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Assisting African smallholders to meet market requirements

Annual meeting addresses assured compliance across the continent

The TSPN meeting on “African Smallholders and the Challenge of Assured Compliance: What Have We Learned from Our Interventions?” took place at the World Bank in Washington D.C. from June 19-20, 2007. The workshop had 40 participants from 18 practitioner organizations. The two day workshop provided background on the TSPN , outlined a conceptual framework for understanding the challenges and opportunities that are encountered when upgrading smallholder-based supply chains to meet emerging market standards, and posed a series of questions pertaining to the effectiveness and efficacy of donor interventions geared toward addressing these challenges. The goal of the workshop was to challenge participants to share their experiences and document good practices associated with their interventions in order to define and document operational lessons and outline future work areas for the TSPN .  Please use the links below to access the workshop report,  TSPN member papers and presentations, and administrative documents related to the workshop.

Reports

1. TSPN June 2007 Workshop Summary | African Smallholders and the Challenge of Assured Compliance 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 133 KB]
2. Summary of Best Practices and Lessons Learned from the June 2007 TSPN Smallholder Workshop 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 21 KB]

Presentations

• Introduction

1. Introductory Remarks: African Smallholders and the Challenge of Assured Compliance | What Have We Learned From Our Interventions? Steve Jaffee, World Bank Institute 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 358 KB]
2. The practitioners’ perspective | Opportunities and constraints faced by smallholders in the context of high value agricultural and food markets Spencer Henson, University of Guelph 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 122 KB]

• Section One - The challenge of smallholder compliance with market requirements in higher value chains

1. Assessing and supporting developing country strategies to implement Good Agricultural Practices Anne-Sophie Poisot, FAO & Ulrich Hoffman, UNCTAD 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 251 KB]

2. Facilitating market access for African horticultural products | Achieving compliance with EU regulatory requirements. Morag Webb, PIP- COLEACP 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 921 KB]

• Panel - EUREPGAP certification in Africa and the challenge of supporting smallholder’s compliance with private sector requirements

1. Eurepgap implementation in Kenya Andrew Graffham, Natural Resources Institute 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 367 KB]

2. EurepGAP option 2 group certification | Opportunities and constraints for smallholder involvement Jenni Heise, GTZ 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 225 KB]

3. Impacts of EurepGap on smallholders incomes in Kenya Bob Rabatsky, Fintrac 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 112 KB]

• Section Two - The challenge of smallholder compliance in differentiated export chains and domestic markets

1. Developing markets and capacities for organic products | The experience of EPOPA in Uganda and Tanzania Bo Van Elzakker, EPOPA 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 181 KB]

2. The Increasing Importance of Quality Assurance to Smallholder Dairy Farmers in East and Southern Africa | The Experience of Land O’Lakes Steve Aversa, Land O’Lakes 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 1331 KB]

• Panel - Development of the specialty coffee supply chain in Africa

1. Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives and Assured Compliance Paul Guenette, ACDI-VOCA 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 637 KB]

2. Lessons Learned from Promoting Certification in Africa Tom Divney, Rainforest Alliance 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 903 KB]

3. Smallholders, Specialty Coffee, and Rwanda | Reflections from the Agribusiness Development Assistance Project Maurice Weiner, Chemonics International 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 870 KB]

Papers

1. Smallholder Specialty Coffee Compliance | Ethiopia and Yemen Case Studies Stephen P. McCarthy, ACDI/VOCA Senior Technical Director 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 101 KB]

2. The Increasing Importance of Quality Assurance to Smallholder Dairy Farmers in East and Southern Africa | The Experience of Land O’Lakes Joe W. Carvalho, Land O’Lakes 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 101 KB]

3. Tales from the Steep Part of the Learning Curve | Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Certification in Africa Tom Divney. Learning and Support Systems Manager. Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 213 KB]

4. Developing Markets and Capacities for Organic Products | The Experience of EPOPA in Uganda & Tanzania Bo van Elzakker, Agro Eco, the Netherlands, Programme Director 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 58 KB]

Administrative

1. TSPN June 2007 Workshop Agenda 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 32 KB]

2. List of Participants | TSPN June 2007 Workshop 19 Jun 2007 [pdf, 10 KB]

by Matthew Edwardsen