Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Presentation by Dr Manyewu Mutamba from GENESIS Analytics, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Presentation by Daniel Chiwandamira from DPC & Associates, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Agrifi is a new initiative that increases investment in smallholder agriculture and agribusiness micro/ small/medium enterprises (MSMEs) to achieve inclusive and sustainable agricultural growth.
Agrifi will be launched in 2016, together with interested parties and European Financial Institutions.
A central feature of Agrifi is that the provision of EU grants will mobilise additional public and private investment. This additional investment is needed to enhance the development impact of investment projects and achieve impact at scale.
Agrifi responds to the lack of financing mechanisms adapted to farmers and agri-entrepreneurs, particularly for smallholders and agribusiness MSMEs.
Agrifi will be backed-up by a robust component of technical assistance and value chains analysis capacity, to support decision making on investment, to enhance business development and advisory services for farmers and agri-entrepreneurs and to monitor the actions for accountability purposes.
Agrifi addresses this situation by providing greater risk-bearing capacity through public money, to encourage project promoters and attract private finance to viable investments which would not have happened otherwise.
Agrifi is therefore about addressing a market failure and it finances those actions that have a clear development impact on those who would normally not be reached. This includes smallholders with limited market orientation, vulnerable farmers, women and young farmers and entrepreneurs
The document discusses engaging the private sector for green growth and climate change through sustainable forest management and natural capital enhancement. It describes the UNEP Finance Initiative, which partners with over 200 financial institutions globally. The document notes that agricultural subsidies greatly exceed funding for sustainable rural development. It argues that policy incentives need revision to properly incentivize REDD+, supply chain sustainability, and zero deforestation commitments. The private sector can be engaged by addressing policy bottlenecks, developing business cases for deforestation-free commodity production, and increasing long-term finance availability for smallholders.
Multi-stakeholder Approach to Advance Fair Trade ObjectivesEuforic Services
Presentation given by Christopher Wunderlich (Sustainable Commodity Initiative IISD/UNCTAD) at the 5th Brussels Development Briefing - Brussels 16 April 2008
How can NGOs work effectively with companies?Oxfam GB
1. The document discusses lessons learned from Project Sunrise, a joint project between Oxfam and Unilever to develop business models that improve smallholder farmer livelihoods.
2. Some key lessons included clarifying roles and expectations between corporate and NGO partners, focusing on capacity building for farmers beyond just product procurement, ensuring interventions directly target women farmers, and carefully assessing risks before establishing new supply chains.
3. Success factors for companies to promote inclusive procurement of smallholders include having a clear business strategy and case for inclusion, aligning procurement practices with strategy, using relationship-based models, and piloting approaches with a view towards scale. This provides implications for how NGOs can support such partnerships and inclusive
The Nordic Development Fund is owned by five Nordic countries and focuses exclusively on climate change and development projects in low and lower-middle income countries. It has total assets of 880 million and provides grant-based co-financing for 88 active climate finance projects totaling €244 million. Under its new 2016 strategy, the Fund will focus on catalyzing private sector investment, supporting climate innovation, and piloting high-risk climate interventions through grant and blended financing.
Presentation by Dr Manyewu Mutamba from GENESIS Analytics, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Presentation by Daniel Chiwandamira from DPC & Associates, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Agrifi is a new initiative that increases investment in smallholder agriculture and agribusiness micro/ small/medium enterprises (MSMEs) to achieve inclusive and sustainable agricultural growth.
Agrifi will be launched in 2016, together with interested parties and European Financial Institutions.
A central feature of Agrifi is that the provision of EU grants will mobilise additional public and private investment. This additional investment is needed to enhance the development impact of investment projects and achieve impact at scale.
Agrifi responds to the lack of financing mechanisms adapted to farmers and agri-entrepreneurs, particularly for smallholders and agribusiness MSMEs.
Agrifi will be backed-up by a robust component of technical assistance and value chains analysis capacity, to support decision making on investment, to enhance business development and advisory services for farmers and agri-entrepreneurs and to monitor the actions for accountability purposes.
Agrifi addresses this situation by providing greater risk-bearing capacity through public money, to encourage project promoters and attract private finance to viable investments which would not have happened otherwise.
