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Farmer First Revisited 12 – 14 December 2007 at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK Presentation, Theme 1

Farmer First Revisited 12 – 14 December 2007 at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK Presentation, Theme 1b, Engaging with Markets Discussant: John Dixon (CIMMYT). Engaging with the market John D < Farmer first revisited>. Context: generic.

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Farmer First Revisited 12 – 14 December 2007 at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK Presentation, Theme 1

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  1. Farmer First Revisited 12 – 14 December 2007 at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK Presentation, Theme 1b, Engaging with Markets Discussant: John Dixon (CIMMYT)

  2. Engaging with the marketJohn D<Farmer first revisited>

  3. Context: generic • Differentiation by system including local institutional contexts; off-farm income often > 50% of small farm-household income • Increasing demand for HVAPs -- livestock products, fish, vegetables, fruits • Globalization asymmetries; supermarket tsunami, with enormous purchasing power; niche markets and yet consolidation of agro-food firms • Growth of produce market chains cf. production; neglect of input and services chains (finance, seed, knowledge) • Reduction in public sector agricultural input and services provision; uneven replacement by private sector > “coordination” failures • Increasing role of NGOs and private sector

  4. Methodological responses: generic • Differentiate explicitly farm household types in different institutional contexts • Expect dynamic responses including emergence/evaporation of niche markets and chain firms • Map specific chains and cross-linkages • Apply participatory methods (originally developed with farmers) with small and large businesses • Seek out private-public-partnerships/platforms

  5. Specific issues from papers • MARKET LINKS OPERATIONAL STRATEGY (Clive) • Intermediaries • Inclusiveness? Incentives for the strong/well informed to include the marginal/resource poor? • ALTERNATIVE INNOVATION (Julieta) • Damperners: structures, workloads, mind-sets • Where is the innovation in CI&I?

  6. Specific issues from papers • UPWARD (Dindo) • Pro-poor market access? How poor? • Capturing “new” impacts? • EMPOWERMENT through MARKET-LED DEVELOPMENT (Jemimah) • Ansoff risk assessment matrix – and inbuilt biases • Link micro- and macro-processes -- how?

  7. Specific issues from papers • ENABLING RURAL INNOVATION (Susan et al) • Scales tipped towards women • Non-investment in farms? • THE FIRST MILE PROJECT • Communications are king! • Does this remove asymmetries?

  8. Key cross-cutting questions for discussion • Development through market-based agriculture will generally not eliminate rural poverty -- what are the technology, institutional and policy options to expand the poverty reduction opportunities? • The tyranny of scale and negotiation realities mean farmers need to organize volume – what are the options? • Quality demands of fast food chains, supermarkets, packaging and processing plants, and hotels --- are innovations needed in participatory methods to identify win-win opportunities and risks? • Pilots are plentiful – what are the necessary institutional conditions, incentives and methodologies for scaling out and up?

  9. Capacity building needs for planning, technical management and resource allocation along with knowledge of contracting need to be reinforced – what are the priorities? • Farmers • Local intermediaries • Large business • Governments • NGOs

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