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Farming Systems for Sustainability Myanmar The Farming Systems for Sustainability Myanmar project (FSS Myanmar), is a 4 year project, starting mid 2017 and running until mid 2021 that uses the farming systems approach to support sustainable intensification in Myanmar Agriculture. The project focuses on two key regions: Shan state and the dry zone, representing upland agriculture and lowland agriculture in Central Myanmar. In each region different areas/townships are selected to get sufficient spread in farming systems, agro-ecology and water availability/irrigation systems conditions. The project approach starts with the analysis of current practices and farming systems, moves then to the strategic design of improved farming systems for specific regions and sectors and then tests and improves these farming systems in practice. Scaling of the experiences to other farmers and other stakeholder groups and settings completes the approach. The testing activities are set to run for a three year period. The three year period allows for the necessary time to identify, test and develop new practices in the context of the farms, to create a living network with partners, to capitalize on the approach with demonstrations and other dissemination tools and to ensure that a robust and reliable outlook on the feasibility, effectivity and contribution of the methods to the overall objectives is accomplished. The project is implemented by a joint effort of Wageningen University & Research in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI) of Myanmar. The project is funded by DGIS. Impact: The project will contribute to improved food security and climate resilience of smallholder farmers in the Shan State and the Dry Zone of Myanmar Goal: The project's goal is to identify, test and develop farming strategies for farming systems in Myanmar that can meet the demands of the future, being robust, and resilient to climate change, sustainable with increased productivity as basis for profitability. Outcomes: 1. Stakeholders are aware of potential jeopardies of current trends in farming (fact based assessments) and practices and are increasingly willing to act on it. 2. Stakeholders share vision on desired systems (region specific) and farm technology 3. The farming community is informed on key issues of the future challenge and possible fitting technology Value chain partners and supporting organizations are involved in development of new approaches and innovation/introduction of new technologies. 4. Capacity is built for advanced agronomy for sustainable farming systems with education and extension. Stakeholder involvement in policy making process facilitated and supported. Improved alignment of efforts in projects involved in value chain and farming systems Farmers of Myanmar; DOA / extension officers; stakeholders involved in agriculture
Strengthening Inclusive Partnerships for Smallholders in Rain-fed Areas (SIPRA) SIPRA’s overall objective is that by 2026, there is improved household food and nutrition security and sustainable, resilient, and fair economic development of smallholders and SMEs in the rain-fed agriculture areas in Darfur and Kordofan. 

There are 4 outcome areas contributing to the overall objective:
Outcome 1: No. of smallholder farmers (focus on female and youth) and agro-MSME’s in rainfed agriculture areas have an increased and sustainable income, improved nutritional status and more resilient livelihoods.
Outcome 2: Agri-businesses and agro-MSMEs adopt an inclusive approach in terms of market-driven partnerships, job creation (focusing on women and youth), supply contracts and value chain development with smallholders in rainfed areas.
Outcome 3: More conducive environment for PA's, agro-MSMEs and agri-businesses to benefit from economic partnerships.
Outcome 4: Capacity developed and learning mechanisms established that guide field activities, facilitate evidence-based adaptive programming, and contribute to good practice and policy recommendations on building food systems resilience through development of inclusive, equitable and nutrition sensitive value chains (for improved FNS outcomes).

