29th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Public private partnerships for inclusive Agricultural Growth, ARC29 © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth and a shared prosperity
29TH
FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR
AFRICA
Public Private Partnerships for Inclusive
Agricultural Growth
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 4-8 April 2016

2. Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth and a shared prosperity
Public Private Partnerships
Why the hype?? PPP buzzword?

3. Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth and a shared prosperity
Why partner? 1. Scale of investment means
public sector cannot do it alone
Rationale for agri-PPPs 2. High risk of doing business in
agriculture can deter private
sector participation
3. Partnerships can drive
innovation, market access and
inclusion of smallholders
PPPs help to resolve:
market and/or policy failure to
deliver public good

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PPPs are a tool towards achievement of the Malabo
Declaration Goals 2025 and CAADP, specifically:
Com 2: Enhance public and private investment in agriculture
Com 4: Halve poverty through inclusive agricultural growth
and transformation
CAADP results framework 2015-2025 aims to measure the
number of agricultural PPPs successfully undertaken and the
cumulative value of investments in PPPs

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FAO Agri-PPP definition
Formalized partnerships between public institutions
and private partners designed to address sustainable
agricultural development objectives……
 where the public benefits anticipated from
the partnership are clearly defined
 investment contributions and risk are shared
 active roles exist for all partners throughout
the PPP project lifecycle

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What is the public benefit?
•Food security Broad-based industry development
•Import substitution Inclusion of smallholders and SMEs
•Food safety Strengthen rural institutions
•Environmental management Increase productivity and
competitiveness of domestic actors
•Poverty reduction
•Rural employment creation

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Entry points for PPPs in the agricultural sector
•Agricultural value chain development
•Agricultural research, innovation and technology
transfer
•Building and upgrading market infrastructure
•Business development services

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Who are the Partners?
Private
•Global and domestic food
companies
•Input supply and agro-
processing companies
•Financial institutions
•SMEs and producer
associations
•Civil society (NGOs)
Public
•Central and
decentralized government
•State banks and rural
finance corporations
•State-owned enterprises
•Research institutions and
universities
•Donors

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Issues and challenges: not a panacea!

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Matters for attention of the Regional Conference