Co–organized by Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Collectif Strategies Alimentairies (CSA)Agricord
BACKGROUND
The World Agriculture Watch (WAW) is an international initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Government of France and the French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Center (CIRAD).
As a platform supporting national observatory projects or preliminary works, WAW has been working in around 10 countries since 2011 to strengthen the capacity of partners to monitor and analyze agricultural and rural transformations (i.e. typology of farms and rural households), and foster the adoption of resulting policies that reduce rural poverty. The evidence-based information is crucial for improving policy design, targeting and focus.
WAW’s portfolio of products and services includes: a common international methodological framework and technical assistance based on multi-stakeholder participatory principles; a policy dialogue facilitation process among stakeholders involved at the national and regional levels; an international platform to raise awareness on farming diversity and rural transformations.
AgriCord has decided to collaborate with WAW in order to better integrate the Farmers Organizations (FOs) in the process of setting up and reinforcing a monitoring systems based on farms’ typology to better understand the diversity of farm systems and adopt targeted policies.
There are several stakes associated to this better integration of FOs:
- Contribute to more inclusive policy making processes at national level, with a stronger support of FAO and other agencies such as IFAD to the policy making processes that include FOs and civil society;
- Strengthen the FOs capacities to engage in policy dialogue with authorities, thanks to a better understanding of their members’ needs and a better arguments through evidence-based and validated data;
- Produce more relevant data and knowledge on family farms, their economic and social weight and a better understanding of their needs when it comes to investment in agricultural activities. When investing today you shape the future of agriculture.
AFA has decided to collaborate with AGricord and WAW as WAW can help farmers organization produce more relevant data and knowledge on family farms, and provide more evidence and validated data for the policy advocacy work at national and regional levels. Currently, one of its member organizations, Vietnam Farmers
Union (VNFU), is an implementing FO partner of WAW Vietnam. PAKISAMA, AFA member in Philippines has bilaterally collaborated with CSA for the conduct of a national workshop on WAW for its members , which was held this November 29 in Manila Philippines.
PROGRAM
Overall Facilitator : Esther Penunia
| Time | Session |
| 08.00-08.30 | Registration |
| 08.30-08.45 | Welcome Remarks |
| 08.45-09.00 | Introduction of Participants |
| 09.00-09.30 | Opening Messages
· Lyam Darji, Chairperson, AFA · Marek Poznanski, Program Manager, CSA , Representative, Agricord · Pierre Marie Bosc, FAO |
| 09.30-10.00 | Overview of Overall Program and the Day’s Consultation Esther Penunia, Secretary General, AFA |
| 10.00-10.30 | Group Photo/ Health Break |
| 10.30-11.30 | Session 1: Panorama of Farmers Monitoring Systems ( 10 minutes each)
a. Sharing each AFA members’ initiatives on farmers monitoring system with a focus on Digitalized Data bases, relevant indicators and roles of farmers monitoring system Quick Synthesis of Initiatives of AFA FO Members |
| 11.30-12.00 | b. Sharing and Learning from AFA’s Data and Knowledge Systems (15 minutes per presentation)· Land Matrix Initiative by Lorraine Ablan, LM Researcher, AFA· MTCP2 MIS by Bernie Galang, M&E Officer, AFA |
| 12.00-12.30 | c. Sharing and Learning from FO initiatives from CAPAD/CNCR (Africa) and FETRAF ( Latin America)
by Marek Poznanski, Program Manager, CSA |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30-14.30 | Session 2 : Presentation on WAW , with examples from Thai rubber based plantation
· Pierre Marie Bosc, FAO · Dr. Chambon, Thailand · Dr. Uraiwan , Thailand (15 minute presentation each, 15 minute open forum for clarification) |
| 14.30-15.30 | Session 3 : Group Work on Action Points and Ways Forward on
· What should be the purpose of the Data and Knowledge System specific to FO’s? · What relevant indicators to gather, collect? · Suggested Process and Systems to gather, collect, analyze · Suggested Ways Forward for partnerships and operationalization |
| 15.30-16.00 | Health Break |
| 16.00-16.30 | Plenary Reporting ; Quick Synthesis |
| 16.30-17.00 | Closing Remarks
· Marek Poznanski, CSA · Pierre Mari Bosc, FAO · Lyam Darji, AFA Chair |
PRESENTATIONS
- PAKISAMA’s PMEL System (video) – Bobet Corral & Soc Banzuela
- PAKISAMA’s PMEL System (ppt) Bobel Corral & Soc Banzuela
- VNFU Data Monitoring System – Vue Le Y Voan
- SEWA: Empowering Remote and Rural Women with Handheld Technology (video) – Chhaya Bavsar
- SEWA: Empowering Remote and Rural Women with Handheld Technology (ppt) – Chhaya Bavsar
- CTCF Monitoring System – Rabin Rai
- Land Matrix Initiative in Asia – Lorraine Ablan
- MTCP2-AFOSP Management Information System (MIS) – Bernie Galang
- CAPAD Family Farm Monitoring System – Marek Poznanski
- Rubber Farming in Thailand – Benedicte Chambon
- WAW & AFA Collaboration – Pierre-Marie Bosc
- Groupwork Output: Southeast Asia
- Groupwork Output: South & Central Asia
- Quick Synthesis – Esther Penunia
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