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Innovations in Agricultural Advisory Services

Erin Antcliffe Team Leader – Public Sector Agriculture Ghana. Innovations in Agricultural Advisory Services. Who is EWB Canada?. Canadian NGO who is harnessing the problem-solving power of engineers to address the root causes of poverty.

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Innovations in Agricultural Advisory Services

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  1. Erin Antcliffe Team Leader – Public Sector Agriculture Ghana Innovations in Agricultural Advisory Services

  2. Who is EWB Canada? Canadian NGO who is harnessing the problem-solving power of engineers to address the root causes of poverty. Working in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Zambia and Malawi on service delivery innovations. Independent funding, no projects.

  3. Innovation 5 Areas of innovation in development: Technologies Services Organizations Projects Funding mechanisms

  4. Innovation 5 Areas of innovation in development: Technologies Services Organizations Projects Funding mechanisms Most people work here

  5. Innovation 5 Areas of innovation in development: Technologies Services Organizations Projects Funding mechanisms EWB works here

  6. Bottleneck to Innovation

  7. Vertical Communication Communication

  8. Pluralistic AAS Approach There are lots of actors: NGOs, media, FBOs, agribusinesses, government, academia With what goals? Poverty reduction, national food security, income generation, business With what roles? Policy, regulation, service delivery, M&E, research, innovation The role each actor plays will be different depending on the context

  9. EWB's work We are innovating in two areas: Agricultural Advisory Services Agriculture As a Business (AAB) Conseil à l'exploitation familiale (CEF) Organizational Development Education and training Leadership and management Organizational effectiveness M&E

  10. Recommendations Four recommendations: • Test before Scaling • Coordinate with other Actors • Have a Long-Term Approach • Continuously Learn and Adapt

  11. Test Before Scaling Ben is currently writing about HOW to do this at http://theborrowedbicycle.ca

  12. Test Before Scaling Donors should: • Fund ideas that have been tested and proven at a small scale first • Be flexible; provide ideas and suggestions for AAS, but allow extension agents to adapt tools and materials to the local context • Be willing to fund a variety of actors (government, FBOs, NGOs, businesses) based on whoever is working most effectively

  13. Coordinate with Other Actors Dery (farmer) MoFA NRGP MasaraN’Arziki Block Farms AAB African Cashew Initiative Day-to-day extension ADRA

  14. Coordinate with Other Actors Tahiru (extension agent)

  15. Have a Long-term Approach Mindset shifts... Farmers: can do something with what they have, don't need handouts, can be entrepreneurial and business-minded Organizations: long-term investment in farmers, vision for farmer development, monitor results rather than activities

  16. Continuously Learn and Adapt Recognize failure, learn from it and change your approach EWB Annual Failure Report http://www.ewb.ca/publications Admitting Failure http://www.admittingfailure.com/

  17. More Information Thank you!! EWB's website: http://www.ewb.ca/africanprograms Erin Antcliffe erinantcliffe@ewb.ca

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