WCDI takes the lead in Outcome 4 and part of Outcome 3. In the related activities, SIPRA will co-create, document, and share best practices and learnings to help scale the SIPRA approach, and uses a thorough learning agenda and capacity building component to do so. SIPRA will contribute to good practice and policy recommendations on value chain development ensuring resilient and fair economic development of smallholder producer associations (PAs) and agro-MSMEs. SIPRA will also contribute to the policy dialogue on building food systems resilience in protracted crisis situations for improved food and nutrition security outcomes. The program will target the following stakeholders: 
1. Smallholder farmers and Producer Associations (PAs); 
2. The private sector (investors and providers of inputs/services (agri-businesses, agro-MSMEs); 
3. Policy makers; 
4. Knowledge creators (academia, research centers, consultants, etc.).
Collaborative Seed Programme under the Nigeria-Netherlands Seed Partnership The Collaborative Seed Programme (CSP) brings together Nigerian and Dutch seed sector stakeholders with the aim to enhance the performance of the Nigerian seed sector. It takes a systemic approach for sustainably addressing key challenges in the seed sector. CSP contributes to the vision of the National Seed Road Map (NSRM) of Nigeria being the seed sector to become more competitive, resilient, profitable, innovative and adaptive, sustainable, inclusive, resistant and transparent. In order to achieve and contribute to this vision, the NSRM outlines 22 Strategic Innovation Pathways (SIPs) with ambitions and steps. The CSP contributes to the implementation of eight selected SIPs. These selected SIPs shape what are referred to as CSP Topics. The following topics have been selected: (i) decentralization of seed quality assurance; (ii) extension on seed and cultivation practices; (iii) seed company marketing and promotion; (iv) institutional markets; (v) sector governance and coordination; (iv) alignment of donor interventions; (vii) plant variety protection; and (viii) variety release. The project aims to contribute to improved sustainable food, income and nutrition security of rural households in Nigeria, by improving farmers’ access to and use of quality seed of improved varieties. The outcomes for the eight CSP topics are as follows: (1) Decentralized SQA systems for key food and nutrition security crops established and operational; (2) Challenges related to the use of quality seed, improved varieties and advanced cultivation practices addressed; (3) Capacity of Nigerian and Dutch seed companies to promote varieties increased; (4) Seed market distortion by institutional buyers reduced; (5) Coordination, alignment and accountability among seed sector stakeholders enhanced; (6) Alignment and sharing of information contributing to NSRM implementation among development partners enhanced; (7) System for plant variety protection in place and operational (8) Efficiency and effectiveness of variety release system improved. By 2024, CSP will have reached the following target groups: smallholder men and women farmers, seed companies and members of seed entrepeneurs association, policy makers, researchers from agricultural research institutes, staff of Nigerian seed regulatory bodies, development partners investing in seed sector development in Nigeria.
BENEFIT - ISSD Under the BENEFIT partnership, the Integrated Seed Sector Development programme in Ethiopia (ISSD Ethiopia) supports the development of a vibrant, pluralistic and market oriented seed sector in the country The goal of ISSD Ethiopia is to improve female and male smallholder farmer access to and use of quality seed of new, improved, and/or farmer preferred varieties to sustainably increase agricultural productivity. ISSD Ethiopia works across four regions of Ethiopia: Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray. ISSD Ethiopia aims to reach the following groups: informal seed systems (working in 30 districts, with 720 farmer groups, each comprising 50 members (50% female)), working directly with 36,000 farmers; intermediary seed systems (working with at least 150 Local Seed Businesses and their supporting partners); formal seed systems (25 private seed companies (SMEs) and five public seed companies as well as the Ethiopian Seed Association are targeted in strengthening their business capacities and organizational development); five Dutch/international companies are targeted in facilitating linkages (Business 2 Business and business to research) and in forming PPPs (with companies and other seed value chain actors); and finally key seed sector stakeholders and seed sector decision-makers.
Nutrition and Income Generation Intervention (NIGI) for Refugees and Host Communities in West-Nile Region of Uganda NIGI is a project supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that seeks to contribute to healthier lives and more resilient livelihoods of refugees and hosts in selected refugee hosting areas in the West-Nile Region of Uganda. The project aims to do this by 1) improving access to and consumption of nutritious crops and 2) increasing income for refugees and hosts in refugee settlement areas in West Nile Region. The project will work on four pillars which include 1) working with farmers with small amounts of land to improve household level access to and consumption of fresh vegetables; 2) working with farmers with larger amounts of land on commercial vegetable production; 3) working with local seed businesses to increase production of quality seeds; and 4) systems innovations to develop innovative solutions for protracted refugee situations. The project will reach the following groups by the end of 2020: refugees and hosts populations living in Omogo and Imvepi refugee settlements and host districts; 40 local seed business working in West Nile Region; local and international NGOs; UN organizations and other implementing partners working on agricultural interventions; and small scale agri-dealers.
Ethiopia-Netherlands Seed Partnership  (ENSP) The mission of the Ethiopia-Netherlands Seed Partnership (ENSP) is to enable the private sector in Ethiopia to deliver farming men and women high quality seed of improved varieties much needed for food security and nutrition, and climate resilience. ENSP will increase farming households’ crop productivity and diversity, create 2jobs and increase the area under sustainable agricultural practices. Furthermore, ENSP will improve women’s access to financial services, entrepreneurship opportunities, managerial and leadership roles, and life-long learning. 


