1. Objective of today
To explore whether and how the learning platform concept can be institutionalised after project closure
Last year of inclusive VCC project.

2. LPs: arenas of inclusive learning
Accomodate farmers’ knowledge
Share ‘innovations from below’
Allow farmers to voice their concerns
Facilitate interactions across sectors & levels
We don’t take expert knowledge for granted

3. Learning platforms in inclusive VCC project
EXPLAIN
NEGOTIATED KNOWLEDGE
DESIGN
EXPLORE
DESCRIBE
Drivers of landscape change, livelihood trajectories, agency, innovation capacity
Design opportunities & joint methodology
Landscape change, farmer heterogeneity, knowledge sharing & learning environment
Scenario development, innovations from below, inclusive learning processes
Fig. 1 Schematic overview of the iterative research cycle (freely after Giller et al. 2008)

4. Learning platform = interactive knowledge sharing & joint learning
Researchers
DAs, chiefs, etc.
Farmers
Buyers
Extension officers
= interactive knowledge sharing & joint learning

5. Knowledge sharing & learning environment: challenges & opportunities
Value proposition of the LP
Qs: For whom? With whom? What purpose? What features?
How does the current LP fit in?
Qs: Where are we now? On the right track? Strengths & weaknesses? Any change?
Co-design
Qs: How to move forward? What ideas? Which actors & what roles? What/whose knowledge? What activities? Frequency? Challenges? How to deal with them?
Action plan for self-sustaining LP – including milestones

6. Knowledge sharing & learning environment: challenges & opportunities
Value proposition of the LP
Qs: For whom? With whom? What purpose? What features?
How does the current LP fit in?
Qs: Where are we now? On the right track? Strengths & weaknesses? Any change?
Co-design
Qs: How to move forward? What ideas? Which actors & what roles? What/whose knowledge? What activities? Frequency? Challenges? How to deal with them?
Action plan for self-sustaining LP – including milestones

7. Knowledge sharing & learning environment: challenges & opportunities
Value proposition of the LP
Qs: For whom? With whom? What purpose? What features?
How does the current LP fit in?
Qs: Where are we now? On the right track? Strengths & weaknesses? Any change?
Co-design
Qs: How to move forward? What ideas? Which actors & what roles? What/whose knowledge? What activities? Frequency? Challenges? How to deal with them?
Action plan for self-sustaining LP – including milestones

8. Knowledge sharing & learning environment: challenges & opportunities
Value proposition of the LP
Qs: For whom? With whom? What purpose? What features?
How does the current LP fit in?
Qs: Where are we now? On the right track? Strengths & weaknesses? Any change?
Co-design
Qs: How to move forward? What ideas? Which actors & what roles? What/whose knowledge? What activities? Frequency? Challenges? How to deal with them?
Action plan for self-sustaining LP – including milestones

9. Knowledge sharing & learning environment:
challenges & opportunities (Yves)
Value proposition of the LP (Anna)
Qs: For whom? With whom? What purpose? What features?
How does the current LP fit in? (Mirjam)
Qs: Where are we now? On the right track? Strengths & weaknesses? Any change?
Co-design (all)
Qs: How to move forward? What ideas? Which actors & what roles? What/whose knowledge? What activities? Frequency? Challenges? How to deal with them?
Action plan for self-sustaining LP – including milestones