Strengthening the Capacity of Agriculture Innovation Brokers

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1 Strengthening the Capacity of Agriculture Innovation Brokers John Preissing, FAOR Peru

2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS Enabling Environment for Agriculture Innovation: economic policy, legal and regulatory environment, institutions, infrastructure, practices, behaviors, and natural resource base, etc. TRIGGERS Private sector: Producers organizations Input suppliers Machinery dealers Traders Agro-industry Banking/insurance co. Facilitation & coordination bodies: NGOs. Producer organizations Cooperatives Advanced farmers Economic price, market cost, value chain, etc. Bio-physical climate change, soils, pests, etc. PPP Public sector: Extension/Education Research Finance Chambers of Commerce Government Commodity associations Advisory services External projects Retailers Etc. Market oriented farmers Subsistence farmers Socio-political policy, law, employment, population, etc. Technological inputs, new technology, etc Infrastructural/Devel opmental roads, markets, ICTs, etc. Capacity development: in enabling environment, institutional strengthening, & human resource levels.

3 Extension as Agriculture Innovation Brokers Innovation Brokers are intermediary organizations that sit between and connect different agents involved in innovation trajectories in developing countries (Klerx, Hall, Leeuwis) Many actors can be IBs Traditional skills needed agronomy animal science natural resource management extension methods Plus facilitation skills organization skills market orientation and skills networking skills (value chain, research, agrometeorology, funding, training institutions) communication and ICT Plus, plus an organization willingness to risk, experiment ability to learn from experiences a learning organization

4 Challenges for Extension as Innovation Brokers Capacity in technical skills To be demand & market led Upstream support (research, pre-service & in-service training) Articulation with other actors Weak national & subnational institutions Funding innovation brokerage Measuring impact

5 Developing a Market for Innovation Improving Demand for Innovation Services Services Peru INCAGRO (WB) Organizational development & coaching Producer led competitive innovation projects Contracting for extension to support innovation projects NGOs, producer groups, universities, subnational governments Improving the Supply of Innovation Services1 Improving the Supply of Innovation Services2 Extension competency assessment Extension skills assessment Competitive extension training projects (hardware, orgware, software) Targeting groups Producer led applied research projects Producer groups & research institutions partnering Technology adaptation and/or marketing driven projects

6 National New Innovation Services - Bolivia PISA INIAF(WB) National strategy for extension as ente rector with innovation brokerage Agreements on national role & with Departments Recruiting, hiring, training national Innovation Brokers Articulation within INIAF & other actors Departmental Departmental Agriculture Innovation Consortia Direct funding allocation for consortia priorities in 2 pilot departments Matching funds in pilot & non pilot departments Implemenation Departmental Reference & Training Centers for extension providers & lead producers Local community participation strategies Innovations, local knowledge, process changes

7 Ag Innovation with INIFAP - Mexico - Bienes Publicos(IADB) Institutional Capacities National strategy demand led, focus on PSPs, linkages to producer s - Foundation - researchers Capacity building for 90 TT-Specialists 32 Centers, modernized for outreach & training Capacity Programs for PSPs Needs assessments and demands, base lines Training program design Implement programs for up to 30,000 PSPs Develop research programs on extension

8 Participatory Rural Innovation - Colombia CENTROS DE INVESTIGACION Investigación Generación de tecnologías Gestión Planificación Programas de formación ESTADO Diálogo + Retroalimentación = Comunicación para la Innovación COMUNIDADES RURALES Saberes locales Vida cotidiana Tecnologías locales Organización Local Gestión local, municipios, Sindicatos, etc. SOCIEDAD Comunities should lead social and economic development processes All peope have knowledge and the capacity to innovate The innovation process should respect the ideas, opinions, and beliefs of all people & respect the environment. Small producers & professionals should work in a team for rural community goals There is a goal for the communities and the service providers to both live better. All should work peacefully and honestly for community well being The community wants and wishes the high quality support from PBA December 2012

9 LA Regional Agriculture Innovation Networks & Actors December 2012

10 Is AI the best investment for FS Yes To feed 9 billion requires production increases Linkages to markets key Linkages to discovery important More food and more income Strengthened innovation demand by smallholders Urbanites benefit No Export led production not equal to increased income nor increased consumption Increased costs & vulnerability to price swings Not all can innovate (Cochrane, 1958; and Ekboir, 2011) Maybe Inclusive innovation focuses on small holders with TA and OD Demand-led innovation funds Providing credit, sharing risk, sustainable instensification of production Incomes matter Territorial development rather than commodity only improvements Today, with rise in prices, focusing on staple foods is useful & beneficial FS programs and extension improvement programs together