Presentations
Wednesday March 5, 2008
09.00 - 09.30 Welcome and Introduction [0]
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies - Julio Berdegué, Rimisp, Chile.
Introduction to the conference, the programme and objectives [0]
Welcome speech Chaoan Wei, Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China [0]
Welcome by Jiayang Li, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
Welcome by 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
[0]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 [0]
Scott Rozelle, Stanford University, USA [0]
Discussion
10.30 - 11.00 Inclusive agrifood markets - Building evidence and supporting policy through coordinated international research [0]
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 [0]
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 [0]
Lucian Peppelenbos, Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands and Julio Berdegué, Rimisp, Chile
Responses [0]
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 [0], Chairman, Pick'n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd., South Africa, and Board of Directors of the Food Business Forum (CIES)
Discussion [0]
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 [0]
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
[0]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 [0]
Jonathan Ciano, Chief Executive, Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd., Kenya
Innovation in agri-processing for inclusive procurement in China [0]
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 [0]
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
[0]John Lamb, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank
Reform of the sector and building new alliances for inclusive market development in Malaysia
[0]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 [0]
Mohamed Jaouad, Adviser to the Farmer's Confederation (COMADER), Morocco
Trade rules and policy space - The view of OECD on inclusive market development
[0]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 [0]
S. K. Sandhu, IAS, Managing Director, Punjab Agro Industries Corporation, India
A private sector action - Meeting the business and development challenge
[0]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 [0]
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 [0]
Estelle Biénabe, CIRAD researcher, University of Pretoria, South Africa and Lucian Peppelenbos, Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands
Innovation in the livestock sector in Uruguay [0]
Gasto Rico Menge, Manager, Federation of Agrarian Cooperatives, Uruguay
Supporting small-scale farmer collective action through business linkages [0]
Han Zhenghui, Chair, Green Association of Nanqu, P.R. China
Adapting to change in South Africa - Facing the challenge
[0]Motsepe Matlala, President, National African Farmers' Union (NAFU), South Africa
How networks of farmer organisations can foster change [0]
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 [0]
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 [0]
Anton van Gorp, General Manager, Makro, P.R. China
Linking small-scale producers to agribusiness - the case of Hikmahfarm, Indonesia [0]
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 [0]
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
[0]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 [0]
Réka Pónyai-Pisurnyi, Mórakert Group, Hungary
Parallel Session 3 Action to build an enabling environment: anticipatory public policies [0]
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 [0]
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
[0]Panel leader - Evan Due, International Development Research Center (IDRC), Singapore
Joint efforts between research and industry: the case of Carrefour in Indonesia [0]
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 [0]
Csaba Csáki, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Responses
Maciej Fedak, Agricultural Markets Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Poland [0]
Discussion [0]
15.45 - 17.00 Feedback from parallel sessions and open discussion [0]
Session moderator - Csaba Csáki, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
17.00 - 17.30 Conference Statement and Summary [0]
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 [0]
1 Patterns and Impacts of Market Chain Changes on Farmers: Case Study of Cucumber and Tomato in Shandong Province, China [0]
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 [0]
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 [0]
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 [0]
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 [0]
Celine Bignebat, National Institute for Agricultural Research, France
6 Re-governing Dairy Sector in Poland [0]
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 [0]
Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia
8 Comparision of the traditional supply chain and the improved supply chain from grower to consumer [0]
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 [0]
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 [0]
11 A success of linking resource poor farmers (communal or small-scale farmers) to markets: a case of wool in South Africa [0]
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 [0]
Freshmark, South Africa
13 Hikmahfarm: natural from nature [0]
Hikmahfarm, Republic of Indonesia
14 Bimandiri: Linking Farmers to the Market [0]
Achmad Rivani, Bimandiri, Republic of Indonesia
15 Uruguay: a Pastoral Country [0]
Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (CAF), Uruguay
16 Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets (ESFIM) [0]
IFAP-FIPA, ECART-EEIG HQ, IFAD
17 RuralStruc Program [0]
CIRAD, The World Bank, IFAD
18 The World Bank Picture Show [0]
The World Bank