Capacity Building in Agriculture and Food Security AIARD

Capacity Building in Agriculture and Food Security AIARD Annual Conference on Building the Capacity to Transform the Food Security Landscape 5– 8 June 2011 Washington DC, USA

FAO and Capacity Building Capacity Development. . . Need for Greater Attention • A renewed global commitment to agriculture and food security • Additional resources have started to flow into the agriculture and food and nutrition security sectors • Low institutional capacity in the agricultural sector • Past activities have had limited impact • Opportunities with CAADP, Donors’ Assistance Strategies etc.

FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact! • Process versus Outputs • Three Dimensions

FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!

FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact! • Process versus outputs • Three Dimensions • Design Phase

FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact! A Design Phase that Requires Very Good Understanding of Context Solutions Facilitator Needs Impleme nter Coordinat ion Context Linkages Stakehold ers Solutions

FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. Difficult to Achieve Impact! • • Process versus outputs Three Dimensions Design Phase Anchorage / Institutionalisation

FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact! Less Chance of Impact Institutionalizing Results and Process Government commitment External Expertise Local Institutions External Expertise Local Expertise

FAO and Capacity Building of Producer Organizations a Partnership is Emerging • Why? – Required to access input-output markets – Concentration of agents; New demands; Price volatility • What? – Reviewing past investments – Sharing experience initiative • Who? – FAO, WB, Agricord, IFPRI Senegal, IFAD

FAO and Capacity Building Ministries of Agriculture Need for a Greater and Coordinated Attention • Planning and Policy Units – To deal with complex institutional relations – To lead policy debate for policy reforms – To defend the ag. budget – To plan the distribution of resources – To monitor sector and ministry performance – To move from doing ministries to regulating ministries

FAO and Capacity Building Conclusion • Capacity Development is complex and aid mechanisms do not help • Initiative on Producers’ Organizations – Welcome to join • Ministries of Agriculture - Need for greater attention