Agri-ProFocus Kenya Network Day 30 September Silver Springs Hotel

Programme

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

APF Multi Actor Arena Producers Organisations Farmer Entrepreneurship Financial Services, MFIs,.. Private Sector Research and Learning Public Sector NGOs, Service Providers Sustainable Food Production Value Chain Development Gender in Value Chains Access to Financial Services

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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!

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)

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

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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 1 st and 2 nd 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: 1.Lead organization and person of the follow-up activity 2.Participating organizations in the initiative and their role 3.Ambitions of the follow-up initiative 4.Concrete activities for the coming 6-12 months 5.How will the initiative be part of APF Kenya?

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

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

APF Kenya action learning Action learning set-up Finished cases on agri-business facilitation, published through BMA ( ) 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

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 ( 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

7 learning questions SELECTED LEARNING QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR APF KENYA 1.How to effectively provide services to small farmers (financial, inputs, market info)? 2.How to motivate private sector actors to become involved in agri- business development initiatives for smallholders? 3.How to use collective action of producers in agri-business development? What can be learned from the cooperative model for agri-business development? 4.How to improve the knowledge in POs on assessing financial and investment risks and opportunities? 5.How to do an effective value chain and system analysis with actors, including assessment of opportunities? 6.How do we promote the fair distribution of investments and returns along the value chain? 7.How to empower women and youth to take a leadership role in agricultural business?

3 topics chosen for self-education 1.Participatory systems analysis 2.Investment assessment, feasibility study, business plan development 3.Improving understanding between financial services and agri-business facilitators

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

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