On Track with APF Uganda

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On Track with APF Uganda

• Debriefing Meeeting
• 13 April 2010
• The Hague, Netherlands
• Welcome!

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APF Uganda in Pictures
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Debriefing Meeting objectives

• To update each other on current development in
  the country focus process
• To discuss how to link the country focus agenda
  and actions to APF members priorities
• To jointly decide on how to support the further
  development of Agri-ProFocus Uganda

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Programme

• 1. APF Uganda update
• Highlights of progress
• Q and A
• 2.    APF members update
• Update affiliation matrix whats new?
• Future direction APF members for Uganda (a.o.
  plans around MFS II)
• 3.    Coordination country focus process
• Reflection on coordination triangle (APF, SNV,
  WUR-CDI) and thematic groups
• Role of APF members and other stakeholders
• Communication
• 4.    Way forward
• Strategy agreement for APF Uganda network and
  budget
• Activities planned

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Introduction

• Thoughts behind Country Focus Process
• Achievements APF Uganda to date

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Country Focus Multi-Stakeholder Process
Value Chains
Sustainable Food Production
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Country Focus Vision 2015

• Indications of Success
• A vibrant locally owned platform
• Actively exchanging, learning and innovating
• Coordinating and harmonising key farmer
  entrepreneurship areas
• Joint action for more and better support to
  organised farmers.
• Operating Principles
• Working from within existing efforts
• Combining networks
• Core-business no new funding
• Shared commitment and agreement

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Achievements to date Steps taken

• Inception / Programming
• Overview matrix
• Invited local stakeholders
• Synthesis paper
• Interactive agenda setting
• Multi-stakeholder workshop
• Identification Formulation
• 5 Thematic Groups
• Support from APF members
• Developing roles, strategy and
• activities
• Linking to colleagues other organisations
• Agri-ProFocus Uganda Implementing

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Achievements to date Constitution of Groups
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Achievements to date Support organisations
involved

• APF members vs themes
• Finance HIVOS (Triodos), Cordaid, Agriterra,
  SNV, Oikocredit
• Farming Systems / Services KIT
• Market information SNV, HIVOS, Cordaid, IICD
• Policy Cordaid, Oxfam Novib
• Farmers organisations all of the above incl.
  AELBI and Heifer
• Non-specific PUM, ETC, PTC, ICCO
• Contacts established
• LEAD (USAID), DANIDA
• NARO/NAADS,
• TRIAS, Broederlijk Delen, Prolinova, FFS
• Context
• DISP/CAADP
• MFS II

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Emerging questions 1

• Are relevant partners in the relevant groups?
• How do APF members contribute to groups?
• Who are missing?

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Achievements to date Group Priorities

• Market Information
• The MIS Group is to harmonize information, review
  content, improve on how to collect it, verify
  data and ensure that information reaches farmers
  country wide
• The group intends to focus on maize and beans as
  food crops, coffee as a cash crop and dairy.
• Current Actions inventory, overview paper,
  symposium,
• Financial services
• Core priority is finding means of making the
  accessibility of finance to farmers easier.
  Relevant issues for this group to take up are
  (a.o.)
• Menu of financial services for farmers
• Strengthening business plan development among
  farmer groups
• Joint learning around risks and implementation
• Documenting experiences (using also examples from
  recent KIT/IIRR value chain finance book)

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Achievements to date Group Priorities

• Farming Services
• Focus of the group is on services there is need
  for more coordination in service delivery and to
  eliminate duplication, ensure resource sharing
  and networking amongst APF members.
• Pilot VC is Rice
• Inventory of service gaps
• Seasonal workshops
• Policy Engagement
• The policy groups agenda is focused on specific
  issues coming from the other APF teams and on
  being the eyes and ears on general policy issues
  related to farmer entrepreneurship in Uganda.
• Stakeholder mapping
• Review of financial services to establish policy
  related gaps
• Networking with other APF groups in order to
  identify policy issues

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Achievements to date Group Priorities

• Farmersorganisations
• Develop an inventory of best practices that can
  be used to identify / map / support farmer
  organisations. Focus is to stimulate farming as a
  business among viable producer groups with the
  following priorities
• Focus on coffee and livestock but also other
  sub-sectors.
• Designing learning process
• Collecting / documenting best practices and
  methodologies.
• Follow-up may be mapping of viable farmer groups,
  sensitization and support in legal registration
  process 

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Synthesis
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Emerging questions 2

• What do we think of the directions developed so
  far?
• Which issues are missing (e.g. food security)?

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Coordination / Collaboration

• SNV to coordinate
• APF to coach and support
• WUR for learning process
• Local team leaders for 5 thematic groups
• Stakeholders to sign up and participate in groups
• APF members support groups.
• Communication on Ning

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Exploring Coordination / Collaboration

1. What is working well in this set-up?
2. Which challenges do we encounter?
3. How can we harness / solve these?

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Activity Plan and Next Steps
WHAT WHEN WHO






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Relevance Check a practical vision!

• 1. Reflect on the relevance of the APF network
• Take 5 minutes with your neighbor and discuss if
  and why APF Uganda is (still) relevant?
• Note your expectations down on cards (be
  practical!)
• 2. We share the points, cluster and assess them
• Are our joint expectations coherent / realistic?