Agrifi is therefore about addressing a market failure and it finances those actions that have a clear development impact on those who would normally not be reached. This includes smallholders with limited market orientation, vulnerable farmers, women and young farmers and entrepreneurs
The document discusses engaging the private sector for green growth and climate change through sustainable forest management and natural capital enhancement. It describes the UNEP Finance Initiative, which partners with over 200 financial institutions globally. The document notes that agricultural subsidies greatly exceed funding for sustainable rural development. It argues that policy incentives need revision to properly incentivize REDD+, supply chain sustainability, and zero deforestation commitments. The private sector can be engaged by addressing policy bottlenecks, developing business cases for deforestation-free commodity production, and increasing long-term finance availability for smallholders.
Multi-stakeholder Approach to Advance Fair Trade ObjectivesEuforic Services
Presentation given by Christopher Wunderlich (Sustainable Commodity Initiative IISD/UNCTAD) at the 5th Brussels Development Briefing - Brussels 16 April 2008
How can NGOs work effectively with companies?Oxfam GB
1. The document discusses lessons learned from Project Sunrise, a joint project between Oxfam and Unilever to develop business models that improve smallholder farmer livelihoods.
2. Some key lessons included clarifying roles and expectations between corporate and NGO partners, focusing on capacity building for farmers beyond just product procurement, ensuring interventions directly target women farmers, and carefully assessing risks before establishing new supply chains.
3. Success factors for companies to promote inclusive procurement of smallholders include having a clear business strategy and case for inclusion, aligning procurement practices with strategy, using relationship-based models, and piloting approaches with a view towards scale. This provides implications for how NGOs can support such partnerships and inclusive
The Nordic Development Fund is owned by five Nordic countries and focuses exclusively on climate change and development projects in low and lower-middle income countries. It has total assets of 880 million and provides grant-based co-financing for 88 active climate finance projects totaling €244 million. Under its new 2016 strategy, the Fund will focus on catalyzing private sector investment, supporting climate innovation, and piloting high-risk climate interventions through grant and blended financing.
Africa RISING Initiatives: Highlights from the Ethiopian Highlands experiencesafrica-rising
Presented by Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne, ILRI during the Visit to ILRI by Shri Chhabilendra Roul, Secretary of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and members of the delegation, ILRI Addis, 12-17 February 2018
3rd Africa Rice Congress
Theme 5: Innovation systems and ICT tools for rice value chain
Mini symposium 4: Making science work: building innovation systems
Author: Defoer
This document summarizes a study on the relationship between rice enterprise development, women's empowerment, and gender equity in Uganda. The study found that rice enterprises can empower women by increasing their incomes and decision-making power, but they may also reinforce gender inequalities. Success depended on existing social, economic, and cultural factors. The study recommends that interventions to promote gender equity through agro-enterprise development should be informed by an understanding of local contextual factors like social norms and power relations, and continuously assess these factors and program impacts to influence relevant policies.
The document summarizes the "Produce" model of public-private partnerships in Mexico for agricultural innovation. The Produce model includes 32 foundations and a national coordinating body, COFUPRO, that develop technologies to increase competitiveness and sustainability. Key results include a national network for innovation, food chain studies, and strategic alliances. Successful projects increased livestock production through silvopastoral systems and strengthened avocado and cotton production systems through technology transfer. The related INNOVAGRO network promotes innovation and productivity across 16 countries through cooperation.
The "Contract Farming Resource Centre" has been established to offer a "one-stop" site, where information on contract farming is freely made available. Interest in contract farming as a mechanism to coordinate linkages between farmers and agribusiness firms has grown recently, in view of the international trends towards tighter alignment in agrifood supply chains. FAO has been responding to the growing demand for information and technical support on planning and implementing contract farming operations.
http://www.fao.org/in-action/contract-farming/en/
The KCIC is an initiative launched in September 2012 that provides incubation, capacity building, and financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) developing climate change solutions in Kenya. It is operated by a consortium including GVEP International, PwC, Strathmore University, and KIRDI and funded by the UK Aid and DANIDA through the World Bank infoDev initiative. The KCIC is currently in the process of being incorporated as a company to strengthen the sustainability of its operations. It provides risk capital through a flexible fund and facilitates other financing sources to support technologies that address issues in the agricultural sector like food insecurity, poverty, and unemployment.
