This document provides information about an upcoming conference on "Sustainability for Smallholders" to be held in London on March 22-23, 2016. The conference will address major risks facing smallholder farmers and how to develop programs and solutions to boost their resilience. Over 200 attendees, including representatives from food companies, donors, NGOs, and governments will discuss strategies around access to finance, markets, climate change, and collaboration. Breakout sessions will cover topics such as insurance, engaging women, land rights, and building community support. High-level speakers from organizations like Fairtrade, Mars, and Root Capital will provide insight and guidance. The goal is to have practical discussions that can inform business strategies and lead to scalable solutions

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This multi-stakeholder conference will address the major risks to
smallholder farmers across agricultural. The agenda is structured to provide
high-level insight and practical, actionable guidance for the development of
programmes that will boost the resilience of smallholders.
Thisconferencewillprovideyouwith:
A holistic debate on the state of smallholder farming and the
action needed to create scalable solutions to future supply chain
vulnerabilities.
An understanding of what future models of collaboration between
stakeholders will look like and how to create them.
Insights into the latest financial innovation and access to finance
for smallholders through microfinancing, insurance and the latest
approaches to different funding models.
Supply chain strategies that promote access to market for
smallholders and what procurement practices companies need to
adopt to help farmers grow.
How to proactively prepare smallholder farmers to be climate-resilient.
Arangeofbreakoutsessionswilldeliverpractical,
participatorydiscussionson:
Key technological innovations in telecommunication and agronomy.
Responses to severe human rights issues such as labour practices,
migrant exploitation and modern slavery.
Technical assistance programmes for farmers and building community
support infrastructure.
Christoph Kaut
managing director
CottonmadeinAfrica
Michael Gidney
chief executive officer
FairtradeFoundation
Nate Schaffran
senior vice president
RootCapital
Jonathan Horrell
director, sustainability
MondelēzInternational
Mark Wong
director, strategic communications
and corporate affairs,
SimeDarby
Daniel Hulls
chief executive officer
AgDevCo
Simon Winter
senior vice president, development,
TechnoServe
Peter-Erik Ywema
general manager,
SustainableAgricultureInitiative
Platform
John Magnay
head of agriculture,
OpportunityInternational
Hans Bogaard
head of agribusiness
Rabobank
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What’sthebackgroundandpurposeofthe
conference?
This conference builds on the work of several Innovation Forum
commodity-related business conferences covering sectors
including palm oil, sugar and cotton that have smallholders as a
critical factor for sustainability. This conference is a platform for
discussion on the major risks to smallholder farmers across crops,
and how business can help to build large-scale resilience and
supply security.
Delegates will gain an in-depth understanding of smallholder
farming challenges and opportunities.
The agenda is structured to provide high-level insight and
practical, actionable guidance for the development of
programmes that will boost the sustainability of smallholders.
Global farming is very diverse, which is why the conference
agenda is focused on both issue-related topics such as
landholding complexities and engaging women in farming,
and region-focused sessions that analyse the key commodity
sourcing geographies.