In 2019, MoA published the document ‘Transforming the Ethiopian Seed Sector: Issues & Strategies’. ENSP underscores the agenda’s objectives, which are structured according to: production; value chain development; service provision; consumption; stakeholder organization; regulation; coordination; and investment. To work towards achieving the mission of ENSP and achieve the impact, the partnership is targeting three primary outcomes: (1) Private sector strengthened in its contribution to food, nutrition and climate resilience; (2) Uptake of innovations and empowerment of young men and women increased; and (3) Business of the seed sector is enabled.
To achieve the first primary outcome, ENSP aims to contribute to intermediary outcomes 
ENSP works in 3 components, each corresponding with a primary outcome. The component on private sector development works through doubling and diversifying seed production; organizing private sector; and improving the performance of value chains for nutrition. The component on innovations and empowerment works through  improving the performance of selected knowledge institutes; enrolling young men and women in internships; and  increasing the uptake of sustainable agricultural practices. For the enabling business component, ENSP worksh through leveraging trade and investment in the seed sector; enhancing the provision of seed regulatory services; and identifying and promoting solutions to systemic problems. ENSP aims to reach and work with the following organisations and individuals: domestic seed companies, the Ethiopian Seed Association (ESA), young men and women entrepreneurs and graduates, prospective students and mid-career professionals for short courses. ENSP also targets working with 2 universities, international seed companies and men and women farmers. ENSP will support an enabling environment through relevant government organisations.
HortiFresh West Africa HortiFresh is a programme supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which has prioritized commercial agriculture in its strategic plan of moving from aid to trade. The programme’s goal is to establish “a sustainable and internationally competitive fruit and vegetable sector that contributes to inclusive economic growth, food and nutrition security” in Ghana and Ivory Coast. The HortiFresh programme consists of two components: fruits and vegetables. In Ghana, attention will be given to both the fruit and vegetable sectors. In Ivory Coast the programme will focus on regional fruit supply chains. The theory of change (ToC) is based on the three pathways that jointly contribute to this overall goal:  (1) A competitive and innovative high-value fruit and vegetable sector: HortiFresh West Africa supports the sector through activities and funds that contribute to increasing the value of exports and improving quality and value addition in the domestic market, aiming at reducing imports. (2) An inclusive and sustainable fruit and vegetable sector: HortiFresh will create opportunities for women and youth to engage in the horticulture sector. (3) A conducive business climate that facilitates the development of the fruit and vegetable sector: HortiFresh aims at improving the business climate for SMEs and international companies active in the F&V sector of West Africa . The programme will address other regulatory issues in the area of: imports, registration of crop protection products and food safety. By 2021, HortiFresh West Africa will have reached the following target groups: fruit and vegetable producing, processing and trading companies in Ghana and Ivory Coast and their employees; international companies investing in the West African fruit and vegetable sector; financial institutions in Ghana, small-medium enterprises; entrepreneurs; farmers and their farmers associations; women and youth in F&V sector; input dealers;  extension workers; agricultural education organisations; policy makers
Integrated Seed Sector Development Myanmar - Developing a Vibrant Public-Private
Seed System for Rice, Oilseeds and Legumes in the Dry Zone The Integrated Seed Sector Development Myanmar supports developing a vibrant public-private seed system for rice, oilseeds and legumes in the dry zone in Myanmar to cater for the quality seed need of smallholder farmers in this zone. The goal of the project is contribute to food and nutritional security and climate resilience of thousands of smallholder farmers in the Dry Zone of Myanmar, by improving smallholder farmer access and uptake of quality seed of improved and well adapted varieties of rice, legumes and oil seed crops in the Dry Zone. The theory of change (ToC) is based on three pathways that jointly contribute to this overall goal:  (1) Improved seed sector coordination: ISSD Myanmar will establish seed sector platforms together with key seed sector stakeholders, establish seed growers’ associations, and support seed demand forecasting (2) Increased business performance of Early Generation Seed (EGS) producing seed farms: ISSD Myanmar will promote public-private business models in ten seed farms involved in EGS production and strengthen the capacity of seed farm staff on EGS production (3) Increased local availability and uptake of quality seed at affordable price to smallholder farmers: ISSD Myanmar will support the establishment of local seed businesses, strengthen seed companies in their business operations and facilitate the variety demonstrations. By 2020, ISSD Myanmar will have reached the following target groups: smallholder men and women farmers, seed producers, local seed businesses, seed companies, input dealers, members of seed associations, policy makers, staff of the department of agriuculture, researchers from the department of agricultural research, staff of the department of cooperatives, agricultural researchers and development partners investing in seed sector development in Myanmar.
Knowledge Programme for Food Security The Knowledge Programme for Food Security (KP) aims to collect, connect and combine Dutch knowledge and skills for deployment in bi- and multilateral food-related programmes and link Dutch knowledge with local knowledge and expertise. The Knowledge Programme aims “to make knowledge work” by sharing effective interventions, showing what and how it works, when, and under what conditions. It aims to add value by crossing professional divides in knowledge (co)creation, knowledge exchange and knowledge use. The KP builds on the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP), the Embassy Support Programme for food security, and the Talent Pool projects, implemented to support the knowledge infrastructure of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch development sector working on SDG2. It potentially serves as a building block for an envisioned Netherland Food Partnership, where the KP can function as the space for Dutch knowledge brokering in the field of Food System Transformation aiming at Food and Nutrition Security (FNS). The overall objectives of the KP are: • Increase the impact of Dutch projects, programmes, policies, investments and business on SDG2 by knowledge brokering across professional divides. • Facilitate the creation, exchange and use by the collection, connecting and combining of knowledge for Dutch actors and their partners working in LMICs on Food System Transformation. • Support Dutch actors and their partners to get access to knowledge that is relevant, useful and timely.
vegIMPACT NL The vegIMPACT NL program in collaboration with Indonesian and Dutch companies and the Indonesian Government will train 30,000 farmers, implement innovations in the seed potato value chain, develop true shallot seed systems, and upgrade the green vocational education and training system in Indonesia. 1. Stimulate and facilitate innovation for a sustainable and commercial horticultural sector. 2. Build the human capacity of private sector staff and teaching staff to lead the development of the horticultural sector in the coming decades. 3. Disseminate knowledge on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) to vegetable farmers. 1. Vegetable farmers 2. Staff of agro-businesses 3. Young agro-professionals
Resilient Agriculture for Inclusive and Sustainable Ethiopian Food Systems (RAISE-FS) Resilient Agriculture for Inclusive and Sustainable Ethiopian Food Systems (RAISE-FS) aims at supporting transformations in the Ethiopian food system. RAISE-FS will develop and implement a demand-driven and interdisciplinary approach to Research for Food System Transformation (R4FST) and as such contribute to the Government of Ethiopia’s transformational agenda.

