Future Agricultures Consortium Annual Review and Planning Meeting Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, UK 30 March – 1 April 2010

Future Agricultures Consortium Established in 2005…. “to encourage dialogue and the sharing of good practice by policy makers and opinion formers in Africa on the role of agriculture in broad based growth”. Through…. Critical research and reflection Facilitating networking and partnerships Building a platform for policy dialogue

Asking comparative questions… …debating future options

Is African agriculture in crisis?

Highlights & challenges Highlights (of many): Seasonality Revisited conference AR4D/GCARD farmer consultations West Africa (at last!) Science, Technology and Innovation: Political Economy of Seeds (at last!) New website (nearly…) DFID funding for 2010-13 agreed in Feb ‘10 …. And challenges : Finding our niche in an increasingly crowded, well-funded arena FAC and CAADP/regional organisations Delivery of outputs – and so profile Process of getting the funding….

New phase – Outcomes Policy options and their evidence base produced and communicated amongst target audiences for 8 thematic areas (60%): (1) Policy Processes; (2) Growth & Social Protection; (3) Commercialisations; (4) Science, Technology & Innovation (5) Climate change and agriculture; (6) Land and tenure change; (7) Pastoralism; and (8) Youth and Agriculture Capacity of junior African researchers in generating quality policy relevant research and using this to influence policy processes strengthened (20%) Consortium effectively managed and transitions to an African base and sustainable funding (20%) 

Purpose level impact indicators Policy strengthening in key CAADP activities (implementation plans, country Compacts) which reflect policy options presented by FAC Policy strengthening in civil society and/or donor activities in each of the FAC core countries and/or regionally as a result of FAC thematic research, networking and policy engagement activities Evidence of impacts on policy strengthening will be documented through FAC’s adaptation of impact pathway analysis/outcome mapping (PIPA - http://boru.pbworks.com/) Purpose: Improve policy and promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction in Africa. By policy strengthening we mean FAC contributes significantly to changing/improving policy in key areas of CAADP activity as defined in country Compact agreements and implementation plans. By policy strengthening we mean FAC contributes through evidence-based research to changing/improving policy in key areas of civil society and/or donor activity as defined by policy positions, funding foci, project investments and capacity of key personnel.

Gender and social inclusion Research dimensions Understanding how dynamics of social difference – gender, age, ethnicity etc. – affects outcomes Literature review/resource and methodology development Organisational dimensions New FAC members FAC Fellowships FAC studentships FAC events Regular audit and review

Organising FAC Country coordinators (and advisory groups) Ethiopia – Kenya – Malawi – West Africa CAADP engagement, networking and dialogues Communications, networking and policy influencing Research themes (convenors plus teams) Across 8 themes, 3 regional ‘transects’ (?) and (possibly) 10 countries FAC Secretariat FAC Coordinators, Admin, Finance DFID and other donors

Budgets – Annual Allocations Coordination and management – 14% (Coordinators: 75% x 1 fte; Country coordination: 11% fte x 4; Administrative: 100% x 1 fte) Communications, impact monitoring and policy influencing – 12% (100% + 1 fte) Policy dialogues/CAADP engagement – 6% (80% fte) Research themes – 54% (UK: 27%; Africa: 41%; RA: 11% per theme/year) Capacity – 10% (FAC Fellowships (Africa and UK); FAC Student Fieldwork Bursaries; Visiting Fellowships) Over all lines, Communications – 21%

Capacity – Future FAC Expanding and renewing country teams – FAC membership – organic process Visiting fellowships – part of Theme research budgets FAC fellowships – around £110k per year for fellowships in Africa (mostly) and for UK post-docs – linked to 8 themes. Application and selection process required (to be determined) FAC fieldwork scholarships – another £35k, initially with Collaborative Masters Programme in Agricultural and Applied Economics in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (CMAAE). Future: others (non-agricultural economists)?

FAC Africa institutionalisation process and timeline FAC Institutionalisation Commission Members: Amdissa, John O, Ephraim, Colin and Jim (temp) This meeting: scope out challenge Set up detailed Terms of Reference for consultant(s) Consultants report March 2011 at Annual Meeting in Addis on options for FAC Africa institutionalisation (incl. options for: organisational home, legal status, governance structure, alliances with existing organisations etc.) During 2011, begin to prepare FAC Africa proposal in discussion with potential donors 2012 Annual Meeting draft of proposal presented for review Formal external review through MTR process completed by 2012 MTR report the focus for Donor Roundtable convened by DFID for funding FAC Africa from April 2013

Upcoming FAC events FAC-ODI Seminar Series – starting soon?? ‘Sleeping Giants’ conference – SOAS, London (May- June 2011) Political Economy of Seeds workshop (late 2010) ‘University of the Desert’ workshop for pastoralists and policymakers, northern Kenya, November 2010 FAC Annual Conference – Future of Pastoralism in Africa, Addis, March 2011? FAC Annual Review and Planning Meeting, Addis, March 2011? …. And more. Please add your events to sheet!

New website…

Programme and process Tues and Weds am Weds pm Thurs am Review of concept notes for all 8 Themes (including CAADP engagement, gender and social inclusion, climate/environment). Plus highlights of key outputs of existing themes (annual report – due tomorrow!) Weds pm FAC Networking, Communications and Policy Engagement Country reports, including plans for West Africa FAC events Thurs am FAC Africa – institutionalisation Future FAC - capacity AOB And don’t forget….. Material and revisions for the website