Markets and Private Sector

Development programmes and projects aim to address the many challenges faced by smallholder farmers and producers. These range from having access to good inputs, strengthening the delivery of business and financial services, facilitating access to markets, and providing timely market information to strengthen the negotiating and bargaining power of smallholder producers. Today, increasingly this is possible through a public-private partnership. The various sessions will showcase examples of:

  • innovative public-private partnerships discuss innovative approaches to target nomadic communities
  • developing a value-based market for smallholder producers
  • different value-chain approaches
  1. A dairy goat value chain approach in Kenya (224)
  2. CAFS as a new centre (Centre for Agroecology and food security): Sustainability standards (228)
  3. Cash-on-the-Bag (221)
  4. Challenges and opportunities of engaging in a private-public partnership: The oil palm experience (69)
  5. Cow solidarity chain – The story of a successful farmer (208)
  6. Creating conducive environment for smallholder producers to access markets (34)
  7. Direct engagement with the private sector to fight rural poverty: Knowledge sharing on a much-debated issue (43)
  8. Exploiting the potential of mangoes throughout the value chain (78)
  9. Growing local farmers; de-rooting poverty (194)
  10. Improving the production capacity of Tiko farmers through training and livelihood development and market linkages (192)
  11. Inclusive business model approach: Build competitive business relationships between smallholder supplier groups and agribusinesses (7)
  12. Innovative partnerships and multi- stakeholders approaches promoted in the RAS context (229)
  13. Investments in rural SMEs - case study from Armenia (167)
  14. Linking smallholder producers: An experience from community-based forest enterprise development programme (13)
  15. Microfinance to support Gum Arabic Producers Associations GAPAs (Seed fund) (156)
  16. Private sector partnerships: the case of the jab planter (9)
  17. Public-private partnership: Some lessons learnt (3)
  18. Purchase for Progress (P4P) (205)
  19. Responsible and Sustainable Growth for Rural Finance in Africa -Pour une croissance responsable et durable de la Finance Rurale en Afrique (57)
  20. Right food at the right time - Feed people better, feed people smarter (201b)
  21. Societies of rural transformation for scaling up innovations (187)
  22. Sweet power of cooperative paving the way for a flourishing organic sugar export business (56)
  23. The South Sudan Livelihoods Development Project (230)


Cash-on-the-Bag (221)

The absence of structures for secure transactions is one of the most persistent reasons for failure of agricultural supply chains in Africa. This session, on the ‘Cash-on-the-Bag’ initiative, will show one solution – a network of independent rural entrepreneurs who handle transactions in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. These agents benefit the seller by making immediate cash payments for products purchased, and for the buyer by verifying the quantity and quality of the merchandise purchased. Early reports show 10 to 15 per cent higher prices for farmers and commissions of 5 to 10 per cent for the agents. Participants will discuss how to scale up this promising initiative.

Dr Clive Lightfoot
Pride Africa

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