26 April 2017. Uppsala, Sweden. Presentation at the Agrinatura GA meeting 2017

1. A Global Partnership on
Developing Innovation Capacities in
Agriculture
Funded by the EC, partnership between Agrinatura and FAO
Myra Wopereis-Pura on behalf of the CDAIS Team
Global Coordinator
ICRA/Agrinatura
Agrinatura Focal Persons
AICS: Stefaon DelDebbio, Nury Furlan, Massimo Bataglia
CIRAD: Aurelie Touillier, Patrick d’Aquino
ICRA: Richard Hawkins, Hanneke Vermuelen
NRI: Hans Dobson, Claire Coote
UL/ISA: Ana Melo

2. engaging people in the process of change
‘Building on our local capacities to innovate,
drives the sustainable growth of our country.’
Prof. Alkassoum Maiga, Ministre de l’ensignment superior,
de la recherché scientifique et de l’innovation (MESRI),
Burkina Faso
‘I’ve learnt that to get people to work together towards shared
goals, they first have to understand each other’s interests and
limitations. But in the long term, this creates a group
energy that will outlive the project
Turuwark Zalalam, National Innovation Facilitator, Ethiopia

3. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
Why CDAIS?
Countries in Africa, Asia, Central America and Europe
are changing their approach to agricultural R&D.
 Some have merged research and advisory services
into a single agency,
 multi- stakeholder platforms have become common.
National strategies are prioritizing innovation systems
and experimenting with their implementation.

4. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
what is our added value in this change?
“Developing functional capacities allows innovating or
even accelerating innovation and also producing
innovations that better respond to agricultural
development challenges in a sustainable way”

5. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
how do we do this?
 Global partnership with FAO
 National partnerships with :
 EU Delegation
 FAO country offices
 National Ministries of …. Agriculture/Science and
Technology
 Research organizations
 Extension agencies
 NGOs
 Academia

6. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
what we’ve achieved so far…

7. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
Framework on CD4AIS

8. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
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Training package for
facilitators to conduct
capacity needs
assessment
D1 S1 Introduction of participants
Introduction to the training programme
D1 S2 Understanding AIS
Agricultural Innovation System explained
D1 S3 What is Capacity?
Capacities for AIS
The five functional capacities for AIS
D1 S4 Objectives, approach and structure of
the CDAIS project
Presentation of selected country
innovation niches
D2 S1 What is a Capacity Needs Assessment?
Why do we do it?
What is the role of a National Innovation
Facilitator?
What skills and capability do NIFs need?
D2 S2 Overview of Tools for CNA
Exercise creating “a time line”
D2 S3 Facilitation and Negotiation in multi-stakeholder
Processes (1)
Emotional Intelligence, listening skills, other?
D2 S4 Systems Mapping/NetMap
D3 S1 Problem/Solution Tree Analysis (capacity focused)
D3 S2 Facilitation and Negotiation in multi-stakeholder
Processes (2)
D3 S3 The Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) process
Capacity Assessment Questionnaire (linked to score
cards)
D3 S4 Understanding group dynamics and diversity
D4 S1 Action Planning
D4 S2 M&E: what and how do we monitor and evaluate?
D4 S3 NIF country level CNA Action Planning
D4 S4 AOB and discussions
Relevance/application to own organisations
Workshop evaluation using reflexive monitoring tools

9. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
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National
Innovation
Facilitators
Angola: 3-6 October 2016
Bangladesh: 17-20 October 2016
Burkina Faso: 26-29 September 2016
Ethiopia: January 2017
Guatemala: 22-26 August 2016
Honduras: 22-26 August 2016
Laos: 28 30 September 2016
Rwanda: 30 Aug – 1 Sep 2016
± 96 NIFs
trained in the 8
countries

10. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
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11. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
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Using Coaching Plan

12. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
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Innovation Niches/Partnerships
Angola
Cooperative of Seeds (Provinces of Huambo e
Bié)
Rice Development in Angola (Huambo and Bié)
Producer’s associations of cassava, peanut and
vegetables (Uíge Province (Bungo)
Rural entrepreneurship (Kwanza Sul)
Bangladesh
Strengthening value chain and
commercialization of Mango
Fish (Tilapia and cat fish)
Poultry year-round production
Establishment of value chain for rural
entrepreneurship in pineapple and
tomato.
Burkina Faso
Micro-irrigation systems for small family farms
Development of sunflower production
SPG label for organic farming
Farm advisory services provided by farmer’s
organizations to their members
Small innovative family businesses led by women
in food processing
Local land charters for municipalities
Ethiopia
Veterinary Drug and Feed Administration and
Control Task Force
Milk Demand Stimulation Campaign of
EMPIA
Community Based Seed Production
N2AFRICA
Enhancing Malt Barley Production and
productivity to meet domestic demand

13. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
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Innovation Niches/Partnerships
Guatemala
Avocado Value Chain
Beans Value Chain
Cocoa Value Chain
Honey Value Chain
Laos
The support and export of agri-products
Association in Savannakhet Province
The Organic Vegetable Association of Vientiane
Capital
The integrated cattle breeding chain in
Vientiane Province
An integrated and agroecology ricefield system
for better balancing smallholders’ protein diet
A women farmers’ strategy to develop a Lao
pork value chain
Honduras
Coffee - Small batch coffee commercialization
Cocoa - Commercialization of Cocoa of the
Atlantic Coast
Beans - Beans National Commission
Potatoes – Potatoes' added value in Intibucá
Rwanda
Casasva Niche
Community Processing Center (CPC), Dairy
Rwangingo catchment and Horticulture
Matimba catchment
Mainstreaming Nutrition in Twigire Muhinzi

14. Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System (CDAIS)
where we are going
 initiating learning cycles in each innovation niches
 assessing organizations on their capacities support
innovation process
 engaging policy makers and decision makers at global
and national level:
 European Development Days
 Regional and global events through FAO
 TAP General Assembly
 innovation fairs / market place on innovations
 policy dialogues
 major meeting
 CDAIS global consultation attended by Agrinatura, FAO and
national teams

15. Thank You
Agrinatura members in this global partnership