CABI is a not-for-profit organization that provides scientific expertise and information about agriculture and the environment. It has approximately 350 staff members worldwide and is owned by 47 member countries. CABI aims to strengthen global capacities for effective knowledge and advisory services through activities like scientific publishing, development projects, research, and plant clinics. The document discusses CABI's Plantwise program which establishes plant clinics to provide farmers with diagnoses and treatments for plant problems. It also covers partnerships between CABI and other organizations to improve extension services through mobile advisory programs, scaling challenges, and CABI's contributions to building capacity at individual, national, and regional levels.
Social Networks for Agricultural DevelopmentCIMMYT
Presentation delivered by Mr. Rikin Gandhi (Digital Green, India) at Borlaug Summit on Wheat for Food Security. March 25 - 28, 2014, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.
http://www.borlaug100.org
The state of foresight in food and agriculture and the roads toward improvementGCARD Conferences
The GCARD2 process on foresight is intended to advance the Roadmap actions required, paving the way for developing more effective approaches in line with the partnership principles, smallholder farmer and impact-centred focus of the GCARD. The key question the foresight session intends to address is: “What role could smallholder farmers play in meeting future needs in food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation and sustainable management of natural resources?” http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Le processus de la GCARD2 sur la prospective a pour but de promouvoir les actions nécessaires de la Feuille de route en vue de favoriser le développement des approches plus efficaces et respectueuses des principes du partenariat, des petits producteur et de la question des impacts ciblées de la GCARD. Cette section permettra de répondre de façon adéquate à la question : «Quel rôle les petits agriculteurs pourraient-ils jouer le future dans la recherche des solutions aux défis de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, de la réduction de la pauvreté et de gestion durable des ressources naturelles? http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
El proceso de GCARD2 en la prospectiva se pretende avanzar en las acciones del plan necesarias, allanando el camino para el desarrollo de enfoques más eficaces en consonancia con los principios de asociación, agricultores minifundistas y enfoque centrado en el impacto de la GCARD. La cuestión clave de la sesión de prospectiva pretende la dirección es: "Qué papel podría los pequeños agricultores juegan en satisfacer las necesidades futuras en seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, reducción de la pobreza y gestión sostenible de los recursos naturales?"
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Social Networks for Agricultural DevelopmentCIMMYT
Presentation delivered by Mr. Rikin Gandhi (Digital Green, India) at Borlaug Summit on Wheat for Food Security. March 25 - 28, 2014, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.
http://www.borlaug100.org
The state of foresight in food and agriculture and the roads toward improvementGCARD Conferences
The GCARD2 process on foresight is intended to advance the Roadmap actions required, paving the way for developing more effective approaches in line with the partnership principles, smallholder farmer and impact-centred focus of the GCARD. The key question the foresight session intends to address is: “What role could smallholder farmers play in meeting future needs in food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation and sustainable management of natural resources?” http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Le processus de la GCARD2 sur la prospective a pour but de promouvoir les actions nécessaires de la Feuille de route en vue de favoriser le développement des approches plus efficaces et respectueuses des principes du partenariat, des petits producteur et de la question des impacts ciblées de la GCARD. Cette section permettra de répondre de façon adéquate à la question : «Quel rôle les petits agriculteurs pourraient-ils jouer le future dans la recherche des solutions aux défis de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, de la réduction de la pauvreté et de gestion durable des ressources naturelles? http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
El proceso de GCARD2 en la prospectiva se pretende avanzar en las acciones del plan necesarias, allanando el camino para el desarrollo de enfoques más eficaces en consonancia con los principios de asociación, agricultores minifundistas y enfoque centrado en el impacto de la GCARD. La cuestión clave de la sesión de prospectiva pretende la dirección es: "Qué papel podría los pequeños agricultores juegan en satisfacer las necesidades futuras en seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, reducción de la pobreza y gestión sostenible de los recursos naturales?"
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
The agenda of GCARD2 (.pdf). Up dated version of 25 october 2012.
Le programme de la GCARD2 (.pdf). Version actualisee du 25 octobre 2012
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Transitions at work are challenging, complex, and confusing! Here's what over 600 leaders transitioning into first time, middle manager, and executive roles had to say about their ordeals.