Presented by Miriam Otoo of IWIM on April 12, 2018 at FAO headquarters at the International Forum on Solar Technologies for Small-Scale Agriculture and Water Management. Based on the report, Business model scenarios and suitability: Business Model Scenarios and Suitability: Smallholder Solar Pump-based Irrigation in Ethiopia: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/91939
This document summarizes a workshop on financing climate-smart agriculture projects in rainfed areas. The workshop aimed to discuss how to manage increasing risks in predominantly rainfed systems and explore options for innovative risk management approaches and financing to increase resilience. Key questions to be discussed included policies and institutions needed to encourage climate-smart rainfed agriculture, establishing public-private partnerships for supplemental irrigation, and strategies for financing climate-smart agriculture in the region. Case studies from Morocco, MENA, Iran, and Egypt were also to be presented.
Landcare food security and value chains in East AfricaACIAR
1) The document discusses using a Landcare approach and value chains to improve food security in East Africa. It provides examples of farmer groups in Kenya focusing on landcare and business opportunities.
2) Farmer groups have potential to engage in value chains at various points from production to marketing but many lack business, financial, and technology skills. Partnerships with organizations are important for providing training, research and enabling policies.
3) A proposed next step is a scoping study in Kenya to pilot applying a broader landcare approach along agricultural marketing chains and identify areas for further research to strengthen smallholder food security.
This document summarizes the Global Programme PSACC, which aims to strengthen the capacities of private sector SMEs in developing countries to adapt to climate change impacts. The program identifies and tests concepts and instruments to build climate resilience in SMEs over 2014-2017 in Central America, Morocco, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. The general approach includes raising awareness, capacity building, financing mechanisms, and knowledge sharing. A four-step methodology is presented for conducting climate risk and opportunity assessments in companies, identifying adaptation measures, and developing adaptation strategies. Initial results from assessing climate impacts and adaptation options in the fishing industry of Morocco are also summarized.
Red Stripe: We Take the Lead - Institutional ArrangementsNAP Global Network
The document discusses several private sector actors that a field works with on climate adaptation, including:
- New Fortress Energy for LNG use
- Tertiary institutions for research and development
- 360 Recycle Manufacturing to establish a circular economy
- Over 100 farmers farming on 1,000 acres of cassava
- FERSAN for fertilizers, chemicals, and land preparation
It notes effective arrangements to engage these actors include contracts outlining conditions, workshops, technical assistance, and access to financing. For farmers, additional arrangements are partner agreements and monthly meetings. Knowledge sharing forums discuss adaptation best practices and policies.
Improving smallholder inclusiveness in palm oil productionCIFOR-ICRAF
A global review of improving smallholder inclusiveness in palm oil production, presented by Rosalien Jezeer (Tropenbos International) at FTA 2020 Science Conference.
Author(s): Maja Slingerland (WUR), Carina van der Laan, Nick Pasiecznik (Tropenbos International)
This document discusses building blocks for effective agricultural value chain finance. It identifies three key building blocks: increasing financing at all levels of the agricultural value chain; improving credit and financial intermediation; and providing technical assistance and capacity development. It also discusses the major drivers for creating an enabling environment like standards, regulations, and the macroeconomic context. The document outlines supportive mechanisms like guarantee schemes, insurance, and commodity exchanges to facilitate access to credit and risk management. It presents FAO's role in providing technical assistance to support agricultural value chain finance.
Module 2: How to set up a contract farming schemeFAO
The "Contract Farming Resource Centre" has been established to offer a "one-stop" site, where information on contract farming is freely made available. Interest in contract farming as a mechanism to coordinate linkages between farmers and agribusiness firms has grown recently, in view of the international trends towards tighter alignment in agrifood supply chains. FAO has been responding to the growing demand for information and technical support on planning and implementing contract farming operations.
http://www.fao.org/contract-farming
Join IFAD and the Global Donor Platform for the launch of the report: The strategic role of the private sector in agriculture and rural development. Jonathan Mitchell (ODI), lead author of Platform Knowledge Piece 3 will be joined in his presentation via video by the authors of the Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam country studies: Frédéric Kilcher, Wyn Ellis and Pham Thai Hung. A Question and Answer session will follow each discussion point.
