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Public-private partnerships African small-holder farmers. Vivienne Anthony Senior Advisor, SFSA. Public-private partnerships: definition. PPPs have great potential to enable small-holder farmers to improve their livelihoods but innovative approaches are key
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Public-private partnerships African small-holder farmers Vivienne Anthony Senior Advisor, SFSA
Public-private partnerships: definition • PPPs have great potential to enable small-holder farmers to improve their livelihoods but innovative approaches are key • Combine complementary strengths of: • Public • Private • Voluntary organisations • Produce benefits for small-holders that none can achieve alone • R&D and bringing research goods into practice • Bring input and output markets to life
Agriculture value chain and PPPs • Africa > 100 PPPs • 25% R&D-based Productivity Markets CollectionProcessing Farmers Distribution Retail R&D Wholesale • Genomic science • Plant breeding • Crop protection traits • Nutrition improvement • Fertilizer inputs SABMillerCassava beerMozambique • Crop processing • New markets • Seed certification • Credit and loans • Inputs insurance • Connectivity customers/ • mobile phones
Challenges • Every PPP is different and has individual characteristics • Strategic vs. tactical partnerships to enable delivery • Business cases: equitable benefits and risk sharing • Financial mechanisms to support PPPs • Governance and decision-making • Intellectual property sharing • Commercialisation route to farmers • Negotiation vehicles and capacity building
Shifting policy and enabling environment in Africa G8 Alliance for food security and nutrition Taking innovations to scale African governments Commitments 45 66 companies $3.0 $3.5 billion Ghana Burkina Faso Ethiopia Mozambique Tanzania Cote d’Ivoire GrowAfrica Investment/ partnership Opportunities Mobilising capital Managing risk Private sector companies G8 governments Results accountability
PPP platform Knowledge, contacts and tools to support PPP creation PPP database Financial mechanisms Expert contacts Business cases Case-studies Best practices Impact tools www.apxc.org