GCARD2: Briefing paper land, water forests & landscape GCARD Conferences
The adaptation and adoption of conservation agriculture (CA)-based crop management through innovative techniques like reduced soil movement, adequate surface retention of crop residues and economically viable and diversified crop rotations are the way forward to address the emerging challenges mentioned above. This could help in ensuring sustainable food security and offer several environmental benefits in sustainable way. This is relatively a new strategy to deal with food security and environmental degradation in unfavourable agriculture system.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
GCARD2: Speaker paper Land, Water, Forests and LandscapesGCARD Conferences
AIRCA will bring an integrated and holistic approach to solving development problems at a landscape scale through the mobilisation of nine agricultural R&D centres with a wealth of expertise across a range of ecosystem types and crops. AIRCA’s members have a demonstrated ability to respond rapidly and efficiently to agricultural problems, and it is AIRCA’s intention to work in close partnership with the CGIAR Consortium, bringing in expertise which is complementary to that of the FAO and the CGIAR.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
The agenda of GCARD2 (.pdf). Up dated version of 25 october 2012.
Le programme de la GCARD2 (.pdf). Version actualisee du 25 octobre 2012
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Transitions at work are challenging, complex, and confusing! Here's what over 600 leaders transitioning into first time, middle manager, and executive roles had to say about their ordeals.
GCARD2: Briefing paper land, water forests & landscape GCARD Conferences
The adaptation and adoption of conservation agriculture (CA)-based crop management through innovative techniques like reduced soil movement, adequate surface retention of crop residues and economically viable and diversified crop rotations are the way forward to address the emerging challenges mentioned above. This could help in ensuring sustainable food security and offer several environmental benefits in sustainable way. This is relatively a new strategy to deal with food security and environmental degradation in unfavourable agriculture system.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
GCARD2: Speaker paper Land, Water, Forests and LandscapesGCARD Conferences
AIRCA will bring an integrated and holistic approach to solving development problems at a landscape scale through the mobilisation of nine agricultural R&D centres with a wealth of expertise across a range of ecosystem types and crops. AIRCA’s members have a demonstrated ability to respond rapidly and efficiently to agricultural problems, and it is AIRCA’s intention to work in close partnership with the CGIAR Consortium, bringing in expertise which is complementary to that of the FAO and the CGIAR.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Tips for effective advocacy: lessons from the Open Forum on Agricultural Biot...The Scinnovent Centre
Preseantation by Daniel Otunge of OFAB-AATF during The Scinnovent Centre's training on the Art of Influencing Policy Change: tools and strategies for researchers, held on 12-14 February 2013 in Nairobi
Tips for effective advocacy: lessons from the Open Forum on Agricultural Biot...Dorine Odongo
Presentation by Daniel Otunge during a taining on The Art of Influencing Policy Change: tools and strategies for researchers, held by The Scinnovent Centre at the African Academy of Sciences Campus, Nairobi; 12th to 14th February 2013.
Experiences in Establishing a National PWYP Coalition or Campaign
Important things to consider and steps in establishing a coalition (possibilities for scope, structure, approach, sequencing and prioritization, theme).
Marie-Ange Kalenga, PWYP Africa Coordinator
Introduction to the Workshop on Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Transformation ...ILRI
Presented by Vamsidhar Reddy at the Workshop on Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Transformation in Bihar—Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward, Patna, India, 1-2 August 2014
Presentation by Olu Ajayi (PHD) from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural Cooperation (CTA), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
By Andrea Bohn
June 1, 2015
INGENAES stands for Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services. INGENAES focuses on innovating women farmers with better education about good nutrition practices, increased access to appropriate technologies and inputs, and improved access to information and training.
Beatriz Domeniconi - Global Sustainability Impacts - BrazilJohn Blue
Global Sustainability Impacts - Brazil - Beatriz Domeniconi, GTPS Executive Coordinator, Brazil, from the 2018 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 9 - 12, 2018, Kilkenny, Ireland.
