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Pathways out of Poverty

Explore how R&D can empower small-scale producers to benefit from coordinated supply chains in the evolving food market landscape. Discover the pathways out of poverty through capacity building, technology adoption, and institutional innovation. Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of small producers and the importance of access to information, learning processes, and enabling policies. Uncover ways to improve competitiveness and sustainability.

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Pathways out of Poverty

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  1. Pathways out of Poverty Can R&D help small-scale producers benefit from coordinated supply chains? Joachim Voss, Director General, CIAT ESSD Week World Bank 31 March 2005

  2. Trends in Food Markets • Consumer demand • Higher quality • More variety • Year-round supply • Downward pressure on price • Food safety concerns • Modern retail systems • Food industries • Food services • Supermarkets

  3. Global Sourcing and Retailing • Technological advances • Food processing • Post-harvest technologies • Trade liberalization • Economies of scale • Concentration of • Retailers • Food services • Food processors

  4. Coordinated Supply Chains • Joint agreements • Production volume • Time of delivery • Quality and safety conditions • Price • Durable arrangements • Producers • Traders • Processors • Buyers

  5. Can small-scale producers participate in coordinated supply chains? Weaknesses • Lack of access to capital • Lack of knowledge • Market & production opportunities • Sources of financial and technical support • Appropriate technologies • Lack of organization Strengths • Access to labor • Self-employment (motivation) • Products that need “tender, loving care”

  6. Access to Information Process Learning Improve Capacity to Innovate Appropriate Technologies Institutional Innovation Enabling Policies

  7. Appropriate Technologies • Co-innovation • Demand-driven research • Seizing market opportunities

  8. Access to Information • Access to market prices and opportunities • Scaling out • ICTs • Social network analysis • Bargaining power

  9. Institutional Innovation for the PoorCapacity to Organize • Participatory approaches to market chain analysis • Understanding diverse organizational options • Chain governance • Who has decision-making power? • How does information flow? • Transparency of the process

  10. Enabling Policies • Access to capital • Articulation of policies that support small farmers at different levels • Mechanisms for addressing equity

  11. Learning across Experiences

  12. Learning Process Identify Key Stakeholders Selection of topic with partners Design of R&D hypothesis + questions Identification of existing knowledge and good practices Design of methods & tools Capacity building Field application Documentation, systematization and learning based on R&D questions

  13. To conclude: If left to market forces, the big producers will tend to win. If provided support to be well organized—with access to appropriate information, capital and technology—small producers can compete

  14. Thank you!

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