Inclusive Business in Agrifood Markets: Evidence and Action - Presentations, Discussion, and Posters

Presentations

Wednesday March 5, 2008

09.00 - 09.30 Welcome and Introduction

Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies - Julio Berdegué, Rimisp, Chile.
Introduction to the conference, the programme and objectives

Welcome
Chaoan Wei, Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China
Jiayang Li, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
Bill Vorley, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK

09.30 - 10.30 Keynote address - China's response to dynamic change in agrifood markets
Liangui Huang, Executive Deputy Director General, Office of Agricultural Vertical Integration, Ministry of Agriculture, and Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, P.R. China

Responses
Yanfeng Chen, General Manager, Fujian Sunner Development Co., Ltd, P.R. China
Dingshun Li, President, Aojinda Bee Product Co-operative, P.R. China
Scott Rozelle, Stanford University, USA
Discussion

10.30 - 11.00 Inclusive agrifood markets - Building evidence and supporting policy through coordinated international research
Bill Vorley, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK

11.30 - 13.00 Evidence - Major determinants of small-scale farmer inclusion in emerging modern agrifood markets

Key determinants of small-scale farmer inclusion - Evidence from the empirical country studies
Tom Reardon, Michigan State University, USA and Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, P.R. China

What makes for successful linkages between small-scale farmers and emerging modern markets - Evidence from case studies
Lucian Peppelenbos, Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands and Julio Berdegué, Rimisp, Chile

Responses
Mohamed Jaouad, Adviser to the Farmer's Confederation (COMADER), Morocco
Raul Montemayor, Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives, Inc., Philippines and International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
Gareth Ackerman, Chairman, Pick'n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd., South Africa, and Board of Directors of the Food Business Forum (CIES)

Discussion

14.00 - 15.15 Evidence of change and innovation - The role of industry in inclusive market development

Panel moderator - Ashraf Hayat, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Pakistan

Business innovations for inclusive agrifood markets
Felicity Proctor, Independent and IIED Visiting Fellow, and Bill Vorley, IIED, UK

How new models and innovation in India can secure agrifood market inclusion in India
Rajesh Gupta, President, Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar, Division of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd., India

Evidence of change in response to challenges faced by industry to secure inclusive markets in East Africa
Jonathan Ciano, Chief Executive, Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd., Kenya

Innovation in agri-processing for inclusive procurement in China
Yusheng Chu, Director of Production and Transportation, Longda Group, P.R. China

Discussion

15.45 - 17.00 Evidence of change and innovation in the public sector

The role of public policy in inclusive agrifood markets
Julio Berdegué, Rimisp, Chile and Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, P.R. China

The changing role of international institutions and agencies in supporting value chain and pro-poor agribusiness development
John Lamb, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank

Reform of the sector and building new alliances for inclusive market development in Malaysia
Azizi bin Meor Ngah, Chief Executive, Malaysian Agrifood Corporation, Malaysia

Reshaping the role of traditional and modern wholesale markets - the key challenges faced by public policy
Mohamed Jaouad, Adviser to the Farmer's Confederation (COMADER), Morocco

Trade rules and policy space - The view of OECD on inclusive market development
Loek Boonekamp, Head, Agricultural Trade and Markets Division, OECD, France

Discussion

Thursday March 6, 2008

08.30 - 09.30 India - The challenges and opportunities for the rural economy in the face of rapid agrifood market change

Agriculture sector reforms in the Punjab - Meeting the challenge of inclusive agribusiness in modern food markets
S. K. Sandhu, IAS, Managing Director, Punjab Agro Industries Corporation, India

A private sector action - Meeting the business and development challenge
Sanjeev Asthana, President and Chief Executive, Reliance Retail Ltd., India

Small-scale farmer adaptation and the challenges faced
Kushal Pal Singh, National Institute of Agriculture and the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, Asia Representative, India

Discussion

09.30 - 10.30 The challenge of collective action by small-scale producers - Evidence of change in a dynamic environment

Farmer innovation - Linking with modern agrifood markets
Estelle Biénabe, CIRAD researcher, University of Pretoria, South Africa and Lucian Peppelenbos, Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands

Innovation in the livestock sector in Uruguay
Gasto Rico Menge, Manager, Federation of Agrarian Cooperatives, Uruguay

Supporting small-scale farmer collective action through business linkages
Han Zhenghui, Chair, Green Association of Nanqu, P.R. China

Adapting to change in South Africa - Facing the challenge
Motsepe Matlala, President, National African Farmers' Union (NAFU), South Africa

How networks of farmer organisations can foster change
Ajay Vashee, President, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Producers, Zambia

Discussion

Action - Managing change for broad-based inclusive growth

Parallel Session 1 Action to bring agri-businesses into partnerships for rural development

Collective agribusiness action and self regulation
Gareth Ackerman, Chairman, Pick'n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd., South Africa, and Board of Directors of the Food Business Forum (CIES)

Innovation in emerging agrifood markets for broad-based procurement - The experience of Makro
Anton van Gorp, General Manager, Makro, P.R. China

Linking small-scale producers to agribusiness - the case of Hikmahfarm, Indonesia
Wildan Mustofa, Operations Manager, Hikmahfarm, Indonesia

