4. Policy environment The Ministry started formulating new policies aimed at transforming subsistence agriculture into a more market oriented agricultural system some 10 years ago. This was reflected in the PASDEP for the period 2005-2010.
9. How do you implement such a market oriented strategy?? What should be the approach? Will it be the same as for food security and natural resource management? How do we design/test it?
10. Possible answer to the approach question Adopting a participatory market oriented commodity value chain approach So what does it mean and how does it complement previous approaches Development through field testing and learning
11. Participatory market oriented commodity value chain approach Processing and marketing Agri business ♂ ♀ Production based on improved technologies Research , extension education Farmers ♂ ♀ ♂ ♀ Agri business public sector Inputs /services ♂ ♀
12. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Commodity development Project components Interventions Studies and documentation Recommendations for scaling out
14. The process M&E and learning Commodity development Knowledge/skills development Commodity development Knowledge/skills development M&E and learning Diagnosis & planning
15. Role of partners and IPMS Partners are implementing the interventions IPMS acts as: Facilitator: for the introduction of the new approach through technical assistance and finance for partners Partner: for extension and research (studies, documentation, synthesis) activities
17. Initial planning Diagnose/determine Farming systems – different resources/potentials Marketable commodities – which ones? Value chain actors roles and linkages Design Production, input/service, processing and marketing interventions Knowledge and capacity development interventions to fill diagnosed gaps
40. Methods and tools Follow up visits by service providers Field days Meetings platforms/Woreda Advisory and Learning Committees (formal and informal)
46. So was a new approach developed? At District level Various knowledge management interventions operational Service providers and farmers capacitated for market oriented development Linkages between producers, other value chain actors and service providers operational Change to commercially oriented agriculture using modern technologies Alternative input supply , service delivery systems and marketing intervetions operational Role of extension starts changing from input supplier to knowledge broker and facilitator of linkages At regional and federal level EAP operational and increased understanding of the importance of knowledge for development Selected regional and federal level staff capacitated for market oriented development Increased understanding of value chain development
47. Main lessons & lessons Development is a continuous process which requires continuous engagement new responses and involvement of new actors and service providers Role of commercially oriented value chain actors can be the engine for development Key areas for future development, to increase production in the Districts: Regional/federal level support system Supply of inputs and services and Processing and marketing of products beyond the District.