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3. • Daniel Hulls,
chief executive officer,
AgDevCo
• Jean-Ponce Assi,
secretary general,
Barry Callebaut
SACO
• Nira Desai,
deputy director,
CocoaAction
• Christoph Kaut,
managing director,
Cotton made in
Africa
• Alison Ward,
chief executive officer,
CottonConnect
• Michael Alexander,
head of water,
environment,
agriculture
sustainability,
Diageo
• Sarah Roberts,
executive director,
Ethical Tea
Partnership
• Michael Gidney,
chief executive officer,
Fairtrade Foundation
• Iris van der Velden,
manager, innovation
finance,
IDH
• Bruce Wise,
global product
specialist,
environmental, social
and trade standards,
IFC
• Dan Zook,
manager, Initiative for
Smallholder Finance
• Sarah Schaefer,
global sustainability
director,
Mars
• Gianluca Nardi,
senior advisor,
CARE International
• Maarten Bevers,
vice president,
corporate affairs
and communications,
global leaf,
JT International
• Elaine McKay,
social programs
director, global leaf,
JT International
• Kenneth Shein,
chief executive officer,
Prime Agri
• Jonathan Horrell,
director sustainability,
Mondelēz
International
• John Magnay,
head of agriculture,
Opportunity
International
• David Bright,
head of economic
justice programmes,
Oxfam GB
• Thomas Ursem,
manager, sustainable
supply chains,
Rabobank
• Edward Millard,
director, strategic
partnerships,
Rainforest Alliance
• Nate Schaffran,
senior vice president,
lending,
Root Capital
• Anna Swaithes,
director of sustainable
development,
SABMiller
• Tony Hill,
director,
SHARP Partnership
• Mark Wong,
director, strategic
communications and
corporate affairs,
Sime Darby
• Peter-Erik Ywema,
general manager,
Sustainable
Agriculture Initiative
Platform
• Stephanie Daniels,
senior programme
director, agriculture
and development,
Sustainable Food Lab
• Laura Marty,
agricultural
reinsurance, sub-
Saharan Africa,
Swiss RE
• Juan Gonzalez-Valero,
head of public policy
and sustainability,
Syngenta
• Simon Winter,
senior vice president,
development,
TechnoServe
• Marianne Martinet,
project officer,
TFT
• Bastien Sachet,
director, TFT
• Perpetua George,
group assistant
general manager –
sustainability, Wilmar
International
• Øystein Botillen,
manager, global
initiatives,
Yara International
• Anna Hagemann Rise,
group public affairs
manager,
Froosh
• Maxi Ussar,
The Reassurance
Network
• Jonathan Ziebula,
GIZ
• Taco Terheijden,
director, cocoa
sustainability,
Cargill
• Vitor Grencho,
manager, social
sustainability,
Philip Morris
International
• Pauline Tiffen,
senior consultant,
Verité
• Hans Bogaard,
head of agribusiness,
Rabobank
• Jason Green,
head of cocoa
sustainability,
Ecom AgroIndustrial
Speakersinclude:
Whowillbeattending?
This conference is designed particularly for organisations
operating in the following sectors:
• Food and beverage companies, agribusiness, soft commodity
traders and retailers
• Civil society organisations, certifiers and charities
• Donors, financial service providers and insurers
• Government, aid agencies and inter-governmental
organisations
There will be 200-300 senior professionals attending.
Howisthisconferencedifferent?
• More time for genuine, deep discussion – the agenda and
timings has been built to provide time for deeper debate and
meaningful exchange beyond introductions and superficial
outlines of initiatives. There will be a lot of experience in
the room and therefore we intend for the discussions to be
participatory.
• Held under the Chatham House rule – this event is not intended
as a PR platform – we hold the event under a covenant of
confidentiality to promote honest exchange.
• Content is designed for action and practice – the agenda and
event structure is designed to provide actionable tools and
practical insights that can be applied.We will share post-
conference insights and comments.

4. • Focused debate
• Senior participants
• Candid dialogue
Dayone– 22ndMarch 2016
Opening remarks by the conference chairman
Tobias Webb, founder, Innovation Forum
The big picture: What are the main risks and
what end-goal(s) should we be working towards?
In this opening session we will discuss the macro trends
affecting smallholder farming and provide an overall map of the
main risks and opportunities, and debate exactly what we should
be working towards in terms of targets to help inform wider
business strategy.
• Do we have a consensus around what future evolution we want
to see in smallholder farming?
• What are the main risks we should be looking to address?
• Should we be taking different approaches to staple food
crops relative to cash crops?
• Are we trying to commercialise/professionalise smallholder
agriculture?
• Real, meaningful progress on smallholder engagement:
which sectors are ahead and which lag behind?
Maarten Bevers, vice president, corporate affairs
and communications, global leaf, JTInternational
David Bright, head of economic justice programmes, Oxfam
Coffee break
Supply chain strategy: What can buying
companies do to boost access to market for
smallholders?