Proven structures for small-scale producer inclusion in the dairy sector in India
Vijay Sharma, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, India

Parallel Session 2 Action to bring small-scale producers into sustainable partnerships with agribusiness

Panel leader - Raul Montemayor, Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives, Inc., Philippines, and International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)

Innovation for small-scale producer inclusion in the Philippines
Koronado Apuzen, Foundation for Agrarian Reform Cooperatives in Mindanao, Inc. (FARMCOOP), Philippines

Innovation for small-scale producer inclusion in southern Africa
Johan van Deventer, Freshmark/Shoprite, South Africa

How small-scale producer inclusion can work in practice
Réka Pónyai-Pisurnyi, Mórakert Group, Hungary

Parallel Session 3 Action to build an enabling environment: anticipatory public policies
Panel leader - Merly Cruz, Assistant Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines

Public policy action in South Africa - Key challenges
Tshililo Ronald Ramabulana, CEO, National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), South Africa

Public policy action in Central and Eastern Europe - Key challenges
Jerzy Wilkin, Faculty of Economics, Warsaw University, Poland

Public policy in supporting the structure of collective action
Vedat Mirmahmutogullari, Under Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Republic of Turkey

Linking market chain actors for effective policy
Larry Digal, University of the Philippines in Mindanao, Philippines

Parallel Session 4 Action to build new public-private coalitions and funding mechanisms
Panel leader - Hamish McBain, Tiger Brands Ltd., South Africa

New funding modalities for inclusive markets in Uganda
Peter Ngategize, National Coordinator of the Competitiveness and Investment Climate Strategy, Uganda

Helping business to develop and share new models
Don Seville, Sustainability Institute, USA

Inclusive business through new financial mechanisms
Sahaschai Yaowapankul, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA), Thailand

Experiences of Oxfam in working and learning with the private sector for inclusive markets
Tak Chuen Luk, Head Centre for Research and Development, Oxfam, Hong Kong TBC

Parallel Session 5 Role of research and knowledge sharing
Panel leader - Evan Due, International Development Research Center (IDRC), Singapore

Joint efforts between research and industry: the case of Carrefour in Indonesia
Ronnie Natawidjaja, Center for Agricultural Policy and Agribusiness Studies, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia

Policy networks - An opportunity for knowledge sharing
Lindiwe Sibanda, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, South Africa

Rapporteurs - Shudong Zhou, Department of Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R. China.
Davison Chikazunga, University of Pretoria, South Africa

14.00 - 15.15 Keynote address - The special challenges of transition from centrally planned economies. Insights from Central and Eastern Europe
Csaba Csáki, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Responses
Maciej Fedak, Agricultural Markets Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Poland

Discussion

15.45 - 17.00 Feedback from parallel sessions and open discussion
Session moderator - Csaba Csáki, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

17.00 - 17.30 Conference Statement and Summary
Bill Vorley, IIED, UK, Liangui Huang, Executive Deputy Director General, Office of Agricultural Vertical Integration, Ministry of Agriculture, and Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, P.R. China

Posters

1 Patterns and Impacts of Market Chain Changes on Farmers: Case Study of Cucumber and Tomato in Shandong Province, China

Jikun Huang, Zhurong Huang, Huayong Zhi,Yunhua Wu, Xianfang Niu CCAP and CAS, P.R. China and Scott Rozelle , Stanford University, USA

2 Smallholder farmers' participation in restructuring food markets: the case of the tomato subsector in South Africa

Andre Louw, Davison Chikazunga and Leah Ndanga. Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa

3 Restructuring food markets in the South African region: Dynamics in the context of the fresh produce subsector: A synthesis of country findings

Andre Louw, Davison Chikazunga and Leah Ndanga Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa

4 Restructuring the food markets in sub-Saharan Africa: Dynamics in the context of the fresh produce subsector: A synthesis of regional findings

Andre Louw, Davison Chikazunga and Leah Ndanga, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa

5 The inclusion of small producers in modern marketing channels: Evidence from Turkey

Celine Bignebat, National Institute for Agricultural Research, France

6 Re-governing Dairy Sector in Poland

Dominika Milczarek-Andrzejewska, Agata Malak-Rawlikowska, Jan Fałkowski and Jerzy Wilkin, Regoverning Markets and Faculty of Economics, University of Warsaw, Poland

7 Indonesia -Good Agricultural Practice

Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia

8 Comparision of the traditional supply chain and the improved supply chain from grower to consumer

Directorate General of Horticulture Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia

9 Joint efforts between University and Industry: Case of the Padjadjaran University and Carrefour Indonesia in Agrifood Markets Restructuring

Center for Agricultural Policy and Agribusiness Studies, Padjadjaran University, Republic of Indonesia

10 Access to High Value Market by Smallholder Farmers: African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) Production in Kenya and Horticultural Production in Tanzania

11 A success of linking resource poor farmers (communal or small-scale farmers) to markets: a case of wool in South Africa

Molefe Mokoene, Bonani Nyhodo and Nkgasha Tema National African Farmers Union (NAFU) and National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), South Africa

12 Freshmark: Committed to Africa

Freshmark, South Africa

13 Hikmahfarm: natural from nature