Value Chain Analysis for Development (VCA4D)

The Conference: Value Chain Analysis for Development: providing evidence for better policies and operations in agricultural value chains, was held on 18 and 19 January 2023, both in Brussels and online. 

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Opening

•  Welcome and opening address, Koen Doens, Director General, INTPA, European Commission video
• Agrinatura: linking research and policy making for development, Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, CEO, CIRAD video

Session 1: Having a common method of analysis for better policy formulation? 

• Video on the VCA4D Methodology ENG FR
• The role of governance in the performance of the domestic coffee value chains in Honduras, Ecuador, Tanzania, Angola presentation  video paper 
  Gustavo Saldarriaga (independent), Paul Sfez (independent), Heval Yildirim (Agrinatura/ VCA4D), Ana-Maria Buriticá (independent), Marie-Hélène Dabat (CIRAD) 
• Beef value chains in Eswatini and Zimbabwe: a comparison and synthesis from the perspective of value chain governance presentation    video paper 
  John Morton (NRI), Abdrahmane Wane (CIRAD/ILRI), Ben Bennett (NRI)
• Can certified cocoa win on all fronts? A comparative analysis of the trade-offs between reducing deforestation, defeating children labour and increasing producers’ income in four countries  presentation   video paper 
  Zoé Baudouin (CIRAD-Université de Toulouse), Guillaume Lescuyer (CIRAD) 
• Questions and Answers video
• Panel discussion: Gianpietro De Cao, DG INTPA; Lisa Kirfel Ruhle, BMZ; Maria Polo, FAO; Patrick Okori, Ruforum    panellists statements   panel discussions and conclusions
• VCA4D Information and Knowledge Management System, Le Basic  video

Session 2: The role of the midstream sector in generating income and alleviate poverty: how can policy leverage positive effects? 

• The role of the ‘hidden middle’ for agri-food systems value chain dynamics presentation    video paper 
  Ruerd Ruben (WUR), Youri Dijkxhoorn (WEcR) 
• Farm stratification and market segmentation in agri-food value chains presentation   video paper 
  Rob Kuijpers (KIT), Ruerd Ruben (WUR)
• Investment for inclusive growth in food value chains in Africa: evidence from selected VCA4D Studies presentation    video
  Gideon Onumah (NRI), Pamela Katic (NRI)
• Enhancing productivity of smallholder staple food crop producers in Africa when input subsidies are not working: What other options are available? presentation  video paper
  Gideon Onumah (NRI), Alistair Sutherland (NRI), Antony Chapoto (IAPRI), Muhammad Bello (BUK)
• Contribution of processing to inclusive and sustainable growth in agri-food value chains presentation   video
  Gideon Onumah (NRI), Gregory Komlaga (FRI Accra), Ivonne Acosta (independent)
• Questions and Answers  video
• Panel discussion: Michael Hauser, ICRISAT; Regis Meritan, DG INTPA; Affiong Williams, REELFRUIT LTD; Ishmael Sunga, SACAU    panellists statements   panel discussions and conclusions

Session 3: Actors’ empowerment and power relations in value chains: what impact on value chains’ sustainability and development?

• The interactions of land tenure and agricultural value chain development in Africa: A synthesis from VCA4D Studies presentation  video paper
  John Morton (NRI), Ravinder Kumar (NRI)
• Women’s role in agricultural value chains – Lessons learnt from VCA4D – Gender equality analysis presentation   video   paper
  Margarida Lima de Faria (ISA), Adama Mbaye (ISRA), Heval Yildirim (Agrinatura/VCA4D), Marie-Hélène Dabat (CIRAD)
• How structures of agricultural value chains interlink with employment and inclusiveness? Insights from VCA4D studies presentation   video
  Sandrine Freguin Gresh (CIRAD), Marie-Hélène Dabat (CIRAD), Heval Yildirim (Agrinatura/ VCA4D)
• Pathways for closing the smallholder living income gap in agricultural value chains presentation video paper
  Ruerd Ruben (WUR), Yuca Waarts (WUR)
• Questions and Answers  video
• Panel discussion: Yvonne Chileshe, OACPS; Kostas Karantininis, SLU; Philippe Thomas, DG INTPA; Merten Sievers, ILO; Mamadou Cissokho, ROPPA panellists statements   panel discussions and conclusions

Session 4: How can value chains be a vehicle for realizing inclusive and sustainable growth?

• Value Chain Game: a serious game for using VCA4D findings presentation  video
  Samuel Khan, serious game designer 
• Tensions between social and environmental sustainability: Lessons from VCA4D case studies in Africa and ways forward presentation  video paper 
  Alistair Sutherland (NRI), Ricardo Villani (Sant’Anna School)
• Agroecology, responsible value chains and transforming agriculture and food systems presentation  video paper
  Richard Lamboll (NRI), Valerie Nelson (NRI), Gian Nicolay (FIBL), Marc Cotter (FIBL)
• Questions and Answers  video
• Panel discussion: Stephen Onakuse, Cork University; Christophe Larose, DG INTPA; Annick Sezibera, CAPAD/Burundi; Maria Polo, FAO panellists statements   panel discussions and conclusions

Closing remarks

• Carla Montesi, Director, Directorate Green Deal, Digital Agenda, INTPA, European Commission video
• Stephen Onakuse, President of Agrinatura video