1st National Symposium on Excellence in Training (11 & 12 April 2015)

Learning and Capacity Building (L&CB) Initiative under

National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) of ICAR

Thematic track:  Management of Training and Training Establishment Category: Institutional

Context: Organizational change from R&D to R4D

NAIP: Science-led transition of NARS to more pluralistic NAIS

Primary focus: Strengthening human resource capacity by training

Capacity development for change management by systematic, innovative & action learning strategies for

• Enhancing capacities for pluralistic research (PPP)

• Imparting KAS in critical areas

• Learning internalization to manage organizational change

• Multi-pronged and multi-institutional partnerships

• New models like e-learning, distance learning, etc.

• Research-based novel learning resources

Reach: All components of NAIP; NARS; 3000 – 4000 professionals(executives, managers, scientists, teachers, technical & admin. Staff)

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• Strategic analysis• Helpdesk• TNA (L&CB

Framework)• Partnerships

Plan

• Research-backed learning resources

• Innovative learning strategies

• M&E protocols

Train • 4-level evaluation • Follow-up• Training-transfer• Learning

internalization

Evaluate

A5 MANTRA

• anticipate

• adapt

• assign

• assess &

• assimilate

Processes & Innovations

Research studies Outputs (case studies, publications, training manuals, databases, web sites)

Organizational change for promoting innovation

• Case Studies on change management in NAIP consortia• Structured exercises on Leadership effectiveness in NARS, and

Organizational Citizenship Behaviour

Priority setting, monitoring & evaluation

Models on Innovation quality management and balanced score card

Agricultural supply chains

Case studies of agricultural supply chains; services delivery; ICTs

Sustainable livelihoods security

• Geo-spatial data mining protocols vulnerability assessments • Case studies on farmer producer companies and agri-preneures

Innovations through ICTs

• Participatory GIS for micro-level planning and decision-support • Farm GIS for experimental station management• e-learning systems for technology enabled learning• ICTs for e-business and knowledge support for women SHGs

Intellectual property management

• Comparative assessment of IP systems in developing countries• Case studies - O&M, grassroots innovations & GI products

Research for Learning Resources Development

Reached ~10% of the NARS professionals (> 3,300 out of ~30,000) through 136 L&CB programmes

7 priority thematic areas of training shared among consortium partners

500 consortia partners (>100) projects helped by NAIP Helpdesk@NAARM

59 e-courses & e-learning platforms on 9 web sites developed and used

>300 publications, 30 Case studies & >200 RLOs developed and used as learning resources

Variety of Web-based products / databases developed :Training MIS; Geospatial library; Databases for climate (IMD grid; AVHRR), soils, watersheds, markets, demographics studies, Patent databases

434.3 Million INR – the total spend

NUMBER-speak: performance indicators

• Web-based online evaluation for assessing ‘early impacts’

• Training transfer model [Training Transfer = f(trainee attributes, organizational climate, Training design)] – replicated to other trainings

• Third party impact assessments

Impact Assessment

The L&CB initiative:

USP: multidimensional and multi-institutional capacity building for agricultural innovation - a first in India and (perhaps) globally

Generated many replicable models of capacity building

• NAIP Helpdesk for research proposal development & management

• Online Training Management System

• GIS applications for ‘farm management & livelihoods assessments

• Training transfer model

Benefit –Cost ratio : Third party assessments

• National training by NAARM & Partners (assessment by PwC): 1.49

• International Training (assessment by PWC IFPRI): 1.13 to 11.35 Enhanced the vision, capacities and reach of NAARM to address

complex issues of organizational learning for change management

Impacts

Laxmi Asu Machine

Outputs, Outcomes & Transferable Models

Systems Approach of Training to Enhance Capacity of NARS for Consortium-based and market oriented research Proposal writing for competitive funding e-learning Geo-spatial applications in agricultural R&D

Intellectual property & technology management O&M reforms for change management

Constraints - Initial hurdles in terms of:

Partnership development

Support for research studies to develop training resources & methods

International training for all faculty and partners

Enabling factors

• System support for flexibility in planned operations

• Complementarity of project partners

• Open communication between & among partners and PIU

• Effective use of IT in communication

• Support of review teams in the form of mid course corrections

Constraints & Enabling Factors

Lessons learned• Consortia-based training can be more effective for addressing complex

issues like agricultural innovation and change management

• Need to keep an open mind on major issues before reaching agreements

• Critical success factors• Clarity and complementarity of objectives and resources among partners

• Anticipatory planning to increase operational efficiency

• Adaptive flexibility in planned operations & amenability to mid-term correction

• Accepting accountability through periodic reporting and monitoring

• Mainstreaming the role of technical and administrative staff

Sustainability• Key learnings integrated into the XII Plan of Academy & ICAR Training Policy

• Learning resources adapted to distance learning material of PG Diplomas

• Prospects of replication in to other mega projects

Key Lessons & Sustainability

Take-homes from Our Initiative

• 360° approach to training management

• NAIP HELPDESK @ NAARM: “one-stop learning solution”

• Innovative training and learning resources

• Use of benchmark indicators for M&E

• Use of ICTs in training management

• Training of trainers

• Training for ALL

• Rigorous M&E and comprehensive impact assessment

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“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings”

― Masanobu Fukuoka

Training Transfer Model