FeedSeed - A PPP innovation platform approach to scaling up forage seed systems ILRI
The document summarizes the FeedSeed project which aims to establish a sustainable forage seed system in Ethiopia through a public-private partnership (PPP) approach. The project will create a forage seed business incubator to provide training and mentoring to private and public seed entrepreneurs. It will also train farmers to produce quality forage seed and better feed their livestock, improving productivity and adaptation to climate change. The goal is for more livestock keepers to access improved forage seeds through new seed businesses, intensifying animal systems sustainably.
The document summarizes a study on the supply chains for hermetic storage bags (PICS bags) in West and Central Africa. The study aimed to document the current status of the supply chains, identify constraints hampering their development, and evaluate strategies to expand distribution. It utilized case studies, stakeholder consultations, and analytical tools to analyze challenges and opportunities for commercializing PICS bags and future agricultural innovations across multiple countries. The overarching goal was to better understand how to develop effective, sustainable delivery systems that can provide new technologies to smallholder farmers.
Forage seed supply in Ethiopia—Some thoughts on current status and how it mig...ILRI
Presented by Alan Duncan, Jean Hanson, David Spielman and Ranjitha Puskur at the National Forage Seed Workshop, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Addis Ababa, 12-14 May 2011.
The presentation was part of the Brussels Development Briefing on the topic of fish-farming, organized by the Technical Centre for Agriculture (CTA), the European Commission, and the African, Carribean, and Pacific (ACP) Secretariat on 3rd of July 2013 in Brussels.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
S-map Online is a digital soil mapping and information system developed by Landcare Research in New Zealand. It has provided open access to standardized soil data and attributes to over 77,000 visitors. By making this information easily accessible online, it has enabled greater sharing of soil knowledge and improved land use decision making. There is potential to develop a similar online soil portal for Pacific island countries to address limited soils data and expertise by providing a centralized repository for soil information. This could help support more sustainable agricultural and environmental management.
The document discusses Horizon 2020, the European Union's research and innovation program. Some key points:
1. Horizon 2020 has a budget of €80 billion from 2014-2020 to fund science, technology, and innovation projects and stimulate economic growth.
2. Past projects involving organizations in Papua New Guinea have addressed topics like malaria, agriculture, and Pacific studies.
3. To participate, PNG organizations must collaborate with partners in at least 3 EU countries as part of a consortium proposal addressing the specific goals of an open call. Funding covers 100% of costs plus a 25% overhead rate.
Africa RISING Initiatives: Highlights from the Ethiopian Highlands experiencesafrica-rising
Presented by Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne, ILRI during the Visit to ILRI by Shri Chhabilendra Roul, Secretary of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and members of the delegation, ILRI Addis, 12-17 February 2018
3rd Africa Rice Congress
Theme 5: Innovation systems and ICT tools for rice value chain
Mini symposium 4: Making science work: building innovation systems
Author: Defoer
This document summarizes a study on the relationship between rice enterprise development, women's empowerment, and gender equity in Uganda. The study found that rice enterprises can empower women by increasing their incomes and decision-making power, but they may also reinforce gender inequalities. Success depended on existing social, economic, and cultural factors. The study recommends that interventions to promote gender equity through agro-enterprise development should be informed by an understanding of local contextual factors like social norms and power relations, and continuously assess these factors and program impacts to influence relevant policies.
The document summarizes the "Produce" model of public-private partnerships in Mexico for agricultural innovation. The Produce model includes 32 foundations and a national coordinating body, COFUPRO, that develop technologies to increase competitiveness and sustainability. Key results include a national network for innovation, food chain studies, and strategic alliances. Successful projects increased livestock production through silvopastoral systems and strengthened avocado and cotton production systems through technology transfer. The related INNOVAGRO network promotes innovation and productivity across 16 countries through cooperation.