More presentations at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJuQkIaCQn5HXVjFbExofkg
GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #2 "Key data for farmers" - Stephen Kalyesubula - ...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/taHHp3UbRZI, 28/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #2
Data becomes significant if it can be linked to information, knowledge and wisdom. Once processed it can be used to generate detailed insights into farm operations and the environment. It assists big and small holder farmers in making data-based operational decisions to optimize yield and boost revenue while minimizing expenses, the chances of crop failure, and environmental impact.
For data driven agriculture to happen we have to distinguish the data streams in the food chain from pre-planting to consumption, for example: data collected and managed from the farm by farmers which can be either static or dynamic; data coming from external sources like market prices and data that is exported for aggregation by other farm service providers. However, farmers may not be in a position to realize those streams and possibly what data and information is required to answer the food chain questions, for example: What produce can I grow where I live? When should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? How should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? All these questions can be answered if the factual data or information is used or made available to the farmers.
Webinar Goals
Make the participants understand the different key data streams, flow and sources that are vital to agricultural value chains. Participants will be in position to identify the data they own or collect on their farms and its usefulness, understand the difference between human and machine farm data, identify the part in the agricultural value chain where data, and which data, is needed most.
About the presenter
Stephen Kalyesubula is a Computer Engineering and an agri-preneur from Makerere University. He is a graduate researcher at iLabs@Mak Project – Makerere University and his key technological interests include: Data science, robotics, Internet of things, AI and design thinking. He is among the directors of Youths In Technology and Development Uganda whose mission is to create tech communities of practice where appropriate use of technology promotes sustainable development in agriculture, health and education.
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/DMg9UI7Ur0M, 26/3/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #3
This webinar is a continuation of exploring digital agriculture for smallholder farmers. The first webinar provided an overview of digital agriculture, the trends impacting it, and it advantages and challenges for smallholder farmers. The second identified specific data needed by farmers, as well as potential sources.
“Crossing the Donga” will provide smallholder farmers, and those who support them, specific methods for ensuring farmer-centric solutions. The webinar will examine some of the key challenges that are blocking adoption of digital architecture by smallholder farmers. Attendees will learn a process for mapping their data needs, based on their goals and key tasks. Attendees will learn the foundational market model, and how to create value for success.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #1 "Data-driven agriculture. An overview" - Dan Be...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/bsicKqHZIz4, 22/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #1
Precision agriculture is a promising set of technologies that is data intensive, but which has limited adoption by small holder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Concurrently, current trends in sustainability, traceability, and compliance reporting demand that an ever-increasing amount of data be gathered as part of everyday operations in modern production agriculture.
The use of farm management information systems (FMIS) for decision support has shown great promise for improving farm yields and profitability. However, growers are often unsure of the value of the data that they are providing and/or receiving. How does this data help them make the right decisions to improve their yield and profitability? How do growers and service providers work together to simplify the design and use of farm data? How can smallholder farmers take advantage of data in a mutually valuable relationship with data providers?
Webinar Goals
Provide attendees a foundation for understanding the use of data for farming and across the agricultural value chain. Attendees should be able to apply the core concepts of using data for field operations, as well as how data is used across the value chain. Attendees will be introduced to the opportunities and challenges of using data, especially for smallholder farmers.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
GFAR webinar "The future of online media" - webdesign trendsGCARD Conferences
This presentation was used during our GFAR webinar on "The future of online media", announced here: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/10/09/upcoming-webinar-predicting-future-online-media/
Check out the live webinar recording here: https://youtu.be/N8UkwOoI9hQ
GFAR webinar "building a bridge between scientists and communicators"GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Building a bridge between scientists and communicators"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/01/03/webinar-scientists-and-communicators-friends-or-foes/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/HK8Q0JgAaGQ
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Email newsletters"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/02/05/upcoming-comms-webinar-email-based-newsletters-not-a-thing-of-the-past/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/2NPpCxcJJUc
