1. Applying a Territorial Lens to Rural Transformation
Kenyan - German Co-operation in West Kenya
Petra Jacobi, GIZ
Brussels, 20 March 2017

2. Outline
Rural Transformation
The Example of Western Kenya
Way forward

3. Rural Transformation happens, but not in Isolation
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
INCLUSIVE RURAL TRANSFORMATION
RURAL TRANSFORMATION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Agricultural development is about improving the quality of life and economic well-being of farmers, herders and agricultural workers. It focuses on the exploitation of land-intensive natural resources such as agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries. It involves improving agricultural services, agricultural incentives and technologies, and the resources used in agriculture, such as land, irrigation, human capital and rural infrastructure.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural development is the process of improving the opportunities and well-being of rural people. It is a process of change in the characteristics of rural societies. In addition to agricultural development, it involves human development and social and environment objectives, as opposed to just economic ones. Therefore, rural development encompasses health, education and other social services. It also uses a multisector approach for promoting agriculture, extracting minerals, tourism, recreation and niche manufacturing.
RURAL TRANSFORMATION
Rural transformation (RT) involves rising agricultural productivity, increasing commercialization and marketable surpluses, and diversification of production patterns and livelihoods. It also involves expanded decent off-farm employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, better rural coverage and access to services and infrastructure, and greater access to, and capacity to influence, relevant policy processes. All of this leads to broad-based rural (and wider) growth, and to better managed, more sustainable rural landscapes.
INCLUSIVE RURAL TRANSFORMATION
With inclusive rural transformation everyone, without exception, can exercise their economic, social and political rights, develop their abilities, and take advantage of the opportunities available in their environment. This leads to a marked improvement in the economic position and quality of life for small farmers, land poor and landless workers, women and youth, marginalized ethnic and racial groups, and victims of disaster and conflict.
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
Structural transformation (ST) is both a cause and an effect of economic growth. It involves rising productivities in agriculture and the urban economy, a change in the composition of the economy from a preponderance of agriculture to industry and services, rising involvement in international trade, growing rural-urban migration and urbanization, and the realization of a demographic transition from high to low birth rates. It leads to profound political, cultural, social and environmental stresses, which must be managed for long-term sustainability.
Source: IFAD 2016
Applying a Territorial Lens to Rural Transformation

4. How to strengthen Rural Livelihoods in the Face of rapid Urbanisation?
The Example of Western Kenya

5. Kenyan-German Co-operation
Food Security
Green Innovation Centres
Sustainable Soil Management
Agricultural Technical and Vocational Training
Agricultural Finance
Road Rehabilitation
Rural Market Structures
Irrigation
Western Kenya

6. One World – No Hunger Initiative: Green Innovation Centres
Logistics
Market Development
Strengthening Farmers Cooperatives

7. One World – No Hunger Initiative: Green Innovation Centres
Skills Development
Agricultural Finance
Technical Innovation
Most of the milk is consumed in the counties and sold in the nearby secondary cities!

8. Institutional Capacity Development for County Governments
New roles in a decentralized environment
Support
to facilitate agricultural reform processes
to locally adapt national policies
To provide better services

9. Agricultural Technical and Vocational Training (A-TVET)
Regional CAADP Program
coherent and focused policies for ATVET
Capacity building of training institutions
employment-oriented curricula, skills trainings

10. Way forward

11. We know it, but do we take it seriously?
Accept the fading rural-urban divide, increased multi- locality and mobility as an opportunity, not a threat.
There is need for better policy coherence and improved cross-sectoral coordination; with the tasks at hand, silos can not be afforded.
Only a strong public sector can initiate and manage partnerships beyond sectors and administrative boundaries.

12. We know it, but do we take it seriously?
Territorial approaches as framework for targeted sectoral interventions can trigger inclusive rural transformation.
The wider agricultural sector continues to be of key importance, but there is need to look beyond agriculture.

13. Thank you! Please contact petra.jacobi@giz.de for further questions