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Week | Dates | Key Items (Expected) | Key Items (Actual) |
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1 | Feb 21 to 25 |
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2 | Feb 28 to Mar 4 |
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3 | Mar 7 to 11 |
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4 | Mar 14 to 18 |
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5 | Mar 21 to 25 |
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6 | Mar 28 to Apr 1 |
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7 | Apr 4 to 8 |
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8 | Apr 11 to 15 |
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9 | Apr 18 to 22 |
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10 | Apr 25 to 29 |
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DFN budgets for India, Ethiopia and Kenya; first pass ready by week of March 28
Incl clear ask for Tech for what we need over upcoming [3] months
MOU / co-creation plan with participating farmer groups
JDs for mission critical DFN roles published and recruiting started
Clarity on DG role vs partners esp for any new entry points
Clarity on intersection points between DFN and existing projects like TARA or ATLAS?
See annual planning slides here. Key questions:
What is the objective and key measures of success?
Staffing needs? (existing and new).
What are the main cost drivers and associated assumptions?
Any requests or dependencies from cross-cutting teams? (i.e. comms, MEL, Advocacy, gender, climate, strategy and tech)
What are the risks that require mitigation?
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Overall lead / Ashu Sikri (Unlicensed) / Define product vision, budget owner, overall coordination
Business Development / Kunal Tiwari (Unlicensed) / Coordinate w program teams on farmer group outreach; partner outreach
Project Coordination / [-----] / Scheduling, meeting minutes, etc.
Candidate identified, tentative start early April
User Research: In the near-term, rely on project teams to drive this; Ashu and Kunal to lean in on learning questions and maybe we can get support from Tetyana and MEL team. Need to a consultant or hire for this role medium-term. ashok
strategy team to bring in resources who can help with methodology (IDEO, IDRC)
Design / Prototyping: In Lokesh’s absence, need to fill this role. Hire vs. consultant?
Tech Architecture incl web3 intersection / Vineet Singh / see “Learning questions”
Legal / ???? / see “Learning questions”
Open / Learning questions
Things we want to understand better in the coming weeks:
What drives farmers to join farmer groups?
How can farmer groups make the proposition compelling for their members?
How does farmer / farmer group data ownership relate to Agristack and government perspective on data privacy and protection more generally?
How are web3 concepts / technologies an enabler for DFN? When is the right time to layer them in?
Tokens as an incentive and orchestration mechanism
What is the legal structure that enshrines farmer control in terms of governance and ownership (DAO vs. Trust vs. Cooperative)
NFTs?
Blockchain for data storage infrastructure?
Usability (private keys, etc.)
Meeting Notes
Internal workshops
more time on next steps at the end to plan FPO workshop
thursday (feb 24): AP or JH/OD
FPO workshops
State leads lead on workshop logistics esp attendees
can we complement w smaller focus group discussions
on-going engagement (eg, whatsapp groups)
translator
strategy team as reviewer / contributor on how to make this participatory (best practices)
annual planning is priority for the team over the next couple weeks
update andrew and gelsey to project annual plans have link to DFN where it makes sense (Shreya)
FF for India vs. Ethiopia vs. Kenya
I agree - Also, flying formation not just for India but also for Ethiopia and Kenya.. For Ethiopia Kebede has suggested Beza (and until she comes back Hawi) and in Kenya Henry.. While Andrew and I can support re coordination
Open / Learning questions
Things we want to understand better in the coming weeks:
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What drives farmers to join farmer groups?
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How can farmer groups make the proposition compelling for their members?
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How does farmer / farmer group data ownership relate to Agristack and government perspective on data privacy and protection more generally?
How are web3 concepts / technologies an enabler for DFN? When is the right time to layer them in?
...
Tokens as an incentive and orchestration mechanism
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What is the legal structure that enshrines farmer control in terms of governance and ownership (DAO vs. Trust vs. Cooperative)
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NFTs?
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Blockchain for data storage infrastructure?
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Immediate to dos
Schedule internal workshop (Ashu and Kunal)
Ankita to support? (Krish)
Ethiopia + Kenya sessions (Shreya to coordinate)