GFAR Webinar "Finding and using pictures for your website or blog"GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Website Revamps"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/06/13/webinar-alert-is-a-picture-worth-a-thousand-words/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/mJ-q1CxK_rQ
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Basic SEO"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/08/30/gfar-webinars-on-search-engine-optimization-and-website-revamps/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/kcty662Hcss
GFAR webinar on "Measuring social media performance"GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and CGIAR.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/01/18/flash-two-more-gfar-social-media-webinars/
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and CGIAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2015/11/30/free-induction-webinar-social-media-for-professionals/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/WO1zUOOy1nA
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/11/26/webinar-innovating-annual-reports/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/BAsPhl0H4Ec
GFAR-TAP webinar on "Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development for Agricultur...GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation through TAPipedia"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and TAP.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/24/gfartap-webinar-sharing-knowledge-on-capacity-development-for-agricultural-innovation-through-tapipedia/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/_cHK5QK2rPk
GFAR COSA GLF webinar on "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Acc...GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Accelerating Impact"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR, COSA and GLF and is part of a wider series on agricultural research & innovation,eco-systems management and sustainable development.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/13/join-cosa-gfar-impact-webinar/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: Effective https://youtu.be/RtYlWo_Ok5o
With thanks to our co-hosts in this webinar: (COSA) Global Landscapes forum (GLF) and Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) -
https://thecosa.org/
http://landscapes.org
GFAR webinar: "The art and science of webcasting and webstreaming"GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "The art and science of webcasting and webstreaming"
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/05/gfar-webinar-web-casting/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7IsZQi5zg
GFAR webinar: "Farmers’ Rights: Complementarity between Researchers and Farmers"GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Farmers’ Rights: How Complementarity between Researchers and Farmers Impact the Conservation of Genetic Diversity, Food Security and Livelihoods of the Poor”
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/08/31/gfar-webinar-communications-success-stories/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/N16hHmL8xNM
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards change" --
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/08/25/join-our-gfar-webinar-farmers-rights/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/RxuLR2FWYYI
Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards...GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards change" --
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/06/07/gfar-webinar-beyond-decision-making-foresight-as-a-process-for-improving-attitude-towards-change/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/8tzz5vNEhZ4
Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Se...GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Seed Systems". -- Announcement blogpost was here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/05/10/gfar-webinar-farmers-rights-achieving-complementarity-between-the-informal-and-formal-seed-systems/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ9c2_nbtBc
GFAR webinar on farm radio, community radio and participatory radioGCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "farm radio, community radio and participatory radio" . -- Announcement here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/05/31/join-gfar-webinar-on-farm-radio/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/TEiC1Zo3KQ0
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on Participatory Video. -- Announcement here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/04/24/join-our-next-webinar-on-participatory-video/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here:
1. Improving Extension
Strengthening Global Capacities for Effective
Knowledge and Advisory Services
Trevor Nicholls, Chief Executive Officer, CABI
GCARD 2012-GFRAS, 30 October 2012
www.cabi.org
KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE
2. In brief
CABI
● CABI provides scientific expertise and
information about agriculture and the
environment
● Activities include: scientific publishing,
development projects and research,
and microbial services
● Established in 1910
● Not-for-profit
● Owned by 47 member countries
● Approximately 350 staff worldwide
4. Back to
basics: Key capacities
● Practical solutions to everyday problems
(Individual)
● Better problem-solving approaches
● Evidence based extension resonates
more
● Work with what is already there
(Organisational)
● Partners, resources - moving slowly
forward
● Pragmatic alliances – not everyone
can do everything
5. www.plantise.org
Content from CABI and partners Expertise from CABI and partners
screen shot
Knowledge Bank
Plant
Knowledge Bank Clinics
Plant doctors Plant Clinics
Data for prevention, Public good: trade, Practical assistance for
identification and knowledge, food security farmers
management Global reporting network
6. Set up at local
How the clinics work
meeting places
Free at the point of
use
Farmers come with
problems and
samples
Receive a diagnosis
and a ‘prescription’
from the plant
doctor.
