ACTION POINTS for AGRI-DATA ACTION POINTS for AGRI-DATA STRUCTURAL DEVELOPEMENT STRUCTURAL DEVELOPEMENT

Josephat Mboya

Presenter:

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May 7, 2010 Sheraton Hotel, Abuja-

NIGERIA

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OutlineOutline Background information Workshop Objectives, Progress on Roundtable Discussions

and Training Declaration and way Forward on

Agri-data Collection for AFRACA

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Background for Agri-Background for Agri-data collectiondata collection The issue of lack of data in Africa is widely

spoken off Agric-data is required to inform policy and

identify gaps in development And in addition investors need data for their

decisions Without data, appropriate economic policies,

and identification of problems for timely correction is not possible

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Background Background :Cont’d:Cont’d The data problem has brought about

the following unfavorable outcomes: Poor management of Agri-activity Inappropriate policies in the sector Lack of capacity/’will’ for improvement, Slow improvements in production(Cf:), and

difficulty to access finance by farmers, Low investment in agriculture,

Its often said, if you can’t measure it, you cant track it!

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Workshop objectivesWorkshop objectives To address the issue of ‘lack of data’;

AFRACA in collaboration with its development partners (FAO,WB) organised a training and roundtable discussions to:

1. map out what members are doing on issue of data, and

2. come up with a common understanding

3.appraise data requirements from managerial, regulatory and investor perspectives

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Why training- discussions?Why training- discussions?

3. to identify a core set minimum data to collected and by Institutions, and

finally to,4. define the way forward for data collection and dissemination

The training and roundtable discussions were held on 4th May, 2010- and it went very as planned.

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ParticipationParticipation Participants were drawn from 7 countries:

Tanzania, DRC Congo, Nigeria, Uganda, Gambia, Benin, and Burundi.

The group represented about 12 different institutions including 3 central banks, 24 participants categorised as follows:

17 bank reps, (2)FAO Reps, (2) WB and (3) AFRACA Reps

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Declarations and Action points

The discussions centred on What data (both agri-data and financing data) is available, what data is required and for what purpose, and concluded on what is important to collect for AFRACA members- for REQUIREMENTS of ALL

The following issues were then resolved and agreed upon by all present on behalf of the membership of AFRACA.

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Declarations(1) That, its necessary to collect agricultural (1) That, its necessary to collect agricultural

data for comparison, internal data for comparison, internal management informing policy management informing policy decisions- decisions- All All URGEDURGED to subscribe to subscribe

(2) That, there is need for a min. core set of (2) That, there is need for a min. core set of data that should be collected uniformly by all data that should be collected uniformly by all members- members- Members to commitMembers to commit

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Declarations The min core-set of data relates to: measures of The min core-set of data relates to: measures of

outreachoutreach, , quality of portfolio quality of portfolio in agriculture and in agriculture and terms terms of loan of loan and other types of data such as and other types of data such as lending lending interest ratesinterest rates..

In addition, a supplementary optional dataset will be In addition, a supplementary optional dataset will be identified lateridentified later

This dataset is NOT exhaustive; it’ll need refinement and This dataset is NOT exhaustive; it’ll need refinement and validation by all membersvalidation by all members

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Declarations(3) (3) That ,a database should be created owned by That ,a database should be created owned by all members. It was proposed that this database all members. It was proposed that this database could be hosted by AFRACA and accessible by all could be hosted by AFRACA and accessible by all members, and other external users (public). members, and other external users (public). AFRACA members and development partners AFRACA members and development partners should be should be ENCOURAGEDENCOURAGED to support the to support the development process, administration and development process, administration and management.management.

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Declarations(4) (4) That, AFRACA members should show commitment, support these initiatives financially, and UNDERTAKE to institutionalize these action points to make available agricultural data in Africa.

- It was pointed out, it will take effort and resources. Hence a funding mechanism should be sort by ALL---Led by AFRACA.

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END…….. Thank You,

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