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8 April 2010 CARD Secretariat Format of presentation at the Third CARD General Meeting

• 1. Objective of the presentation

Share the updates of the implementation of NRDS as well as the rice-related interventions of the government and development partners. Also, inform participants the current position of NRDS in the overarching development / funding framework. This will form a basis for the subsequent discussion among the participants that gears toward identification of future interventions.

• 2. Duration of each presentation

Maximum 20 minutes. As we wish to secure enough time for discussion, your kind cooperation to keep time is highly appreciated.

• 3. Media of presentation

Microsoft Power Point is the preferred tool for presentation. Additionally, it is requested to use the relevant country pages of the CARD Website.

• 4. Presentation Format

Each presentation shall present the contents in the following order. There will be 6 to 8 presentation pages and 2 pages on the web.

• a. Chronology (one slide)

 Launching of NRDS, with dates and participating development partners  Mid-year Stakeholder Meeting (MSM), date and participating development partners

• b. Modality of implementation (one slide)

 The list of stakeholders for implementation of NRDS, which was provided at the occasion of supporting meetings in October / November 2009 (see Annex 1 for the blank format)

• c. Constraints for implementation of NRDS (one slide)
• d. Current situation on rice-related intervention

 List of on-going / recently-closed interventions (CARD

Webpage). Example of Cameroon is available at: http://www.riceforafrica.org/index.php?option=com_content& view=article&id=43&Itemid=81  Overview of sub-sector coverage (CARD Webpage). Example

• f Cameroon is available at:

http://www.rice4africa.org/index.php?option=com_content&vi ew=article&id=401:overal-analysis-of-rice-projects-in-senegal& catid=25:the-project&Itemid=106  Rice Location Map (one slide, see Annex 2 for the example of Kenya) which was prepared for the inauguration of NRDS  Analysis (one slide) – which sub-sector / elements are getting heavy interventions, or paid less attention?  Areas requiring more interventions in the short, medium and long term (one slide)

• e. NRDS linkage with other development strategies (if applicable, two

slides)  Applicable to Cameroon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda in which IFAD Small Grant study was conducted  Describe the current situation of NRDS in the context of

• verarching development / funding framework as well as

necessary actions to secure SUSTAINABLE investment from the Government and the development partners

• f. Future steps (one slide)

 To conclude, revisit: i) the way to improve quality of NRDS implementation; ii) key intervention sub-sectors, and iii) steps taken to improve conformity of NRDS with overarching development framework and to secure more investment

• 5. Submission to the CARD Secretariat

For the CARD Secretariat to deliver the presentation materials to the meeting participants, the electronic copy of the presentation shall be submitted to Ms. Sawako Nevin of the CARD Secretariat (snevin@agra-alliance.org) by Tuesday 4 May 2010.

Annex 1 Blank format of the NRDS implementation modalities

• 5. Operational arrangements of NRDS M & E

NRDS TF Stats Dept. Government Donors NGOs Farmers

Commercial Sector

Project updates Project updates Project updates

ACR

HL indicators

ASM ASM ASM ASM ASM MSM MSM MSM MSM MSM ASM ASM MSM MSM MCB

Annex 2 Rice Location Map (example of Kenya)

Production area Consumption area Research station Untapped potential area Project sites

Kenya

Priority areas Seed distribution facilities