Outline • PrOpCom’s Background

• PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions

• Purpose of the Policy Dialogue

• PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions-Locations and Activities

• Focus on Agric Policy-Sharing experiences from Kano,

Ogun and Adamawa

• Participating States

• Outputs of Policy Interventions

• Intervention Lessons

• Conclusion

PrOpCom’s Background What does PrOpCom stand for?

PrOpCom means ‘Promoting pro-poor opportunities through commodity and service markets’

For how long has PrOpCom been in Nigeria?

PrOpCom started its preliminary work in 2004 and has continued to work in some Nigerian states since then.

Who funds PrOpCom?

PrOpCom is funded by the Dept for International Development (DFID) of UK There is DFID Nigeria that funds and oversees the activities of PrOpCom

 Facilitate functionality and Efficiency of Nigerian commodity and service markets in such a way as to assure these markets benefit the poor

 Supports systemic change in markets on which the poor rely, to produce pro-poor outcomes and opportunities such as enhanced incomes, increased jobs, improved access to markets, and reduced risk.

 Emphasizes market-led development, linking market developments to policy reforms.

 Contributes to removing constraints to efficient market operations and linking market actors to work together and serve each other on a sustainable basis

 Improving access and returns to the livelihood assets of the poor.

PrOpCom’s Background (cont’d) What does PrOpCom do?

 PrOpCom select catalytic intervention areas with high potential for poverty reduction, economic growth and those that are likely to result in sustainable systemic change

 Selects interventions that are deemed achievable within available programme resources.

 Identifies the general and specific constraints preventing the proper functioning of the market system

 Addresses the causes of the specific constraints of the core market with the activities that are likely to result in a systemic change on a sustainable basis.

 Engages the right partners, stakeholders, and the target audience through facilitation, in such a way that the stakeholders take the ownership, while PrOpCom remains at the background.

 PrOpCom is not a handout organization – but a facilitator.

PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions How does PrOpCom carry out its interventions?

PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions- Outcomes

- Enhanced incomes

 Understanding of value chains by Stakeholders

 Cooperation between state and non-state actors

 Poverty Reduction

 Increased jobs  Improved access to market  Mitigation of risks  Improved livelihood

Purpose of the Policy Dialogue How and why are they invited?

 Zonal representation

 Diversity of poverty experience between zones and states

 Potential for pro poor policy development in agric

 To share in the experiences of state level intervention by PrOpCom in Kano, Ogun and Adamawa

 Desire of PrOpCom to extend its pro poor policy message and influence to other states of the federation

 To promote understanding of how to initiate production and market efficiency that are pro poor

Purpose of the Policy Dialogue (cont’d) How and why are they invited (cont’d)?

 To promote active/deliberate horizontal cooperation in policy and related activities at the sub-national level to compliment the current vertical interaction at the initiative of the federal government (sectoral national councils)

• Reducing barriers to interstate trade –transaction costs • Promoting development of improved local technologies • Disseminating information • Developing directories to improve contacts and information flow • Promoting the concept and practice of commodity value chains across states

Kano state  Policy

 Facilitating the development of Kano Rice Policy  Market Access

 Kano Rice Parboilers: Facilitating financial access to women parboilers  Kano Rice Marketing : Promoting standard packaging and labels for Kano rice

 Capacity Building  Enterprise Training NAEC

 Technical support  Kano Rice Milling : Promoting access to improved technologies (destoners & parboiling drums)for high quality local rice  Ag Mechanization – Promotes Private-sector driven supply of Tractors & Threshers

PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions- Locations & Activities

PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions- Locations & Activities (cont’d)

Ogun state

 Policy  Facilitating the development of Ogun Rice Policy

 Market Access  Ofada Rice Marketing : Promoting standard packaging and labels for Ofada rice

 Capacity Building  Enterprise Training NAEC

 Technical support  Rice Milling Machines: Promoting access to improved technologies (destoners & parboiling drums)for high quality local rice  Ag Mechanization – Promotes Private-sector driven supply of tractors and threshers

Adamawa State  Policy

 Facilitating the development of fertilizer policy

Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) Rice Network  Facilitated the formation of Rice Network for enhanced public- private dialogue

PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions- Locations & Activities (cont’d)

PrOpCom’s catalytic interventions- Locations & Activities (cont’d)

Fertilizer  Facilitate the production of new blend of fertilizer in partnership with Notore and Tak (Notore aminchi &Tak aminchi) in 15 states (Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Borno, Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Oyo, Gombe, Edo, Delta, Ebonyi

Financial Services  Partner with e-Tranzact (a company offering online real-time payment systems) to facilitate financial services and access for the rural unbanked.  Pilot phase in Benue state

National Assembly, Abuja  Provided technical support to the House of Rep Committee on Agric

• Initiative of the policy intervention unit of PrOpCom • Policy is overarching in achieving objective of poverty reduction • Improper policy making leads to waste of resources and poor results • Policy making requires inter-sectoral cooperation and therefore promotes dialogue between public servants • Policy making provides a basis for assessing government commitment to development and poverty reduction • Policy document is a sales document to government • Gives development partners opportunity for determining entry point for assistance while state ownership is retained.

Focus on Agric Policy Dialogue: Sharing Experiences from Kano, Ogun and Adamawa

Kano  

Adamawa  

Ogun  

NIGER  

BENUE  

GOMBE  KDUNA  

KANO  

KWARA  

ONDO  

DELTA  C.    

RIVERS  

EBONYI  

Imo  

ADAMAWA  

OGUN  

  Benue   Cross River   Delta   Ebonyi   Gombe   Imo   Kaduna   Kwara   Niger   Ondo

The Agric Policy Dialogue – Participating States

 Rice policy document for Kano State approved by the state Executives (details and the outcomes to be presented by Kano)

 Rice Policy document for Ogun awaiting approval (details and the outcomes to be presented by Ogun)

 Report on Fertiliser study for Adamawa is leading to a re-think of fertilizer policy in the state (details and the outcomes to be presented by Adamawa)

Intervention Outputs

 Greater appreciation in the use of evidence for policy making

 Learning to manage conflicts in process of policy making

 Learning to work with different stakeholders requires skills in human management and patience in understanding interpersonal relationship

Lessons learnt from the interventions

Conclusion

• The paper has highlighted PrOpCom’s  Catalytic interventions in general and  Its facilitative role in supporting agric policy reforms in particular

• We hope that participants will find the lessons and experiences useful and adaptable for developing pro-poor and sustainable policies in their various states

Many thanks for your attention!