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Role of the Private Sector in Agriculture Education, information

Role of the Private Sector in Agriculture Education, information. Private-Public-Farmer Partnerships. Necessary conditions. Shared interest among all players Grades and standard Conducive policies and enforced regulations. Competition in between private sector players. Empowered farmers.

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Role of the Private Sector in Agriculture Education, information

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  1. Role of the Private Sector in Agriculture Education, information

  2. Private-Public-Farmer Partnerships

  3. Necessary conditions • Shared interest among all players • Grades and standard • Conducive policies and enforced regulations. • Competition in between private sector players. • Empowered farmers

  4. Examples • Uganda rural agro-dealership network • Zambia and Mozambique farmers growing cotton under contact. • RATES program: providing information to traders to throughout East Africa East Africa Grain Council. • company in Senegal doing Sms information regarding markets and prices MANOBI

  5. Challenges and limitations • Quality of information from private sector • Can we scale these small project up? • Trust between players • Lack of resources in public sector • Limited private sector participation – how do we encourage more competition?

  6. For Debate • Is access to information a RIGHT for the farmer? • Whose responsibility is it to educate the distributor? e.g. BT Cotton

  7. Other issues • Industry code of conduct • Worldwide trend for recognizing corporate responsibility that demands truthfulness and accountability and emphasizes long-term perspective • Solid commodity exchanges at regional levels

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