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FEED THE FUTURE: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR
AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
(AFRICA LEAD II)
QUARTERLY REPORT JAN – MAR 2018
MAY 2018
This publication was produced by the Feed the Future: Building Capacity for African Agricultural
Transformation Project (Africa Lead II) for the United States Agency for International Development.
Program Title: Feed the Future: Building Capacity for African Agricultural Transformation (Africa Lead II)
Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID Bureau of Food Security
Award Number: AID-OAA-A13-00085
Awardee: DAI
Date of Publication: May 2018
Author: Africa Lead II Team
Cover photo: A participant in the Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) shares her
experience during the bi-annual learning event in the counties of Marsabit and Isiolo. Photo credit: Africa
Lead.
This publication was prepared by DAI and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development
under Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A13-00085. The authors’ views expressed in this
publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International
Development or the United States Government.
FEED THE FUTURE: BUILDING CAPACITY
FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL
TRANSFORMATION (AFRICA LEAD II)
Contents
Acronyms .............................................................................................. i
I. Introduction ................................................................................. 1
II. Capacity Building ........................................................................ 3
Improved skills for government actors ........................................................................ 3
Private sector capacity building .................................................................................. 4
Increased female and youth empowerment ............................................................... 5
Table 1: Key Partners and Collaborators in Q2 FY 2018 ........................................... 7
III. Policy Support ............................................................................. 9
Improved Intsitutional Architecture (IA) for agricultural policy change ........................ 9
Facilitation support to develop high quality NAIPs ................................................... 13
IV. Knowledge Sharing ................................................................... 15
Improved Program Learning ..................................................................................... 15
Development partner exchanges and events ........................................................... 18
V. Mission Dashboards ................................................................. 21
Bureau for Food Security ......................................................................................... 22
East Africa Mission ................................................................................................... 25
Kenya Mission .......................................................................................................... 27
Tanzania Mission ..................................................................................................... 31
Ghana Mission ......................................................................................................... 32
Guinea Mission ........................................................................................................ 34
Senegal Mission ....................................................................................................... 35
Nigeria Mission ......................................................................................................... 37
Annex A. Program Updates ............................................................... 38
Resilience Partners Design New Impact Evaluation for Programs Operating in Northern Kenya .................................................................................... 38
Transformational Leadership Training to Enhance Collaboration in PREG Counties ........................................................................................................ 39
PREG Lessons Learned Event ................................................................................ 40
Africa Lead Lessons Learned Event ........................................................................ 42
Institutional Architecture Assessment (IAA) Workshop ............................................. 44
Tanzania Premiere of Kumekucha: Fatuma New movie features Africa's everyday superheroes, women farmers ....................................................... 46
GFSS CLA Planning Workshop: Supporting Field Visits, Mapping, and Dialogue to Strengthen CLA .............................................................................. 48
Assessing Impact and Value for Money at the Economics of Resilience to Drought Learning Event ....................................................................................... 49
PREG Bi-annual Learning Event: Strengthening Reflection, Analysis, and Collective Action ................................................................................................ 51
East Africa Seed Network Webinar Brings Together Seed Companies and Investment Funds .............................................................................................. 53
Annex B. Performance Indicator Tracking Table (PITT) .................. 55
Annex C. Environmental Compliance .............................................. 58
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Acronyms
ACTESA Alliance for Commodity Trade in East and Southern Africa
AgCK Agricultural Council of Kenya
AUC/DREA African Union’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture
C4C Champions for Change
CAADP Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme
CILSS Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le
Sahel/Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
CNC CAADP Non-State Actor Coalition
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
COMSHIP COMESA Seed Harmonization Implementation Plan
CORAF Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development
ECOWAP ECOWAS Agricultural Policy
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
NAIP National Agriculture Investment Plan
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development
NPCA NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
NSA Non-State Actor
OCA Organizational Capacity Assessment
PNIASA National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan
RAIP Regional Agricultural Investment Program
TOT Training of Trainers
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I. Introduction
Africa Lead — Feed the Future’s (FTF’s)
Building Capacity for African Agricultural
Transformation Program — supports the
advancement of agricultural transformation
in Africa that aligns with the African Union
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture
Development Programme (CAADP). Africa
Lead has traditionally contributed to the FTF
goals of reduced hunger and poverty by
building the capacity of champions — i.e.,
men and women leaders in agriculture —
and the institutions in which they operate to
develop, lead, and manage the policies,
structures, and processes needed for
transformation. Africa Lead continues to
evolve in the services provided to support
new, emerging challenges in food security.
During FY2018, this includes strategic
facilitation to improve government agency
planning, providing backbone support to
collective impact activities (such as
resilience), as well as strengthening
agricultural value chains by improving
integrated pest management (IPM) for Fall
Army Worm, seed distribution and buyer
contracts.
The Bureau for Food Security (BFS) at the
U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) has established three priority areas
of agriculture policy change: (1) changes in
policies themselves; (2) changes in systems
to formulate and implement policy changes;
and (3) laying the foundations for the next
generation of policy change.
By concentrating on building capacity and
strengthening processes of individuals,
institutions, and networks of both, Africa
Lead promotes changes in systems to
formulate and implement policy changes in
four ways:
▪ Evidence-based planning – The extent to which policy, legislation, regulations, and programs are informed by recognizable, objectively verifiable, and reliable sources and processes for gathering relevant evidence or data pertinent to agriculture and food security challenges.
▪ Mutual accountability – The extent to which stakeholder groups seeking to improve food security conditions clearly articulate their actions and hold themselves and each other accountable for achieving objectives and learning from achievements and mistakes.
▪ Coordination and inclusiveness – The extent to which government ministries, departments, and agencies that play the major role in structuring and governing the agriculture sector coordinate their efforts toward broadly shared goals, and the extent to which all stakeholders believe they have and actually do have a formalized and practical role in policy development.
▪ Policy plans/institutions – The extent to which policies are articulated, prioritized, and widely shared, and the extent to which institutions are organized, equipped, staffed, and trained to implement the prioritized policies and programs.
This report covers the program’s major
accomplishments and outputs from January
through March 2018, which is Quarter 2 of
Africa Lead’s fifth year of implementation. It
highlights the support, facilitation, and
training that Africa Lead provides partners
to improve institutional capacity and broader
systems and institutional architecture to
manage agricultural transformation as well
to promote the effective, inclusive
participation of non-state actors (NSAs) in
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policy processes. Africa Lead activities
promote and sustain a culture of learning
and continue to build a process by which
evidence can play a greater role in
determining policy directions and programs
in agriculture.
By design, Africa Lead activities are
demand-driven, and the project serves as a
flexible mechanism to support various
USAID initiatives at the mission and
continental level. Africa Lead is truly greater
than the sum of its parts; to appreciate its
full impact, individual activities must be
viewed within the context of the continent-
wide goals that drive them. To illustrate the
program’s complex network of activities,
Sections 2-4 of this report summarize
project-wide progress during Quarter 2
(FY18 Q2) in the three cluster areas of
capacity development, policy support, and
knowledge sharing to align organizations,
policies, and systems around CAADP.
Section 5 includes mission-level
dashboards, which provide a snapshot view
of FY18 Q2 activities and performance
indicators for each of the project’s buy-ins.
A participant speaks on seed investment opportunities at the “Unlocking Financing for Seed Company
Development” webinar hosted by Africa Lead’s East Africa Seed Network on March 20, 2018.
Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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II. Capacity Building
Project-wide highlights and achievements in
FY18 Q2 to strengthen and develop
organizational capacity to institutionalize the
four systems changes that Africa Lead
supports are described in this section.
Activities in this cluster provide support and
training to change agents at the
organizational and individual level to
develop, lead, and manage agricultural
transformation. For this quarter’s report, we
have organized our support according to the
following results, which are aligned to the
cross-cutting intermediate results in the new
Global Food Security Strategy:
▪ Improved skills for government actors
▪ Private sector capacity building
▪ Increased female and youth empowerment
Improved skills for government actors
To strengthen service delivery and the
technical capacity of the Nigeria
Agribusiness Resource Center (NARC),
Africa Lead, in collaboration with MDF /
West Africa and Mel Consult, delivered
three courses of three days each on public
private partnerships in agribusiness
facilitation, value chain analysis, and
monitoring and evaluation. The public
private partnership (PPP) course included
content on the benefits of PPPs in the
agricultural sector, the NARC’s role in
establishing them, and best practices in
developing and implementing PPPs. The
Value Chain Analysis course addressed
concepts and definitions around the value
chain approach as well as guidance on
conducting a value chain sub sector
analysis and related performance
management. ABMD and NARC staff that
attended the course can now describe the
value chain approach, how to conduct sub-
sector analysis, and better understand
NARC’s role in promoting the value chain
approach to increase investment in the
Nigerian agriculture sector. The monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) course discussed
concepts and definition around M&E and
results-based management, the five steps
to designing an M&E system, including
indicator development and target setting. By
the end of the course, the staff had
developed a results chain and a draft M&E
plan for the center which will enable them to
effectively monitor and evaluate NARC
activities, and to document outputs and
outcomes.
In Senegal, Africa Lead continued to
provide capacity building support to the
“Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition”
(CLM) – the government entity working to
implement the government’s multi-sectorial
plan to improve nutrition in Senegal. During
the quarter, Africa Lead delivered a
leadership and management skills training
workshop with an emphasis on leadership
styles, emotional intelligence, and
situational leadership. The workshop helped
participants to develop every day
management skills such as feedback,
communication skills and strength of
working in teams. National executive senior
staff of CLM attended the workshop
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organized over a five-day period. The first
team building workshop, which was
organized in July 2017, was in the first in a
series of three workshops designed to
strengthen CLM skills to achieve its mission
and more importantly, help make it a
learning organization.
Private sector capacity building
In Senegal, Africa Lead supported
Senegalese National Union of Traders and
Manufacturers (UNACOIS) in organizing a
sensitization workshop to share the
successful experience of Mamelles Jaboot,
a large dairy processing firm, contracting
with rural millet producers to produce
consumer ready-to-eat yogurt/millet
breakfast blend; and to inform UNACOIS
members about the principles of
contracting. The workshop highlighted the
mutual benefits of contracting for all
stakeholders in the millet value chain – the
contract mechanism provides a set price at
delivery, crop insurance and technology,
minimizing the risk to the point where banks
provide planting loans to farmers – and
informed private actors and public
authorities on the value of promoting this
approach in transforming Senegalese
agriculture. Workshop participants included
a large proportion of women working in
agriculture, commerce and distribution
sectors. From initial evidence, contracting in
the agricultural sector appears to be an
excellent mechanism for transforming
Senegalese agriculture and as such, Africa
Lead will continue to support stakeholders
to disseminate and develop the approach.
Participants at the SIRDA/VSLA meeting in January 2018. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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Africa Lead’s program in Ghana partnered
with the National Farmers and Fishermen
Award Winners Association, Ghana
(NFFAWAG), organized a five-day
Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship
Development course, in Kumasi, from
February 26 to March 2, 2018. This program
brought together women entrepreneurs
engaged in various agribusiness ventures
across the country. Through a rigorous
selection criterion developed by Africa Lead,
the course brought together women from all
ten regions of Ghana. Most of the women
participants were former National or District
Award Winners that are engaged in crop
and livestock production. Some participants
were also involved in activities along the
value chain such as processing,
aggregation, agricultural information
dissemination, sales and marketing. The
course empowered and equipped women
with additional skills and knowledge to
either start up or grow profitable and
sustainable agribusinesses that will
enhance agricultural productivity, create
jobs, and increase food and nutrition
security. The course developed the capacity
of these women in agribusiness
identification, planning, and management.
The 5-day course contained fourteen
training modules that were designed to
strengthen the participants’ capacity in the
principles and practices of agri-
entrepreneurship, the use of the business
model canvas, market research, agri-
business plan development, the importance
of record keeping, and financial and risk
management. The course highlighted
careers in agriculture along the value chain
by describing each function as well as
various players and business opportunities
along commodity chains. The trainers
utilized participatory learning methodologies
including hands-on activities such as self-
assessments, group discussions, group
exercises, and role-playing. The participants
examined agri-business case studies from
existing enterprises across West Africa to
enhance learning and practical application.
To foster networking and knowledge
sharing, participants had the opportunity to
share their experiences and perspectives on
agribusiness opportunities, technologies,
successes and lessons learned. An
example of an immediate outcome included
a participant who did not have a market for
her rice business; because of the training,
she is now linked with buyers.
