Making the Connection: Value Chains for Transforming Smallholder Agriculture An International Conference to be held at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 6-9 November, 2012
AGENDA REGISTRATION | SUNDAY 4 NOV 2012 14.00 – 19.00
4 Nov
REGISTRATION | MONDAY 5 NOV 2012 10.00 – 19.00
5 Nov
DAY 1 | TUESDAY 6 NOV 2012
6 Nov
08.00 – 12.00 4REGISTRATION 08.45 – 09.45 4OPENING SESSION Speech of Welcome: Mr Michael Hailu, Director, CTA Remarks: Mr Josué Dioné on behalf of UNECA Executive Secretary Remarks: H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture Official Opening: Mr H.E. Wondirad Mandefro, State Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
09.45 – 10.30
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Professor David Hughes, Emeritus Professor, Imperial College, London. Setting the scene: world agrifood trends and their potential impact on developing country value chains. Moderator: Ms Patricia Amira, Host, “The Patricia Show”.
10.30 – 11.15 4COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION AND PRESS CONFERENCE
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11.15 – 13.00 4PLENARY SESSION ONE PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE, MARKET-LED VALUE CHAINS A moderated panel discussion in which speakers from the private sector, public sector, international agencies and academia will draw on the Keynote Speech and their own experiences to address topics such as how to promote sustainability, whether sustainable growth will come from domestic or export markets, investments required for successful value chains, and the role of SMAEs. Moderator: Ms Patricia Amira, Host, “The Patricia Show”. Panelists: Mr Khalid Bomba, CEO, Ethiopian Agriculture Transformation Agency Mr Michael Nkonu, Executive Director, Fairtrade Africa Mr Hasit Shah, Director, Sunripe Group, Kenya Prof. Sylvia Concepcion, Dean of the School of Management, University of the Philippines, Mindanao Mr Jean Pierre Imele, Biotropical srl, Cameroon Mr Chris Anstey, Sustainable Supply Chain Consultant, UK
13.00 – 14.30
4LUNCH AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
14.30 – 16.30
4BREAKOUT SESSIONS
4REFRESHMENTS AND EXHIBITION 4 18.30 – 21.00 4WELCOME COCKTAIL AT THE SHERATON HOTEL 16.30 – 17.00
DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY 7 NOV 2012 2
7 Nov
08.45 – 10.45 4PLENARY SESSION TWO INVOLVING SMALLHOLDERS IN MODERN VALUE CHAINS The panel will include speakers from the private sector, farmer organisations and others and will consider how to ensure sustainable inclusion of smallholders in commercial value chains and ways of “scaling up”. Examples of successful inclusion will be presented. Moderator: Mr Joost Guijt, Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University Panelists to include: Mr Jethro Greene, Chief Coordinator, Caribbean Farmers Network (CAFAN) Mr Thomas Delbar, Ecom Trading Mr Larry Attipoe, Value chain specialist, SNV Netherlands development organisation Mr Steve Wiggins, ODI Overseas Development Institute, UK
10.45 – 11.15
4COFFEE BREAK AND EXHIBITION
11.15 – 13.00 4BREAKOUT SESSIONS 13.00 – 14.30 4LUNCH AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES 14.30 – 16.00 4BREAKOUT SESSIONS 16.00 – 16.30 4COFFEE BREAK AND EXHIBITION 16.30 – 18.00 4REGIONAL BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS Eastern and Southern Africa Moderator: Mr Lamon Rutten, CTA West and Central Africa Moderator: Mr Vincent Fautrel, CTA Caribbean and the Pacific Moderator: Mr Andrew Shepherd, CTA
DAY 3 | THURSDAY 8 NOV 2012 3
8 Nov
08.45 – 10.45 4PLENARY SESSION THREE THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN FACILITATING VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT Moderated discussions that will include consideration of enabling environments, Public-Private Partnerships and training in support of value chains. Moderator: Mr Lanre Akinola, Editor, “This is Africa” Panelists: Mr Donald Keith Amiel, President, Caribbean Agri-business Association (CABA) Mr Léini Lare-Sambiani, ECOWAS Ms Jacqueline Mkindi, Executive Director, Tanzania Horticultural Association Mr André Dellevoet, Executive Manager, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, Nairobi Ms Ellen Olafsen, infoDev – The World Bank Group
