1. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself?

2. PARTNERSHIPS in PROGRESS: 2008-2009 Content: –Presentation of the methodology of the survey –Evolution of partnerships in country strategies and Projects –Direct support to FOs –Support to policy engagement –Impacts of partnerships –The way forward

3. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Presentation of the survey 18 country strategies 69 IFAD Development projects 24 FOs consulted

4. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Evolution of partnerships in Country Strategies

5. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Evolution of partnerships in Project designs

6. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Evolution of FOs as “special players” in project design by Region

7. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Direct financial support to FOs

8. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Support to policy engagement At regional level Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) Support to COPROFAM in REAF Mercosur Programme for Strengthening Rural Organizations to Participate in Policy Dialogue In Central America Support to resilient pastoral livelihoods in Africa At international level Support of the mobilization of civil society around high-level conferences and events Support to consultation on the Voluntary guidelines on responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources Support to fisherfolk organisations advocacy capacities

9. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Impacts of partnerships Benefits to Fos Capacity building of the members Institutional development Greater cohesion and internal membership Increased contacts with other FOs and partners Improved dialogue with governments and donors Benefits to projects funded by IFAD Stronger focus on small and poor farmers Better understanding of rural poverty Access to local and indigenous knowledge More effective implementation Better impact on food security

10. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? The Way Forward How to find solutions to develop partnerships even in difficult conditions? How to take better advantage of the creativity deployed by IFAD staff and FOs to work together, and up-scale good practices? 1 - How to find a second wind in our own methods of work and in our mode of collaboration?

11. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? The Way Forward 2 - How to find the right balance between regional and national levels? for capacity building for support to policy engagement 3 – How to strengthen our dialogue and collaboration on major policy issues such as Climate Change, Food Security (CFS), land governance...?

12. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? The Way Forward 4 – What can we do together to respond better to the specific challenges faced by young women and men in agriculture and rural development? 5 - How to jointly evaluate the impact of our partnerships on the ground and their development effectiveness?

13. Oslo Conference: Can Africa Feed Itself? Conclusion The photo chosen this year for the Farmers’ Forum shows a woman from Bangladesh checking on eggs at her mini hatchery. Egg is the symbol of both fecundity and fragility. So are our partnerships. They have proven to have great potential to give birth to innovative approaches and development effectiveness, but they also need to be handled with great care and attention… like this woman does, slowly moving eggs in a traditional incubator.