Increased female and youth empowerment
In Ghana, Africa Lead supported the
Savanah Integrated Rural Development
Agency (SIRDA) to strengthen non-state
actors to promote gender issues, women’s
empowerment and gender mainstreaming in
agribusiness, and to increase access to
markets and financing. Through a grant
facility, Africa Lead supported SIRDA in
increasing the capacity of rural women in
Northern Ghana by providing access to
three basic financial services – savings,
credit and social insurance. Through this
grant, SIRDA reached over 2,000
beneficiaries in more than 40 Village
Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs),
providing training and support around
transparent governance and efficient
resource management. Several
beneficiaries have reported an increased
sense of empowerment and improved
household income without seeking external
capital or financing for their activities. During
FY18 Q2, the groups conducted the annual
cash share-out process where accumulated
savings and interest are paid out to the
group members and a new annual saving
cycle begins. During the cash-out event,
Africa Lead met with members who reported
increased influence on household decision-
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making and greater control over household
business decisions since participating in the
program.
At a much larger scale, Africa Lead
partnered with MFDI to develop, produce
and launch multimedia campaign to inspire
women and youth to enter agricultural and
agribusiness in Tanzania. During Q2, Africa
Lead launched the second feature film
Kumekucha: Fatuma on March 1, 2018, in
Arusha, Tanzania as part of Africa Lead’s
multimedia programming. The premiere
event attracted more than 150 people from
the media, private sector, non-state actors
(NSAs), and the Government of Tanzania.
Following the premiere, MFDI broadcast the
film on several regional and national media
channels across Tanzania and distributed
5,000 DVDs and posters to established
video libraries/bandas that are part of the
Tanzania Video Library Association (TVLA)
in Iringa, Mbeya, and Morogoro.
In Makueni, Kenya, Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
(CLA) workshop attendees made field visits to private sector industries to observe the push and
pull effect of the market system in relation to the GFSS. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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Table 1: Key Partners and Collaborators in Q2 FY 2018
Mission Organization Type Africa Lead Support Provided
BFS Kenya Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAl)
Gov Institutional Architecture Workshop & Action Planning
BFS African Union/Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture
Gov CAADP and Malabo implementation
BFS CAADP Non-State Actors Coalition
NGO Organizational development
BFS Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Regional Organization
East & Southern Africa NAIP workshop facilitation
East Africa Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Gov Support in development of IGAD Implementation Letter
East Africa Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
NGO Support to Seed Network Webinar
East Africa East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (EATIH)
NGO Support to Seed Network Webinar
Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Program
NGO Champions for Change training
Ghana National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners Association, Ghana (NFFAWAG)
NGO Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship Development Course training
Guinea Government of Guinea Gov Technical Assistance
Kenya National Drought Management Authority (NDMA)
Gov Support the Development of NDMA Strategic Planning 2018 – 2022
Kenya Agricultural Council of Kenya (AgCK)
Gov Capacity building support
Kenya Joint Agricultural Sector Consultation and Cooperation Mechanism (JASCCM)
Gov Capacity building support
Nigeria Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Gov Capacity Building
Senegal Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CLM)
Gov Leadership and management training
Senegal Ministry of Trade Gov Logistical support
Senegal Union National des Commerçants et Industriels du Sénégal (UNACOIS)
Private sector
Workshop facilitation
Senegal Ministry of Agriculture Gov Technical collaboration and coordination for NAIP revision
Senegal Groupe de Dialogue Social et Politique (GDSP)
Civil society Technical assistance for the editing and printing of the NAIP 2.0 document
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Tanzania Policy Analysis Group NGO Technical assistance
Tanzania Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF)
NGO Facilitation and technical assistance
West Africa Regional
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Regional Organization
Technical Assistance
West Africa Regional
Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel (CILSS)
Regional Organization
Technical Assistance
West Africa Regional
West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD)
Regional Organization
Technical Assistance
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III. Policy Support
This section describes project-wide
highlights and achievements in FY18 Q2 to
support policy development and
implementation processes at various levels,
as well as to strengthen overall institutional
architecture for policy change in the
agriculture and food security sectors.
Activities in this area support the enabling
environment for developing, aligning, and
managing the policy process — which
includes the effective engagement of non-
state actors (NSAs) — for agricultural
transformation. For the purposes of this
quarter’s report, the support has been
organized along the following activity areas:
▪ Improved Intsitutional Architecture (IA) for agricultural policy change
▪ Facilitation support to develop high quality NAIPs
Improved Intsitutional Architecture (IA) for agricultural policy change
In Kenya from February 28 – March 1,
Africa Lead piloted and facilitated a
workshop on the participatory approach for
developing an Institutional Architecture (IA)
improvement plan. More than 70 Kenyan
stakeholders participated in addition to
representatives from USAID and the
Agriculture and Rural Development Donor
Group. Kenyan stakeholders included
leadership from the Ministry of Agriculture
and Irrigation (who issued the workshop
invitations and made a presentation on IA
status in Kenya), representation from the
Joint Agriculture Secretariat, and
representatives from county government,
civil society, the private sector, think tanks,
and research institutes. The IA workshop
methodology, developed by Africa Lead,
allows for local actors to convene to conduct
analysis and prioritize an action plan on how
to improve their national institutional
architecture. Africa Lead is in the process of
developing an IA Toolkit – comprised of
tools to use before, during and after the IA
workshop. Elements include facilitator’s
guide as well as a 360-degree survey of
stakeholders in advance of the workshop,
(which was piloted with Kenyan NSAs in
advance of the workshop). Additional
elements of the toolkit include an Action
Plan template, a suggested workshop
stakeholder composition profile, and Terms
of Reference for an Action Plan Workshop
Steering Committee. As a pilot, the Kenya
experience tested the hypothesis that
stakeholders would constructively work
together in a short time to create an Action
Plan to improve the country’s institutional
architecture. The pilot was successful,
providing evidence that the methodology
can be useful to other countries.
Outputs from the workshop include:
1. The Kenya IA Action Plan that can serve
as an example and provide lessons
learned for other countries.
2. A plan from the Ministry of Agriculture to
appoint and support a steering
committee to manage the IA Action
Plan, monitor progress over time and
organize a follow-up workshop to review
achievements in the plan in a year’s
time.
3. A video explaining the IA workshop
concept and demonstrating its value in
the Kenya pilot with interviews from key
stakeholders.
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4. Incorporation of recommendations in the
new Kenya Agriculture Transformation
Strategy as mechanisms for
coordination of sector actors, regular
institutional arrangement tracking and
improvement and support for similar
arrangements and processes at the
county level.
Key IA resources, including materials from
the Kenya pilot, are now available on Africa
Lead’s website here. Lessons learned from
this experience are integrated in new
iterations of the tools in the toolkit, which will
be tested in the Senegal pilot workshop in
May.
Following the workshop, Kenya’s CAADP
country team convened a meeting on
broader Malabo domestication, which was
attended by national government, county
governments and non-state actors
representing youth, farmers organizations,
private sector, research and academia. The
focus of the meeting was to address follow-
up for the Biennial Review (BR) process
and initiate preparations to address gaps in
next BR cycle. The recommendations from
IA workshop were revisited and a formal IA
steering committee was called for by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI).
Part of the mandate of the IA steering
committee in Kenya will be to monitor and
report on the IA Action Plan to the MoAI.
In addition, as a result of the IA workshop,
county governments in Kenya have shown
interest in domestication of the IA
framework to facilitate institutional capacity
and help improve coordination of actors.
Justus Monda, the Chairman of the Agriculture Council of Kenya (AGCK), gives closing remarks at the
Institutional Architecture Assessment (IAA) workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2018.
Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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For example, the AgCK was requested to
lead by sensitizing NSAs on IA policy
reforms for agricultural development
through their members and planned county
chapters.
The following sections describe key
achievements in improving institutional
architecture supported by Africa Lead
during Q2 to the improve systems,
processes, and relationships that influence
food security policy and programs. The
sections are organized by the following
thematic areas of institutional architecture:
• Inclusivity and stakeholder
coordination
• Intragovernmental coordination
• M&E and evidence-based analysis
Achievements in these areas contribute to
the development of better performing, more
effective policy systems and over time, can
lead to improved policies and policy
outcomes at the subnational, national and
regional levels.
Inclusivity and stakeholder consultation
In Tanzania this quarter, Africa Lead
continued to provide support to the
Partnership Accountability Committee’s
(PAC) Secretariat through technical
assistance and coaching in inclusive policy
dialogue. Because of Africa Lead support,
PAC coordination and planning has
improved, including that in February 2018,
the PAC met and developed
recommendations in the areas of
horticulture and manufacturing for
amendments on the Finance Act 2016.
In Senegal this quarter, the “Direction de
l’Appui au Secteur Prive” (DASP), with
support of Africa Lead, attended a
consultative workshop with the agro-
industries communities and the university
Gaston Berger of Saint Louis. The purpose
of this meeting was to organize a dialogue
with large, macro, as well as small and
medium-sized enterprises, to identify
challenges and initiate other reforms that
would contribute to the improvement of a
favorable agri-business climate. The
workshop brought together participants from
the public and private sectors, the University
Gaston Berger’s incubation center, research
institutions and NGOs. This meeting was of
critical importance to DASP and indeed
helped to (i) solicit feedbacks on constraints
of actors in the Ag Sector, (ii) support the
effective implementation of existing reforms,
(iii) identify reforms to be undertaken to
improve the business environment of the
Agricultural Sector, and (iv) initiate the
implementation of new reforms with
decision makers.
Africa Lead is also supporting the Ministry of
Trade in Senegal. The Ministry has recently
developed a National Policy Strategy to
bring department actions into line with the
president’s plan and objectives as
expressed in the “Plan Sénégal Emergent”
(PSE). This national policy is considered as
one of the flagship instruments guiding the
implementation of PSE axes 1 and 2.
During the quarter, Africa Lead supported
the ministry to organize the validation
workshop of the policy document. The
workshop brought together stakeholders
from the public, private and civil society
sectors. As part of Africa Lead’s continued
support to the ministry, Africa Lead will (i)
organize a team building workshop for the
Ministry of Trade to help create a common
understanding of expectations throughout
the department and link key operational
systems and processes to the
organization's mission and objectives, and
(ii) facilitate a series of capacity
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strengthening workshop for the ministry
senior staff.
Also in Senegal this quarter, Africa Lead
supported the “Groupe de Dialogue Social
et Politique” (GDSP) to publish its
contributions to Senegal’s new National
Agricultural Investment Plan (the NAIP 2.0).
GDSP is a non-state actor group whose
mandate is to improve participation by non-
state actors in the implementation of
CAADP in Senegal. During the quarter
GDSP also presented the strategy
document of contributions to a group of
stakeholders representing the government,
civil society, farmers' organizations and
donors. In the document, GDSP defined its
strategy to monitor the implementation of
the NAIP 2.0; define the role it intends to
play to influence policy change around
water, land, forest, and fishing to ensure
food security and sustainable development.
With the support from Africa Lead, GDSP
published and disseminated 2,000 copies of
its strategy to stakeholders from the
agriculture sector in Senegal.
Another important initiative that Africa Lead
is supporting to improve the quality of
inclusive, participatory stakeholder
coordination and engagement in the food
security policy process is the Non-State
Actors Small Grants Program, which was
launched in 2017 in Kenya and Senegal in
partnership with the CAADP Non-State
Actor’s Coalition (CNC) – a key Africa Lead
partner at the continental level. The Small
Grants Program (SGP) aims to enhance
NSA capacity to contribute to CAADP goals.
While the role of citizen engagement in
policy processes takes on many forms, the
SGP focuses primarily on strengthening
capacity of NSAs to generate new
information to monitor and evaluate
government policies, programs, and
practices against Malabo commitments, to
enrich the public policy agenda with NSA
perspectives, to connect and create
networks among NSAs, and to empower
marginalized communities, particularly
smallholder farmers, to participate in public
policy.
During previous quarters, Africa Lead
reached out to over 30 Africa-based
networks as well as hundreds of specific
organizations, Africa Lead partners, and
CNC members to promote the SGP. In
response, Africa Lead received a total of
130 applications from NSA groups in Kenya,
Senegal, Uganda and Nigeria. While Africa
Lead received an overwhelming number of
compelling concepts, the evaluation
committee prioritized those which
emphasized innovative approaches to
engaging citizens and other stakeholders in
policy dialogue as well as coverage in FTF
Zones of Influence Beyond the finalists, we
are also excited by the interest generated
through the call and the diverse roster of
NSAs working in CAADP that the CNC is
now connecting with in Kenya, Senegal,
Uganda and Nigeria.
During the selection process, Africa Lead
used an online application tool called
Screendoor, which enabled us to collect
input and feedback on the concepts from a
diverse set of evaluators, including CNC
partners in the region, Africa Lead regional
staff, local civil society experts as well as
the CNC Coordinator and Secretariat.
Through a two-phase competitive process,
Africa Lead shortlisted a total of eight
applicant organizations, including six
finalists in Kenya and two in Senegal.
Following a final review and due diligence
process, Africa Lead expects to issue
awards in Kenya early next quarter.
