Welcome and Introduction to the training
January 23rd, 2024
Welcome to the training!
But before we start... first some practical matters...
➢ Permission for recording the session
➢ Quick tutorial using Zoom
➢ Netiquettes
➢ Access to Curatr online learning platform
Permission for recording the session
➢ Purpose of recording: you can watch the session again!
➢ People who missed it (due to connection problems)
can catch-up
➢ Recordings will not be shared beyond this group
➢ Any objections?
If not, then we will start recording now!
Quick tutorial Zoom
Rename yourself in Zoom
➢ Right-click on your own name
➢ Choose rename
➢ First name (how you want to be called in this course) +
▪ e.g. Herman-WUR, Edwin-WUR
▪ Later on during the course, we might also ask you to
include your group number to your name
▪ e.g. Herman-WUR-Group1
Netiquette
➢ One person talking at a time
➢ Listen to each other
➢ Respect others and their opinions
➢ Timeliness: be on time for online session / coming back from
breaks
Curatr - online learning platform
Has everyone
managed to log in?
Have you already
introduced yourself?
Has everyone
completed the
preparation &
introduction
modules?
➢ Any questions?
▪ Question & Answer section of the Network café
▪ Send a WhatsApp message in the WhatsApp group
Today’s programme
➢ Welcome & introduction 11:00
➢ Getting to know each other
➢ Introduction JordanHortiFuture
BREAK
➢ Course objectives & overview
➢ Case based group work
➢ Preparation F2F sessions 28 & 29 January
➢ Q&A
➢ Closure 13:30
Getting to know each other
Who is who?
Edwin van der Maden Herman Snel
Training coordinator / Facilitator Training coordinator / facilitator
[email protected] [email protected]
Hermine ten Hove
Training coordinator / facilitator
[email protected]
Thought provoking statements
➢ I will read out a statement.
➢ You choose if you agree or disagree
➢ Use the chat function to share your response
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AGREE DISAGREE
Farmers are heroes
13
AGREE DISAGREE
The “Food System crisis” is merely a
technical problem
14
AGREE DISAGREE
Consumer behaviour shapes food systems
more than policies
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Break-out room
➢ 3 persons per room (random)
➢ 5 minutes
➢ Discuss why you think food system thinking is important
in your work!
Reporting back from breakout groups
➢ First in plenary - raise your hand!
➢ Next, type in the chat!
Training expectations
▪ We would like to know what are your expectations about
the training!
▪ Exercise: Hopes & Fears (Wooclap)
➢ First question: write your hopes
➢ Second question: write your fears
This training is provided within the context of
JordanHortiFuture
JordanHortiFuture
Horticulture sector development programme that aims to:
Improve the income opportunities and longer-term resilience of
smallholder farmers in Jordan with a complementary activities
and interventions to strengthen the broader horticulture sector
Target areas: Balqa, Irbid, Ajloun
Target groups: Smallholder farmers; SMEs; Coops / MBOs;
public & private stakeholders
Duration: 3 years (Sep 2021 - Dec 2024)
Donor: Dutch MoFA – EKN Jordan
Consortium:
Partners:
NARC ACC JCC MoA
JordanHortiFuture – 3 focus areas
1. Direct support to smallholder farmers to increase productivity
and quality of horticulture practices;
➢ GAP training programme SHFs; decision support tools; investment
grands; promotion & awareness NIA
2. Interventions at the horticulture value chain level to improve
performance and market linkages for smallholder farmers;
➢ Horticulture innovation days, innovation fund, innovation &
technology pilots; post-harvest; access to finance; strengthening
coops (JCC)
3. Institutional capacity strengthening to enhance the enabling
and supporting environment of the horticultural sector for SHFs
➢ NARC: Need-based institutional capacity strengthening; Innovative
applied research & knowledge transfer approaches; Timely &
affordable laboratory facilities & services for SHF
➢ JCC: institutional capacity strengthening to support, advise and
supervise the coop sector
Break!
Course objectives & overview
Overall objective of this training
▪ Offer a systems thinking and systems dynamics
approach on agriculture
▪ Strengthen the knowledge, skills and practical
competencies of both NARC and MoA participants to
work with and apply food system concepts and tools
Specific course objectives
What will the course give you?
