"The African Agriculture Policy Agenda in Practice: Managing processes and improving advisory capacities”, Accra, June 2014

1. The Contemporary Agricultural Policy Agenda
–
What Role for Development Cooperation?
13th June 2014
Agricultural Policy Learning Event, 11-13 June 2012, Accra, Ghana
Heike Hoeffler
GIZ Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security
(heike.hoeffler@giz.de)
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2. What are ag policy advisers doing and what they
need to do their job better?
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Questions
What can be the role of donors in supporting
development-oriented agricultural policies?
now
post-lunch session
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3. Current Role of Donors?
Adding mess to an already awkward sector ?!?
Fragmentation
(Steve)
Political
Economy:
Incentives?
(Colin)
Donors have
their own
agenda
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Donors are
stubborn (Boaz)
Lack of
Programmatic
Approach
(Susan)
Role of CAADP
Round Tables?
Joint Sector
Reviews?
(Ghana)
Sector
Performance –
Monitoring?
Project Level vs
Sector
Budgeting
Processes
(Delink – Mark)
Data for
Evidence (Ag
Census - Susan)
Fashion Waves /
Predictability ?

4. Feedback from GIZ Sector Networks: Process Management!!!
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SNRD Asien,
Mai 2013 (Bangkok,
Thailand)
SELLER, May
2012 (Budva,
Montenegro)
SNRD Africa, April
2012 (Windhoek,
Namibia)
Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food
Security

5. Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security
Feedback from AgPolicy Expert Meeting Dec. 2012: Political Economy!!!
With the implementation of
new aid modalities,
political advisers
need new roles.
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Advisors need to be “political animals” (=
present in a country for a long time and
conversant
with national and local politics).
Short-term missions miss out the important
soft skills!
Peter Bazeley’s Top Tips only
work in longer-term relationships!
Example Ghana: Joint creation of
sector evidence for reform works
(e.g. with IFPRI) – but: no solo-tours
by donors!
Donor coordination is
crucial for trust building.

6. Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security
Donor agencies must avoid the
Come to under-stand “clumsiness” in political processes.
who holds power and
then build up trust!
Political economy does not
only exist in partner
countries, but also
within donor agencies!
How can development
cooperation capture political
ad hoc windows of
opportunities?
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7. Feedback from Peter Bazeley: Improve Policy Dialogue !!!
Significance of process and Policy Dialogue
that ‘policy’ relates to ‘values’ (or is synonymous with
‘values’), and that the ‘allocation’ of values will,
inherently, be the subject of multiple judgements and
factors – some straightforward and evidence-based,
most not.
Policy dialogue is to be seen as a discussion over
the relative importance (the allocation) of values to
(by) players.
While we would all feel more comfortable with better
evidence, evidence is but one factor in ‘good’ policy-making.
Our recent evaluation of policy dialogue for
AusAID (see overview on next slide) suggested at
least ten other broad, important, manageable areas
of process in supporting policy development, such as
the clarity of intent, trust, credibility and negotiating
capital.
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9. Feedback from Regina Birner:
Engage in Innovation !!!
Sound analysis: From Best
Practice to Best Fit!
Investing in building political
voice: Farmers’ organizations,
parliamentarians, political parties
Developing innovative
approaches for policy
implementation,
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10. http://www.future-agricultures.org/pp-video
Hon. Chance Kabaghe (MP Former Minister of Agriculture, Zambia),
Gem Argwings-Kodhek (Future Agricultures, Kenya).
Feedback from FAC
Conference:
Be ready for theWindow
of Opportunity!!!
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Rhoda Pearce,
Commisioner of Rural Economy and
Agriculture of the Africa Union
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GHANA Situation – A typical Case?
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….CAADP framework matters, but:
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Monitoring / Budgets / Sector Reviews
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Questions now:
What can realistically be the role of donors in
supporting development-oriented agricultural
policies?
Where has it worked and why?
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