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Intragovernmental coordination
In FY18 Q2, Africa Lead continued to
provide technical support to the new inter-
governmental consultation and cooperation
mechanism, the Joint Agricultural Sector
Consultation and Cooperation Mechanism
(JASCCM). An Africa Lead-seconded
Senior Technical Advisor within the Joint
Agricultural Secretariat (JAS) continues to
provide technical assistance and support to
guide the secretariat in support of JASCOM
operations and their role in the current
development of the Kenya Agriculture
Transformation Strategy (ATS) and National
Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP). JAS
was instrumental this quarter in working with
national government and counties in
convening the Kenya Institutional
Architecture Assessment (IAA) workshop
and integrating JASCCOM as a key element
of the agriculture strategy structure in policy
coordination. In Q3, Africa Lead will
facilitate a team building and operational
orientation for performance workshop for all
JAS staff and a high-level meeting to
respond to the Fall Army Worm (FAW) crisis
in Kenya.
M&E and evidence-based analysis
In Guinea, Africa Lead performed a rapid
assessment and an analysis of the different
types of subsidies on seeds, fertilizers, and
agricultural equipment to determine the
impact of the Government of Guinea’s
subsidy programs on agriculture and if and
how the subsidies can be used as a lever
for the promotion of the private sector. This
quarter, Africa Lead shared findings and
recommendation of the study with key
USAID/ Guinea mission staff. Subsequently,
the team finalized and submitted the report
to the USAID Mission and the Ministry of
Agriculture. These recommendations are
expected to inform the design of the
Government of Guinea’s policy on subsidies
and promote private sector development.
In Senegal, Africa Lead is supporting the
Ministry of Finance’s “Direction de l’Appui
au Secteur Privé” (DASP) in its mandate to
assist with the formulation and coordination
of policies to promote private sector
activities in Senegal. To effectively support
evidence-based policy development, DASP
requires an effective M&E system. During
the quarter, Africa Lead provided DASP with
coaching and technical assistance in
development of their M&E manual. DASP
core management staff and two
representatives from the Ministry of
Economy, Finance, and Plan took part into
the process including development of data
collection tools, data collection, compilation,
entry and analysis, and development of
recommendations around evidence-based
decision making. Other departments within
the Ministry have since expressed
interested in learning from DASP’s
experience and in developing their own
M&E systems.
Facilitation support to develop high quality NAIPs
In Kenya, Africa Lead continues to provide
technical assistance and facilitative
engagement to the development of the
Agricultural Sector Transformation and
Growth Strategy (ASTGS) and the National
Investment Plan (NAIP). As a member of
the ASGTS Task Force Core Technical
Team, Africa Lead facilitated additional
targeted meetings to guide the ASTGS
process including joint meetings with FAO
and AGRA, supporting a workshop for
senior directors and technical staff from the
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI)
to review the draft strategy and plan. Africa
Lead also facilitated with AGRA a second
private sector consultation meeting in March
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to validate flagship initiatives under the
ASGTS and co-design public-private-
partnership arrangements for
implementation. To ensure private sector
buy-in of the ASTGS/NAIP process, Africa
Lead facilitated a workshop in February
2018 that convened private sector actors,
government officials, and development
partners including USAID, FAO, AGRA, and
GIZ. The objective of the event was to
engage private sector players as a follow-up
to the 1st meeting in December 2017 to
validate the ASTGS and design a public-
private alliance (PPA) for implementation.
Next quarter, Africa Lead will facilitate
plenary sessions for the agricultural sector
at the 5th Annual Devolution Conference
that will be attended by over 2000
participants from all 47 counties. Africa
Lead will also lead a C4C training for
national senior ministry staff.
Also in Q2, Africa Lead facilitated a regional
workshop by Common Market for Eastern
and Southern Africa (COMESA) on
Accelerated Domestication of Malabo
Declaration by Members States and
Regional Economic Communities. The
purpose was to mainstream Malabo
thematic areas into the National Agriculture
Investment Plans (NAIP) and Regional
Agriculture Investment Plans (RAIP)
processes and was aimed at helping
member states and RECs to conduct an
informed process for enhanced alignment
and harmonization with CAADP and the
Malabo Declaration. The workshop
culminated in detailed country roadmaps
with clear deliverables, responsibilities, and
timeframe towards the formulation and
implementation of NAIPs in member states
(Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, Zimbabwe,
Eritrea, Seychelles, Zambia, Swaziland,
Ethiopia and Kenya). The workshop report
can be accessed here. By sharing
experiences and lessons learned from
Biennial Review exercise, member states
committed to implementation of the CAADP
process and agreed on next steps which
included creating awareness on Malabo
Domestication at country level, aligning
NAIPs to National budgets and plans,
enhancing data management systems and
implementing the developed NAIP
roadmaps.
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IV. Knowledge Sharing
This section describes project-wide
highlights and achievements for FY18 Q2 in
knowledge sharing to promote and sustain a
culture of learning and to continue to build a
process by which evidence can play a
greater role in determining policy directions
and programs in agriculture. These activities
support learning events and exchanges,
dissemination of policy-relevant research,
and the development of knowledge and
learning products. By design, Africa Lead
activities are demand driven, and the project
operates as a flexible mechanism to support
various USAID initiatives at the mission and
continental level. As such, these activities
are adapted to the needs of our
stakeholders and partners.
This quarter, Africa Lead’s knowledge-
sharing activities focused on the following
areas:
▪ Improved Program Learning
▪ Development Partner Exchanges and Events
Improved Program Learning
Africa Lead held a four-day Lessons
Learned Event (LLE) in Nairobi, Kenya this
quarter. The purpose of the event was to
capture lessons learned and generate
recommendations for near and long-term
food security capacity building efforts. Over
100 participants from across sub-Saharan
Africa reflected on the continental project’s
past four years and discussed opportunities
for additional food security and capacity
building programming, as well as how to
ensure the sustainability of existing
programs. Non-state actors, government
partners, and Africa Lead and USAID staff
from Washington, DC and across the
continent reviewed the project’s efforts to
support continental, regional, country, and
sub-national level progress in achieving the
goals of the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development Programme
(CAADP). Africa Lead kicked off a three-day
learning event focused on developing a
report on key lessons learned that can
inform future African-led food security
efforts. Key highlights from the workshop
included discussions on the legacy of Africa
Lead’s C4C program and ways to improve it
in the remaining period. Participants
discussed successes of the CAADP
Biennial Review process and the
institutional architecture efforts that Africa
Lead is currently championing within
national agriculture planning efforts.
Additionally, speakers presented eight
thought pieces based on Africa Lead’s
lessons and experiences, followed by group
discussion and analysis in breakout
sessions. As a follow up to the event, Africa
Lead will share various outputs with
partners, including a lesson learned report,
as well as engage key stakeholders to
finalize next steps.
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Africa Lead also organized a Lessons
Learned Event in Ghana on March 22, 2018
to reflect on the successes, lessons
learned, and challenges and to make
recommendations for current and future
programming. At the event, participants took
stock of four years of collaboration,
partnerships, progress, and impact, and
reflected on key lessons and perspectives
on what made a significant difference and
how, as well as any contributing factors.
Participants at the event included
representatives from USAID Ghana and
West Africa, university and research
institutions, and civil society and agri-
business partners and beneficiaries. During
the workshop, participants walked through
and reflected on the gallery of
transformation, a photo and audio-visual
display and exhibition of Africa Lead’s work
over the last four-years. During a panel
discussion, beneficiary representatives
presented their successes, innovations and
results. Africa Lead staff presented findings
from the project’s internal program review
and thought papers on lessons learned in
leadership and management capacity, youth
workforce development, mutual
accountability, policy dialogue and
advocacy. Participants shared additional
lessons learned and made
recommendations for the future in group
discussions. Through the event, Africa Lead
documented lessons and recommendations
to inform program design and activities over
the remaining years of the broader Africa
Lead project and beyond.
Annie Dela Akanko, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, Africa Lead West Africa, presenting at the
Africa Lead Lessons Learned Event in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2018.
Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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Also this quarter, Africa Lead organized a
sustainability workshop for C4C Networks
Ghana. Since participating in C4C training,
many graduates have established learning
networks to stay connected and share in
customization and replication of the
material. Out of the nine networks
established, seven remain active and viable.
During the workshop, network members had
the opportunity to share successes, failures,
and lessons learned and to discuss
strategies, approaches and methodologies
to grow and sustain their network activities.
The network members learned about the
importance of strategic communication,
collaboration, partnerships and resource
management and about various fundraising
tools and strategies that can help them
sustain their work. By the end of the
workshop, each network team had
developed a five-year sustainability action
plan.
Africa Lead’s Agribusiness Leadership
Internship Program (A-LEAP) in Ghana
placed university students and graduates in
small and medium sized agribusinesses for
periods ranging from three to twelve
months. Through the program,
undergraduate students and graduates from
top tertiary agricultural institutions
performed professional internships within
local agribusinesses during their academic
breaks. During the quarter, Africa Lead held
a learning event for interns and host
organizations to share lessons learned and
highlight the success or impact of the
internship program. The event also included
a post-internship career planning session to
guide interns in their professional growth. A
key lesson shared by the majority of the
host partners was that the internship
programs can be leveraged as a high-
impact technical assistance tool to fill
institutional gaps through demand-driven
placements. Most interns expressed desire
to have participated in Africa Lead’s training
programs in addition to the pre-internship
orientation. Overall, both host supervisors
and interns expressed great satisfaction
with the program.
Through the East Africa buy-in this quarter,
Africa Lead and partner TNS incorporated
feedback into their impact evaluation of the
Don’t Lose the Plot (DLTP) reality TV show.
The report covers impact of the TV program
in the areas of levels of knowledge as well
as change in attitudes and behaviors of
youth viewers (aged 18-35 years) from
Kenya and Tanzania. The study indicates
that the program succeeded in changing the
attitudes of youth towards farming,
improving knowledge on record keeping,
irrigation, use of fertilizer and budgeting
among the youth, and eliciting a change in
behavior towards farming among youth in
the two countries.
In Kenya this quarter, Africa Lead facilitated
a Partnership for Resilience and Economic
Growth (PREG) Lessons Learned Event
(LLE), as part of Africa Lead's wider LLE to
reflect on the project’s performance over the
last five years. The PREG LLE focused on
Kenya's Resilience Program in the Northern
Kenya development context, including a
presentation of findings from a case study
on the PREG model. Participants from
PREG, implementing partners, and donor
agencies from the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
(ASAL) donor group, USAID staff from
Washington D.C, Kenya and East Africa
Missions, and Africa Lead staff attended the
learning event. The focus of the event was
to learn from PREG members and external
partners, and to gain insight into PREG
collaboration and partnership processes.
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Also with the Partnership for Resilience and
Economic Growth (PREG) this quarter,
Africa Lead facilitated the development of a
case study on the PREG Model to examine
its level of success as a model of
collaboration and coordination, what worked
and didn’t work, as well as key lessons
learned. Key successes identified in the
study included strong buy-in and
commitment from implementing partners,
investments in continuous learning and
adaptation, and flexibility in roles and
responsibilities. Recommendations included
enhancing government and community
ownership in PREG, building collaboration
from the beginning of the design phase, and
incentivizing innovation for outstanding
partner activities. The case study was
finalized and shared with USAID.
Development partner exchanges and events
The Fall Army Worm (FAW) is a caterpillar
that causes serious infestations in many
crops around the world and recently it has
been causing substantial devastation in
grains and especially maize crops in Africa.
The effect of FAW infestations in some
countries has been so grave as to
necessitate the declaration of an
emergency. African governments and
donors are struggling to control the FAW
infestation. One way to help in this process
is for key actors in control efforts to learn
how governments in other parts of the world
are working to control their own outbreaks
of Fall Army Worm. Early in 2018, USAID
Esther Omosa, a Nutrition Specialist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),
takes PREG partners through activities implemented by the Accelerated Value Chain
Development (AVCD) program as part of the Agri-Nutrition Tupendane Community Unit in Isiolo
County, Kenya. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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requested that Africa Lead consider a
request from the BFS-based member of a
multi-agency FAW Task Force for Africa
Lead to provide planning, logistical and
follow up support to a study tour for a group
of Ministers of Agriculture to visit Brazil to
see, first hand, how Brazil is combating
FAW. The Brazilian government spends
$600m per year on anti-FAW measures.
Furthermore, Brazil has a combination of
large industrial farms and smallholder
agriculture each of which needs distinct
approaches. Specifically, the study tour and
engagement with Brazilian FAW control
authorities sought to expose African
decision-makers to proven and successful
technology to combat the Fall Armyworm in
a country with a similar agro-ecological
zone -- using applied Integrated Pest
Management principles, and to understand
the pros, cons and limitations of various
technologies and the enabling environment
required to develop or apply these
technologies in their own countries. The
study tour focused largely on policy makers,
with the intent being to improve the enabling
environment in their countries to allow for
better access to agriculture technology
(including pesticides, seeds, and other
technology solutions). Africa Lead held this
study tour in Brazil from March 24 – 29,
2018, (prime time to see anti-FAW
activities) with more than twenty participants
from ministries in ten countries in Africa,
(Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,
Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda,
Zambia), from the African Union’s
Department of Rural Economy and
Agriculture (DREA), and regional economic
communities in West, East and Southern
Africa - the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS), the Common
Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA), and the Southern African
Development Community (SADC).
