Agri-ProFocus KenyaNetwork Day

30 September

Silver Springs Hotel

Programme

APF Network day Thursday 30 September Objectives:

1. Reflect on the results so far in the light of current farmer entrepreneurship challenges in Kenya

2. Stimulate engagement between current network members and ‘ newcomers’ 3. Set the stage for further development of joint activities

When What 09.30 Registration 10.00 Welcome and quick overview of APF Kenya

APF coordinators Roel Snelder - Tito Arunga 10.15 Learning about Facilitating Agri-business Development

A short Story from the Agri-ProFocus Field 10.30 Farmer Entrepreneurship in Kenya Today

Perspectives from Farmers and Business - J ohn Mutunga (Kenfap) and Vip Kumar (Agri Business Consultant)

11:00 Introducing (potential) network themes Access to finance for farmer entrepreneurship (Alphonce Muriu - SNV) ICT oriented BDS for local farmers in Kenya (Lucy Kirui – MediaEdge) Strengthening rural BDS capacity (Tom Were and Mary Njuguna – KCDF) Linking farmers - agribusiness and higher education (Rahab Njoroge – I IRR) Policy advocacy (Edward Kateiya and George Odiambo, KENFAP)

11.30 Business café: participants will have the opportunity to: Discuss possibilities for future collaboration around the 5 (potential) network

themes 13:00 Lunch

Programme

Afternoon

14.00 Partnership dating market Opportunity to seek partnerships for on-going and new initiatives

15:00 Plenary synthesis of the APF-Kenya agenda for 2011 16:00 Future of the Agri-ProFocus Kenya Network

What can the participants do to broaden the network? What do network members expect from the network?

16:30 Celebratory drink 18:00 End

Our Aspirations

Sphere of interest

• Addressing poverty by improving farmer entrepreneurship

Sphere of influence

• Enhanced services for farmer entrepreneusrhip by relevant stakeholders

Sphere of Control

• Vibrant Kenyan network acting and learning together

APF Multi Actor Arena

Agri-ProFocus Kenya Now

Output area A:Action learning on Agri-business Development

Participating organisations are improving their understanding and practice

Currently 15+ cases in various sub-sectors from SNV, Heifer, Oikocredit-Pawdep, HSHC, PELUM, Solidaridad, ICCO-Forefinance KENFAP, WRCCS, IDCCS, KOAN, KIOF, Ufadhili Trust, KCPA

Skill improvement sessions and coaching

New cases welcome!

Output Area B:Access to Financial Services and Products

Objective:

Clarity on demand and supply for financial products

Improve services (technically, commercially, risk mitigation) to producer organisations

Activities (so far):

Value Chain Finance Market Study

VCF Event

Linking financial service providers to action –learning cases of APF Kenya members (e.g. forefinance pilots and Oikocredit)

Output Area C (Policy) and D (Knowledge and Networking)

Policy Services to policy issues in agri-business cases

Next stop: KENFAP to link up to agribusiness cases

Knowledge development

Documenting and disseminating learning

Networking and Exchange

Matchmaking between organisations

Linking to institutes of higher learning (KIM, JKUAT, etc.)

Ning

Online Platform (currently 160 members)Sign up and Join us!

Business Café

ObjectiveForge coalitions / partnerships around the presented topics, using the APF Kenya network

Process• 5 corners with topics• 2 rounds of discussion• Participants subscribe in topics for 1st and 2nd round• Topic is introduced by table owner• A note taker is appointed to capture the main points of the

discussion on flip charts• The discussion is to be led by the table owner. • We at least like the following points documented:

1. Lead organization and person of the follow-up activity2. Participating organizations in the initiative and their role3. Ambitions of the follow-up initiative4. Concrete activities for the coming 6-12 months5. How will the initiative be part of APF Kenya?

Partnership dating market

ObjectiveProvide opportunity to participating organizations to seek partnerships for on-going and new initiatives

Process• Organizations wanting to advertise their partnership needs prepare a

flipchart stating:– What do I have on offer?– What am I looking for?

• Owners put up their advertisement in the corner where their subject belongs

• Other participants circulate and look for opportunities• If a partnership opportunity is identified, a date is made and recorded on

a card:– Subject of the date– Person and their organizations dating– Follow-up (nature of the date)

• Put concluded dates on the indicated wall

APF Kenya action learning

Objective:

Improve knowledge and practice of APF Kenya members in facilitating agricultural entrepreneurship

Brief history

• Action learning kick-start May 2010

• Second action learning meeting September 2010

Participating organizations

Heifer Kenya, Forefinance, Solidaridad, KENFAP, KIT, KOAN, KIOF, Oikocredit, Pelum, SNV, Ufadhili trust, WRCCS, HSHC, IDCCS

APF Kenya action learning

Action learning set-up

• Finished cases on agri-business facilitation, published through BMA (www.businessmindsafrica.org)

• Identification of 7 learning questions

• Identify on-going cases and choice of learning questions

• Identification of 3 topics for ‘self-education’

• 24 months learning trajectory, on-line sharing and 6-monthly meetings

• Graphic picture

How to join?

Joining the action learning initiative

• Personal and organizational commitment to invest in learning and willingness to share

• Identify an on-going case in your work to learn from specifically

• Contact Tito Arunga, APF Kenya coordinator

• Join the APF Kenya Ning (http://apf-kenya.ning.com)

• Download the case description form and fill it

• Choose 2 form the 7 learning questions to focus on

• Participate in on-line debate and face-to-face meetings

7 learning questions

SELECTED LEARNING QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR APF KENYA

1. How to effectively provide services to small farmers (financial, inputs, market info)?

2. How to motivate private sector actors to become involved in agri-business development initiatives for smallholders?

3. How to use collective action of producers in agri-business development? What can be learned from the cooperative model for agri-business development?

4. How to improve the knowledge in POs on assessing financial and investment risks and opportunities?

5. How to do an effective value chain and system analysis with actors, including assessment of opportunities?

6. How do we promote the fair distribution of investments and returns along the value chain?

7. How to empower women and youth to take a leadership role in agricultural business?

3 topics chosen for self-education

1. Participatory systems analysis

2. Investment assessment, feasibility study, business plan development

3. Improving understanding between financial services and agri-business facilitators

APF Kenya graphically

Learning Case

Learning Case

Learning CaseLearning

Case

Learning Case

Agri-business development

capacity

Evidence based policy

making

Knowledge development

Financial services

Tailor made capacity building

Business development services

Strengthening producer organizations

Gender issues

Successful learning cases

Services offered by APF Kenya participants

Day-to-day practice APF Kenya participants

Expected outcomes

Joint action APF Kenya

Demand articulation

Services

Future of the APF network

Group brainstorm

• Tables with 5 people:

• Write on a card 3 actions you can take to broaden the network

• Write on a card 3 things you want to get out of the network

• Table by table 1 action or expectation is presented