Promoting added-value production by smallholder farmers through the development of robust market-driven supply chains in an industry-community-academia collaboration

Side-event: Friday 31 August 2018
Target SDG Goal Target 2.a: agricultural productive capacity (Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries) SDG Goal 9: industry, innovation, infrastructure (Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation)
Abstract There are many trials to develop value chains in Africa, but have the majority of smallholder farmers left behind? How does value chain development make it more beneficial to smallholder farmers? In this seminar, four topics relating to the development of robust market-driven supply chains in an industry-community-academia collaboration and the promotion of added-value production by smallholder farmers will be delivered from Japan and Netherlands. Our former experiences of smallholder farmers’ income generation through value chains development in Asia and Latin America as well as the recent examples of innovative agricultural extension approach in Africa will be shared to discuss how to develop inclusive value chains in developing countries and what is the role of agricultural extension service. Topics (proposed by organiser) and speakers: - Mind-set of small scale farmer: from “grow and sell” to “grow to sell” (JICA) - Empowering farmers to become partners in robust market-driven supply chains (WUR, NARO) - Value adding technology and its application system (JIRCAS) - Extension activities by university (including extension system, industry-academia-community collaboration, and vitalizing local economy) (Tokyo NODAI) -
Discussion moderators Shuichi Aasanuma (JICA) and Arjo Rothuis (WUR)
Panelists One person from WUR, Jos Verstegen (WUR) or Kazuhisa Goto (WUR/NARO) and Hiroshi Ehara (Nagoya Univ)