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Seite 1Abteilung „Ländliche Entwicklung und Agrarwirtschaft“09.10.2014
Advisory Capacities for the
Contemporary Agricultural Policy Agenda
13th June 2014
Agricultural Policy Learning Event, 11-13 June 2012, Accra, Ghana
Heike Hoeffler
GIZ Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security ([email protected])
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� AimAccess the role of
currentthinking about policy for agricultural development
� Content- Policy areas of
agreement and debate- Policy choices- Skills and competences
for a contemporary agricultural policy advisor
http://www.giz.de/expertise/html/7981.html
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• Rural Investment Climate/ Enabling Environment
• Provision of Rural Public Goods• Food and Nutrition Security
Consensus- Key functions of
the state
• Rural Transition• Agricultural Technology• Land Policy• Small-scale vs. large-scale farms• Failings in Rural Markets• Competitiveness and Value Chains• Stabilising Markets• Responding to Climate Change • Environmentally Sustainable Farming
Debates and Uncertainties
Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security
Capacities andSkills Matter!
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�What should be the role of BMZ/GIZ in strengthening capacities for agricultural policy advisors and analysts in partner countries?
�Training to fill skill gaps – However, need to link capacity with incentives!
�Creation of networks - “Community of practice”
�Fostering university-level collaboration
�Identifying areas of comparative advantage with a focus on institutions
�Creating opportunities for exchange with practitioners to study their role in agricultural policy-making, exposure measures
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Vision: A development-oriented Agricultural Policy manages the balance between a reliable public sector framework and the necessary space for private sector and civil society.
... is actively steered by policy makers, government, and
administration(Steering)
... is influenced and accepted by agricultural private sector actors
(Participation)
Poverty Reduction and Food Security
targeted agricultural promotion
programmes
reliable ag economic business framework
Agricultural Social Policy
Agricultural-Environmental Policy
Agricultural Economic Policy
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Capacity Needed!
• Technical skills,• Process
management,• Political instinct
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The Capacity Agenda for Contemporary Agricultural Policy
General Advisory Skills
Technical Capacities
Process Management
Political Understanding
1. Rural Development, Transformation and Poverty Trends
1. New Aid Architecture / Harmonisation and Alignment
1. Political System, Budgeting, Decision Making Procedures
2. Basic Economics 2. Planning in Complex and Dynamic Systems
2. Political Economy of the Agricultural Sector
3. Agricultural Economics: Markets,Marketing and Failures
3. Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogues
3. New Public Management / Public Choice
4. Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change
4. Public-Private Partnership Moderation
4. Political Instinct
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Last Questions:
1. Do we have the necessary skills?
2. Where and how to develop more capacities?
3. What next beyond this week?
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MDG 1: The majority of the poor still live in rural areas.
The food price crises, climate change and dynamics of global agricultural markets require a fresh look at Agricultural in order to seize new opportunities and to tackle new risks.
Agriculture and Food Security are becoming more important in economic, environmental and social policy making - for many developing countries, this means new challenges for their national agricultural policy making.
International Development actors and agencies are not adequately prepared for this demand for contemporary agricultural policy advisory services.
GIZ started a reviewing agricultural policy advisory services for German Development work
SP Agricultural Policy and Food Security
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