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N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop 27-28 February 2014

N 2 -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:. Institutionalizing N2Africa technologies, approaches, and expertise;

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N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop 27-28 February 2014

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  1. N2-Africa Project: Scaling out and Sustainability through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)Edward Baars N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop 27-28 February 2014

  2. The project will put a major emphasis on: • Institutionalizing N2Africa technologies, approaches, and expertise; • Fostering long-term sustainability of: • seed, inoculant, and fertilizer supply chains; • access to profitable legume markets; • knowledge transfer.

  3. Countries and Sectors

  4. 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.

  5. Main Activities • Identify and approach key actors in the private sector; • Facilitate the development of PPP agreements that drive the market strategies; • Convene review meetings to update strategies & workplans based on developing market dynamics;

  6. Specific Activities • Analyze the current state of input production & marketing; • Pre-feasibility analysis • Identify existing partnerships and initiatives in the agricultural input and output sector; • Identify business opportunities and partnerships with farmers, traders, input dealers, processors, exporters, financial institutions etc. interested in quality legume input and outputs marketing; • Establish relationships with prospective private sector partners and stakeholders (public sector) that lead to PPP agreements; • Identify opportunities for fund raising (i.e. Donors, AECF) and assist in applying for grants for business development;

  7. Successful PPPs Sesame Somalia Rice Somalia

  8. DADTCO An Alliance of IFDC, UNDP, AGRA and IIAM Cassava Input Supply Cassava Processing

  9. 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 • Seed • Fertilizer & CPP Naseco and NARO Ledlet, ADVANTA Naseco and NARO Equipment

  10. Cluster Partners Kenya Commodity: VC Actor: Spices (ABEC and Paprika) Irish Potatoes Rice Sorghum East African Maltings Limited Processor & Contract Buyer Midlands Ltd., VegPro Group Capwell Ltd. Export Trading Ltd. Farmer Group Various Mugombe Multipurpose Cooperative Society Various Various Finance • Inputs • Seed • Fertilizer & CPP Midlands Ltd. Baobab Ltd & MIAD Leldet Ltd. Livatty Netherlands Nyanza Engineering and Hardware Equipment

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