10.45 – 11.15
4COFFEE BREAK AND EXHIBITION
11.15 – 13.00 4BREAKOUT SESSIONS 13.00 – 14.30 4LUNCH AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
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14.30 – 15.00
KEYNOTE SPEECH Mr Daniel Gad, Managing Director MetroLux Flowers and Omega Farms, Ethiopia
15.00 – 16.00 4PLENARY SESSION FOUR - THE WAY FORWARD Moderated Plenary discussion on actions required to promote value chains for smallholder transformation, drawing on discussions during the plenary and breakout sessions. Moderator: Mr Lamon Rutten, CTA Panelists: Mr Djibo Bagna, President of ROPPA Mr Gerald Masila, CEO, Eastern African Grain Council Mr Stephen Hazelman, Women in Business Development, Samoa
16.00 – 16.30
4PRIZE GIVING AND CLOSING SESSION Mr Michael Hailu, Director CTA Dr Josué Dioné, Director FSSD, UNECA
16.30 – 17.30
4REFRESHMENTS AND EXHIBITION
DAY 4 | FRIDAY 9 NOV 2012 08.00 – 18.00 4OPTIONAL FIELD TRIPS
9 Nov
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
6 Nov
PLENARY ROOM ROOM CR3
14.30 - 16.30
THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WILL BE THE FOLLOWING THE ROLE OF FARMER ORGANIZATIONS IN BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN SUPPLIERS AND BUYERS Moderator, Mr Heiko Bammann, FAO Panelists: Mr Kyle Stice, Natures Way Cooperative, Fiji Ms Keeley Holder, Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFAN) Mr Dunstan Demille, Consolidated Foods Ltd, St Lucia Mr David Doolan, Balochistan Agriculture Project, FAO, Pakistan Mr Fadel Ndiame, FOSCA, Kenya
RESULTS IN VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT: DO WE HAVE ANY? MONITORING AND REPORTING
Moderator, Mr Jim Tanburn, DCED Panelists to include: Ms Mihaela Balan, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Mr Moses Pelomo, Cocoa Livelihoods Improvement Program, Solomon Islands
ROOM CR5
Moderator, Mr Ken Lohento, CTA Panelists: Mr Boss Farijallah, Sustainable Harvest Mr Shaun Ferris, CRS Mr Fritz Brugger, Syngenta Foundation Mr Kwame Bentil, Mfarms, Ghana Mr Peter Thompson, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Jamaica
ROOM CR6
VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION
PLENARY ROOM
TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR ANALYSING VALUE CHAINS
Moderator: Mr Merten Sievers, ILO Mr Abraham Okolla Wakhutu, ATC, Kenya Tadesse Meskela, Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (OCFCU), Ethiopia
Moderator, Mr Steven Franzel, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Speakers: Mr Andreas Springer-Heinze, GIZ Mr Jason Donovan, ICRAF Mr Elly Kaganzi, CARE, Uganda Ms Felicity Proctor, Felicity Proctor Consulting Ltd.
MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND VALUE CHAINS: TOWARDS STRENGTHENED PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
ROOM CR3
11.15 - 13.00
MOBILE SERVICES STRENGTHENING AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS FOR SMALLHOLDERS
Moderator: Mr Vincent Fautrel, CTA Panelists: Ms Enid Cuellar, Market Information Organisation of the Americas (MIOA), Honduras Mr Mark Davies, Esoko, Ghana Mr Sani Laouali Addoh, West African MIS Network (RESIMAO), Senegal Ms Janet Ngombalu, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) – Regional AgriTrade Network (RATIN) Mr Patrice Annequin, IFDC, Ghana Mr Yaya Ndjore, Tigo, Tanzania Mr Ahadu Woubshet, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Mr Ashok Nair, Reuters Market Light, India Mr Bernard Yvetot, Orange (France-Telecom)
7 Nov
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ROOM CR5 PLENARY ROOM CR3
DEVELOPING GREEN AGRI-FOOD VALUE CHAINS
Moderator, Ms Florence Tartanac, FAO Mr Spencer Henson, Institute of Development Studies, UK Mr Louis Bockel, FAO Mr. Robert Best, Trinidad & Tobago Mr. Patrick Mwesigye, United Nations Environment Programme
REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR COORDINATED FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Moderator: Ms Susan Minae, FAO Mr Abebe Haile Gabriel, AUC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Mr Chungu Mwila, ACTESA-COMESA, Lusaka, Zambia Mr Aliou Diagne, Africa Rice Center, Cotonou, Benin Mr Josué Dioné, Director FSSD, UNECA
