The Dapa Program Nov 2009

Editor's Notes

1. Effective and sustained farm to market links require three components:Farmers that are attractive partners for market actorsMarket actors willing to invest in working with small producersAn effective enabling environment to support / govern these linksCIAT employs different methods to leverage change in these three areas:Partnering with NGOs to provide large-scale access to CIAT research for development impact through learning alliancesTargeted action-research and incidence with large buyers to develop more inclusive private sector policies (buying, payment, governance)Learning alliances with public sector decision-makers to identify how public policy is inclusive / exclusive of the poor, women and ethnic minoritiesCIAT has expended significant effort in the past on working with development partners and this will continueTowards the future, increasing emphasis will be placed on influencing buyers and public / donor agencies towards more effective private and public policiesFor a further discussion of key research topics / areas, please come to the markets meeting on Friday at 3:30 PM, location TBA