Contributing to evidence-based policy making: IPMS approach

Contributing to evidence-based Policy making – IPMS approach Ranjitha Puskur IPMS, ILRI 31 August 2006 Mekelle, Ethiopia

Project goal
To contribute to improved agricultural productivity and production as a means for achieving improved and sustainable livelihoods for the rural population
through market-oriented agricultural development

Project purpose
To strengthen the effectiveness of the Government’s effort to transform agricultural productivity and production, and rural development in Ethiopia from subsistence to market orientation.

Project objectives
Strengthen and test gender sensitive innovative knowledge management system for market oriented agricultural development
Strengthen and test gender sensitive innovative capacity of public and private agricultural institutions and individuals
Introduce gender sensitive technology and institutional innovations for production, input output marketing and rural finance in PLWs for market oriented agricultural development
Develop and promote gender sensitive recommendations on technology and institutional innovations

IPMS research and development system DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY I/O MARKETING

Present IPMS roles
Development : initiate, facilitate and implement technology and institutional innovations
Research : initiate, facilitate and implement research to understand and analyse technology and institutional innovations and the influencing factors
Promotion : initiate, facilitate and implement promotion of successful technology and institutional innovations and processes

Pilot Learning Woredas

Evidence
Relevance
Credibility
Communication
Understandability
Timing

Participatory analytical process Sub-sector-focused Innovation Process Research / Development Private Sector Government

Communication
Research can only affect policy in a significant way if it is appropriately communicated.
Research results need to be well understood by key stakeholders and have to reach them before decisions have been taken.
Multiple approaches need to be pursued.

Communication
Clear strategy
Intensive efforts
Packaging
Interactive
Multiple approaches
Seeing is believing

Messages
Context, location and time specific messages
Some broad-themed messages
The role of the Ethiopian extension system should be as a knowledge broker and facilitator and not as input supplier.
The role of the private sector in Ethiopian agriculture development should be increased dramatically if we are to bring sustainable and market-oriented agricultural development.

Audience
Primary ( organizations with which IPMS deals directly and presumably will have mandates to scale-up and scale-out the outcomes of the IPMS project)
The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development
Regional Bureaus of Agriculture & Rural Development
Woreda Bureaus of Agriculture and Rural Development
National and Regional Agricultural Research Institutes
Higher education institutions in agriculture and extension
International agricultural research institutes

Audience
Secondary (entities and communities the project usually reaches through the facilitation of the primary audience members )
Farmers and pastoralists
Private sector entrepreneurs (traders, shop keepers, para-vets etc)
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in extension development
Community-based organizations (CBOs)

A continual dialogue through a variety of communications vehicles
Personal dialogues with national policy makers
Engagement with mass media to influence policy making via public opinion and its shapers
Communications to be pursued as a continuous activity between key stakeholder groups and researchers

Communications spectrum
Printed material
Project Brochure
Project Newsletter
Working Paper Series
Success Stories Series
Commodities Sheets
Calendar???
Regular articles (a weekly or monthly column) in local newspapers

Electronic Media
Project website
e-Newsletter
Success clips - video production
Regular program on national or regional radio
Public service announcements (Regular 1, 2, or 3 minute radio or TV spots that communicate a single message repeatedly – something like an advert with a twist)

Events
Stakeholder Conferences
Agricultural Technology Workshops
Board Meetings
Executive Group Meetings
Research Management Group
Sponsorship of Annual Awards for Best Performing Woredas, Farmers, Private Sector upholding/exemplifying “Market-oriented Development Agendas”
Sponsoring a permanent showcase (Agricultural Hall of Fame) at MoARD’s new building or somewhere else that promotes market-orientation and self-sufficiency

Government Relations
Informal One-to-one Meetings
Sponsorship of portions of targeted government events, meetings

Links
Feedback processes and engagement
Links with key stakeholders – communities, networks, intermediaries
Links with advocacy partners – importance of individuals
Collaborative research

Stakeholders Stakeholders National Advisory and learning committee IPMS Project Team Strategies, interventions and policies Project level organisation Regional Advisory and learning committee Research Development Officer Woreda Advisory and learning committee Research Development Officer Project Advisory committee

FG FG FG IPMS RDO Facilitator PA/ Coop BDS HIV Research Market support Micro Finance Traders / entrepreneur Women’s affairs BDS FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG Min Ext Co-ops promotion ? Input supply BDS Farmer groups Development agencies / implementation group BDS Woreda Advisory And learning committee NGO’s Woreda level organisation of IPMS PA/ Coop PA/ Coop

Political context
Understand agenda of policy makers and constraints
Prepare for opportunities in regular policy processes
Look out for and react to unexpected policy windows

Challenges encountered
High turn over of development staff, which makes institutional project ownership difficult
Insufficient buy in/understanding from administration

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