This page fosters exchange between professionals working with farmers' organisations worldwide.
By sharing experiences and knowledge and through dialogue, we aim to increase inclusion of smallholder farmers in agricultural production chains. Please feel free to share!
Posted By
Lisette van Benthum
in Organised Farmers
Posted 26 June 2017 at 06:31
Safaricom has launched Connected Farmer, a mobile and web based service that will help agricultural processing businesses in production planning by opening a communication line with farmers.
Connected Farmer enables the organizations transact with farmers by leveraging M-PESA to make and receive payments securely. It also helps register and key in information such as expected production quantities helping processors plan especially on pick up and work force resulting in overall cost reduction in production.
Connected Farmer is a partnership between Safaricom and Mezzanine Ware – a company that specializes in developing mobile enabled solutions for businesses. The launch follows a six month pilot which saw 12 firms with 80,000 farmers sign up. The technology also help farmers in tracking sales and cash management.
For the full article, follow this link.
Event posted by
Lisette van Benthum
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
15 May 2017
to 19 May 2017 -
All Day Event
Accra, Ghana
Based on the success of previous training program editions on “Linking Farmers to Markets in Africa” conducted in both English and French, IFDC is proud to announce the seventh edition to be conducted in English in Accra, Ghana, May 15-19, 2017
Please feel free to pass this along to any colleagues that may be interested. Many thanks.
· Producer organizations and trade associations.
· Government officials dealing with formulating and implementing agricultural and trade policies.
· Service providers such as financial institutions, insurance companies, transporters, mobile phone services, ICT platform solutions, market information services, business development services, etc.
· Agribusinesses dealing with farmers: processors, exporters and importers, agro-dealers, etc.
· Representatives of national and international organizations involved in funding agricultural development and enterprise projects.
· Discuss the theo
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Posted By
Rolf Schinkel
in 2-2 Trade
Posted 22 February 2017 at 03:41
February 22nd 2017 a new version 4-2 of the 2-2 Trade Spreadsheet was published HERE on the AgriProFocus on-line platform.
This version 4-2 replaces version 2 of december 2016. Version 4-2 has some bugs solved and has nicer graphics to be copied from the spread sheet.
If you have suggestions for improvements, please let us know!
Improvements from version 3 were:
- lighter and faster response to input;
- published as excel template. When you open it, it produces a copy of itself. No risk of damaging the original anymore.
Best regards,
Rolf Schinkel
Posted By
ELYSE MUHORAKEYE
in AgriProFocus Burundi
Posted 9 December 2016 at 11:44
le Vendredi 24 novembre 2016, s'est tenu dans les enceintes de l’hôtel Emeraude un atelier d'information et de formation sur l'outil de mise en relation Producteurs-Firmes. 26 Participants issus des Organisations de producteurs , institutions étatiques, ONGs, entreprises Privés, ont pris part à cet activité.
"It Takes 2-2 trade" ou relations Producteurs- Firmes se propose comme un instrument permettant la facilitation de la relation primaire de la relation existante entre producteurs (farmers) et grandes entreprises (firms). La connaissance des besoins des uns et des autres reste un préalable pour une relation d’affaires conséquente. Cette évaluation de la relation( forces et faiblesses) est suivi par une planification d'action conjointe pour l'amélioration et le maintien de la relation d'affaires.
L'outil a été développé par CDI / WUR, Royal Tropical Institute et
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Posted By
Rolf Schinkel
in 2-2 Trade
Posted 2 December 2016 at 11:14
December 2nd 2016 a new version of the 2-2- Trade Spreadsheet was published on the AgriProFocus on-line platform.
New in this version:
- lighter and faster response to input;
- published as excel template. When you open it, it produces a copy of itself. No risk of damaging the original anymore.
If you have suggestions for improvements, please let us know!
