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Program - Day 3 - Thursday 17 November 2011

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Capacity Development Session 4: Developing organisational capacity
**17th November 2011, 14:30- 16:00**
**Chair: F. Aguirre**, Latin American Centre for Rural Development, Chile
**Rapporteur: A. Yaye**, African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education, Kenya

GOOD PRACTICES IN BUILDING RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS AND PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS D. Herbel and N O. Haddad, Food and Agriculture Organization, Italy (presented by T. Anyonge, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy)	Presentation available
Building capacities for innovation management in extension and advisory services. V.R. Sulaiman, Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy, India	Presentation available
Good practices in extension management for Central America J. Preissing and E.M. Dimas, Food and Agriculture Organization, Italy	Presentation available

Tools and Approaches Sessions 4: Use of mobile phones in advisory services
17th November 2011, 14:30- 16:00
**Facilitator: D. Romney**, CABI-Africa, Kenya
**Rapporteur: J. Nnam**, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Ghana

Extension 3.0: the use of mobile phones to design farmer-centered extension servicesExtension 3.0: the use of mobile phones to design farmer-centered extension services
Extension services through mobile telephony and the internet in Kenya. H. Nenkari and G. Mucemi, National Agriculture and Livestock Extension Programme, Kenya	Presentation available
Production and market information strategy for fisheries production II: a case study of fisherfolk cooperatives of Ijwas of Ondo state coastal communities	Presentation available
Using SMS messages to enhance the services provided by a farmers union to its members S. Kachelriess-Matthess et al, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Ghan	Presentation available
Contributing to extension – the question and answer service voucher system P. Kasangaki and V. Oguya, Rural Empowerment Network, Uganda	Presentation available
Increasing the outreach of information to farmers in Nigeria: The Nigeria agricultural question and answer service (NAQAS) approach B. Sani et al, National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services, Nigeria	Presentation available
Linking mini, small and medium forest enterprises to market and services: the case of Tree Aid’s market in Tominian Northern Region of Mali.

Session 4: Institutional Arrangements to Trigger and Sustain Learning Networks
**17th November 2011, 14:30- 16:00**
**Chair: R. Sulaiman**, Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy, India
**Rapporteur: LN Technical Committee**
**Key issues:**
Public/private investment in learning networking
Sustainability of the learning network

Making innovation and learning platforms work: alternative institutional arrangements for innovation and extension – based on case studies in Eastern and Southern Africa J. Hagmann et al, Institute for People, Innovation and Change in Organisations, South Africa
Are research-extension-farmer-linkage committees effective and inclusive? The perspective of agricultural researchers and extension agents in Nigeria and Ghana.
Empowering smallholder farmers in markets: experiences in collaborative research with national farmer organisations to improve pro-active advocacy for smallholder market access	Presentation available
Networking for practical change through innovation platforms, Insights from African experiences B. Wennink et al, Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands	Presentation available

Tools and Approaches Session 5: Innovative communications
**17th November 2011, 16:30- 18:00**
**Facilitator: S. Nahdy**, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services, Uganda
**Rapporteur: S. Franzel**, World Agroforestry Center, Kenya

The role of plant health clinics towards meeting the needs of smallholder farmers for advisory services: experiences from East Africa
Innovative tools and approaches for vegetable cultivar and technology dissemination in West Africa V. Afari-Sefa et al, The World Vegetable Center Regional Center for Africa, Tanzania	Presentation available
Revisiting ICT and rural agricultural development: video as a catalyst for promoting farmer-led innovation exchanges among small-scale farmers in Eastern Kenya U. Vallauri University of London, Kenya
Using geographic information systems (GIS) to improve on extension and advisory services in Africa: lessons from main bean producing regions of Cameroon.	Presentation available
Desperately seeking content: Why service providers increasingly search for quality training videos Paul Van Mele	Presentation available

Capacity Development Session 5: Poster session/photo collage/case studies
**17th November 2011, 16:30- 18:00**
**Chair: J. Mutimba**, Winrock International, Ethiopia
**Rapporteur: T. Remington**, Catholic Relief Services, Burundi

Predicting training outcomes in Ugandan producer marketing organisations using an adapted learning transfer system inventory. R. Miiro et al, Makerere University, Uganda
Strengthening capacities of institutions to address rural youth unemployment to increase food security and employment opportunities. F. Dalla Valle, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
Motivating producers to adopt organic cotton and its implications for agricultural council Moumouni, Université de Parakou, Benin	Presentation available
Evaluating learning processes from a global extension approach in Benin: different potential learning profiles for farmer capacity-building
Farmer field schools in a disaster risk management perspective D. Duveskog et al, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Kenya
Distance education and the Turkish experience K. Demiryürek, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey	Presentation available
Capacity development of small farmers and fisheries through extension services based on socio-agro-ecosystem to improve competitivenes S. Amanah and N. Farmayanti, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia	Presentation available
Thematic training and capacity building among smallholder farmers: the case of market gardeners in Gabon. T. Nondah, Institut Gabonais d’Appui au Développement, Gabon
Success story of local tunnel solar drier for small-scale entrepreneurship in rural India	Presentation available
Building capacities for knowledge transfer and extension: the changing role of CGIAR P. Mehta-Bhatt, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya	Presentation available
Capacity-strengthening: experiences and good practices for technology adoption in different agri-food systems in Kenya E. Kihoro et al, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya	Presentation available
Capacity-building for sustainable agricultural development: lessons learned from the realm of participatory action research A. van Paassen et al, Wageningen University, The Netherlands	Presentation available
Community participation for improved extension services and market opportunities for rural women W. Alum and R. Kabumbuli, United Nations World Food Programme, Uganda

Learning Networks Session 5 - 17th Nov - Wrap up and recommendations
**Chairs: A. van Paassen**, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands; **I. Tiemogo**, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, The Netherlands

Wrap up and recommendations

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