In East Africa, Africa Lead conducted
consultations with six bilateral missions
(Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda,
Burundi, and Ethiopia) this quarter to
capture their input on the upcoming Feed
the Future and Trade Africa Regional
Conference in May 2018, in Nairobi.
Interviews identified key issues for the
agenda and design, potential panelists, and
meeting participants. The USAID/Office of
Economic Growth Integration (OEGI) also
received feedback on its support and
partnership with bilateral missions and
identified specific actions to enhance
program implementation. A summary report
and agenda were generated from these
consultations.
In East Africa, Africa Lead facilitated an
Economics of Resilience to Drought
Learning Event in Nairobi in March 2018.
The event brought together participants
from donor agencies, implementing
partners, PREG members, the National
Drought Management Authority (NDMA),
and USAID/Kenya and East Africa
representatives. The main objective for the
event was to create awareness and
disseminate study findings of the
Economics of Resilience to Drought
assessment commissioned by the
USAID/Center for Resilience and USAID
missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
By the end of the event, stakeholders
recognized the need for governments to
take the lead in resilience building initiatives
and invest more in early warning and early
response systems to facilitate timely actions
to mitigate adverse effects and losses.
In addition, Africa Lead facilitated the
development of a PREG manual to develop
a common understanding of the operations
of the PREG model and to promote
collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA)
among PREG partners. The manual was
used to induct PREG national level and
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county level leadership through facilitation
of a national level orientation and refresher
workshop for county leads and deputies,
where partners developed leadership action
plans and identified priority areas for
layering and integration.
Africa Lead also facilitated a thematic
meeting for the PREG Nutrition Technical
Working Group (NTWG) that was held in
Nairobi in January 2018. Participants from
USAID, National Drought Management
Authority (NDMA), and PREG members
attended and discussed mechanisms for
enhancing program collaboration amongst
partners. During the meeting, partners
shared their individual, organizational FY18
priority activities, interventions for increasing
nutrition sensitive and specific
programming, and areas and opportunities
for layering and integration with one another
for collective impact and the desired result
of reducing malnutrition rates in the ASALs.
Partners agreed to develop and share their
FY18 nutrition sensitive/specific work plans
while indicating their collaborating
counterpart, targeted activities for
integration in the identified county’s/sub-
county’s, and the period of implementation.
Next quarter, partners will onboard a
nutrition expert to lead an assessment of
nutrition programming to improve synergy
and collaboration among PREG partners to
address chronic malnutrition levels in the
Northern Kenya.
This quarter Africa Lead continued its
coordination with USAID/Kenya and East
Africa to prepare and circulate monthly
eUpdates with partners within the East
Africa region, Senegal and Washington,
Global Alliance Members, IGAD, and other
key stakeholders. Three eUpdates were
shared this quarter with the objective of
enabling partners to have regular updates
and learn from each other on resilience
programming across the region, share alerts
on upcoming events, and disseminate
information on resilience matters and
documents such as research, reports, and
case studies.
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V. Mission Dashboards
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BUREAU FOR FOOD SECURITY
Q2|FY2018
KEY DATA POINTS
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regional workshop. Africa Lead facilitated a regional workshop by Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) on Accelerated Domestication of Malabo Declaration by Members States and Regional Economic Communities. The purpose was to mainstream Malabo thematic areas into the National Agriculture Investment Plans (NAIP) and Regional Agriculture Investment Plans (RAIP) processes and was aimed at helping member states and Regional Economic Communities to conduct an informed process for enhanced alignment and harmonization with CAADP and the Malabo Declaration. The workshop report can be accessed here.
During the workshop, member states conducted an assessment of current status to (a) understand the specific country context of NAIP formulation and implementation, (b) build
PROGRAM RESULTS BY INDICATOR Q2 PY5
Number of organizations supported 62 62
Number of private sector and civil
society organizations supported
11 11
Number of individuals supported
through program events
102 102
Number of individuals trained 0 0
Number of food security events 3 3
ORGANIZATION TYPE AL SUPPORT
African Union/Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture
RIGO CAADP and Malabo implementation
CAADP Non-State Actors Coalition NGO Organizational development
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA) and COMESA member states
RIGO NAIP workshop facilitation
Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
(MoIA)
Gov Institutional Architecture
Workshop
67%
33%
Male Female
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consensus among CAADP focal points and experts on ways forward for NAIP formulation, and (c) identify needs for institutional strengthening to successfully implement the NAIP. This exercise showed that progress of NAIP formulation and implementation varies from country to country. For example, Rwanda is implementing NAIP II and formulating NAIP III, while Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Seychelles, and Uganda are at different stages in formulating NAIP II. Zimbabwe and Swaziland are formulating NAIP I, while Eritrea is a new entrant in the process. Given these differences in status of countries in relation to NAIP formulation and implementation, it is important to recognize that each country has different support needs.
Institutional Assessment (IA) and Action Planning Workshop Kenya. Africa Lead collaborated with the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoIA), the Joint Agriculture Sector Secretariat (JAS), and the Agriculture Council of Kenya (an apex NSA group) to organize the first pilot of the IA workshop and toolkit elements. The workshop was a success as it brought together 70 stakeholders from government, the private sector, civil society, think tanks, research organizations and other development partners and resulted in a concrete action plan and a MoAI commitment to appoint a steering committee to follow-up on the Action Plan and workshop recommendations. A video explaining the IA workshop concept and demonstrating its value in the Kenya pilot with interviews from key stakeholders can be found here. In Q3 Africa Lead will pilot elements of the IA toolkit in Senegal in May. In July, a third pilot will be conducted in Tanzania, in partnership with USAID/ ASPIRES, the Policy Analysis Group (PAG), and the Partnership Accountability Committee (PAC).
Africa Lead is testing an approach which emphasizes country ownership through self-assessment and by facilitating structured, consultative dialogue to strengthen local system capacity to manage inclusive and evidence-based policy reform. As such, the process, key players, problems and solutions will be context-specific in each country. However, because the toolkit is based on the IA framework, lessons learned and insights can be compared and analyzed across countries to improve learning and highlight successful solutions for common problems.
Africa Lead Lessons Learned Event. Africa Lead held a four-day Lessons Learned Event (LLE) in Kenya to capture lessons learned and generate recommendations for near and long-term food security capacity building efforts. Over 100 participants from across sub-Saharan Africa reflected on the continental project’s past four years and discussed opportunities for additional food security and capacity building programming, as well as how to ensure the sustainability of existing programs. Non-state actors, government partners, and Africa Lead and USAID staff from Washington, DC and across the continent reviewed the project’s efforts to support continental, regional, country, and sub-national level progress in achieving the goals of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). As a follow up to the event, Africa Lead will share various outputs with partners, including a lesson learned report, as well as engage key stakeholders to finalize next steps.
Non-State Actors Small Grants Program in Kenya. In 2017, Africa Lead launched the Non-State Actors Small Grants Program in Kenya in partnership with the CAADP Non-State Actor’s Coalition (CNC). The NSA Small Grants Program aims to enhance NSA capacity to contribute to CAADP goals. While the role of citizen engagement in policy processes takes on many forms, the Small Grants Program focuses primarily on strengthening capacity of NSAs to generate new information to monitor and evaluate government policies, programs, and practices against Malabo commitments, to enrich the public policy agenda with NSA perspectives, to connect and create networks among NSAs, and to empower marginalized communities, particularly smallholder farmers, to participate in public policy. Through a two-
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phase competitive process, Africa Lead shortlisted a total of eight applicant organizations in Kenya and Senegal this quarter and expects to issue awards early next quarter.
Fall Army Worm Study Tour in Brazil. Africa Lead organized a study tour in Brazil from March 24 – 29 with more than twenty participants from ministries in ten countries in Africa, (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia), the African Union’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA), and regional economic communities in West, East and Southern Africa - the Economic Community of West African States, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Southern African Development Community. The study tour focused largely on policy makers with the intent to improve the enabling environment in their countries to allow for better access to agriculture technology (including pesticides, seeds, and other technology solutions) in combatting this caterpillar that is causing substantial devastation in grains across Africa.
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EAST AFRICA MISSION
Q2|FY2018
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Assessment of How Best to Promote Regional Seed Trade. Africa Lead in partnership with subcontractor Agri Experience concluded field data collection this quarter on regional seed trade. Data collection was carried out in March 2018 and focused on six countries and 10 border points and included consultations with over 90 respondents from seed companies, seed trade associations, regulatory authorities, development partners, and other service providers supporting seed trade. Agri Experience is in the process of concluding additional consultations with key informants and analyzing data and reporting which will culminate in a validation workshop in May. Study findings will inform USAID and Africa Lead interventions in FY2018 and FY2019 to improve seed trade across the COMESA region.
Impact Evaluation of the Don’t Lose the Plot Reality TV Show. In Q2, Africa Lead in partnership with subcontractor TNS incorporated feedback into their impact evaluation of the Don’t Lose the Plot (DLTP) reality TV show in a final report. The report covers impact of the TV program in the areas of levels of knowledge as well as change in attitudes and behaviors of youth viewers (aged 18-35 years) from Kenya and Tanzania. The study indicates that the program succeeded in changing the attitudes of youth towards farming, improving knowledge on record keeping, irrigation, use of fertilizer and budgeting among the youth, and eliciting a change in behavior toward farming among youth in the two countries.
Consultations for the Feed the Future and Trade Africa Regional Conference. Africa Lead conducted consultations with six bilateral missions (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Ethiopia) this quarter to capture their input on the upcoming Feed the Future and Trade Africa Regional Conference in May 2018 in Nairobi. Interviews identified key issues for the agenda and design, potential panelists, and meeting participants. The USAID/Office of Economic Growth Integration (OEGI) also received feedback on its support and partnership with bilateral missions and identified specific actions to enhance program implementation. A summary report and agenda were generated from these consultations.
ORGANIZATION TYPE AFRICA LEAD SUPPORT
Alliance for a Green
Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
NGO Workshop facilitation
USAID/Center for Resilience Government Workshop facilitation
Intergovernmental Authority
on Development (IGAD)
Regional
Institution
Conference facilitation
Agri Experience NGO Seed assessment
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Facilitation of the Launch of the Economics of Resilience to Drought Study. Africa Lead facilitated the Economics of Resilience to Drought Learning Event in Nairobi in March 2018. It brought together 93 participants from donor agencies, implementing partners, PREG members, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), and USAID/Kenya and East Africa representatives. The main objective for the event was to create awareness and disseminate widely study findings of the Economics of Resilience to Drought assessment commissioned by the USAID/Center for Resilience and USAID missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. By the end of the event, stakeholders recognized the need for governments to take the lead in resilience building initiatives, and invest more in early warning and early response systems to facilitate timely actions to mitigate adverse effects and losses.
Support in Development of IGAD Implementation Letter. Africa Lead provided technical support this quarter to the development of the IGAD four-year implementation letter (2017 to 2021) for the resilience component of USAID’s Regional Development Objectives Grant Agreement (RDOAG). The purpose of the Implementation letter is to serve as a strategic guide to IGAD’s priority areas of focus within the resilience agenda for the next four years. The Implementation Letter identifies linkages and opportunities for improving synergies and leverage across activities for enhanced partnership and coordination between IGAD units, partners, and other relevant programs.
Monthly HoRN e-Update. Africa Lead coordinated with the USAID/KEA to prepare and circulate a monthly eUpdate with partners within the East Africa region, Senegal and Washington, Global Alliance Members, IGAD, and other key stakeholders. Three eUpdates were shared this quarter with the objective of enabling partners to have regular updates and learn from each other on resilience programming across the region, share alerts on upcoming events, and disseminate information on resilience matters and documents such as research, reports, and case studies.
