Parallel Session 3

Parallel Session 3           Action to build an enabling environment: anticipatory public policies

What is the core role of public policy (national governments, international bodies, donor agencies)? Are there models that can be replicated? How best can this be done? How can farmers and the private sector inform this process? What is the role of evidence in informing the process?

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