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Country project proposals and actions plans The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of R&D institutions, and to accelerate the transfer of agricultural technologies. Project activities will focus on joint R&D training or workshop activities with international organizations; exchange programmes for researchers in R&D; workshops with independent stakeholders; dissemination of guidelines for participatory monitoring and evaluation; establishment of a comprehensive information system; and establishment of operational capacity to support ICT. Existing facilities of the former agricultural information centres and selected Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (AARD) substations and experimental farms will be upgraded. Support will be given to (i) implementation of rural appraisals and other diagnostic studies; (ii) training of extension staff; (iii) testing technologies on farmer’s field through trials managed by researchers, extensionists, and farmers; and (iv) regional strategicplanning and priority setting workshops. 2. Stakeholder analysis Table 6. Indonesia stakeholder analysis 58 Stakeholders Their interests Size of stakeholders Extent of influence MoA Strengthening agricultural sector Whole agency Moderate influence AARD National Provincial Provincial governments District governments National strategy of agriculture technologies Undertake strategic research based on farmers aspiration through Provincial R&D Transferring technology to the end users Developing regional strategy of agricultural technologies Improving local specific agricultural technologies Whole agency Relevant national R&D focus Eight of 17 provincial R&D Significant influence Significant influence Very influential 12 provinces Moderate influence 12 provinces Moderate influence Universities Research partnership Local and interested universities Moderate influence NGOs Partnership opportunities Local NGOs Some influence Private sector Farmers Business opportunities Improved agricultural technology Income improvement Local businessmen Moderate influence Local farmers Significant influence
Country project proposals and actions plans 3. The proposed actions for improving the project Other potential stakeholders that were not specifically accommodated in previous activities should be involved in the revised project. Increased stakeholder involvement will potentially improve agricultural growth in each region. Introducing ICT into the project will accelerate technology transfer to farmers and will enhance the quality and quantity of participation of stakeholders involved in the project. It also creates the possibility of increasing the number of stakeholders involved, leading to the achievement of better results. Conducting participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an integral part of the participatory design approach. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation is important, but often-ignored element in the application of participatory techniques. In participatory M&E work, the distinction between monitoring and evaluation can often become blurred, as participatory assessments and feedback mechanisms are built-in to project design as a regular component of the work, rather than one-off events. Considering the distinction between traditional M&E activities and participatory M&E, a sub component that specifies participatory M&E is strongly recommended. In ordinary M&E activities, usually only a few stakeholders are involved, comprising of legal authorities represented by government audit agencies. In participatory M&E stakeholders at all levels are contributors to the monitoring or evaluation process. Participatory M&E is action-oriented, and strong emphasis is placed on building the capacity and commitment of all key stakeholders to reflect, analyze, and take responsibility for implementing any changes they recommend. a. Project framework The participatory R&D approach adopted by AARD uses a prioritysetting process that can best be described as bottom-up and top-down, key problems and opportunities are identified at the local level and forwarded up to policy makers to assess their relative importance within a district or provincial context. This approach is used to obtain input from farmers on aspects such as: existing farming systems, dominant commodities, and constraints to their production and marketing. The project will assist in the development of a mechanism to ensure that the local government’s priority setting methods are compatible with the selection of appropriate technologies based on the identification of problems, needs, opportunities, and constraints at the agro-ecosystem level. 59
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PART ONE Report of the Workshop
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