CO-R2F Program Facilitation & Cap Bldg. Oxfam's Contribution:

Oxfam is the lead partner on this project working with the Voices for Food Security (VFS) to implement.  Oxfam will be facilitating capacity building of partners and perform general coordination function among all partners/stakeholders in the project. The VFS is a network of civil societies that works with small scale farmers to create awareness through public campaign for policy change that enhance food security.

Oxfam will perform 4 levels of coordination in the delivery of this project. Coordinating GROW/VFS partners; Coordinating large activities for effective participation and impact; Coordinating strategies such as the policy advocacy and public campaigns and; Coordinating knowledge management to promote evidence based influencing.

In summary, the project causal pathway is as follows:
- Women SSF will be directly empowered through the FFH initiative and other livelihood initiatives such as the VSLA to speak out against unfavorable government and private sector policies
- Policy stakeholders will be sensitizedon the impact of policies related to agriculture and CCA on women SSF through the policy dialogues and policy briefs with officialsof the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment, Budget and national Planning and the Central Bank of Nigeria as well as legislators at the state and federal level
- Support for change will be created in the wider society through communications and campaigning using appealing and hard concrete evidence on ground for both digital andoff-line engagements
- Quantity and quality of public budget will change to benefit small holder women farmers by conducting rigorous analysis of the public budget expenditure and documenting case studies to demonstrate impact and scale up best practices
- Right to food bill will be recognised in the constitution through one on one advocacy engagements with the legislators as well as the administrative staff of the legislature so as to gain maximum traction on the issue within the law makers
- This will lead to, over time, to Impact women SSF to thrive as farmers and guarantee food security by increasing the overall budgetary allocation to agriculture and CCA and also sending in specific areas that benefit women SSF most.

At the community farmer level:
- The project will provide women SSF with knowledge, skills and new opportunities to network and get support by providing trainings on budget advocacy and CCA and also creating platforms where their voices are heard in decision making both at local and international levels.
- This will increase their self confidence and empower them to speak out againstunfavorable policies which will also inspire other women farmers and community members to do same.
- In the longer term, they will take up leadership roles in their communities and become change agents for the future.
At the wider society/informal institutions
- Carefully targeted messages will bring about individual attitude change in support of SSF with the public campaign. This will be achievedby profiling our targeted audience to understand their interest and sources of information to be able to reach them.
- Publicizing the messages through role models and celebrities will create mass awareness to drive changes that inspire actions. Celebrities already enjoy large followership and fan base; publishing our messages through them will potentially reach a very high number of people thereby helping build a supporter base of 1 million individuals.
- Events, publicity and social media will createpublic awarenessand increase wider momentum for change
- Messages delivered by religious and traditional leaders will reinforce attitude and behavior changes among the middle class and youths because of their credibility.
- Networks of civil societiesand farmer organisations will create a wider social momentum for change. CSO#s have legitimacy and trust with their constituents and as such, organising the CSOcommunities into an effective network will build a large community of actors who share similar vision and goal. The learning and coordination meetings will also serve as another platform to plan advocacy engagements and develop uniform messages across board for consistency.

At the policy level:
- Policy makers will be sensitized and see the benefit of engaging SSF especially women in policy processes. Through advocacy visits and joint field visits, policy makers will have first hand information and understanding of the issues including the vulnerabilities women SSF are exposed to.
- SSF farmersespecially women will gain skills and confidence and put themselves forward in governance processes. The FFH initiative will expose women SSF to numerous opportunities (both locally and internationally) to speak on behalf of other women SSF. This is alsogoing to inspire other women in their communities to become more active in their communities
- Greater women SSF participation will lead to a better representation of women SSF concerns in policy making. Using the research analysis, the capacity of women SSF on budget advocacy will be built to add their voice during budget preparation and implementation.
- This will be amplified by public information and campaigning on policy reform. Public campaign will be acentral strategy in the delivery of thisproject; creating awareness to influence public agenda and exert pressure on the governmentto make policy changes in favour of small holder farmers.