Promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains: an introduction

1. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 1 Author name DatePhilippine Sutz 11 Sept. 2015 IIED Webinar 11 September 2015 Promoting Accountability in Agricultural Investment Chains: an introduction
2. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 2 What do we mean by ‘investment chain’? Concept developed by IIED in a 2014 report entitled ‘Understanding agricultural investment chains: Lessons to improve governance’
3. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 3 Large scale agricultural investments involve a vast array of actors spread across multiple countries and markets Investment chain: the network of all the actors making any one investment project possible
4. An investment chain is like a stream where money flows in both directions
5. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 5 Why are investment chains useful for accountability? Agricultural investments: negative impacts on local communities • WHO to hold into account? • HOW to go about doing this?
6. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 6 Mapping an investment chain can help identifying important actors and understand the role they play in the project Helps identifying ‘pressure points’
7. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 7 What is a pressure point? Pressure points are the actors and relationships that can be targeted or used to influence the outcome of an investment
8. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 8 Following the Money Practical guide for advocates to securing accountability in agricultural investments
9. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 9 Following the Money
10. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 10 Animation: Promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
11. Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 11 http://www.iied.org/legal-tools Philippine.Sutz@iied.org

Editor's Notes

Thank you Thierry
Before listening to D’s presentation – I would like to say a few words about the notion of investments chains; why it matters; and about the work that IIED has been doing on it so far

Large-scale agricultural investments are made possible by a vast array of actors who provide money, expertise and man-power and make the project possible

They often include investors or lenders, a business managing the project on the ground, subcontractors, local governments and buyers

often spread across multiple geographies and markets.

IC: network of all of the actors involved in any one investment project

Like to think of stream – money flows in both directions down and up the river

Unfortunately – in recent years many agricultural investments projects have impacted communities negatively – i.e.

dispossession of land;
violations of human rights to food or housing; work or freedom of expression

When injustices occur, it can be very difficult for local communities to understand and identify:

who to hold to account, and
how to go about doing this

Mapping an investment chain helps identifying:
Important actors and understand the role they play in the project – like offering a loan or buying the product.
Help identifying ‘pressure points’

Pressure points are the actors and relationships that can be targeted or used to influence the outcome of an investment

In a moment - David Pred from IDI will share his experience with identifying and using pressure points successfully in relation to sugar plantations in Cambodia

Before that I would like to draw your attention to a publication on this very topic has just been issued by IIED and IDI

Guide for CSOs and advocates supporting communities whose land rights, lives and
livelihoods are affected by agricultural investments.

It provides guidance on how to follow the money to identify and leverage pressure points along agricultural investment chains to
defend land and natural resource rights. It explains how to collect evidence and conduct a variety of advocacy strategies to hold responsible actors accountable. It is informed by experiences and lessons learned from activists and practitioners throughout the world. It draws on real life examples of investment projects that have affected local communities and the different strategies used to challenge or change those investments.

for advocates to support communities affected by agricultural investments

Short animation available on IIED website and youtube

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