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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. A renewed global commitment to agriculture and food security
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Capacity Building in Agriculture and Food Security AIARD Annual Conference on Building the Capacity to Transform the Food Security Landscape 5– 8 June 2011Washington DC, USA
FAO and Capacity Building • 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. Capacity Development... Need for Greater Attention
FAO and Capacity Building • Process versus Outputs • Three Dimensions Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!
FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!
FAO and Capacity Building • Process versus outputs • Three Dimensions • Design Phase Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!
FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact! A Design Phase that Requires Very Good Understanding of Context
FAO and Capacity Building • Process versus outputs • Three Dimensions • Design Phase • Anchorage / Institutionalisation Easy to Deliver…. Difficult to Achieve Impact!
FAO and Capacity Building Easy to Deliver…. More Difficult to Achieve Impact!
FAO and Capacity Building • 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 Capacity Building of Producer Organizations a Partnership is Emerging
FAO and Capacity Building • 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 Ministries of Agriculture Need for a Greater and Coordinated Attention
FAO and Capacity Building • Capacity Development is complex and aid mechanisms do not help • Initiative on Producers’ Organizations – Welcome to join • Ministries of Agriculture - Need for greater attention Conclusion