WAW International Workshop, December 2017
Representatives of farming organizations and governments from partner countries – El Salvador, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia and Viet Nam – participated in WAW International Workshop hosted by IFAD from 19 to 20 December 2017. The workshop gave participants the opportunity to share lessons learned during the WAW pilot phase and discuss means of providing more effective support to countries in dealing with farm data collection and analysis.
At the end of the trial phase, because of WAW’s participative approach, all of the pilot countries opted to set up national observatories to document the transformation of their farming sector, with a particular focus on family farms. All of the participants recognized the added value of the conceptual framework, which reconciles the structural dimension of farming activities with the outcome of diverse on- and off-farm activities undertaken by family members. Consequently, WAW considers its conceptual and methodological framework to have been successfully tested in its six partner countries and ready to be developed in other countries.
Workshop Program – Day 1
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19 December |
Day 1 – Reflections on the WAW learnings and partnerships perspectives |
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Presenters |
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Session 1 9:00 – 9:30
Opening and Overview |
8:00 – 8:50 |
Registration |
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9:00 – 9:05 |
Welcoming remarks |
Ashwani Muthoo, IFAD |
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9:05 – 9:10 |
Eduardo Mansur, FAO |
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9:10 – 9:30 |
Overview of the WAW Initiative, background and objectives of the Workshop |
Pierre-Marie Bosc, FAO |
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Session 2 9:30 – 10:45
WAW Lessons Learned |
9:30 – 9:45 |
Sylvie da Silva |
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9:45 – 10:00 |
WAW Lessons from Niger |
Idé Yacouba |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
WAW Lessons from Vietnam |
Minh Huy Hoang |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Facilitated discussion |
Verena Wilke, FAO |
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Coffee break |
10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 2 11:00 – 12:10
WAW Lessons Learned (cont.) |
11:00 – 11:15 |
Lessons from El Salvador |
Yessica Sanchez Abrego |
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Lessons from Tunisia |
Mongi Sghaier / Salem Talbi |
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11:30 – 11:45 |
Lessons from Madagascar |
Nirina Bakonirina Rabevohitra |
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11:45 – 12:10 |
Facilitated discussion |
Verena Wilke, FAO |
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Lunch Break |
12:10 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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Session 3 14:00 – 14:50
Farmer Organizations and their Information Systems |
Open Discussion with Panel
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CAPAD Burundi |
Richard Ndikumana |
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Pakisama Philippines
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Violeta P. Corral |
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CNCR Senegal |
Yoro Idrissa Thioye |
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Change of Panel |
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Session 4 15:00 – 16:00
Open Discussion on potential collaboration with other Initiatives |
Facilitated discussion
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Land Observatories and potential synergies with WAW |
Eva Hershaw, ILC |
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Tools to support evidence-based decision-making on agroecology |
Maryam Rahmanian, FAO |
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Family farms’ registries in Latin America |
Francesco Pierri, FAO |
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Mapping informal/invisible markets |
Florence Tartanac, FAO |
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Using farm typology for better focused analysis |
Neli Giorgieva, FAO |
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Coffee break |
16:00 – 16:10 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 5 16:10 – 17:00
General Discussion |
Wrap-up |
Facilitated discussion Reflections on the Pilot phase achievements, challenges and next steps |
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Workshop Program – Day 2
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20 December |
Day 2 – Way forward |
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Session |
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Activity |
Presenters |
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Session 6 9:00 – 10:00
The way forward |
9:00 – 9:15 |
Introduction: Perspectives Summary of Day 1 |
PierreMarie Bosc, WAW |
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9:15 – 9:30 |
WAW perspectives in Tunisia |
Talbi Salem & Mongi Sghaier |
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9:30 – 9:45 |
WAW perspectives in Vietnam |
Minh Huy Hoang |
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9:45 – 10:00 |
WAW perspectives in Niger |
Yacouba Ide |
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Coffee break |
10:00 – 10:10 |
Coffee break |
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Session 7 10:10 – 11:20
The way forward (cont.) |
10:10 – 10:25 |
WAW perspectives in Senegal |
Mamadou Diallo |
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10:25 – 10:40 |
WAW perspectives in El Salvador |
Francisco Márquez |
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10:40 – 10:55 |
WAW perspectives in Madagascar |
Onivola Ratsaramiarina |
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10:55 – 11-10 |
Regional perspectives in Asia
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Esther Penunia, Asian Farmer Association. |
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11:10 – 11:25 |
Regional perspectives Africa |
Nadjirou Sall, Réseau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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Session 8 11:25 – 12:10 What next? |
11:25 – 12:00 |
Discussion: How to move forward? |
Verena Wilke |
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12:00 – 12:10 |
Wrap-up and closing remarks |
WAW Coordinator |
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Watch here a video from Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) talking about family farming and WAW potential in the region.
Watch here an interview with Nirina Bakonirina Rabevohitra and Gérard Andriamandimby, Réseau des Observatoires Ruraux, Madagascar.
Watch here an interview with Richard Ndikumana, CAPAD, Burundi.
Watch here an interview with Mongi Sghaier, Ministry of Agriculture, Tunisia.
Watch here an interview with Pierre Marie Bosc, Coordinator of the World Agricultures Watch Initiative.
Watch here an interview with Julie Flament, Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires (CSA).
Watch here an interview with Eva Hershaw, International Land Coalition (ILC).
Watch here an interview with Nadjirou Sall, ROPPA, West Africa.
Read here the web story of the WAW International Workshop.
Pictures of the event are available here.