Agri-ProFocus Agri cultural producer organisations in developing countries are key to economic development and poverty reduction. Pro moting farmer entrepreneurship through cooperation, exchange and learning is the goal of our partnership. Focus is on seven African countries and four themes: value chains, financial services, sustainable food production and gender

5 How did we start?  Multi-stakeholder workshop in Entebbe (Nov 2009) - Dutch and their Ugandan partners - Definition of areas where the Network can add a value for farmer entrepreneurship in Uganda  5 topics (5 working groups) - Financial services - Market information and Market access - Policy - Farmer services - Farmer Organisations  Food security (integration in the different topics)  Gender in Value Chains  Online platform: http://apf-uganda.ning.com

6 “All Topics Are Linked”

7 Overview 2010 Policy (PELUM):  Stakeholder and policies mapping  Information sharing on related issues -Draft National Standards and Quality policyDraft National Standards and Quality policy -A review and analysis of agriculture related policies that support sustainable agricultureA review and analysis of agriculture related policies that support -Towards enhancing small- scale farmers livelihoods and food security through indigenous climate change adaptationTowards enhancing small- scale farmers livelihoods and food security  Conduct policy research; linking with ESFIM research consultant for policy research on Action Research to Audit the Effectiveness of NAADS and proposals for Reform: The NAADS that farmers want  Financial services group request: a need for advocacy about; importance of agri-financing, increasing agriculture budget by government and establishment of more agri-development oriented banks

8 Overview 2010 Financial services (VECO):  Priority setting for the group (inventory?) after new start with leadership of Veco/Cordaid  Group merging together with Veco/Cordaid group  Draft TOR for study demand and supply analysis for agriculture finance  Sharing of APF-Zambia approach Farming services (BRAC):  Identify gap in rice VC, topics for improvement of farming services  Possible taking up other commodity/VC (staple food)  Draft TOR finished  KIT follow up

9 Overview 2010 Farming as a business (farming organisations) NUCAFE/Send A Cow/AGRITERRA  Call for cases; good practices on farming organisations for business and their support systems ( 18 cases submitted)  Linking with Makarere University (Business Minds) and WUR, 2 students)  Assessments end 2010  Sharing in workshop early 2011 Market access and information (FIT Uganda)  Working group with “external members”; Grameen, EAGC, AB Trust, Ssemwanga)  MI symposium with over 200 participants with outcomes; -Mandate for broader forum (incl. government) -Mandate for broader working group broader (MSP?) working on validation/standards of MI (public/private good), directory (who and how’s) -Importance to linking with financial services -Importance of linking with ICT (final mile to the end-user) -Plan of working on standardisation of MI (policy/advocacy)

10 Overview 2010 Gender and Value Chain (SNV/Oxfam-Novib)  In collaboration with Oxfam-Novib; Gender and VC event (sharing experiences and how to incorporate it within network)  Draft agenda for Gender and VC within APF Uganda Food security (ICCO)  ZOA, ICCO, Oxfam took initiative to reflect on how to incorporate Food Securty within the network, which partners? Which themes, which activities?  Draft TOR (linked with climate adaptation a.o.) Country strategy agreement 2010-2012 for Dutch coalition  Ultimate revision of agreement and budget

11 Overview 2010  Important linkage Makarere University through Business Minds Africa  Members (over 325 members on-line platform Ning) exchanging information  Exchange visit from APF Rwanda  Theory of Change and PME system applied (progress report)

12 Agri-ProFocus Uganda: Online Platform (NING)

13 Joint Reflection on Performance APF-Uganda Theory of Change  Diffferent entry points to farmer entrepreneurship  Different actions and players  What is it that we are actually doing and producing as a network?  Are we doing the right things in the right way?  How do we contribute to Change?  How to measure our results and at what levels?