RAISE-FS adopts the food system approach analysing the drivers and food system activities that contribute to the transformation of the food system by addressing leverage points, resulting in increased productivity, enhanced value chain performance and improved human nutrition for improved food security while minimizing environmental impact and ensuring social inclusion. The programme specifically works to achieve five specific interrelated outcomes that can ensure demonstrated evidence to promote, resilient, inclusive and sustainable food systems in Ethiopia. Social and economic empowerment of women and youth in food systems.

The outcomes are as follows: i) Social and economic empowerment of women and youth in food systems increased; ii) Efficient and environmentally sustainable production increased; iii) Sector performance and value chains enhanced; iv) Availability of safe and nutritious foods increased; v) Enabling environment for system change enhanced. By 2026, RAISE-FS will have reached the following target groups: men and women farmers small scale food producers, entrepeneurs, local development agents, local and regional government staff, policy makers, companies, researchers for Ethiopian research institutes, development partners
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Integral Development Center for Policy Research and Innovation Advancement (Think Tank) The Feminist Integrated Center for Research and Innovation (FICRI) is a new independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Amman, Jordan. FICRI aims to establish local talent of thought leaders committed to holistic, evidence-based approaches in research to tackling feminist realities in Jordan.

Using the “Ficr Circles” approach, FICRI builds the capacity of young researchers, human rights activists, gender specialists, anthropologists, social scientists, and lawyers to conduct high-quality feminist research built on a multi-disciplinary/transdisciplinary, socially accountable, diverse, and holistic knowledge-production approach.

FICRI seeks to improve the dissemination of such research to all stakeholders to inform new perspectives on feminism, diversity, and inclusions, which prevents feminist changes from occurring and being accepted by the broader community.
FICRI links to existing coalitions in the region to disseminate knowledge and to assist them in advocacy-related activities. This is achieved by mobilizing young leaders and paving the way for them to lead such change. FICRI focuses on evidence-based feminist research methodology and facilitates policy reform and community engagement. Eventually, FICRI hopes to see policy changes on the national scale, and such changes are welcomed and accepted by stakeholders and individuals at both the national and community levels.