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KENYA MISSION
Q2|FY2018 KEY DATA POINTS
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Inclusive multi-stakeholder policy dialogue support to the JASCCM and JASSCOM. In Q2, Africa Lead continued to provide technical support to the new inter-governmental consultation and cooperation mechanism, the Joint Agricultural Sector Consultation and Cooperation Mechanism (JASCCM). An Africa Lead-seconded Senior Technical Advisor within JAS continues to provide technical assistance and support to guide the secretariat in support of JASCOM operations and their role in the current development of the Kenya Agriculture Transformation Strategy (ATS) and National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP). JAS was instrumental this quarter in working with national government and counties in convening the Kenya Institutional Architecture Assessment (IAA) workshop and integrating JASCCOM as a key element of the agriculture strategy structure in policy coordination. In Q3, Africa Lead will facilitate a team building and operational orientation for performance
PROGRAM RESULTS BY INDICATOR Q2 PY5
Number of organizations supported 48 153
Number of private sector and
civil society organizations supported
14 41
Number of individuals supported
through program events
198 436
Number of individuals trained 10 10
Number of food security events 11 19
ORGANIZATION TYPE AFRICA LEAD SUPPORT
Joint Agricultural Sector Steering
Committee (JASSCOM)
Gov Capacity building support, meeting
facilitation
Agriculture Council of Kenya (AgCK) NGO Capacity building support
Agriculture Rural Development Donor
Group
Development
Partner
Capacity building support
67%
33%
Male Female
80%
20%
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workshop for all JAS staff and a high-level meeting to respond to the Fall Army Worm (FAW) crisis in Kenya.
Supported Policy Change and Alignment. Africa Lead continued providing technical assistance and facilitative engagement to the development of the Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS) and the National Investment Plan (NAIP). As a member of the ASGTS Task Force Core Technical Team, Africa Lead facilitated additional targeted meetings to guide the ASTGS process including joint meetings with FAO and AGRA, supporting a workshop for 55 senior directors and technical staff from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI) to review the draft strategy and plan. Africa Lead also facilitated with AGRA a second private sector consultation meeting in March for 87 participants to validate flagship initiatives under the ASGTS and co-design public-private-partnership arrangements for implementation. In Q3, Africa Lead will facilitate plenary sessions for the agricultural sector at the 5th Annual Devolution Conference that will be attended by over 2000 participants from all 47 counties. Africa Lead will also lead a C4C training for national senior ministry staff.
Strengthened Donor Coordination. In Q2, Africa Lead continued supporting donor coordination for the Agriculture Rural Development Donor Group (ARDDG) and the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) Donor Group (DG), as well as the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF). Africa Lead strengthened complementarity and synergies amongst donors in the financing of the NAIP, provided regular updates of the donor investment mapping, and strengthened sector coordination through technical and operational investments to the JAS. Africa Lead also established linkages with the Regional Donor Coordination on CAADP to support increased collaboration between Kenya and AUC leadership.
Supported the Agriculture Council of Kenya (AgCK). Africa Lead continued to provide technical assistance to AgCK this quarter to strengthen their institutional sustainability. A technical advisor collected data and began designing a business plan, a sustainability strategy and membership scheme, and developing organizational marketing materials for AgCK. Africa Lead facilitated a meeting of 15 AgCK national steering committee members facilitated to provide feedback and input into the process. A report and concept notes for resource mobilization are expected from the process. Africa Lead also shot a video on “The AgCK Story” which will showcase institutional development for non-state actor formation under CAADP at the national level. In Q3, Africa Lead support will focus on Youth in Agribusiness through sensitization, customized C4C for agribusiness opportunities in ASTGS/NAIP, and linkages with other regional programs such as the East Africa Trade and Investment Hub on business skills development and opportunitiess to access competitive start-up funds.
Strengthened Private Sector Engagement in Agriculture Policy. To ensure private sector buy-in of the ASTGS/NAIP process, Africa Lead facilitated the second workshop in February 2018 that convened 82 private sector actors, government officials, and development partners including USAID, FAO, AGRA, and GIZ. The objective of the event was to engage private sector players as a follow-up to the 1st meeting in December 2017 to validate the ASTGS and design a public-private alliance (PPA) for implementation.
Development of a PREG Manual for Induction of PREG National level and County level leadership. In Q2, Africa Lead facilitated the development of a Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) manual to develop a common understanding of the operations of the PREG model and to promote collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) among PREG partners. The manual was used to induct PREG national level and county
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level leadership through facilitation of a national level orientation and refresher workshop for county leads and deputies, where partners developed leadership action plans and identified priority areas for layering and integration.
PREG Lessons Learned Event. In Q2, Africa Lead facilitated a PREG Lessons Learned Event (LLE) on 20 February 2018 in Nairobi, as part of Africa Lead's wider LLE to reflect on the project’s performance over the last five years. The PREG LLE focused on Kenya's Resilience Program in the Northern Kenya development context, including a presentation of findings from a case study on the PREG model. 91 participants from PREG, implementing partners, and donor agencies from the ASAL donor group, USAID staff from Washington D.C, Kenya and East Africa Missions, and Africa Lead staff attended the learning event. The focus of the event was to learn from PREG members and external partners, and gain insight into PREG collaboration and partnership processes.
Development of PREG Case Study. Africa Lead facilitated the development of a case study in Q2 on the PREG Model to examine its level of success as a model of collaboration and coordination, what worked and didn’t work, as well as key lessons learned. Key successes identified in the study included strong buy-in and commitment from implementing partners, investments in continuous learning and adaptation, and flexibility in roles and responsibilities. Recommendations included enhancing government and community ownership in PREG, building collaboration from the beginning of the design phase, and incentivizing innovation for outstanding partner activities. The case study was finalized and shared with USAID.
PREG Bi-Annual Learning Event. In Q2, Africa Lead facilitated a high level five-day PREG bi-annual learning event in the counties of Marsabit and Isiolo for more than 100 participants from PREG partners, ASAL members, USAID staff, and county government representatives from Isiolo and Marsabit. The event provided an opportunity for PREG partners and other key stakeholders to engage in a participatory process of critical reflection, analysis, and collective action for improving resilience programming and impact in the ASALs, including site visits based on key thematic areas: community drought risk reduction in practice, linkages between the market systems, and communication. Partners recognized that there was a need for improvement in measuring and communicating impact and sustainability. Development of a final report with actions and areas of improvement is currently in progress and will be shared with USAID and partners once completed.
Thematic Meetings: Nutrition Technical Working Group. Africa Lead facilitated a thematic meeting for the PREG Nutrition Technical Working Group (NTWG) that was held in Nairobi in January 2018. 25 participants from USAID, NDMA, and PREG members attended and discussed mechanisms for enhancing program collaboration amongst partners. During the meeting, partners shared their individual, organizational FY18 priority activities, interventions for increasing nutrition sensitive and specific programming, and areas and opportunities for layering and integration with one another for collective impact and the desired result of reducing malnutrition rates in the ASALs. Partners also agreed to develop and share their FY18 nutrition sensitive/specific work plans while indicating their collaborating counterpart, targeted activities for integration in the identified county’s/sub-county’s, and the period of implementation. In Q3, partners will onboard a nutrition expert to lead an assessment of nutrition programming to improve synergy and collaboration among PREG partners to address chronic malnutrition levels in the Northern Kenya.
Support the Development of NDMA Strategic Planning 2018 – 2022. In Q2, Africa Lead provided technical support to the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in the development of their 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, which will align with Kenya Medium Term
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Plan (MTP) III and will incorporate recommendations highlighted in the NDMA OCA report. Africa Lead support will strengthen NDMA’s capacity to execute its mandate and carry out core functions and responsibilities to mitigate drought in the arid and semi-arid lands. The development of the strategic process is ongoing and will be finalized next quarter.
Continued Communications Support to Enhance PREG Collaboration and Learning. In Q2, Africa Lead continued to facilitate sharing of information amongst the 26 PREG partners at the national and county level. Africa Lead developed and disseminated a total of three eUpdates, which include county and national meeting minutes, key upcoming events, and resources shared by partners.
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TANZANIA MISSION
.
Q2|FY2018
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Kukemkucha FATUMA Film Premiere. Africa Lead in collaboration with subcontractor MFDI launched the second feature film Kumekucha: Fatuma on March 1, 2018 in Arusha, Tanzania. As part of Africa Lead’s multimedia programming in Tanzania, the objective of Kumekucha: Fatuma was to inspire women and youth to enter agricultural and agribusiness in Tanzania. The premiere event attracted more than 150 people from the media, private sector, non-state actors (NSAs), and the Government of Tanzania. Following the premiere, MFDI broadcast the film on several regional and national media channels across Tanzania and distributed 5,000 DVDs and posters to established video libraries/bandas that are part of the Tanzania Video Library Association (TVLA) in Iringa, Mbeya, and Morogoro.
Impact Assessment of Kukemkucha Multimedia Programming. In Q2, subcontractor IPSOS held a training for enumerators who will collect information in the field next quarter. Field data collection, analysis, report consolidation and presenting the findings to USAID will conclude in Q3.
Support to the Policy Analysis Group (PAG). Africa Lead’s inclusive policy consultant continued to provide technical assistance to the PAG this quarter. Following the Annual Agricultural Policy Conference (AAPC) in February 2018, Africa Lead and the consultant held meetings with the PAG Task Force and will complete the PAG guidelines next quarter.
Support to the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation. During this quarter, Africa Lead continued to provide support to the Partnership Accountability Committee’s (PAC) Secretariat through technical assistance and coaching in inclusive policy dialogue. As a result of Africa Lead support, PAC coordination and planning has improved, including that in February 2018, the PAC met and developed recommendations in the areas of horticulture and manufacturing for amendments on the Finance Act 2016.
ORGANIZATION TYPE AFRICA LEAD SUPPORT
Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries
(MALF), President’s Office Regional Administration
and Local Government Authorities (PO-RALG)
Gov Capacity building support,
workshop facilitation
Policy Analysis Group (PAG) NGO Conference facilitation
Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA),
Agricultural Sector Policy and Institutional Reform
Strengthening (ASPIRES) project
NGO Capacity building support,
workshop facilitation
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GHANA MISSION Q2|FY2018
KEY DATA POINTS
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Agribusiness Leadership Internship Program (A-LEAP) Information Sharing & Learning Event. Africa Lead held a learning event for interns and host organizations to share lessons learned and highlight the success or impact of the internship program. The event also included a post-internship career planning session to guide interns in their professional growth. A key lesson shared by the majority of the host partners was that the internship programs can be leveraged as a high-impact technical assistance tool to fill institutional gaps through demand-driven placements. A majority of the interns wished that they could have participated in Africa Lead's training programs in addition to the pre-internship orientation. Overall, both host supervisors and interns were satisfied with the program.
Facilitation of Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship Development Course for members of the National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners Association of Ghana. In partnership with the National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners Association, Ghana (NFFAWAG), Africa Lead organized a five-day short course on agribusiness and
PROGRAM RESULTS BY INDICATOR Q2 PY5
Number of organizations supported 16 130
Number of private sector and civil
society organizations supported
12 102
Number of individuals supported
through program events
95 264
Number of individuals trained 56 91
Number of food security events 4 6
ORGANIZATION TYPE AFRICA LEAD SUPPORT
Agriculture and Natural Resource
Management Program
NGO Champions for Change training
National Farmers and Fishermen Award
Winners Association, Ghana (NFFAWAG)
NGO Training on Agribusiness and
Entrepreneurship Development
26%74%
Male Female
41%59%
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entrepreneurship development in Kumasi, Ghana. The short course brought together women entrepreneurs engaged in various agribusiness ventures, such as crop and livestock production, processing, aggregation, agricultural information dissemination, sales and marketing. The short course empowered and equipped the participants with additional skills and knowledge to either start up or grow profitable and sustainable agribusinesses that will enhance agricultural productivity, create jobs, and increase food and nutrition security. The course also developed the capacity of these women in agribusiness identification, planning, and management.
Delivery of Champions for Change Leadership Training of Trainers Course for staff of USAID's Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project. Africa Lead held a Champions for Change Leadership Training of Trainers course for staff of the Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project and leaders from the Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs). The course enhanced participants' facilitation and presentation skills, and enabled them to mobilize and train other community leaders and trainers in the CREMAs.
Organization of Sustaining the Momentum Beyond Africa Lead Workshop for the Champions for Change Networks. In March 2018, Africa Lead organized a workshop to enable network members to share their successes, failures, and lessons learned as well as discuss strategies, approaches and methodologies to grow and sustain their network activities. Champions from six networks participated in the event. The network members learned about the importance of strategic communication, collaboration, partnerships and resource management. By the end of the workshop, each network team had developed a five-year sustainability action plan for their network.
Organization of Lesson Learned Event. Africa Lead held a lesson learned event on March 22, 2018 to showcase and celebrate the achievements of the Ghana program, and to make recommendations for future programming. Participants included agri-business partners and beneficiaries, and representatives from USAID Ghana and West Africa, university and research institutions, and civil society organizations. During the workshop, beneficiary representatives presented their successes, innovations and results. Africa Lead staff presented the findings of Africa Lead's internal program review, and thought papers on the project's leadership and management capacity, youth workforce development, mutual accountability strategies, and policy dialogue and advocacy. Participants shared additional lessons learned and made recommendations for future programming discussions..
