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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?
Flying Formation (next 10 weeks)
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, documentation, meeting minutes, etc.
Candidate identified, tentative start early Aprilaccepted offer and starting mid March. Previously Grameen Foundation
User Research: In the near-term, rely on project teams to drive this
Ashu and Kunal to lean in on learning questions, ashok is residient resident expert
Support from Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed) and strategy team to bring in resources who can help with methodology (IDEO, IDRC)
Need to a consultant or hire for this role medium-term; behavioral science / anthropology background
DFN KPIs: Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed)
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”
Medium-term adds (next 6 to 12 months)
India Country DFN Product Lead: Product vision. Prior experience w FPOs. Understand needs and convert to requirements which are brought to life by designers and then built by tech.
On-ground coordination: How much of this can be taken up by existing state teams? Not much if its a new entry point as they are at full capacity but maybe if it aligns with existing work. Suppose we want to work with 10 FPOs; what do we need? Look at Samunnati cluster structure (1 resource per 10-15 FPOs).
Open / Learning questions
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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.)
Geographic focus. Prioritize geographies where we have presence and are already working w FPOs:
AP is most promising entry point: higher smartphone penetration
Odisha: Contrast w AP in terms of connectivity
What is the timing and traction / success criteria we need to see in order to expand into new geographies
Meeting Notes
Internal workshops
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