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Value chain approach - presentations
by , 4 December 2013
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Session 1 Organization in value chains : history, benefits, different approaches
Introduction on the value chain concept, its history and the different approaches of the economy of vertical relationships.
Jean Balié, FAO, Agricultural Development Economics Division-ESA. Presentation Juvenal Musine, Farmers’ Union of Rwanda Discussion
Session 2 Which tools and methods can the farmers organizations use to improve their value chains functioning and management and still defend their member’s interests?
Presentation of methods and of analytical and/or policy tools in the supply/value chains. Olivier Renard, IRAM (Institute for research and application of development methods), France. Presentation Florante Jesus Sale Villas, regional coordinator of AsiaDHRRA (Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia) Discussion
Session 3 Value Chain Approach’s impacts observed at the farms’, territories’ and farmers organizations’ level.
A) Value Chain Approach and diversification of family farms Annick Sezibera, Secretary General of CAPAD, Burundi. Presentation Nadjirou Sall, Secretary General of FONGS, Sénégal Video: Marcos Rochinski, president of FETRAF, Brazil Discussion
B) Value Chain Approach and territorial development Mickaël Poillion, vice-president of the dairy cooperative ‘La Prospérité fermière’, France. Presentation Discussion
C) Value Chain Approach and structuration of farmers’ organizations Yvan Hayez, Secretary General FWA (Walloon Federation of Agriculture), Belgium Ousmane Ndiaye, Senegalese association for promoting grassroots development, ASPRODEB, Senegal Discussion