The "Contract Farming Resource Centre" has been established to offer a "one-stop" site, where information on contract farming is freely made available. Interest in contract farming as a mechanism to coordinate linkages between farmers and agribusiness firms has grown recently, in view of the international trends towards tighter alignment in agrifood supply chains. FAO has been responding to the growing demand for information and technical support on planning and implementing contract farming operations.
http://www.fao.org/in-action/contract-farming/en/
The KCIC is an initiative launched in September 2012 that provides incubation, capacity building, and financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) developing climate change solutions in Kenya. It is operated by a consortium including GVEP International, PwC, Strathmore University, and KIRDI and funded by the UK Aid and DANIDA through the World Bank infoDev initiative. The KCIC is currently in the process of being incorporated as a company to strengthen the sustainability of its operations. It provides risk capital through a flexible fund and facilitates other financing sources to support technologies that address issues in the agricultural sector like food insecurity, poverty, and unemployment.
Presented by Miriam Otoo of IWIM on April 12, 2018 at FAO headquarters at the International Forum on Solar Technologies for Small-Scale Agriculture and Water Management. Based on the report, Business model scenarios and suitability: Business Model Scenarios and Suitability: Smallholder Solar Pump-based Irrigation in Ethiopia: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/91939
This document summarizes a workshop on financing climate-smart agriculture projects in rainfed areas. The workshop aimed to discuss how to manage increasing risks in predominantly rainfed systems and explore options for innovative risk management approaches and financing to increase resilience. Key questions to be discussed included policies and institutions needed to encourage climate-smart rainfed agriculture, establishing public-private partnerships for supplemental irrigation, and strategies for financing climate-smart agriculture in the region. Case studies from Morocco, MENA, Iran, and Egypt were also to be presented.
Landcare food security and value chains in East AfricaACIAR
1) The document discusses using a Landcare approach and value chains to improve food security in East Africa. It provides examples of farmer groups in Kenya focusing on landcare and business opportunities.
2) Farmer groups have potential to engage in value chains at various points from production to marketing but many lack business, financial, and technology skills. Partnerships with organizations are important for providing training, research and enabling policies.
3) A proposed next step is a scoping study in Kenya to pilot applying a broader landcare approach along agricultural marketing chains and identify areas for further research to strengthen smallholder food security.
This document summarizes the Global Programme PSACC, which aims to strengthen the capacities of private sector SMEs in developing countries to adapt to climate change impacts. The program identifies and tests concepts and instruments to build climate resilience in SMEs over 2014-2017 in Central America, Morocco, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. The general approach includes raising awareness, capacity building, financing mechanisms, and knowledge sharing. A four-step methodology is presented for conducting climate risk and opportunity assessments in companies, identifying adaptation measures, and developing adaptation strategies. Initial results from assessing climate impacts and adaptation options in the fishing industry of Morocco are also summarized.
Red Stripe: We Take the Lead - Institutional ArrangementsNAP Global Network
The document discusses several private sector actors that a field works with on climate adaptation, including:
- New Fortress Energy for LNG use
- Tertiary institutions for research and development
- 360 Recycle Manufacturing to establish a circular economy
- Over 100 farmers farming on 1,000 acres of cassava
- FERSAN for fertilizers, chemicals, and land preparation
It notes effective arrangements to engage these actors include contracts outlining conditions, workshops, technical assistance, and access to financing. For farmers, additional arrangements are partner agreements and monthly meetings. Knowledge sharing forums discuss adaptation best practices and policies.
Improving smallholder inclusiveness in palm oil productionCIFOR-ICRAF
A global review of improving smallholder inclusiveness in palm oil production, presented by Rosalien Jezeer (Tropenbos International) at FTA 2020 Science Conference.
Author(s): Maja Slingerland (WUR), Carina van der Laan, Nick Pasiecznik (Tropenbos International)
This document discusses building blocks for effective agricultural value chain finance. It identifies three key building blocks: increasing financing at all levels of the agricultural value chain; improving credit and financial intermediation; and providing technical assistance and capacity development. It also discusses the major drivers for creating an enabling environment like standards, regulations, and the macroeconomic context. The document outlines supportive mechanisms like guarantee schemes, insurance, and commodity exchanges to facilitate access to credit and risk management. It presents FAO's role in providing technical assistance to support agricultural value chain finance.
