Strengthening the Capacity

of Agriculture Innovation Brokers

John Preissing, FAOR Peru TCI Investment Days

17 - 18 December 2012

Enabling Environment for Agriculture Innovation:

economic policy, legal and regulatory environment, institutions, infrastructure,

practices, behaviors, and natural resource base, etc.

TRIGGERS

Economic – price,

market cost, value

chain, etc.

Bio-physical – climate

change, soils, pests,

etc.

Socio-political –

policy, law,

employment,

population, etc.

Technological –

inputs, new

technology, etc

Infrastructural/Devel

opmental – roads,

markets, ICTs, etc.

Capacity development: in enabling environment, institutional strengthening, & human resource levels.

Public sector:

Extension/Education

Research

Finance

Chambers of Commerce

Government

Private sector: Producers organizations

Input suppliers

Machinery dealers

Traders

Agro-industry

Banking/insurance co.

PPP Market

oriented

farmers

Subsistence

farmers

Advanced

farmers

Facilitation &

coordination bodies:

NGOs.

Producer organizations

Cooperatives

Commodity

associations

Advisory services

External projects

Retailers

Etc.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS

Extension as Agriculture Innovation Brokers

Innovation Brokers are intermediary organizations that sit between and connect different agents involved in innovation trajectories in developing countries (Klerx, Hall, Leeuwis)

Many actors can be IBs

• Traditional skills needed – agronomy

– animal science

– natural resource management

– extension methods

• Plus – facilitation skills

– organization skills

– market orientation and skills

– networking skills (value chain, research, agrometeorology, funding, training institutions)

– communication and ICT

• Plus, plus an organization… – willingness to risk, experiment

– ability to learn from experiences – a learning organization

TCI Investment Days

17 - 18 December 2012

Challenges for Extension as Innovation Brokers

• Capacity in technical skills

• To be demand & market led

• Upstream support (research, pre-service & in-service training)

• Articulation with other actors

• Weak national & subnational institutions

• Funding innovation brokerage

• Measuring impact

TCI Investment Days 17 - 18 December 2012

Developing a Market for Innovation Services – Peru INCAGRO (WB)

TCI Investment Days 17 - 18 December 2012

Improving Demand for Innovation

Services

•Organizational development & coaching

•Producer led competitive innovation projects

•Contracting for extension to support innovation projects

•NGOs, producer groups, universities, subnational governments

Improving the Supply of

Innovation Services1

•Extension competency assessment

•Extension skills assessment

•Competitive extension training projects (hardware, orgware, software)

•Targeting groups

Improving the Supply of

Innovation Services2

•Producer led applied research projects

•Producer groups & research institutions partnering

•Technology adaptation and/or marketing driven projects

New Innovation Services - Bolivia PISA INIAF(WB)

TCI Investment Days 17 - 18 December 2012

National

•National strategy for extension as ente rector with innovation brokerage

•Agreements on national role & with Departments

•Recruiting, hiring, training national Innovation Brokers

•Articulation within INIAF & other actors

Departmental

•Departmental Agriculture Innovation Consortia

•Direct funding allocation for consortia priorities in 2 pilot departments

•Matching funds in pilot & non pilot departments

Implemenation

•Departmental Reference & Training Centers for extension providers & lead producers

•Local community participation strategies

• Innovations, local knowledge, process changes

Ag Innovation with INIFAP - Mexico - Bienes Publicos(IADB)

TCI Investment Days 17 - 18 December 2012

Institutional Capacities

• National strategy – demand led, focus on PSPs, linkages to producer´s - Foundation - researchers

• Capacity building for 90 TT-Specialists

• 32 Centers, modernized for outreach & training

Capacity Programs for PSPs

• Needs assessments and demands, base lines

• Training program design

• Implement programs for up to 30,000 PSPs

• Develop research programs on extension

Participatory Rural Innovation - Colombia

• Comunities should lead social and economic development processes

• All peope have knowledge and the capacity to innovate

• The innovation process should respect the ideas, opinions, and beliefs of all people & respect the environment.

• Small producers & professionals should work in a team for rural community goals

• There is a goal for the communities and the service providers to both live better.

• All should work peacefully and honestly for community well being

• The community wants and wishes the high quality support from PBA

TCI Investment Days 17 – 18 December 2012

Investigación Generación de tecnologías Gestión Planificación Programas de formación

Saberes locales Vida cotidiana Tecnologías locales Organización Local Gestión local, municipios, Sindicatos, etc.

Diálogo + Retroalimentación =

Comunicación para la Innovación

SOCIEDAD

ESTADO CENTROS DE INVESTIGACION

COMUNIDADES RURALES

LA Regional Agriculture Innovation Networks & Actors

TCI Investment Days 17 - 18 December 2012

Is AI the best investment for FS

TCI Investment Days 17 - 18 December 2012

Yes To feed 9 billion requires production increases Linkages to markets key Linkages to discovery important More food and more income Strengthened innovation demand by smallholders Urbanites benefit

No

Export led production not equal to increased income nor increased consumption Increased costs & vulnerability to price swings Not all can innovate (Cochrane, 1958; and Ekboir, 2011)

Maybe Inclusive innovation focuses on small holders with TA and OD Demand-led innovation funds Providing credit, sharing risk, sustainable instensification of production Incomes matter Territorial development rather than commodity only improvements Today, with rise in prices, focusing on staple foods is useful & beneficial FS programs and extension improvement programs together