The structure, size and complexity of smallholder value chains
is a huge problem. The origin of most ingredients is unknown
and there is very little to no direct interaction between
companies and farmers. In this session we will look at strategies
of buying companies and ask what procurement and supply
chain approaches will need to be in place in order to influence
sustainability of the bottom of the value chain.
• Can companies alone improve smallholder access
to market?
• Do traditional procurement methods hinder, affect or improve
the resilience of smallholders?
• What are the latest strategies in contract, intermediary and
auction supply chain structures?
• Sustainability is a long-term issue, so will the performance
metrics of procurement and supply chain professionals need to
change in order to incentivise smallholder sustainability?
Bastien Sachet, director, TFT
Jonathan Horrell, director, sustainability, MondelēzInternational
Taco Terheijden, director, cocoa sustainability, Cargill
Christina Archer, senior buyer, sustainable supply chains: ingredients,
TheBodyShopInternational
Lunch
Smallholder financing: The innovations,
insights and opportunities that matter
Financial health is essential for a smallholder to stay in business
and in production. This is one of the main risks that individual
farmers face across different supply chains and on an ongoing
basis. In this session we will outline the existing financial systems
that smallholders use and assess how secure/precarious they are,
and the opportunities that exist.
• What innovations are coming through to help financing
of farmers?
• What have leading financial institutions done to adapt their
products, distribution channels and internal processes to
better accommodate smallholder farmers?
• Can companies collaborate with retail finance institutions
to get risk away from the farmers?
Iris van der Velden, manager, innovation finance, IDH
Bruce Wise, global product specialist, environmental, social and trade
standards, IFC
Daniel Hulls, chief executive officer, AgDevCo
Nate Schaffran, senior vice president, lending, RootCapital
John Magnay, head of agriculture, OpportunityInternational
Moderator: Dan Zook, director of investments,
InitiativeforSmallholderFinance
Afternoon break

5. First round of breakout sessions
Developments in smallholder
insurance – and how business
can engage
In this informative session we will look at
some case studies of financial innovations
that have attempted to provide security
to farmers by de-risking livelihoods and
building resilience through insurance.
Laura Marty, agricultural reinsurance,
sub-Saharan Africa, SwissRE
How to engage women in
farming
In most instances it is female farmers that
do the vast majority of the work but male
farmers that are the focus of training and
investment, and are considered the voice
of the farming community. How can we
use gender equality efforts to improve the
state of smallholder farming?
Sarah Roberts, executive director,
EthicalTeaPartnership
David Bright, head of economic justice
programmes, Oxfam
Alison Ward, chief executive officer,
CottonConnect
Moderator: Maxi Ussar,
TheReassuranceNetwork
What is the ideal farmer
aggregation model?
Cooperatives are often taken for granted
as a good thing. But sometimes they put
an individual farmer at a disadvantage.
We will take a critical look at different
aggregation models and examples to
assess when they are of value for a farmer.
Iris van der Velden, manager, innovation
finance, IDH
Mark Wong, director, strategic
communications and corporate affairs,
SimeDarby
Taco Terheijden, director, cocoa sustainability,
Cargill
Second round of breakout sessions
Human rights:
Applying the UN Guiding
Principles in farming –
engaging with serious issues
Solutions to human rights abuses
are rarely easy. Companies are often
stuck between endemic, unacceptable
“cultural” behaviour and the need to
have responsible, ethical operations.
In this session we will discuss how a
company should respond once it has
uncovered egregious practices that do
exist in their supply chain, and how to
go about developing a set of protocols
and principles to address these issues
meaningfully.
Community capacity:
Building farming community
support networks
All entities rely on ecosystems and
infrastructure to function and thrive.
A community naturally provides this
support to farmers. In this session we will
look at how to build capacity and support
networks for farming communities. What
initiatives have had the most impact and
what do they look like?