Module 2: How to set up a contract farming schemeFAO
The "Contract Farming Resource Centre" has been established to offer a "one-stop" site, where information on contract farming is freely made available. Interest in contract farming as a mechanism to coordinate linkages between farmers and agribusiness firms has grown recently, in view of the international trends towards tighter alignment in agrifood supply chains. FAO has been responding to the growing demand for information and technical support on planning and implementing contract farming operations.
http://www.fao.org/contract-farming
Join IFAD and the Global Donor Platform for the launch of the report: The strategic role of the private sector in agriculture and rural development. Jonathan Mitchell (ODI), lead author of Platform Knowledge Piece 3 will be joined in his presentation via video by the authors of the Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam country studies: Frédéric Kilcher, Wyn Ellis and Pham Thai Hung. A Question and Answer session will follow each discussion point.
FeedSeed - A PPP innovation platform approach to scaling up forage seed systems ILRI
The document summarizes the FeedSeed project which aims to establish a sustainable forage seed system in Ethiopia through a public-private partnership (PPP) approach. The project will create a forage seed business incubator to provide training and mentoring to private and public seed entrepreneurs. It will also train farmers to produce quality forage seed and better feed their livestock, improving productivity and adaptation to climate change. The goal is for more livestock keepers to access improved forage seeds through new seed businesses, intensifying animal systems sustainably.
The document summarizes a study on the supply chains for hermetic storage bags (PICS bags) in West and Central Africa. The study aimed to document the current status of the supply chains, identify constraints hampering their development, and evaluate strategies to expand distribution. It utilized case studies, stakeholder consultations, and analytical tools to analyze challenges and opportunities for commercializing PICS bags and future agricultural innovations across multiple countries. The overarching goal was to better understand how to develop effective, sustainable delivery systems that can provide new technologies to smallholder farmers.
Forage seed supply in Ethiopia—Some thoughts on current status and how it mig...ILRI
Presented by Alan Duncan, Jean Hanson, David Spielman and Ranjitha Puskur at the National Forage Seed Workshop, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Addis Ababa, 12-14 May 2011.
The presentation was part of the Brussels Development Briefing on the topic of fish-farming, organized by the Technical Centre for Agriculture (CTA), the European Commission, and the African, Carribean, and Pacific (ACP) Secretariat on 3rd of July 2013 in Brussels.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
S-map Online is a digital soil mapping and information system developed by Landcare Research in New Zealand. It has provided open access to standardized soil data and attributes to over 77,000 visitors. By making this information easily accessible online, it has enabled greater sharing of soil knowledge and improved land use decision making. There is potential to develop a similar online soil portal for Pacific island countries to address limited soils data and expertise by providing a centralized repository for soil information. This could help support more sustainable agricultural and environmental management.
The document discusses Horizon 2020, the European Union's research and innovation program. Some key points:
1. Horizon 2020 has a budget of €80 billion from 2014-2020 to fund science, technology, and innovation projects and stimulate economic growth.
2. Past projects involving organizations in Papua New Guinea have addressed topics like malaria, agriculture, and Pacific studies.
3. To participate, PNG organizations must collaborate with partners in at least 3 EU countries as part of a consortium proposal addressing the specific goals of an open call. Funding covers 100% of costs plus a 25% overhead rate.
UNITECH is Papua New Guinea's only technological university, established in 1965. Its Agriculture Department plays a major role in teaching, research, and outreach activities. The department established the South Pacific Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SPISARD) in 2003 to holistically improve farming systems through capacity building, research, training, and technology transfer. SPISARD has established model villages and training centers to conduct workshops on various agricultural topics for over 2,800 participants. The model villages demonstrate sustainable agriculture practices to farming communities and provide training to improve livelihoods. Challenges include limited funding, need for more staff, and strengthening partnerships, but the way forward is to strengthen collaborations and networks.
Presentation by Raymond Brandes from the Development Connect, at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
Presentation by Olu Ajayi (PHD) from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural Cooperation (CTA), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
Presentation by Laurianne Ollivier and Judith A. Francis (CTA) at the 2016 annual meeting of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD).
Presentation by CAPAD, ISABU, ITEC and the Wageningen University at the 2016 annual meeting of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD).