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GUINEA MISSION Q2|FY2018
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Presented the findings and recommendation of the assessment of the Government of Guinea’s agricultural subsidy programs. In order to determine the impact of the Government of Guinea’s subsidy programs on agriculture and the private sector, an Africa Lead expert performed an assessment of the different types of subsidies on seeds, fertilizers, and agricultural equipment. Africa Lead shared findings and recommendation of the study with key USAID/ Guinea mission staff. Subsequently, the team finalized and submitted the report to the USAID Mission and the Ministry of Agriculture. These recommendations are expected to inform the design of the Government of Guinea’s policy on subsidies and promote private sector development.
ORGANIZATION TYPE AFRICA LEAD SUPPORT
Ministry of Agriculture Gov Evidence-based policy
development
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SENEGAL MISSION
Q2|FY2018
KEY DATA POINTS
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Facilitated M&E manual validation workshop for the “Direction de l’Appui au Secteur Prive” (DASP). As part of support to DASP, Africa Lead facilitated a workshop for 23 participants from the Ministry of Finance and the private sector. DASP leveraged this
PROGRAM RESULTS BY
INDICATOR
Q2 PY5
Number of organizations supported 30 278
Number of private sector and civil
society organizations supported
4 74
Number of individuals supported
through program events
235 670
Number of individuals trained 40 40
Number of food security events 5 9
ORGANIZATION TYPE AFRICA LEAD SUPPORT
Direction de l’Appui au Secteur Privé
(DASP)
Gov Technical assistance, coaching, logistical
support
Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition
(CLM)
Gov Leadership and management training
Ministry of Trade Gov Logistical support
Union National des Commerçants et
Industriels du Sénégal (UNACOIS)
Private
sector
Workshop facilitation
Ministry of Agriculture Gov Technical collaboration and coordination
for NAIP revision
Groupe de Dialogue Social et Politique
(GDSP)
Civil
society
Technical assistance for the editing and
printing of the NAIP 2.0 document
73%
27%
Male Female
67%
33%
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opportunity to: (i) share experience on the process of developing the M&E manual; (ii) welcome participants’ feedback; and (iii) validate the manual. As a follow up, Africa Lead will support DASP in implementing the M&E procedures and manual.
Delivered leadership and management training to executive staff from the “Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition” (CLM). Africa Lead delivered two leadership and management trainings for the executive staff of “Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition”, following the validation of the government multi-sectorial plan for nutrition. Through the workshop, participants strengthened their leadership and management skills, and subsequently established individual development plans.
Supported the Ministry of Trade strategic policy validation workshop. Africa Lead supported the Ministry of Trade to organize a policy validation workshop for its national strategy policy, the “Lettre de Politique Sectorielle de Developpement” (LPSD). The workshop brought together participants from civil society organizations, and the public and private sectors. Following the workshop, the ministry shared the document, collected participants’ inputs, and validated the five-year national strategy policy document.
Supported DASP participation to agro-industries consultative workshop. Africa Lead supported DASP staff members to attend an agro-industries consultative workshop on March 17, 2018. This consultative workshop enabled participants to meet representatives from the agro-industries and identify constrains, challenges and opportunities for improvement. DASP will use participants’ contributions to draft reforms that will contribute to improved business operations.
Facilitated workshop on public private partnership (PPP) contracting with “Union National des Commerçants et Industriels du Sénégal” (UNACOIS). Africa Lead facilitated a sensitization workshop to share the successful experience of large firm Mamelles Jaboot and rural millet producers, and to inform UNACOIS members about the principles of contracting. The workshop highlighted the mutual benefits of contracting for all stakeholders in the millet value chain. It also informed private actors and public authorities on the value of promoting this approach in transforming Senegalese agriculture. Workshop participants included a large proportion of women working in agriculture, commerce and distribution sectors.
Supported the “Groupe de Dialogue Social et Politique” (GDSP) contribution document to the NAIP 2.0 edition. Africa Lead supported the “Groupe de Dialogue Social et Politique” (GDSP) to finalize and publish its contribution to Senegal’s National Agricultural Investment Plan. The document highlights four areas of interest:
o Area 1: Monitoring and animation of the political dialogue around the implementation of the NAIP 2.0 and other public policies
o Area 2: Increasing and preserving agriculture production systems
o Area 3: Promoting inclusive governance for sustainable management of land, pastoral and fisheries resources
o Area 4: Developing food systems based on the promotion of local products
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NIGERIA MISSION
Q2|FY2018
KEY DATA POINTS
KEY PARTNERS
ACTIVITIES
Support to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Nigeria Agribusiness Resource Center (NARC). To strengthen service delivery and the technical capacity of the Nigeria Agribusiness Resource Center (NARC), Africa Lead delivered three separate short courses of three days each on public private partnerships in agribusiness facilitation, value chain analysis, and monitoring and evaluation. Additionally, the Young Professional intern assigned to the NARC delivered technical and administrative services to visitors and prospective investors. Since the center serves as the main source of data and information regarding prospective investments and projects in agriculture, the intern worked closely with both the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Agribusiness and Market Development unit staff, conducted research, and searched for market intelligence and opportunities for clients. The intern helped identify and develop profiles for target investors to facilitate partnerships, and matched suppliers with potential off-takers.
PROGRAM RESULTS BY INDICATOR Q2 PY5
Number of organizations supported 0 19
Number of private sector and civil society
organizations supported
0 5
Number of individuals supported through
program events
15 64
Number of individuals trained 15 15
Number of food security events 3 4
ORGANIZATION TYPE AFRICA LEAD SUPPORT
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (FMARD)
Gov Training in value chain analysis, public-
private partnerships, and M&E skills
67%
33%
75%
25%
Male Female
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Annex A. Program Updates
Resilience Partners Design New Impact Evaluation for Programs Operating in Northern Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya (7 December 2017)
Africa Lead facilitated the Northern
Kenya Impact Evaluation and
Planning Workshop on 7
December 2017, at the Lord Erroll
restaurant in Nairobi. Fifty
participants, including the Director
of USAID’s Center for Resilience
in Washington DC, Greg Collins,
USAID staff, and Partnership for
Resilience and Economic Growth
(PREG) partners, attended the
one-day workshop. Tim
Frankenberger, President of
TANGO (Technical Assistance for
NGOs) International, was the lead
facilitator for the workshop.
The purpose of the workshop was
to create and foster buy-in and co-
ownership by PREG partners of an impact
evaluation from design, implementation, and
evidence perspectives. Presentations and
discussions provided the background of the
impact evaluation of programming in
Northern Kenya, findings from the impact
evaluation design 1.0, and rationale for an
impact evaluation design 2.0. While the first
evaluation measured the resilience of
pastoralists to drought and other shocks
and stresses, the design failed to capture
change between the baseline and the
interim stages, leading to the need for
impact evaluation 2.0.
Participants provided input on the design of
impact evaluation 2.0, feedback on the
content of resilience modules, experiences
in various shocks and stresses, and
advantages of resilience management
systems.
Moving forward, TANGO will revise the
questionnaire for the impact evaluation 2.0
design and consider feedback and input
from the partners. TANGO will conduct the
impact evaluation, analyze the results, and
write a final report in late 2018.
Greg Collins addresses the partners during the Northern Kenya Impact
Evaluation Planning Workshop. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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Transformational Leadership Training to Enhance Collaboration in PREG Counties
Nairobi, Kenya (29 – 31 January 2018)
Africa Lead facilitated a two-and-
half day transformational
leadership workshop for
Partnership for Resilience and
Economic Growth (PREG) county
leadership from 29 to 31 January
in Nairobi. The purpose of the
workshop was to provide PREG
county leaders with skills to more
effectively coordinate activities
with local partners, county
governments, and the national
level PREG secretariat. The
training also focused on the PREG
joint work plan and orientation of
new partners. Ten participants
from six PREG counties (Wajir,
Garissa, Turkana, Marsabit, Isiolo,
and Baringo) as well as Jennifer Maurer,
USAID Kenya Resilience Coordinator, and
Dorine Genga, PREG Learning Activity
Manager attended the workshop.
One session helped partners understand
how PREG aligns with the Ending Drought
Emergencies (EDE) policy framework while
other sessions strengthened leadership and
strategic planning skills. Another session
introduced participants to USAID’s
Geographic Information System (GIS)
mapping and layering tool.
In the final session, participants developed
leadership action plans for their respective
counties. “I’m still fairly new to PREG, but
I’m glad I attended this course and met my
counterparts from other PREG counties. I’m
now more familiar with the partnership’s
operations and functions, and will put into
practice everything I learned when I return
to Wajir,” Amir Omar, Livestock Market
Systems’ (LMS) County Coordinator in
Wajir, said.
Sam Ombeki of Kenya RAPID (left) and John Kutwa of Livestock Market
Systems (right), develop a leadership action plan for Garissa County.
Photo credit: Joanne Kihagi
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PREG Lessons Learned Event
Nairobi, Kenya (20 February 2018)
Africa Lead facilitated the
Partnership for Resilience and
Economic Growth (PREG) Lessons
Learned Event (LLE) on 20
February 2018, at the Trademark
center in Nairobi. Ninety- one
participants comprising PREG
members, implementing partners,
donor agencies from the ASAL
donor group, United States Agency
for International Development
(USAID) staff from Washington
D.C, Kenya and East Africa
Missions, and Africa Lead staff
from Bethesda, West, and East
Africa offices attended the one-
day learning event.
Representatives from the Bureau
of Food Security, Chris Shepherd-Pratt,
Division Chief for Policy, and Courtney
Buck, Policy Analyst, also attended.
The overall objective of the PREG LLE was
to strengthen institutional coordination,
learning, and collaboration. The event
focused on Kenya’s resilience program in
the Northern Kenya development context,
including findings from a case study on the
PREG model. It also provided PREG
members and stakeholders a platform to
share experiences, insights, and lessons
learned that will inform future resilience
programming in the region.
Additionally, the learning workshop involved
three “fishbowl” discussions by which
participants discussed the rationale and
evolution of PREG as well as partners’
experiences. The small groups provided a
platform for rich discussions based on
firsthand experiences within the partnership
and lessons learned in implementation of
resilience programs. Participants also
identified the comparative advantage PREG
has offered them, in addition to opportunities
to leverage with other PREG partners. “As a
market systems expert, I never saw the
relationship between market systems and
nutrition issues beyond messaging until I
joined PREG’s nutrition technical working
group and appreciated how the nutrition
lens fits within market systems
programming,” said Bonface Kaberia, Chief
of Party of REGAL-AG.
Mores Loolpapit, Chief of Party for the AphiaPlus Imarisha program, asks
a question during a plenary session at the PREG Lessons Learned
Event. Photo credit: Joanne Kihagi/Africa Lead
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The learning workshop also
included a panel discussion with
representatives from the Economic
Community of West African States
(ECOWAS), USAID Somalia and
the Catholic Relief Services
(CRS), who shared their
experiences of partnership and
coordination from different
collaboration contexts. The
panelists emphasized the
importance of having a common
results framework and continuous
communication and engagement
with partners at all levels to avoid
conflict. “To avoid duplication of
efforts, we [ECOWAS] developed a donor
matrix to ensure that each donor partner
has a clear role. We’ve also learned over
the years that harmonized regulations and
results frameworks are key to check if the
partnership is working,” said Fatmata
Seiwoh of ECOWAS, Regional Agricultural
Policy (ECOWAP).
Findings from a case study on PREG,
“Learning from PREG,” identified key
successes of the partnership, as well as
recommendations for improvement. Some
key successes included strong buy-in and
commitment from implementing partners,
investments in continuous learning and
adaptation, and flexibility in roles and
responsibilities. However, study
recommendations encompassed enhancing
government and community ownership in
PREG, building collaboration from the
beginning of the design phase, and
incentivizing innovation for outstanding
partner activities.
By the end of the event, partners
determined key lessons and areas for
improvement which include better
engagement with the national government,
building trust and creating more impact at
the community level, continuously engaging
with stakeholders for better coordination
and partnerships, and developing a
structured mechanism or tools for sharing
information among the partners and
stakeholders. “PREG is real. The essence
of a partnership is working together to
improve our outcomes. And our outcomes
are collaboration, learning and adaptation,
to inform better and improve outcomes,”
said Vicky Liyai of USAID Kenya.
Fatmata Seiwoh of ECOWAS speaking during a panel discussion on
partnership and coordination. Photo credit: Joanne Kihagi/Africa Lead
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Africa Lead Lessons Learned Event
20-23 February 2018; Nairobi, Kenya
Africa Lead held a four-day Lessons
Learned Event (LLE) in Nairobi,
Kenya. The purpose of the event
was to capture lessons learned and
generate recommendations for near
and long-term food security capacity
building efforts. Over 100
participants from across sub-
Saharan Africa reflected on the
continental project’s past four years
and discussed opportunities for
additional food security and
capacity-building programming, as
well as how to ensure the
sustainability of existing programs.