Michael Alexander, head of water,
environment, agriculture sustainability,
Diageo
Land: Engaging with
smallholder landholding
complexities
Landholding is an essential for
smallholders to make investments,
used as collateral to attain credit and
have a secure, stable livelihood. Given
the informal nature of most commodity
production and lack of effective
governance of landholding this becomes
a major issue preventing sustainable
development. In this session we will
explore the strategies that exist for
improving land tenure governance.
Kato Lambrechts, senior policy and advocacy
advisor, Africa, ChristianAid
Dayone– 22ndMarch 2016
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6. Daytwo–23rdMarch2016
Collaboration: How can we go beyond small-
scale efforts to achieve transformative, scalable
smallholder strategies?
The ability to create a formula that can deliver aggregate
improvements over a large number of farmers is the holy grail of
all sustainability initiatives. The focus of this discussion is scale
and efficacy. We will take a critical look at current sustainability
efforts to understand where these efforts have brought us and ask
what more needs to be done.
• Are we seeing any will for companies to meaningfully
collaborate?
• What developments are we seeing in sector and jurisdictional
approaches to developing farming regions?
• How are scalable initiatives going to be financed? Who is going
to fund any of this?
• How does the current structure of collaboration, including
donors, suppliers, buyers and governments function, and how can
blended public/private financing structures move the needle?
Michael Gidney, chief executive officer, FairtradeFoundation
Nira Desai, Deputy director, CocoaAction
Peter-Erik Ywema, general manager, SAIPlatform
Juan Gonzalez-Valero, head of public policy and sustainability, Syngenta
Moderator:Tony Hill, director, SHARPPartnership
Coffee break
Climate change: How to develop proactive
strategies for climate-resistance farming
Climate change has the potential to distort weather patterns that
will easily adversely affect output and cause supply shocks. This
session will debate technology, innovation and how smallholders
can proactively build environmental resistance for their
operations and crops.
• If we continue business-as-usual, what is the future climatic
environment that farming will operate in? And what will be the
likely effect on yield?
• What are the likely future environmental scenarios for climate
change in different countries?
• Is there anything we can be doing now to proactively build
environmental resilience and avert future supply shocks?
• GM crops, crop engineering and other technological
developments provide some of the most viable options for
resilience. How ready and effective are they?
Simon Winter, senior vice president, development, TechnoServe
Anna Swaithes, director of sustainable development, SABMIller
Christina Archer, senior manager, sustainable supply chains, ingredients,
TheBodyShopInternational
Moderator:Stephanie Daniels, senior program director, agriculture and
development, SustainableFoodLab
Lunch
Region-specific smallholder discussions
In these participatory breakouts we focus on particular sourcing
regions to explore the experience of different companies and
experts in each. We will examine the unique issues and risks that
companies must consider when sourcing from and operating in
different regions. We will open the debate to all participants to
best use the vast experience of attendees and speakers.
1. Sub-Saharan Africa
Elaine McKay, social programs director, global leaf, JTI
Christoph Kaut, managing director, CottonmadeinAfrica
Marianne Martinet, project officer, TFTRurality
2. Southeast Asia
Kenneth Shein, chief executive officer, PRIME-Agri
Perpetua George, assistant general manager, group sustainability,
WilmarInternational
Mark Wong, director, strategic communications & corporate affairs,
SimeDarby
3. India
Alison Ward, chief executive officer, CottonConnect
4. Latin America
Afternoon break
Conclusion: How to create a strategy to build
the resilience of your smallholder base
In this final session we will bring together the practical lessons
from the two days of the conference. Taking examples from the
companies that are meaningfully engaged with their supply
chains, we will string together an actionable guide to the key
principles, questions and components necessary to ensure the
sustainability and resilience of a smallholder supply base.
• Where do you start?
• What are the key partners you will need to
engage with?
• How much investment do you need to throw at it?
• Are there any opportunities for collaboration with
competitors?

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