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15 Use of 5 C model: Capacities of networks  Coordination and harmonization (are we relevant and coherent?)  External linkages (are we connected?)  Joint action (are we contributing to efficiency?)  Learning and Innovation (are we making sustainable improvements?)  Development results (are the participating organisations becoming more effective?) Outcome mapping What do we expect, what do we like, what do we love Combining models

16 Assessment Matrix Evaluation TopicsEvaluationEvaluation Questions Agri-ProFocus Sphere of Control 1. Coordination and Harmonisation 1.1 Is there a clear mandate for the network (vision, ambitions and strategy)? 1.2 Who are the contributing organisations and are their vision, ambitions and strategy consistent with those of the APF network? 2. External Relationships 2.1 Does the APF network establish legitimate and relevant external relationships? 3. Joint Action 3.1 Does the APF network take charge efficiently? 3.2 Is the APF network being propelled by inspiring leadership? 4. Learning and Innovation 4.1 Does the network create opportunities, incentives, and confidence to learn? 4.2 Does the APF network foster an adaptive management and innovation culture? Agri-ProFocus Sphere of Influence 5. Development Results 5.1 Does the APF network contribute to more effective interventions by the different actors?

17 Joint exercise to assess results  5 Sheets, 5 Groups  Each Sheet Contains one or two questions  Take 10 minutes for each Sheet  Think of the things you have been involved in: what was achieved / outputs in 2010  Write down on a card with a marker in Capital Letters (Legibly)  Make it as concrete as possible! Note: You can use the guideline in your map to see what type of indicators we have used. These might inspire you!

18 What did we think of this exercise?  Was it difficult / easy?  Does it help in getting an overview of where we are going with APF-Uganda?  Are we thinking along similar or different lines? Per topic  What are we proud of and do we keep?  What are our challenges and how do we tackle them? Conclusions and recommendations

19 WhenWhat 09.00Welcome - Introduction and Overview 09.30 Joint Reflection on Performance APF-Uganda  Theory of Change  Joint Assessment Excercise 11.00Break 11.15Conclusions and recommendations 12.00 APF-Uganda 2011  Farmers’ organisations (Hellen – NUCAFE and Esther - SACU)  Financial Services (Joseph – VECO and Ivan - SNV)  Farming Services (Allan - BRAC) 13.00Lunch 14.00 APF-Uganda 2011  Food Security (Astrid - ZOA)  Market information (Robert and Racheal – FIT Uganda)  Policy (Stella - Pelum)  Gender (Bernard – SNV and Roel - APF) 15.15Break 15.30 Collaboration and Exchange  Membership and leadership  Budget  Coordination and support  Online exchange 16.45Wrap up – Next steps 17.00Closure Programme

20 APF-Uganda 2011....... Plans per group (10 minutes max. per presentation)  What are the issues to tackle?  Who is involved / should be involved more?  What are the Planned Activities?  What is the Change? Reactions and suggestions (be constructive!) max 10 minutes

21 Agri-ProFocus Uganda: Online Platform (NING)

22 Coordination and harmonization (are we relevant and coherent?) Proud  Continuity through an accepted and budgeted joint strategy  A local structure growing in quality and numbers of stakeholders involved  Commitment of Dutch APF-members in helping to move things forward  Well functioning coordination triangle willing to make APF network work Challenges  Making sure the APF themes are well embedded in wider developments  Linking the different themes / groups to work effective and efficiently  Further deepening of exchange with and linking of existing programmes of Dutch APF members  Building relationships beyond individual professionals towards management External linkages (are we connected?) Proud  Getting wider recognition for the network by new stakeholders linking up  Moving beyond the initial agenda towards brokering ‘deals’ with new actors Challenges  Involvement of government and private sector  Getting a good overview of external stakeholders and pro-actively engage with them Conclusions

23 Joint action (are we efficient?) Proud  Various groups getting things done making the network grow and attractive  Different events that have been (co-) organized by APF, like MIS, Gender and the PELUM event Challenges  jump starting activities in access to finance, food security and gender  Fostering continued development in already active groups  Organizing sufficient human and financial resources (and priorities) to keep the energy Learning and Innovation (are sustainably improving?) Proud  Emerging culture of knowledge and experience sharing both online and in F2F events  Effective linkages to Ugandan institutes of higher learning Challenges  Developing innovative learning products together (both in content and usability)  Coordinating knowledge agendas and roles of Dutch and Ugandan institutes  Effective use of good examples from other APF countries  Move beyond sharing and stimulate peer to peer dialogue (on NING) and reflection Conclusions

24 Development results (are we effective?) This maybe too early to tell? We are looking for an answer to three questions:  What has motivated actors to participate in APF Uganda?  How are the action and learning outputs translated to better services / interventions for farmer entrepreneurs?  What are the lessons learned by the actors to use for improving the functioning of the network? Conclusions


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