Didn’t get started until December
– Long delay in contracts (DFID contract, PP time allocation)
– Getting team together (methodology and detailed planning for MoA district study)
- Main policy engagement: Tuesday fertiliser workshop
- MoA study:
– Secondary data collection started
– Field work to begin next week
– Draft reports by March 31st, workshops June - Draft review of SWAps in agriculture (Lidia)
Vision
- Integrating political economy, institutional and technocratic perspectives on how and why agricultural policies are made
–Linking broad governance to agricultureStraddles Sustainable Agriculture and Governance themes of DFID Research Strategy
Role and Performance of Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Role in 21st century
- What they actually do and why
- How well they do this and how to improve it
- Phase 1: 2 districts in each of Kenya and Malawi
- This year: 2 more districts in Kenya, 1 in Malawi
- Year 2: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghan
–Including potential for stakeholder participation in planning and evaluation
– Chosen by both agro-ecology and politics
– Action research component?
Relevance
- Ministry capacity (regulator, coordinator, service provider?) fundamental to:
- Extension debates:
– AGRA stockist model, FIPS, NAADS
– efforts on commercialisation, technology adoption
– CAADP objectives (10% budget target)
– Is there any future for public delivery?
– “Mixed ecology” approach
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Relevance to DFID Research Strategy
Little under Sust Ag, but Governance (Building Strong and Effective States) envisages research on:“… decentralisation and the role of local organisations and the private sector in delivering services. We will also examine the importance of a government’s financial management in the relationship between the state and the people. We will continue to examine the link between power, politics and the relationships between society and the state. We will ask how these shape development as well as contribute to holding the state to account to its actions.” [p33]