Building the next generation of farmers
Supporting capacity-development of African Farmer’s Organisations through improved Policies, Technologies and Capabilities
Workshop , 6-7 November 2018, Brussels
This document discusses cross-sector partnerships between consumer goods companies, NGOs, and governments to drive shared value. It provides examples of game-changing partnerships in areas like inclusive supply chains, sector development, new product development, last-mile distribution, and public sector strengthening. While transformational partnerships are challenging due to issues like culture, resources, and performance management, they are worthwhile for leveraging organizations to create meaningful change and shared value for business and society. The document calls readers to action to truly leverage their power through such partnerships.
The Power of Networks – Strategies for external communication and science-based outreach
Upscaling private sector participation and
science-based outreach in West Africa
Date: 23 June 2022
Venue: CSIR-STEPRI Conference Hall, Accra, Ghana
Presentation by Francois Stepman
The document discusses strategies to boost agricultural productivity in India through public-private partnerships (PPPs). It outlines five themes to transform the agricultural sector's performance, including accelerating sustainable yield improvements, promoting farmer-industry interaction, scaling up food processing and exports, investing in infrastructure with private participation, and nurturing agri-business entrepreneurs. It proposes establishing Agricultural Training Institutes through PPPs to develop skilled workers. An organizational structure is suggested with representation from farmers, private partners, and local communities to effectively manage PPP initiatives at the village and nodal levels. The roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders including government, private sector, and farmers are defined to facilitate productive PPPs while mitigating risks.
A presentation by Stephen Muchiri, from Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and CEO of e-Granary, about a commercial digital platform linking smallholder farmers in East Africa to targeted services.
The e-Granary platform, an ambitious venture initiated by the EAFF is in its relatively early days serving producers in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. It aims to strengthen their position with other actors such as buyers, input traders and financial institutions, and it has generated many lessons and challenges to overcome.
The presentation was given at a webinar on using technology to increase market and finance access for smallholders hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on 24 March 2020.
More details: https://www.iied.org/webinar-using-technology-increase-market-finance-access-for-smallholders
During the last week of October, 2013, capacity development focal points from the CGIAR Centers and Research Programmes (CRPs), the Consortium office and key partner organizations, met in Nairobi to begin to define guiding principles and elements of a CGIAR Capacity Development Strategy. The CGIAR group met for several days and partners were then invited to discuss the plans developed and present their perspectives on actions required by the Consortium.
Grasp more about the outcomes of CGIAR Consortium Workshop at: http://bit.ly/1g1JXyv
1. The document discusses approaches to addressing food insecurity and rural poverty through microcredit and improved agriculture. It outlines challenges small farmers face and opportunities to raise competitiveness.
2. Key recommendations include diversifying financial products for agriculture value chains, using innovations like mobile phones to reduce costs, and partnerships between financial and agricultural support organizations.
3. For development groups, the document recommends supporting productivity, market access, insurance products, and an enabling environment for finance and technologies in agriculture.
Innovations across the Agricultural Value ChainSegun Ogunwale
The document discusses the upcoming Agric Expo 3.0 event on August 30, 2019 about agricultural innovations across the value chain. It provides statistics on Nigeria's agriculture sector size, GDP contribution, and food import bill. It then discusses various challenges and opportunities for innovation in areas along the agricultural value chain from farm inputs and insurance, to production, post-harvest handling, processing, and value addition. The document outlines the key factors for successful innovation including identifying pain points, having passion to execute, validating ideas through proof-of-concept pilots, partnering for capabilities, and achieving profit from commercialization. It cautions against pitfalls like lack of domain expertise and making costly assumptions.
Shaping a new CGIAR Mega Program on Livestock and FishILRI
The document proposes a new mega program focused on sustainably increasing productivity and consumption of livestock and fish in developing countries. It would do this by targeting interventions in select high-potential value chains through partnerships between research, development, and private sector actors. The goal is to generate measurable local impact, facilitate regional scaling, and produce technologies and learnings applicable more widely to benefit international development efforts. Key questions raised include whether this focus area and approach can achieve impact at scale, attract necessary partnerships, and balance local and global benefits.