Non-state actors, government
partners, and Africa Lead and
USAID staff from Washington, DC and
across the continent reviewed the project’s
efforts to support continental, regional,
country, and sub- national level progress in
achieving the goals of the Comprehensive
Africa Agriculture Development Programme
(CAADP). The event consisted of full day
pre-event focused on lessons learned from
USAID-Kenya's Partnership for Resilience
and Economic Growth (PREG). Following
the pre-day, Africa Lead kicked off a three-
day learning event focused on developing a
report on key lessons learned that can
inform future African-led food security
efforts.
Africa Lead employed a combination of
presentations, plenary discussions, thematic
group breakout sessions, and an interactive
‘Gallery of Transformation’ exhibit, featuring
22 thematic presentations and infographics.
During one session, Africa Lead launched
highlighted findings from the Program
Review that measured results across the
project.
In his opening remarks, Patrick Wilson,
Acting Mission Director for USAID Kenya
and East Africa, reflected on the importance
of food security work, after taking a tour of
the event’s Gallery of Transformation. “This
is about Africa governments... civil society…
farmers… setting the agricultural agenda,
changing the state of this continent. And I’m
convinced, when Africa leads, Africa wins,”
he said, urging participants to keep working
toward a food-secure Africa.
Other key highlights from the workshop
included discussions on the legacy of Africa
Lead’s Champions for Change (C4C)
program and ways to improve it in the
remaining period. Participants also
discussed successes of the CAADP biennial
review process and the institutional
architecture efforts that Africa Lead is
currently championing within national
Africa Lead partners, staff, consultants, and USAID staff gather for the
Africa Lead Lessons Learned Event in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo credit:
Victor Oloo/Africa Lead
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agriculture planning efforts.
Additionally, speakers presented
eight thought pieces based on
Africa Lead’s lessons and
experiences, followed by group
discussion and analysis in breakout
sessions.
Gilead Teri, Director of Policy,
Research, and Lobbying at
Tanzania Private Sector
Foundation (TPSF), reiterated that
inclusion of private sector
associations is crucial in policy
spaces, especially for countries
with a growing agricultural sector. “These
policies and reforms need to be
leveraged and the private sector
expected to invest,” he said.
Speaking at the event’s closing
ceremony, Chris Shepherd-Pratt, Bureau for
Food Security Division Chief for Policy, said,
“It’s important to keep in mind that your
work, experiences and voice will translate to
people long after [the project’s] ending.
African countries and leaders have now
come together for ambitious needs to meet
food security.” Chris emphasized
agriculture’s importance in realizing
development goals in sub-Saharan Africa
and urged participants to take it seriously.
As a follow up to the event, Africa Lead will
share with partners combined lessons
learned and recommendations in a Lessons
Learned report. Various Lessons Learned
activities will serve as a follow up to the
event, including an event for Ghana-specific
activities that is currently scheduled for mid-
March 2018.
P Dorcas Mwakoi, Africa Lead Kenya Program Lead, takes Patrick
Wilson, USAID Kenya/East Africa’s Acting Mission Director, through
the Gallery of Transformation. Photo credit: Emmanuel Adu-Boadu/
Africa Lead
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Institutional Architecture Assessment (IAA) Workshop
February 28, 2018, Nairobi, Kenya
Africa Lead supported the Kenya Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation to hold a two-day
workshop on Kenya’s agriculture institutional
architecture. The event was attended by 75
participants from state actors (government
ministries, departments, units and
agencies), and non-state actors (Non-
Governmental Organizations (NGOs),
farmer organizations, Civil Society
Organizations (CSOs), private sector
partners, and the donor community
including USAID/Bureau for Food Security
representative Courtney Buck. Other
notable guests were the Agriculture Rural
Development (ARD) Donor Group chair, Mr.
Michael Nicholson (USAID/Kenya and East
Africa Deputy Chief, Office of Economic
Growth and Integration); the Kenya
Agriculture Secretary at the Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation, Madam Anne
Onyango; Eng. Jasper Nkanya, Council of
Governors (COG) representative; and Mr.
Justus Monda, the Agriculture Council of
Kenya (AgCK) chairperson.
This was one out of a series of meetings
Africa Lead has supported the ministry to
convene since the commencement of the
IAA activity in 2015.
The workshop’s goals were to build a
shared understanding of institutional
architecture and its link to the National
Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP), the
Joint Sector Review (JSR) and Biennial
Review (BR) processes; to identify the
elements of a good NAIP and BR; and to
identify ways in which robust institutional
architecture contributes to a successful
NAIP process. Participants also deliberated
and scored each of the IA elements to
identify priority areas for improvement and
reach consensus on recommendations and
an IA Improvement Plan. This information
was gathered through group discussions,
Workshop participants during the Institutional Architecture Assessment workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo credit: Africa Lead
/ Hellen Githakwa
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presentations, plenary sessions, and an
online survey.
The overall result of this meeting was a
compiled action plan highlighting
recommended activities to bolster the IA
process. These activities cover issues such
as building the capacity of the private sector
and CSOs to effectively participate in the
process, refinement of the existing policy
development schedule and a “pathway” to
improving alignment with government
budgeting cycles, integration between
national and county processes,
strengthening data collection, monitoring
and evaluation, as well as domestication of
the JSR, NAIP, MTP, and the IA.
These recommendations will inform the final
action plan currently being drafted by the
technical advisory committee.
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Tanzania Premiere of Kumekucha: Fatuma New movie features Africa's everyday superheroes, women farmers
Arusha, Tanzania (1 March 2018)
Farms and fields across sub-
Saharan Africa are full of everyday
heroes. Smallholder farmers, both
men and women, overcome
incredible odds every day to feed
their families. Many times, women
are at the heart and center of
these family operations and as a
result, are a key part of Africa’s
agricultural prosperity and future.
Yet, all too often women are left
out of decision-making at the farm
level and are underrepresented in
discussions at the policy level.
The struggles and triumphs of
African women farmers are the
focus of the Africa Lead supported film
Kumekucha: FATUMA. Filmed in
Tanzania’s fertile Arusha region, the film
follows the main character Fatuma and her
daughter Neema’s dramatic journey in
search of recognition for their
uncompromising contributions to their family
farm. Fatuma, played by actress Beatrice
Taisamo, is a traditional rural woman who
has always risked body and soul, without
reward or thanks. She does this to farm her
husband’s land and keep the family fed and
cared for. Throughout, she fights
unfavorable weather, pests, and poverty.
However, when her husband squanders her
prized harvest and schemes to marry off
their daughter, Fatuma has to make her
biggest stand to protect her family.
The film explores a handful of difficult but
accurate realities for women in agriculture
and agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa.
While women contribute a significant portion
of the labor for Tanzania’s agriculture
sector, decision-making around farming can
be dominated by men. Unfavorable
regulations and biased socio-cultural norms
negatively impact agricultural productivity by
reducing women’s access to resources
including training, finance, equipment and
the right to own land.
On March 1, 2018 in advance of
International Women's Day, Africa Lead and
its Tanzania partners, USAID/Tanzania and
Media for Development International
(MFDI), celebrated the world premiere of
the Africa Lead supported film. Over 150
guests including the film's cast and crew,
Tanzanian government officials, USAID and
Feed the Future program partners, local
agriculture and women's groups, youth
entrepreneurs, and media houses covering
the event, attended the premiere. The event
was similar to the red-carpet event held for
the premier of Kumekucha: TUNU.
A scene from the film Kumekucha: Fatuma featuring the struggles and
triumph of women farmers in Tanzania. Photo credit: MFDI
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Prior to the screening, Africa Lead
and MFDI hosted a media briefing
which included statements by the
cast and crew as well as local
women and youth agribusiness
entrepreneurs supported by USAID
and Feed the Future programs.
“A stable and productive agriculture
sector is a key driver of growth and
development, but this can only be
achieved by supporting the women,
youth, and small holder farmers who
are its foundation,” said Michelle
Corzine, Deputy Office Director for
the Office of Economic Growth,
USAID Tanzania, in her opening
remarks.” Through USAID, the U.S.
Government supports numerous activities to
expand opportunities for growth in
agriculture, including new farming
techniques, reducing malnutrition, improving
infrastructure, and developing policies that
are more conducive to growth. And through
programs like the Kumekucha multimedia
campaign, we make sure to engage more
women and youth every step of the way."
In the face of rising youth unemployment
and under representation of women in
agricultural leadership, Africa Lead’s
Kumekucha (“It’s a new dawn” in Swahili)
media campaign seeks to inspire youth and
women to become champions for and
participate in Africa’s agriculture future. The
continent’s agriculture sector makes up over
15 percent of the continent’s GDP on
average and offers opportunities for jobs,
food security, and countering violent
extremism.
Africa Lead partnered with MFDI in January
of 2016 to develop the Kumekucha
campaign. Specifically, Kumekucha consists
of a 52-week 30-minute radio drama (July
2016 – July 2017) and two feature-length
(90 minute) films – Kumekucha: TUNU
(released in April 2017) and Kumekucha:
FATUMA (March 2018). The multimedia
activity uses a storytelling approach to
highlight challenges, but more importantly
the rewards that women and youth can reap
from participating in the agriculture sector.
Learn more about Kumekucha, listen to the
entire season of radio shows, watch the
films, and get the scheduled television and
online broadcast dates at
www.kumekucha.co.tz
Lead actors in the film Kumekucha: Fatuma attend the premiere
screening of the film in Arusha, Tanzania along with USAID Tanzania
and partners. Photo credit: Victor Oloo
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GFSS CLA Planning Workshop: Supporting Field Visits, Mapping, and Dialogue to Strengthen CLA
Nairobi, Kenya (5-8 March 2018)
Africa Lead facilitated a four-day
USAID/Kenya Global Food
Security Strategy (GFSS)
Collaborating, Learning, and
Adapting (CLA) workshop in
partnership with USAID for 47
representatives from
USAID/Kenya and implementing
partners. The first two days of the
workshop were held in the
counties of Machakos and
Makueni, where attendees made
field visits to private sector
industries to observe the push and
pull effect of the market system in
relation to the GFSS.
A field visit by participants to
Twiga Foods showed the
importance of pull within a market and the
need for a dependable market for
smallholder farmers to supply quality
product.
The last two days of the workshop were
held in Nairobi and included discussions of
CLA principles and practices, adaptive
management, the Kenya GFSS theory of
change, and a mapping of pull, resilience,
inclusion, and nutrition within the market
system at five levels: activity, intra-zonal,
cross-zonal, USAID- IP, and inter-agency.
Workshop outcomes included the
development of learning questions that will
be incorporated into the USAID/Kenya
GFSS CLA plan, feedback from
implementing partners on how CLA can be
incorporated into programming and M&E
plans, and several specific action items
focused on improving CLA between USAID
and implementing partners that USAID
will take forward in the next year.
USAID East Africa and Kenya program staff and implementing partners
meet with Twiga Foods CEO Grant Brooke at the Twiga Foods
headquarters in Machakos, Kenya to discuss market systems
investments.
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Assessing Impact and Value for Money at the Economics of Resilience to Drought Learning Event
Nairobi, Kenya (14 March 2018)
Africa Lead facilitated the
Economics of Resilience to
Drought Learning Event on March
14, 2018 at the Trademark Hotel in
Nairobi. Ninety- three participants
from donor agencies,
implementing partners, PREG
members, representatives from the
National Drought Management
Authority (NDMA), and United
States Agency for International
Development (USAID) staff from
the Kenya and East Africa Mission
attended the half-day learning
event. James Oduor, NDMA CEO
and Patrick Wilson, USAID/Kenya
and East Africa Deputy Mission
Director, opened the event.
Courtenay Cabot Venton, the principal
researcher of the Economics of Resilience
to Drought study, was the lead facilitator for
the learning event.
The main objective of the event was to
create awareness and disseminate widely
the findings of the Economics of Resilience
to Drought study commissioned in Kenya,
Ethiopia, and Somalia by the USAID Center
for Resilience in collaboration with NDMA.
The learning event set out to create a
platform for stakeholders such as
government, donors, international non-
governmental organizations, implementing
partners, the United Nations, and
Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD) to develop key steps
on the best way forward in terms of use of
the information in improving resilience
programming and showing value for money.
Patrick Wilson, USAID/Kenya and East
Africa Deputy Mission Director emphasized
in his opening remarks that, “building
partnerships among all the key stakeholders
in resilience for joint programming is
important to support economic growth and
reduce poverty in the region.”
Presentations and discussions focused on
the impact and economic value of early
humanitarian responses, safety nets, and
investments in resilience on humanitarian
assistance visa via late humanitarian
responses. Partners widely agreed that
early humanitarian responses to drought
and other disasters are more cost effective,
saves lives, and reduces losses as opposed
to responding after households are
engaging in negative coping strategies and
prices are destabilized.
