THE AFRICAN FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY SERVICES:

STRATEGIC PLAN & THRUSTSPresentation to CAADP Partnership

Platform Durban – South Africa Silim Nahdy (PhD)

Executive Director – AFAAS

PRODUCT INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATION

Improving Rural LivelihoodsImproving Rural LivelihoodsMaintaining National Food SecurityMaintaining National Food Security

PRODUCT INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATION

AEAS Context -AEAS Context -Comprehensive Agricultural Extension Comprehensive Agricultural Extension System System

AFAAS STRATEGIC PLAN AND THRUSTS

5. A continental African

Organisation that can sustainably

support national

1. AAS are integral part

of CAADP

2. Information and knowledge management

system

3. Country level multi-

stakeholder fora

4. Partnerships between AASP

and other relevant partners

Results/Outputs

AAS providers have sufficient capacity to effectively support value chain actors towards increasing agricultural productivity and food security in a

sustainable manner

Purpose/Outcome

Enhanced utilization of improved knowledge and technologies by agricultural value chain actors for improving productivity oriented towards

their individual and national development objectives

Goal

Specific objectives

1. CAADP support: Ensure that CAADP

issues are sufficiently involves advisory AEAS.

2. Knowledge MgtEnsure the availability and accessibility of appropriate and up-to-date knowledge on AEAS from a range of sources

Research Systems and Institutions

Farmer Organisation

Agricultural Training

Institutions

Agri-businessFinancial Services

Social ServicesPublic sector at

all levels

Building Strong Partnerships

AAS

Who are the AFAAS Strategic partners?

Specific objectives…..

3. Country Fora

Strengthen the capacity of country level AEAS

4. Partnerships and Collaborations

Build partnerships at national, regional and international levels

Specific objectives 5

5. AFAAS as Institution

To build a continental African Organisation that can sustainably support national agricultural advisory services to continuously enhance their contribution to national, regional, continental and global development objectives

8.Early Wins • AFAAS engagement in CAADP agenda

Science Agenda for African Agriculture ; Capacity Strengthening in AEAS Guidelines for integrating AEAS in CAADP Supporting national AEAS Systems

• Information & Knowledge Management Four Symposia organised One Africa Agricultural Extension Week in 2013; Second

planed for 2014 in Addis Ababa A website, & a virtual social networking platform; A conceptual framework for lesson learning developed; A guide for Piloting Market Oriented AAS; Study on targeting Women Advisory Service Providers in

Capacity Development Programmes; Study on how issues of Climate Change are being addressed in AAS

Early wins ---• Information & Knowledge …

Capacity buildingStudies

Policy

• Establishing and Supporting Country Fora

AFAAS membership 40 African Countries by 2013 - GA Country Fora; at different stages of development linkages with other ARD actors at national level

Early Wins--- Partnerships and Collaborations

• GFRAS- Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services• FARA, Multiple with focus on continental ARD agenda • SROs; MoU signed • CORAF ; Concept being developed by consultant • NRI- Climate change Learning • CABI- Plantwise ( Plant Clinics) scaling up and out • NRI -Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)• Helvetas , FANRPAN, Agridea International – Post

Harvest Management Project for SSA( Mozambique and Benin) – on going

• INNODEV- Knowledge Management component• COMPACI- capacity development for AAS providers• KIT- Royal Tropical Institute on MOAAS• icipe - capacity , scaling out innovations -

AFAAS Thrusts • Championing Knowledge Management in

AEAS• Strengthening Country Fora for national

level engagement • Partnerships and collaboration with all

ARD actors for scaling up and out innovations

• Capacity Strengthening for AEAS• Policy and Advocacy for AEAS

Thank You