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EVOLUTION OF AFAAS
Dr. Silim M. Nahdy
Chair, AFAAS Board
Presentation to AFAAS third Symposium and
GA, 2011Alisa Hotel , Accra
GhanaSymposium & GA
OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
• Challenges facing African AAS
• The formation of AFAAS
• Comparative advantage of AFAAS
• AFAAS guiding principles
• Lessons from AAS
Climate change & soil degradation
Poverty in Africa
Low agricultural productivity
Low level of education
Poor market orientation
Unsupportive Policies
Inappropriate AAS delivery approaches
Inappropriate funding
approachesLow organisational & Institutional
Capacities
Farmers who are not empowered
Widening scope of AAS
Inability to target poverty and
gender
Ineffective demand for AAS
Environmental degradation and climate change
Poor Market Orientation ?!
Challenges Facing African Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS)
THE PROBLEMS AT THE CENTRE
• No continent-wide framework for supporting No continent-wide framework for supporting institutional development of AASinstitutional development of AAS– Agriculture largely neglected as investment
priority– Uncoordinated funding schemes– No common framework for multi-stakeholder
collaboration
THE PROBLEMS AT THE CENTRE (continued)
• Lack of mechanisms to develop synergies Lack of mechanisms to develop synergies between countriesbetween countries– The potential of experts in specialized fields are
not fully utilized• Participatory approaches• Multi-stakeholder approaches• Value chain experts
– Supporting services to (such as micro-credit, rural infrastructure) are poor or not fully engaged
THE PROBLEMS AT THE CENTRE (continued)
• Information exchange not adequateInformation exchange not adequate– Low level of information sharing regarding
advisory service approaches– Best practices of AAS approaches for specific
domains are lacking (high value/stable crops; domestic/export market; public/private AAS)
THE PROBLEMS AT THE CENTRE (continued)
• Low capacity of AAS to address current challengesLow capacity of AAS to address current challenges– Traditionally no proactive but passive role to deliver
researcher-generated knowledge to farmers (top-down approach);
– Focus rather on productivity (supply driven) than on market demand (demand driven);
– Blanket recommendation instead of consideration of recommendation domains
THE PROBLEMS AT THE CENTRE (continued)
• Low level of networking and partnershipLow level of networking and partnership– No coordinated linkages between various AAS
providers within countries (public and private AAS)
– No international linkages between AAS (unlike research)
– Unconducive policies
What is needed?
The question was addressed by:• Sub-Saharan African Network on Agricultural Advisory
Services (SSANAAS), Kampala, 2004 (7 African Countries)
• AAS Innovations and Networking Second Symposium, Kampala, 2006 (14 African countries), formalisation through
stakeholder endorsement of; African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS)
What is required?
• Information Sharing• Continental focus• Quality assurance of agricultural extension• Accountability• Partnerships• Efficiency and effectiveness• Innovativeness • Market orientation/ commercialisation• Promoting participation of private sector, civil society and
farmers • Subsidiarity • Separation of Advisory Services from input delivery
Alisa Hotel
AFAAS Principles
AFAAS - CAADP Context
CAADP provides a framework that can enable the attainment of AFAAS objectives within the context of:
• Lessons learnt from previous experience
• Challenges to AAS in Africa
• Widening scope of agricultural advisory services
• A New Relationship between Research and Advisory Services
• Immerging issues - climate change, gender
• Emergence of the Market Oriented Agricultural Services paradigm
• Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and threats
AFAAS - CAADP Context
AFAAS - CAADP Context
• Policy and advocacy• AAS require a supportive policy framework • Diversifying Delivery and funding approaches• Flexibly and use of different approaches- blend public and
private delivery. • Institutional and organisational capacity• Low institutional and organisational capacities. • Participation and Empowerment• Innovativeness in design and piloting of interventions
Lessons
14
Groundnuts
Lessons
Networking, GFRAS,RIMIS and AFAAS – Chile
AFAAS at a glimpse
Thank You