Additionally, the learning workshop involved
five group discussions by which partners
James Odour, NDMA CEO, giving his opening remarks during the
Economics of Resilience to Drought learning event. Photo credit: Africa
Lead
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discussed the highlights of the
study, gaps that needed to be
addressed in the study, practical
steps for translating the study
findings into programming, and the
implications of the findings to
donors and policy makers.
By the end of the event, partners
identified key next steps and
recommendations to improve
future resilience programming and
humanitarian assistance:
governments at the national and
sub-national levels need to take
lead in resilience building
initiatives, invest more in early
warning and early response
systems to facilitate timely actions
to mitigate adverse effects and losses,
adequately budget for resilience building,
design more adaptive programming, collect
evidence based data to guide resilience
planning and programming, and develop a
policy framework for coordinating
humanitarian assistance.
Tyler Beckleman, Deputy Mission Director
for the Somalia Mission Field Office, closed
the event by encouraging the participants to
take resilience programming forward and
conduct follow-up studies and learning
events to inform future programming and
planning.
Courtenay Cabot Venton, the Lead facilitator presenting the findings of
the study report to participants during the Economics of Resilience to
Drought Learning Event. Photo credit: Africa Lead
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PREG Bi-annual Learning Event: Strengthening Reflection, Analysis, and Collective Action
Isiolo and Marsabit, Kenya (19-23 March 2018)
The United States Agency for
International Development
(USAID) Partnership for Resilience
and Growth (PREG) conducted a
bi- annual learning event from
19-23 March 2018 in the counties
of Isiolo and Marsabit. The five-day
event brought together over 100
participants from PREG partners,
international NGOs (selected from
the ASAL Donor Group), USAID,
and representation from the two
county governments, including
Josephine Kirion from the County
Executive Committee of Education
of Isiolo and Tori Doti, Deputy
County Secretary for Marsabit
County.
The objective of the learning
event was to provide an opportunity for
PREG and other partners to engage in a
participatory process of critical reflection,
analysis, and collective action for
improving resilience programming and
impact in the arid and semi-arid lands
(ASALs). The event, grounded in the PREG
model of sequencing, layering, and
integration, included site visits in various
sub-counties in Isiolo and Marsabit, and
reflection sessions that were guided by the
following sub-thematic areas: community
drought risk reduction in practice, market
systems, and communications. The
selection of sites was guided by the
learning event objectives and an attempt to
identify learning opportunities for program
implementation on the three learning sub-
themes.
After two days of site visits in Isiolo and
Marsabit, participants held a reflection and
learning session in Marsabit Town. The
session focused on highlighting lessons and
areas of improvement from each of the
learning sub-themes. Participants noted
that the impact of layering and integration
at the different sites visited was evident and
getting more efficient and effective. This
was especially highlighted at the Merille
Health Center in Marsabit County. When
asked how community members had
fared in the 2017 drought compared to
the 2011 drought, a member of a
community-based mothers’ support group
responded, “We were able to respond to the
current drought better because we
accessed holistic services at the clinic”.
Participants,
Photo 1: Esther Omosa, a Nutrition Specialist at the International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), takes PREG partners through
AVCD’s activities in the Agri-Nutrition Tupendane Community Unit in
Isiolo County. Photo credit: Africa Lead / Joanne Kihagi
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however, noted that measurement
and communication of impact, and
sustainability were areas that
needed improvement. Regarding
improving sustainability of PREG
programs, an example of ensuring
the sustainability of the community
health volunteer (CHV) model was
cited. This is because CHVs are a
crucial link between communities
and health facilities. Participants
also agreed on the need to
address root causes of
disempowerment, such as
illiteracy, in the communities
visited.
On the third day of the learning event,
participants visited Kalacha, a drought
hotspot area in Marsabit County. The sites
were selected to help partners to determine
how to adapt programming and how they
can collaborate with PREG. The following
day, participants held another reflection
session to share lessons learned from the
visit to Kalacha, and possible areas of
collaboration for the next year. At the end of
the session, Tori Doti, the Marsabit County
Secretary, shared his appreciation for the
opportunity to attend the learning event and
appealed for more engagement by PREG
partners with county governments,
especially in future learning events.
On the last day of the learning event,
participants returned to Isiolo County for
final site visits. In the closing session,
Josephine Kirion from the County
Government of Isiolo, representing the
Governor in her remarks, recognized the
significance of USAID as the largest
external development partner in the county.
At the end of the learning event, participants
identified key lessons learned and what
needs to change in the implementation of
projects. Partners also recognized that
sensitizing all partners, county
governments, and relevant stakeholders on
nutrition integration in their individual
programs will be essential for strengthening
the impact of resilience activities in the
region. In terms of resilience and
development, partners highlighted the fact
that the inclusion of women leverages
impact and building resilience. There was
recognition of the need to develop
information and communication packages
for advocacy as part of the next steps to
realize the positive changes PREG wants to
achieve. A report with actions and
commitments in areas of improvement for
partners and USAID will be developed by
Africa Lead and shared with PREG
partners.
A health worker at the Merille Health Center explains the different
services offered to community members at the facility. Photo credit:
Africa Lead / Josphat Muiyuro
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East Africa Seed Network Webinar Brings Together Seed Companies and Investment Funds
Nairobi, Kenya (26 March 2018)
How can we improve financing for
seed companies in East Africa?
This remains a relevant point of
inquiry for the private sector and
seed companies in supporting
access to and production of quality
and improved seed in the region.
The East Africa Seed Network, a
professional online collaborative
and learning platform facilitated by
Africa Lead, approached this
question through its second
webinar and live presentation,
“Unlocking Financing for Seed
Company Development” on 20
March 2018 at the East Africa
Trade and Investment Hub in
Nairobi, Kenya.
Moderated by Richard Jones,
Chief of Party for Scaling Seed and
Technologies Partnership (SSTP) in Africa
being implemented by Alliance for Green
Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the discussion
included a panel of experts representing
impact funds, including Ashley Olson
Onyango, Financial Inclusion Program
Manager for Mastercard Foundation; Fiona
Kyomugisha Lukwago, Portfolio Manager
for Agribusiness for African Enterprise
Challenge Fund; Robert Opini, Consultant
for Harbor Point Investments Ltd; and
Hedwig Siewersten, Head of Inclusive
Finance for AGRA. Thirty-five participants
from impact funds, seed companies in the
region, implementing partners and
USAID/Kenya and East Africa attended the
presentation online and in-person, with one-
third of participants representing private
sector seed companies.
The objective of the webinar was to discuss
financing needs for small and medium-sized
seed enterprise companies, accessing non-
grant finance, technical assistance support
needed to address access limitations, and
plans to address these limitations within the
organizations represented. Dr. Jones led
the discussion with a brief presentation on
AGRA’s work capacity building for seed
companies through investments and
business development services such as the
Seed Enterprise Management Institute
(SEMIs) through the University of Nairobi.
These services provide seed companies
with skills in seed crop production,
marketing, quality assurance, business
management, and other essential skills
needed to develop into successful seed
companies.
Dr. Richard Jones, Chief of Party for Scaling Seed and Technologies
Partnership (SSTP), asks panelists to describe the current finance
landscape and opportunities for seed companies in the region. Photo
credit: Africa Lead/ Victor Oloo
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However, seed companies still
struggle to remain sustainable
because of constraints in cross-
border trading and seed policy
harmonization. Additionally,
companies supported by grants
also face issues with working
capital after funding ends. Fiona
Kyomugisha, Portfolio Manager for
Agribusiness Africa Enterprise
Challenge Fund (AECF),
described that the success of seed
companies funded by her
organization is dependent on the
marketability of the seed variety,
the readiness of the market to
accept a particular variety and the
ability to form partnerships with
other agro-input actors along the value
chain. “It is important for seed companies to
be able to pitch to non-seed actors and to
show a financier from a non-seed industry
why seed is important,” said Ashely
Onyango, Financial Program Manager for
Mastercard Foundation.
The presentations ended with leaving the
floor open for attendees and investment
fund experts to discuss opportunities for
finance, technical trainings, and financial
literacy for actors within the sector. Future
East Africa Seed Network webinars will
focus on building linkages between the
public and private sector in regional seed
trade and seed policy. The East Africa Seed
Network has over 100 registered
participants representing 15 regional
institutions, 10 private sector companies,
and six country-level institutions
Fiona Kyomugisha, Portfolio Manager for Agribusiness Africa Enterprise
Challenge Fund (AECF), responds to participants during the Q&A
session. Photo credit: Africa Lead / Victor Oloo
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Annex B. Performance Indicator Tracking Table (PITT)
# Indicator Type
Indicator FY18 Achieved by Quarter FY18 (Y5) Achieved
FY18 (Y5)
Target
LOP Target
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Intermediate Result 1: Improved capacity among key institutions to achieve their mandates in developing and managing national agricultural and food security programs
1.1 Output Number of individuals participating in USG food security programs
985 645 1,630 1,035 14,966
% Women 35% 38% 36% 35% 35%
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Since setting FY18 targets, Africa Lead data collection process and systems have improved significantly. As such, the project is over-performing against the original anticipated target in this indicator
1.2 Output (EG.3.2-1)
Number of individuals receiving USG-supported short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training
59 121 180 955 5,409
% Women 31% 51% 44% 35% 35%
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Due to the early phaseout of several key buy-in’s, Africa Lead is not conducting as many individual trainings as anticipated
1.3 Outcome Number of individuals in the agriculture system who have applied improved management practices or technologies with USG assistance
N/A N/A N/A 478 1,366
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Indicator reported annually
1.4 Output Number of organizations receiving targeted assistance to build their capacity and/or enhance their organizational functions
40 9 49 15 72
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Since setting FY18 targets, Africa Lead data collection process and systems have improved significantly. As such, the project is over-performing against the original anticipated target in this indicator
1.5 Outcome Percentage of institutions/organizations benefitting from targeted Africa Lead II capacity building activities that apply improved practices
N/A N/A N/A 85% 85%
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Indicator reported annually
1.6 Output Number of organizations/institutions benefitting directly and indirectly from Africa Lead II programming
535 156 691 43 2,773
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# Indicator Type
Indicator FY18 Achieved by Quarter FY18 (Y5) Achieved
FY18 (Y5)
Target
LOP Target
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Since setting FY18 targets, Africa Lead data collection process and systems have significantly improved. As such, the project is over-performing against the original anticipated target in this indicator
Intermediate Result 2: Enhanced capacity to manage policy change and reform across Africa
2.1 Output Number of knowledge products generated with support from Africa Lead II
17 13 30 10 74
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Africa Lead is over performing against the targets in this indicator due to the robust set of learning and other knowledge products produced for the PREG activity
2.2 Output Number of events supported by Africa Lead to improve institutional effectiveness of food security actors in managing agricultural transformation across Africa
19 26 45 15 406
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Target setting for this indicator was done in aggregate (vs. a compilation of each buy-in). Therefore, the project did not adequately anticipate the number of events that would be supported for each bilateral and regional Mission program
2.3 Output/ Outcome
(EG.3.1-12)
Number of agricultural enabling environment policies completing the following processes/steps of development as a result of USG assistance in each case Stage 1: Analyzed; Stage 2: Drafted and presented for public/stakeholder consultation; Stage 3: Presented for legislation/decree; Stage 4: Passed/approved; Stage 5: Passed for which implementation has begun
N/A N/A N/A 13 68
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Indicator reported annually
Intermediate Result 3: More inclusive development and implementation of agriculture and food security policies and programs, through greater engagement of NSAs
3.1
Output (EG.3.2-4)
Number of food security private enterprises (for profit), producers organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and community-based organizations (CBOs) receiving USG assistance
208 41 249 279 1,555
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Africa Lead is slightly under target for this indicator due to the phaseout of several buy-in activities in the WA region
3.2 Outcome (EG.3.2-20)
Number of private enterprises, producers organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and CBOs that apply improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance
N/A N/A N/A 24 88
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Indicator reported annually
3.3 Outcome Percentage of NSAs that report satisfaction with their participation in mutual accountability activities supported by Africa Lead
N/A N/A N/A 65% 65%
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# Indicator Type
Indicator FY18 Achieved by Quarter FY18 (Y5) Achieved
FY18 (Y5)
Target
LOP Target
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Indicator reported annually
3.4 Outcome Number of participants attending events to support greater engagement of NSAs in agricultural development and implementation
489 288 777 259 822
% Women 43% 48% 45% 35% 35%
Indicator Comment for Q2 FY18: Since setting FY18 targets, Africa Lead data collection process and systems have improved significantly. As such, the project is over-performing against the original anticipated target in this indicator
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Annex C. Environmental Compliance
On March 22, 2013, Africa Lead II received a categorical exclusion as part of its environmental compliance reporting
requirement. There has been no change in the past quarter (or year) with respect to this status.