IMPROVING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FARMERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS Moderator: Mr Gerrit Holtland, Agri-Hub, Ethiopia Panelists to include: Mr John Belt, Royal Tropical Research Institute (KIT), Netherlands Mr Getnet Haile, Target Business Consultants, Ethiopia
VALUE CHAIN FINANCE
Moderator: Mr Lamon Rutten, CTA Ms Marie-Cécile Thirion, AFD Mr Edwin Masimba Moyo, Rollex (Pvt) Ltd, Zimbabwe Mr Ibrahima Diakhoumpa, USAID/Projet Croissance Economique, Senegal Mr Saleh Usman Gashua, African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) Mr Milton Lore, Land O’Lakes
ROOM CR5
VALUE CHAINS AND CAPACITY BUILDING
Moderator, Mr Jo Cadilhon, ILRI Panelists to include: Ms Dinah Hanson, AAgri.net - Association of African Business Schools Mr Stephen Hazelman, Women in Business Development, Samoa Mme Hortense Kinkodila, CNOP-CONGO, Congo Brazzaville Mr Joel Alcocer, International Training Centre-ILO
FARMER ORGANISATIONS IN VALUE CHAIN POLICY MAKING
ROOM CR6
14.30 - 16.00
ROOM CR6
11.15 - 13.00
THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WILL BE THE FOLLOWING
Moderator: Mr Stephen Muchiri, EAFF Panelists to include: Mr Giel Ton, AGRINATURA/LEI Wageningen UR, Netherlands Ms Meike Carmen Willems, Junta Nacional de Café, Peru Mr John Mutunga, Kenyan National Federation of Agricultural Producers, Kenya Mr Hajasoanirina Rakotomandimby, Coalition Paysanne de Madagascar, Madagascar Mr Alexander Chikapula, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi, Malawi
7 Nov
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
PLENARY ROOM CR3 ROOM CR5 ROOM CR6
16.30 - 18.00
THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WILL BE THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION ON ACTIONS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP VALUE CHAINS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
DISCUSSION ON ACTIONS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP VALUE CHAINS IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
DISCUSSION ON ACTIONS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP VALUE CHAINS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE PACIFIC
SMALLHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN LIVESTOCK VALUE CHAINS Moderator: Mr Derek Baker, ILRI Panelists to include: Mr Gizaw Negussie, Senior Technical Advisor, Namibian Meat Board Dr Sherif Shams Eldin Aly Sadek, Egypt Ms Mayasa Ayoub Simba, Tanzanian Dairy Board
7 Nov
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
PLENARY
CHAIN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH VALUE ADDITION: TRANSFORMING SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE THROUGH AGRO-FOOD PROCESSING AND POST-HARVEST HANDLING Moderator: Mr Dejene Tezera, UNIDO Panelists to include: Mr Patrick Kormawa, UNIDO Mr Joseph F. Haule, Cashewnut Processors Association, Tanzania Mr Chris Okeke, Nigerian Starch Mills, Ltd., Nigeria Mr Sunil Kumar Patra, Patanjali Food & Herbal Parks, India
ROOM CR3
CONTRACT FARMING
Moderator: Mr Andrew Shepherd, CTA. Panelists to include: Ms Elizabeth Isu Rava, Oil Palm Industry Corporation, Papua New Guinea Mr Kit Chan, K Farm, Malaysia Ms Sudha Narayanan, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India Ms Sithembile Maunze, SNV, Zimbabwe Mr Charles Eaton, Contract Farming Consultant, Fiji Andrew Keck, USAID/Projet Croissance Economique, Senegal
ROOM CR5
GOVERNANCE OF VALUE CHAINS
ROOM CR6
11.15 - 13.00
THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WILL BE THE FOLLOWING
Moderator, Dr Bill Vorley, IIED Panelists to include: Mr Erinch Sahan, Oxfam, UK Ms Ramila Aslanova, Sunrise Project, Azerbaijan Mr Joost Nelen, SNV Netherlands development organisation Mr Karim TraorĂŠ, National Cotton Association, Burkina Faso Ms Sara Mbago-Bhunu, SNV, DR Congo Mr Mulugeta Worku Ayele, Oxfam, Ethiopia
A BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATION?
Moderator: Ms Yuca Waarts, LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre Panelists to include: Mr Michiel Kuit, Kuit Consultancy, Netherlands Ms Janet Chigabatia-Adama, Savanna Farmers Marketing Company, Ghana Mr Austin Kidzeru, Olam International, Cameroon Mr Kebba Colley, IDH
8 Nov