2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK AN OVERVIEW OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE AFRICAN FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY SERVICES Dan Kisauzi Technical Advisor AFAAS Secretariat 13 th October 2015

2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK SCOPE OF PRESENTATION Basic conceptual thinking Results expected from Knowledge Management (KM) in AFAAS Intervention areas The AFAAS KM Challenge and the proposed Strategy for addressing it

2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK BASIC CONCEPTUAL THINKING Information Content Knowledge Packaging Communicating/ Engaging Codifying Knowledge = Basis for making informed decisions Knowledge Management = a system and practices designed to encourage the creation of information and content and communicating them in such a way that learning takes place

2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK CORE RESULTS EXPECTED FROM AFAAS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Enhanced knowledge of farmers and value chain actors Production Post-harvest handling Marketing Value addition ….. etc

INTERVENTION AREAS FOR ACHIEVING THE CORE RESULTS Knowledge of AAS Providers Knowledge of Farmers and value chain actors AAS Information / Content Facilitating innovation and the scaling out of best practices on communicating and facilitating learning by farmers 3 3 Facilitating the access to information and content by AAS providers, facilitating their learning, scaling out best practices for and innovating on how to achieve these; 4 4 Facilitating the scaling out of best practices on the delivery of AAS to farmers and value chain actors and generating new innovative ways of achieving this Generating and identifying information and creating content, and innovating on how best to do this for AAS providers, farmers and value chain actors 1 1 2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK

CODIFYING KNOWLEDGE Knowledge of AAS Providers Knowledge of Farmers and value chain actors AAS Information/ Content Through lesson learning relating to the activities it supports, AFAAS contributes to generation of AAS information and content INTERVENTION AREAS (continued) 2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK

THE AFAAS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE “How to organize ourselves in such a way that in a combined effort, access to relevant (and validated) information is improved and existing tools are utilized as effective means of communication with our stakeholders.” Meeting the challenge requires that AFAAS creates a sustainable AAS Knowledge Network 2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK

AFAAS Secretariat Country Forum (CF) CF Member Rural communities Value chain actors Stakeholders Knowledge network MODULE OF THE KM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE CF Member 2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK

THE OVERALL KM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE = AFAAS VALUE PROPOSITION AFAAS Secretariat Donors Partners MoU with African Union African agric. Innovation consortium under FARA 2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK

PILLARPURPOSE Governance  Build trust and confidence in the network.  Mitigate risks : reputational, legal etc. Engagement  Build social capital & motivate knowledge sharing.  Position AFAAS as a knowledge management leader Sustainability  Progression from public to stable, mixed mode public-private financing. Content  Drive the availability of high value relevant content. Tools and Platforms  Support the network with world class knowledge services & infrastructure Pillars of the strategy for creating a sustainable knowledge network 2nd AFAAS AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK

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