Partnerships in Health Innovation: Expanding Paradigms of Private Profit and ...Shift Health
Public-private partnerships (P3s) have become an increasingly pivotal—almost doctrinal—driver of R&D across the health sciences. But for all the advantages that have made P3s increasingly inevitable, these partnerships have not become less complex.
The document discusses key pathways to reduce poverty in Asia through agricultural research, including improving productivity for diverse markets, crop diversification, dealing with small land holdings, and policy tools. It raises big questions around whether research should focus on high-value consumer crops, farmer entrepreneurship, or risk management. Partnerships are also discussed, and how to effectively form, maintain, and evaluate them to ensure benefits are shared.
Join IFAD and the Global Donor Platform for the launch of the report: The strategic role of the private sector in agriculture and rural development. Jonathan Mitchell (ODI), lead author of Platform Knowledge Piece 3 will be joined in his presentation via video by the authors of the Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam country studies: Frédéric Kilcher, Wyn Ellis and Pham Thai Hung. A Question and Answer session will follow each discussion point.
This document discusses public-private partnerships (PPPs) in agricultural development in Africa. It notes that PPPs can help increase productivity but challenges remain in ensuring small farmers benefit, such as equitable access to technologies and markets. The roles of the private sector are changing as it encompasses many services like inputs, markets, and financing. Balancing intellectual property rights with farmers' rights is important. Overall, PPPs must truly understand development objectives and find ways to empower smallholders and women farmers to participate in and benefit from agricultural innovation.
Public Private Partnerships and the Reduction of Undernutrition in Developing...Transform Nutrition
This presentation was given at the 2nd International Congress on Hidden Hunger, entitled Hidden Hunger, Childhood Development and Long-Term Prospects for Society and Economy, March 3-6, 2015, hosted by the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. It presents work undertaken under the Transform Nutrition Research Consortium funded by UKAID.
GCARD2: Briefing paper Public-private-civil mechanisms for new investments GCARD Conferences
This document discusses public-private partnerships (PPPs) for agricultural research and development. It notes that while agricultural research has traditionally been publicly funded, there is growing recognition of the need to increase partnerships between public and private sectors. The session aims to improve understanding of existing PPP models and mechanisms, share best practices from successful partnerships, and identify elements for more inclusive partnerships. Key intended outcomes include a greater understanding of diverse PPPs, improved knowledge of partnership initiatives, and commitments to advocate for and test new partnership approaches going forward.
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Engaging the Private Sector in Scaling up Climate Smart Agricultural Solutions in Southern Africa
1. Engaging the Private Sector in
Scaling up Climate Smart
Agricultural Solutions in Southern
Africa
2. Why Engage the Private Sector?
The private sector is important for a number of reasons:
• Plays a central role in value and supply chains;
• A major investor;
• Provides a strong link to the market place;
• Ability to go to scale with global supply chains;
• Has access to technology, skills and know how;
• Has Access to quality control systems;
• Can be a major sources of income in the form of grant
funds coming form of corporate social responsibility funds;
• Can share risks with other stakeholders;
• Has the ability to leverage local to global scale; and,
• Provides potential for long term financial sustainability.
3. Understanding the Private Sector
• Wide range of players from local SMEs in the agro-food
sector to global MNC working on the food system;
• Important to understand who are the private sector players
involved in each stage of the value and supply chains and
their market position ;
• Investing time and resources in engaging with the private
sector and understanding the value proposition critical;
• Partnerships with the private sector have potential benefits
and risks, they should only be entered when these are clear
on all sides;
• Partnerships that are only on paper or for visibility should be
avoided;
• Business models that have a realistic ROI are central to
understanding the value proposition for engagement with
the private sector.
4. What Are the Emerging Opportunities
to Engage the Private Sector?
A few have emerged so far:
1. Weather insurance part of a bundle of services for
farmers;
1. ICT based information services like weather linked to
mobile providers service delivery;
1. Private sector engagement in livestock research;
1. Partnerships with the private sector for dissemination of
new seed varieties.
5. Key Questions for Discussion
1. Can we identify more opportunities for private
sector engagement?
1. Are there opportunities for PPPs?
1. How can we engage donors to support new
partnerships?
1. Can we develop farmers organizations and
unions to play a bigger role in building
partnerships with the private sector?