7. Country Plans 2012
East Asia
Caribbean & China
Central
America SE Asia
Cambodia
Nicaragua
C&W Asia Vietnam
Honduras
Barbados Africa Pakistan
Grenada DR Congo Afghanistan
Trinidad & Kenya South Asia
Tobago Rwanda Bangladesh
South
Suriname Sierra Leone India
America
Tanzania Nepal
Bolivia
Uganda Sri Lanka
Peru
Ghana
9. Plantwise
case study: A Plant Health Systems
approach
Robust PHS extension systems
require you to:
● Embed innovations in existing services
● Combine groups; assess contribution
and skills
● Align mandates, roles and
responsibilities
● Leverage complementary delivery
approaches
● Build effective working ties with all
players, using renewable resources
10. India – Africa Mobile Agro-Advisory
partnerships India and Africa
● India – successful pilot project with IKSL
(IFFCO/Airtel)
● Over 3 million users – receive 5 free “push”
messages each day, follow up enquiries charged
at local rates
● CABI created ‘Direct 2 Farm’–database of farmer
centred actionable information
● Africa: leveraging on work in India – working with
GSMA projects to develop mobile agro advisory
services with Airtel in Kenya; with ESOKO in
Ghana.
12. Scaling up challenges
● Political: federal vs. states
● Inter-Institutional:
overlapping remits
● Sectoral: pluralistic advisory
services
● Ethical: working with
agrodealers
● Capacity: from weak &
fragile, to robust & dynamic
● Strategic: independent
ownership & management
of plant clinics
13. Healthy landscapes (AIRCA)
–making rural communities more viable
Reducing risk Increasing sustainability
Crop/fertilizer/water mix for better Lose less to increase output/
nutrition and yield quality with fewer inputs
Crop types and practices for Protection of biodiversity on and
resilience to change off farm
Improved knowledge of and Management of ecosystem
access to markets services, practices and use
Control of invasive species Involvement of women
Reduced food insecurity, improved quality of life
Reduced or reversed rural migration
14. Strengthening
extension: CABI’s role
(Plantwise approach)
● Consistent approach
● Apply standard methods, and
measure
● Coordinated effort
● Identify and understand local partners
● Work within partners’ limits
● Training, communication
● Enabling & encouraging
● Identify and share lessons
● Develop solutions together
15. CABI contribution – Global
● G1&2.Through AIRCA & CABI membership, support
capacity development and policy advocacy @
national/regional levels. Participate in networks
● G3. Through Plantwise (PW), adopt practical
frameworks/training modules, and papers outlining lessons
learned
● G4. Advocacy via PW on evidence-based success
● G5. Demonstrate positive role of partnerships in EAS
● G6. Through CABI membership, share experiences
● G7. Facilitate country-to-country learning
16. CABI contribution – Regional
Through working with regional partners
●R2. Aggregate, structure & publish evidence via R4D,
GARA and, if invited, other KM repositories
●R5. Through PW & CABI membership consultation, share
experiences, train stakeholders, and advocate pragmatic
approaches
17. Capacity priorities, individual
Through working with national partners
●N2. Capacity assessments and referral: e.g. Directory of
Diagnostic Services
●N4. Facilitate stakeholder workshops to learn what works
and what did not
●N5. Experiment with ICTs to scale out extension (e.g. IKSL,
India)
●N7. Lesson learning and improved planning via research
internships
18. teşekkür ederim
ke itumetse grazie
kiitos
terima kasih tak xie-xie
merci
спасибо
efharistó
faleminderit
cảm ơn cô 谢谢
salamat asante sana நன்றி
dhanyawaad शुक्रियाक्रिया zikomo mersi
danke
ありがとう
Assalamualikum
urakoze
stuh-tee
благодаря
thank you gracias
Trevor Nicholls
E: t.nicholls@cabi.org
T: +44 (0)1491 832111
www.cabi.org
KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE
Editor's Notes
Practical solutions to everyday problems (Individual) Innovations in Extension need to take realistic account of the everyday pressures of being an extension worker on the ground – they are drowning, not waving. We need practical and better problem-solving approaches Speak plainly and from experience. In this debate, ask ourselves if all this theorising uses language or scenarios that an extension worker would recognise as a real world sitaution: ‘evidence based’ extension approaches will resonate more Work with what is already there (Organisational) Don’t reinvent the wheel but try to be inclusive with a small coordinated network of effective and willing partners, resources Moving slowly forward But, seeking near-complete capability delivery from every EAS participant is another recipe for protracted failure – take the best of what you can find and give it strength through coordinated processes and common standards
In positioning CABI as the Global Plant Health Centre, we will extend the the current pilot project on Plant Clinics to train plant doctors and establish a network of plant health clinics in at least 25 countries around the globe. These plant health clinics will provide immediate benefits to local farmers but will also contribute surveillance and monitoring of plant pests and diseases to a comprehensive global database which will also contain content from CABI and other partners. Initial focus on Pest and Disease information but long term intention will be to cover all aspects of plant health. The database will have a significant part of its content which will be available on an open access basis, forming a public good which will help build knowledge in support of food security and trade. We also envisage that certainly value-added analytical tools, reports and consultancy services will be paid for so as to ensure that the concept is financially self-sustaining.
