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Program - Day 4 - Friday 18 November 2011

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Plenary Session – Focus on Kenya

9:00 – 10:30
Chair – Dr John Mutunga - Chief Executive Officer, Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers (KENFAP), Kenya

Panellists

Dr. Ephraim Mukisira - Director, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya
Mr. Julius Kiptarus, Director, Livestock Production, Ministry of Livestock Development
Ms Carole Kariuki – Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), Kenya
Dr. Fred Wangati- Chairman, Research and Extension Thematic Working Group, Kenya
Mr. Philip Kiriro, President, East Africa Farmers Forum, Kenya
Panel Discussion Panel discussion: Kenya Responding to the Food Crisis - Linking Knowledge to Policy and Action

Chair – Dr John Mutunga - Chief Executive Officer, Kenya
National Federation of Agricultural Producers (KENFAP), Kenya

Policy Session 6: Key policy messages: the way forward

18th November 2011, 11:00- 13:00
Chair: V. Hoffmann, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Rapporteur: J.A. Francis, CTA, The Netherlands
Policy: Plenary discussion

Key questions:

  • Can improvements in extension and advisory services really contribute to poverty reduction, food security and improved livelihoods?
  • What are the policy lessons from the past two decades of reforms of governance structures, reductions in public funding and increased privatisation of extension and advisory services?
  • Have they resulted in increased accountability, efficiency, empowerment and impact?
  • What is the future role of governments in providing extension and advisory services as public goods?
  • What mix of regulations, goods and services is most appropriate for offering extension and advisory services that meet country-specific goals within any given socio-economic and agro-ecological context?
  • What research is needed to fill the knowledge gaps?

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Capacity Session 6: Strengthening institutional commitment to capacity development and synthesis of key messages

Chair: M. Giger, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland
Rapporteur: J. Preissing, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
Discussion: Strengthening institutional commitment on the three levels of capacity development.

Plenary discussion

Tools and approaches Session 6: Posters/photo collage

Facilitator: V. Palmieri, Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Costa Rica
Rapporteur: M. Olupot, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services, Uganda
Developing systemic facilitation and change capacity for extension agents

H. Ngwenya et al, Institute for People, Innovation and Change in Organisations, South Africa
The evolution of an extension tool for non-wildlife species of tropical America: case studies with the Agouti and the Collared Peccary in Trinidad and Tobago and French Guyana.

Kissoonsingh et al, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Rural advisory services for improved livelihoods: impacts, good practices and lessons from Bangladesh

A.T.M. Azmul Huda and A.K. Roy, HEVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Bangladesh

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Participatory extension approach through farmer field schools-based integrated pest management (IPM) in Jordan: a case stud

F. Al-Barakeh et al, National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension, Jorda
Farmers’ willingness to pay for agriculture-related advisory services in Punjab, Pakistan

S. Ali et al, University of Agriculture, Pakistan

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The potential of plant clinics to enhance user access to plant health services in the Buikwe and Mukono districts of Uganda

G. Karubanga et al, Makerere University, Uganda

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Farmer participatory radio programme on improved dairy production: a case study in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India

B. Subrahmanyeswari et al, NTR College of Veterinary Science, India
TECA: online sharing of agricultural technologies and practices with small producers

K. Nichterlein, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy

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Feedback from Farmer-Agribusiness Panel (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific Islands)

Learning Networks Session 6 - 18th Nov - Wrap up and recommendations

Chairs: A. van Paassen, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands; I. Tiemogo, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
Wrap up and recommendations

Key Messages from Thematic Parallel Sessions & Side Events
Policy
Capacity Development
Learning Networks

Arno Maatman, Thematic Chair, ICRA, The Netherlands
Resolutions of the GFRAS 2nd Annual Conference

Silim M. Nahdy, Chair AFAAS and GFRAS, Uganda

Official Closing Ceremony
Keynote Address

Mr. Cheikh Mamadou Cissokho, Member Committee on Food Security, Senegal

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Nairobi Declaration

Professor Aggrey Ambali, Director Policy Alignment, NEPAD Agency, South Africa

Video:

Drylands represent 43% of African landmass and are home for more than 268 million people. Drylands are not sterile lands, they have potential. Dryland's people are innovative in the use of their natural resources. They are enterprising and reactive to market opportunities. Policymakers and scientists need to work closely with drylands people and build on their successes to maximize opportunities and safeguard the environment to ensure the future of the millions of people living in these areas.

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