This document discusses the Global Good Practice (GGP) Initiative by the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS). The GGP aims to address two challenges: finding globally relevant agricultural extension approaches, and making knowledge about different approaches easily accessible. It does this by systematically describing extension approaches in easy-to-understand formats online at no cost. The first GGP publications covered innovation platforms, farmer field schools, and mobile-based services. An advisory group oversees the development and review of GGP notes to ensure quality. Currently 20 notes are being elaborated to be published. The GGP aims to scale up its work through additional funding.
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1. GFRAS Global Good
Practice (GGP)
Initiative
By Hlami Ngwenya
Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services
(GFRAS)
Eastern Africa Policy Dialogue,
Kampala, Uganda 16-18 June 2015
2. Global Good Practices –
The Idea Behind
1. Challenge to find globally relevant approaches
-Search for global best practices by different
stakeholders
But: No such thing as best practice –> highly dependent on
environmental, economic, socio-cultural, political context
2. Challenge of access to knowledge and experiences
-A lot of information and knowledge on approaches and
innovation available
But: Scattered in different online and physical libraries, platforms,
fora, and often presented in difficult language (e.g. scientific)
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3. Global Good Practices –
The Idea Behind
Addressing challenge 1:
-Present systematic description of extension
approaches,
• Outlining their philosophy, strengths and weaknesses,
• Best-fit considerations (e.g. requirements for the
approach to work in terms of context and capacities etc),
• Implementation steps, costs implications, etc.
Addressing challenge 2
-Present approaches in easy-to-understand,
• Short, practical, and easy to access (online, no costs)
formats,
• Using simple language for everyone to understand
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4. Global Good Practices Note
- Coverage of Topics
Workshops and exchanges for priority setting
5 main dimensions/ Thematic areas
•Governance Structure
•Policy Environment
•Management and capacity strengthening
•Advisory Methods
•Cross-cutting factors
Ensures balance of topics
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5. Global Good Practices –
Preparation and implementation
2013: Preparatory phase
•Idea discussed and refined with donor representatives from
BMGF, GIZ, and with experts from CGIAR, MEAS, GFRAS, FAO,
Central Agricultural University (India).
Advisory group to define database on how
to structure approaches, define formats,
and processes
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6. First set of GGP publications
2014: Publication of first three notes
•Innovation Platforms,
•Farmer Field Schools,
•Mobile-based “bundled” services:
Example of Agri-Fin Mobile
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7. Global Good Practices Note
Quality Assurance in Development
process
1. Advisory group to select proposals (in consultation with
regions), and follow the process, including all stages of notes’
development
1. Three review/feedback rounds by Advisory Group (proposal
and outline), and 2-3 external reviewers, not coming from the
same sector, per note(draft note)
1. Layout and editing by internationally recognised editing
organisation
2. Appropriate honorarium to enable authors to provide quality
products, without creating financial incentives for authors
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8. Global Good Practices –
going to scale
Important funding from GIZ
1st
call
2nd
call
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9. Current GGP notes
• Currently 20 notes in elaboration,
• Planned to be published by the 6th
GFRAS Annual
Meeting in Kyrgyzstan
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Extension
paradigms overview
Farmer to Farmer Extension
Enabling Rural Innovation
Video for RAS
Integrating Gender into RAS
Nutrition and RAS
Management Advice for Family Farms
The Role of Producer Organisations in RAS
Mobile
phones for
RAS
Webportals for
RAS
Agricultural Innovation
System ICT4RAS
Rural Resource
Centers
Cooperatives
¨for
participation
in
high
value
chain
Value chain oriented RAS
Community workers initiative
Radio for RAS
Social Media for RAS
10. For more details
Access the call
http://www.g-fras.org/en/ggp-home.html
Send the proposal to ggp@g-fras.org.
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Politicians, project and extension managers, extension providers, always look for THE best approach, THE solution to the challenges in RAS, etc. But experience shows that there is no such thing as a best practice in extension, as approaches, methods, and tools, highly depend on the environment: what advise is needed (what technical topic is touched), how is the infrastructure of the region, what is the political and economic environment, what are socio-cultural characteristics (who works on the field, when, how, is there any kind of segregation, etc).
With RAS more prominently on the international agenda again, a lot of innovation happended regarding new approaches, methods, and tools that have been invented, refined, tested, applied. However, knowledge on this is often scattered, written by researchers in a very academic language that extension officers sometimes find difficult to understand.
What are advisory services?
RAS are the institutions that work with men and women farmers and other important stakeholders in rural economies to provide rural people with the skills and access to knowledge to improve their livelihoods and wellbeing.
Traditionally, RAS disseminate information about technologies, markets, inputs and financial matters; they also help farmers to develop their agricultural, management, and marketing skills. Modern RAS also promote interaction among farmers and other rural actors, the private sector, research institutes, education centres, and government. At the same time, they help actors to improve their market access, deal with changing patterns of risk, and protect the environment. RAS are also called extension or agricultural advisory services.
Examples of RAS activities include:
Creating and supporting links between farmers’ organisations and agricultural research programmes
Supporting communities in setting up informal and formal rural organisations
Providing training and advice for farmers and agribusinesses and helping them improve their links with the value chain
Not just developing countries. They exist in so called developed countries too and we believe that interaction between the two can inform both. So I would not have this phrase.
Advisory group consists of representatives from:
GFRAS (Kristin Davis)
GIZ (Frederik Oberthür)
CGIAR (Steve Franzel)
MEAS (Andrea Bohn)
FAO (Magdalena Blum)
Central Agricultural University India: Saravanan Raj
Advisory group consists of representatives from:
GFRAS (Kristin Davis)
GIZ (Frederik Oberthür)
CGIAR (Steve Franzel)
MEAS (Andrea Bohn)
FAO (Magdalena Blum)
Central Agricultural University India: Saravanan Raj