Clinic in DRC
The ‘Proposed Organisation Structure’ slide states the CABI staff members who are proposed to fulfil the roles identified as required for the project (depending on the project level) – note that the availability of these staff members for this project should already be confirmed. Corporate Management (and authorisation of a project) will be dependent on project level, as given below for Donor-funded or Investment projects respectively: Donor-funded Projects: Level 1 (Gross Income > £250k) = PMG Level 2 (Gross Income £50k-£250k) = Global Director, Publishing Business Innovation Forum (PBIF), or EMT Member Level 3 (Gross Income < £50k) = Regional Director, Publishing Senior Manager, or EMT Member Any Level with NPC < 15% = PMG Investment Projects: Level 1 (Total Implementation Costs > £250k) = PMG Level 2 (Total Implementation Costs £50k-£250k) = EMT Member Level 3 (Total Implementation Costs < £50k) = Regional Director, Publishing Senior Manager, or EMT Member Any Level with any of the following = PMG Total CAPEX > £50k Internal Rate of Return (IRR) < 10% Payback > Year 4 Project Board The roles should be filled by CABI staff with external perspectives being represented by a CABI staff member. Where Project Board meetings occur, these should be internal to CABI, with ‘special’ Project Board meetings being held with external parties as required. Projects of level 3 may not have a Project Board, however there should always be a Project Executive.
The elements of a plant health system are made of extension players (Govt, NGOs), research (institutes), regulatory (NPPO, Govt) and the input suppliers (agri-dealers). Most farmers get most of their advice from sometimes loosely-regulated agri-dealers and seldom see an extension worker. Strength of arrows indicates typical strength of relationship and interaction With Plantwise, CABI uses plant clinics as the unifying means to link up a portfolio of trained players to offer objective advice via plant clinics, owned and run by the combined local partners. The clinics/doctors, over time, can ensure that agri-dealers stock safer chemicals (when and only if a chemical intervention is required), & stock the most appropriate types of chemicals (branded, licensed), building up trust that a farmer gets objective advice, appropriate dosage instructions, etc
Using Plantwise as an example of how we’ve made this work – and scale – we have seen that to build robust PHS extension systems consistently rely on the ability to: Embed innovations (e.g. plant clinics) in existing extension and advisory services Combining groups, assessing contribution and skills Alignment of mandates, job roles and responsibilities (research, extension, phytosanitary) Leverage complementary delivery approaches Effective (ethical) working ties with agrodealers and input supply (i.e. work with players, don’t bypass) Renewable resource allocation: funds and personnel. Not new money, but smarter use of existing funds and resources. Get their financial/resource commitment up-front, to avoid the 3yr project cycle of boom and bust
Political : federal vs. states [Bolivia, DR Congo]. E.G. DRC is not one country, effectively it is at least 4, requiring localised approaches and partnerships Inter-Institutional : Uganda (NAADs and MAAIF vs. local government); Sri Lanka (several ministries work in agriculture) Sectoral : pluralistic advisory services (mixed role of NGOs in Nepal and Bangladesh) Ethical : working with agrodealers (good relations in Bolivia) Capacity : from weak & fragile (Sierra Leone) to robust & dynamic (Kenya) Strategic : independent ownership & management of plant clinics
Consistent approach Apply standard methods with measurable results (M&E) Coordinated effort Identify and understand local partners, working within their constraints to reveal new possibilities Training, communication Enabling & encouraging Identify and share lessons Develop solutions together
From the GFRAS position paper, CABI/AIRCA can contribute to debate and action on the following points
From the GFRAS position paper, CABI can contribute to debate and action on the following points
From the GFRAS position paper, CABI can contribute to debate and action on the following points