MSP ACTIVITIES 2011

• This assignment started in August 1 through to December 16th, 2011. Two MSP meetings were held;

• the first generated stakeholder commitment to work together on discussed and agreed strategic themes and to share knowledge and information.

• It involved the articulation of issues and definition of priority areas for action. Additional work was coordinated:– Carried out research work through literature reviews, consultative meetings

with key stakeholders, and technical group meetings.– Reviewed the recent subsector studies including assessment report,

Stakeholders’ directory, market study reports and minutes of various regional and national MSP meetings.

– technical group discussions, consultative meetings with a few key stakeholders and subsector review, developed a work plan for the MSP for the few

MSP ACTIVITIES

• the MSP included the different active research and development projects and sought to establish common grounds for collaboration. These projects are: – Makerere University: Productivity and Growth in Organic

Value Chains (ProGroV). – Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research and Development

Institute (MUZARDI) of NARO: Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA) Uganda Project

– Makerere University: Innovation Systems and Clusters Program Uganda (ISCPU).

– Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI): Technology and innovation related to agriculture value addition.

MSP ACTIVITIES• Developed a Work-plan for the next few months 2011

concentrating on tackling the issues where MSP could make a difference quickly; in the area of access to funding, market access, production related issues, Policy Related Areas, Technology and Innovation,

MSP ACTIVITIES• The second Multi-stakeholder meeting held in Kayunga,

December 1, 2011 it discussed one specific issue. – brought together key players to forge avenues to develop certified and

managed sources of planting materials, in the context of the good agricultural practices.

– contributions from key players NARO, NAADS, MAAIF, NACCRI_Namulonge and the farmers from Luwero, Kayunga, and Rwenzori and Kamwenge regions.

• Its discussions centred on:– what the farmers feel about the problem of poor planting materials. – the Ghana’s experience in growing the pineapple sector in general

and in particular, the planting materials multiplication and distribution.

– The Rwenzori region experience in planting materials multiplication mechanisms that should be adopted countrywide.

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MSP ACTIVITIES• Emerged action areas:

– The NAADS coordination offices in Luwero and Kayunga would organise training/sensitization workshops for farmers from all regions in Good Agronomic Practices focusing on propagating clean pineapple planting materials.

– SNV would discuss with ABiTrust to support scaling up of the Rwenzori clean pineapple planting and multiplying experience in Luwero, Kayunga.

– Building cooperation within the existing associations: UCA’s Uganda Horticulture Farmers’ Cooperative Union and Luwero Pineapple Growers Cooperative Society, would spearhead mechanisms for (self) regulating the supply of quality of planting materials within the Associations; maintaining communication flow; seeking support from Government and various development service providers in defined areas.

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Achievements

•Awareness and revival: Most of the stakeholders who were engaged in the process during 2009 and 2010 were called back to revive the MSP. Most of them (90%) have participated in different forums: the MSP meetings, technical groups, individual interviews and email responses.

Achievements

• In the Kayunga meeting key stakeholders e.g. NAADS, UCA, assumed responsibility to lead strategic roles in partnership with SNV.

Achievements• Developed with stakeholders MSP master plan 2011 and MSP road

map for 2012 (based on strategic exercise 2010)

•A work-plan for three to six months was developed. The three main activity components of the plan are: production related issues (access to clean pineapple planting materials), access to financing and market access. The Kayunga meeting discussed production related issues (access to clean pineapple planting materials) and generated important action areas. These action areas, along with the two main activity components (financing sources, and market accesses) will form workplan for 2012.•

Achievements

•MSP achieved increased participation of major players in the value chain including: researchers and academia (MUK, URIL, NARO -Namulonge,), service providers (NAADS, Technoserve, FAO), Policy implementers (MAAIF, MTTI, CICS), Value chain actors (farmers, farmer associations and processors). •Linked Kayunga/Kangulumira, Luwero and Rwenzori through a call to tackle a specific problem.

Achievements

• Emerging partnerships within the MSP:– The coordinators of NAADS Kayunga and NAADS Luwero were

instrumental in co-organising the Kayunga meeting: mobilized participants; communicated information about the meeting and secured the venue; which resulted in remarkable stakeholder attendance ( 28 participants).

• Enhanced ownership and national representation of the Process: – Farmers and farmer associations from major pineapple growing

zones, Rwenzori, Kamwenge, Luwero and Kayunga, shared experiences, learnt together and contributed to solutions and MSP decisions, which enhanced their ownership of the process.

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Achievements

• Importance of collaborating : – Through this platform, the small and fragmented farmer groups were

keenly challenged and they realised the importance of collaborating with one voice. Different national pineapple production and marketing associations pledged to collaborate and create proactive synergies toward a long term national representation.

• Establishment of avenues for accessing Government support:

– The farmers and associations were challenged to organise themselves proactively in order to seek Government assistance. Avenues to facilitate processes of constructive engagement of the actors with MAAIF and with other higher government authorities were discussed and agreed upon.

Achievements

• Approaching farming as a business:– Actors were challenged to consider challenges as

business opportunities, such as, establishment of mother gardens.

• Additional achievements:– A culture of exchanging reports and sharing experiences

is taking root within the MSP. There was exchange of information and reports which are relevant to the stakeholders. These reports informed MSP planning and provided useful information to stakeholders.

• Work plan 2012