▪ Basic understanding of food system approaches and key
concepts
▪ Insights into food system assessment tools and how to
use them
▪ Insights and understanding of key elements for
(designing) food system transformation processes
▪ Experience on how to apply food system approaches in
practice through case based deep dives and groupwork
to identify future research and innovation priorities
Training structure & programme
➢ 1 onboarding + 4 content modules
➢ Programme – 6 weeks:
Flipped classroom - bundling multiple training modalities
Self-
paced
learning
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Course modalities
1. Online learning platform CURATR:
➢ e-Lectures, presentations & videos (watch & listen)
➢ Publications, articles and other relevant documents (read)
➢ Short assignments & questions (discuss)
2. Live sessions – online / face-to-face:
➢ Interactive deep-dive sessions and Q&A (exchange and explore)
➢ tools for analysis and design of FS transformation pathways
3. Group work assignments
➢ Apply tools and approaches to real situations & develop strategies
for local contexts
➢ Learn actively from each other (share, discuss, reflect)
4. Mid-course reflection & break
➢ To digest all the information and catch up on assignments
Time investment
➢ 3x Online live sessions (1.5 – 2 hours per session)
➢ Face-to-Face sessions Jordan (2 full days per module)
▪ 28 & 29 January
▪ End of February (date to be confirmed)
➢ Self-pace learning curator (1.5 hours per week)
➢ Group work (±1.5 hours per week)
➢ Break week (catching up & coaching)
▪ 12 – 15 February
Course Participants
➢ 11 participants
➢ 11 participants
What do we expect from you?
➢ Thorough preparations (Curatr)
➢ Active participation (online live & F2F sessions)
➢ Contributing to plenary and group discussions
➢ Engaging actively in group work
➢ Delivering quality case work
➢ Providing valuable feedback
➢ But also have a lot of fun!
➢ Signing Letter of Commitment!
Case based group work
Group Work – case assignment objectives
Assignments based on real-life cases, from the Jordanian
context
➢ Use tools to analyse a real-life and context specific cases;
➢ Exchange ideas, learn actively from each other & build on your
and each others’ knowledge and experiences;
➢ Design pathways for transformation.
Case based work modality
During the course:
➢ You will apply FS
tools & methods
➢ Analyze, assess,
design, plan
etc.
End of the course:
➢ Present results of
the casework
Planning cycle for project / strategy
Food system analysis guided by the
Food Systems Decision-Support Toolbox
➢ Food system objective
➢ Rich picture
➢ Food system actors
➢ Stakeholder analysis
➢ Food system characteristics & behaviour
➢ Food system mapping
➢ From analysis to action
➢ Development of transition pathways
What do you get?
▪ Insights into food system theory and practical tools
▪ Apply various tools and techniques to analyse food
systems and to identify critical issues for change;
▪ Develop innovative and practical oriented interventions
and strategies for food system transformation, which are
socially, economically and ecologically balanced;
▪ Understand the role of stakeholders and how to involve
them design and implementation.
Preparations for next session
28th and 29th January, Jordan
Session presentations & Videos
▪ On Curatr you can find all presentations and recordings from the
plenary live sessions (after the sessions) here:
What is next?
If you have not introduced yourself yet, please do so at the
Network Café!
https://wur.curatr3.com/courses/FS_Course_Jordan/home#object/1666039
Before the next F2F session, prepare yourself with:
➢ If not done yet - Module Introduction to system thinking - Key
Concepts
https://wur.curatr3.com/courses/FS_Course_Jordan/home#level/329136
➢ Module Introduction to food systems and Food systems analysis
https://wur.curatr3.com/courses/FS_Course_Jordan/home#level/329137
https://wur.curatr3.com/courses/FS_Course_Jordan/home#level/329137
Go through all the training materials in:
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Before next session (28th and 29th Jan)
➢ Finalize all readings & assignments on Curatr
Get familiar with:
➢ Rich Picture
➢ Stakeholder mapping
➢ Jordan FS assessment – FoSTr programme
➢ Food System Mapping
Questions?
Thank you for your attention!
