Leaping & Learning: Linking Smallholders to Markets in Africa

by Jo Seed

29 May 2013

Join us for the launch of two Leaping and Learning reports on linking African smallholders to markets.

Today marks the launch of two new Leaping and Learning reports. First, “Leaping and Learning: Linking Smallholders to Markets' written in conjuction with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), is a comprehensive review of the existing literature on smallholder-centred market-based interventions.

Secondly, a briefing paper which was edited by Agriculture for Impact, “8 Views for the G8: Business Solutions for African Smallholder farmers to Address Food Security and Undernutrition”, asks eight leading development practitioners to reflect on their work linking African farmers to markets and their recommendations for future action and support.

Download the reports

Event Details

When

Wednesday 29th May 2013

4:30-6:00pm (event), 6:00-7:30pm (drinks reception)

Where

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7922 0300 - map

Speakers

	Josephine Okot, Managing Director, Victoria Seeds Howard Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, Mars Steve Wiggins, Senior Researcher, Overseas Development Institute Martin Evans, Chairman, Farm Africa Iris Krebber, Food Security and Land Growth and Resilience Advisor - Policy Division, Department for International Development Mark Tran, Correspondent The Guardian - Media Monitor

Josephine Okot, Managing Director, Victoria Seeds

Howard Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, Mars

Steve Wiggins, Senior Researcher, Overseas Development Institute

Martin Evans, Chairman, Farm Africa

Iris Krebber, Food Security and Land Growth and Resilience Advisor - Policy Division, Department for International Development

Mark Tran, Correspondent The Guardian - Media Monitor

Places are limited. To register, go to the ODI registration page

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Agriculture for Impact (A4I), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Firetail, and the Glasshouse Partnership have been working together on the project "Leaping and Learning: Taking Agricultural Successes to Scale' funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).

The aim of the programme is to provide development partners with access to independent, evidence-based recommendations that set out practical policy options and approaches for scaling up smallholder agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa to ensure food and nutrition security and poverty reduction.

Stakeholder Evaluation

At the start of the project A4I commissioned Firetail to interview stakeholders who represented the intended users of the Leaping and Learning project outputs both in OECD countries and Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of these discussions was to explore how the materials could be developed to ensure they were of maximum value to stakeholders and the sector as a whole. 25 interviews were conducted between 2^nd February and 9^th March 2012. The Firetail report findings have influenced our approach.

Consultation

A4I and ODI partnered with the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)Johannesburg (9^th July), Nairobi (11^th July) and Accra (13^th July). The events created opportunities to gather more evidence and seek feedback from agricultural development expert practitioners in sub-Saharan Africa.

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