Enhancing Sustainability in Agriculture through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
This project focuses on scaling out and ensuring sustainability in agriculture through the establishment of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). Key activities include institutionalizing new technologies, fostering long-term sustainability of supply chains, and enhancing farmer access to profitable legume markets. By engaging with private sector actors and driving market strategies, the project aims to improve farmer livelihoods and create a more sustainable agricultural ecosystem.
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N2-Africa Project: Scaling out and Sustainability through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) Edward Baars N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop 27-28 February 2014
The project will put a major emphasis on: 1) Institutionalizing N2Africa technologies, approaches, and expertise; 2) Fostering long-term sustainability of: seed, inoculant, and fertilizer supply chains; access to profitable legume markets; knowledge transfer.
Theory of Change Challenges: Lack of effective (profitable, predictable) legume input supply, imperfections in the output market chains. Activities: Establish Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); Establish inoculant production facilitates; Facilitate agro-dealer investment in target areas. Achievements: Improved farmer access to seed systems, inoculants and legume fertilizers; Improved linkage of farmers to local and international legume markets; Efficient post harvest practices, technologies, value added products & enterprises benefitting women. Leads to Women and men farmers regularly using inputs within sustainable rotations; Increased and stable income from crop sales.
Main Activities 1) Identify and approach key actors in the private sector; 2) Facilitate the development of PPP agreements that drive the market strategies; 3) Convene review meetings to update strategies & workplans based on developing market dynamics;
Specific Activities 1) Analyze the current state of input production & marketing; Pre-feasibility analysis 2) Identify existing partnerships and initiatives in the agricultural input and output sector; 3) Identify business opportunities and partnerships with farmers, traders, input dealers, processors, exporters, financial institutions etc. interested in quality legume input and outputs marketing; 4) Establish relationships with prospective private sector partners and stakeholders (public sector) that lead to PPP agreements; 5) Identify opportunities for fund raising (i.e. Donors, AECF) and assist in applying for grants for business development;
Successful PPPs Sesame Somalia Rice Somalia
DADTCO An Alliance of IFDC, UNDP, AGRA and IIAM Cassava Input Supply Cassava Processing
Cluster Partners Uganda Commodity: VC Actor: Sesame Sorghum Soya Bean Export Trading, Capital Reef UNO/Hakkan, SHARES! and Bruce Robertson , Ruby Trading Processor & Contract Buyer Various BoP processors and blenders Various BoP processors and blenders Finance Inputs Naseco and NARO Ledlet, ADVANTA Naseco and NARO Seed Fertilizer & CPP Equipment 9
Cluster Partners Kenya Commodity: VC Actor: Spices (ABEC and Paprika) Irish Potatoes Rice Sorghum Processor & Contract Buyer Midlands Ltd., VegPro Group Capwell Ltd. East African Maltings Limited Export Trading Ltd. Farmer Group Various Mugombe Multipurpose Cooperative Society Various Various Finance Inputs Midlands Ltd. Baobab Ltd & MIAD Leldet Ltd. Livatty Netherlands Seed Fertilizer & CPP Nyanza Engineering and Hardware Equipment 10