Best regards,
Rolf Schinkel
Posted By
Nicole Metz
in AgriProFocus Uganda
Posted 17 November 2016 at 09:06
Article by: Evgeny Latynskiy, Thomas Berger, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Published in: World Development, Volume 78, February 2016, Pages 572–586.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X15002363
Okello Justine Its abig question we need to sort out,we are trying with the seedlings project in soroti uganda
1 year 5 months ago
Nicole Metz dear Okello, Thanks for your reaction. Do you have sufficient access to knowledge / advice for that work? Or could we assist you linking to others?
1 year 5 months ago
Okello Justine This is awesome we need that too but more so financial support because all of us did agriculture thus link us if possible
1 year 4 months ago
Posted By
Maula Paramitha Wulandaru
in AgriProFocus Indonesia
Posted 28 October 2016 at 10:13
Version Française et Bahasa ci-dessous.
Farmers around the world are dealing with many challenges in agriculture every day. Starting from scaling up productivity to supplying enough food for the earth population, land owning and farmland loses, agricultural resource degradation (soil health, water, and seed), climate change, and their own well being. In farm area, they still often face difficulties to access the market, information, and capital.
In your opinion, what is the most difficult challenge faced by farmers in their daily practice? How can we overcome and manage these challenges?
Please share your idea and experience by leaving a comment below. All of your voices will be shared to Hack-a-farm Innovation Camp participants in Yogyakarta, Indonesia next month! Kindly click here for more information about Hack-a-Farm.
Please feel free using english or french.
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Maula Paramitha Wulandaru
Terima kasih Kang Ence atas penjelasan Salibu, yang berminat bisa unduh petunjuk praktik Salibu dari Kementan berikut http://bbpadi.litbang.pertanian.go.id/index.php/publikasi/panduan-teknis/content/item/235-panduan-teknologi-budidaya-padi-salibu (only in bahasa). @Hendri terima kasih masukannya, apakah menurutmu petani sudah sejahtera?
1 year 5 months ago
Maula Paramitha Wulandaru
Ence Explanation about Salibu Method:
Salibu is a method to increase number of paddys harvesting (two or three times) by cutting the first reap and leave about 2-3 cm of paddy's stream/straw with its root still planting and growing it as new paddys plant, and start over again. The important things about this method are: irrigation, pest and disease management, and the fertilizer.
1 year 5 months ago
Maula Paramitha Wulandaru
Hendri Susanthi comment in english:
None of the challenges mention above are the problem. The only challenge is how to be a farmer who not only think about their own benefit.
1 year 5 months ago
Okello Justine Truly there various challenges facing agriculture(rain scaristy ,market,machinery, insecticide and pesticide, fertilizer, poor quality seeds and breeds, financial chanenges ,poor management, and others join us in awareness and educational program with www.facebook.com/agrictechug
1 year 5 months ago
Maula Paramitha Wulandaru
Thank you @Okello Justine
1 year 5 months ago
Posted By
Lisette van Benthum
in Coffee Corner
Posted 28 September 2016 at 12:44
Pertama kali di tahun 2016, VECO Indonesia melakukan asesmen untuk 14 organisasi petani mitranya menggunakan SCOPEinsight –penyelia alat asesmen dan analisis terkemuka- yang mengukur level profesionalitas organisasi petani. Alat ini menyediakan mekanisme langsung untuk mengungkap kekuatan dan kelemahan sehingga organisasi bisa lebih mudah menyikapinya. Alat asesmen SCOPE Dasar berfokus pada delapan tema utama, yaitu: Manajemen Internal, Operasional, Manajemen Keuangan, Suplai, Pemasaran, Resiko Eksternal, Enabler, dan Keberlanjutan. Khusus untuk organisasi petani yang menggunakan alat asesmen SCOPE Pro, ada penilaian tambahan yang menekankan Kinerja Keuangan.
Laporan yang dihasilkan oleh alat SCOPEinsight ini tak hanya digunakan oleh VECO Indonesia untuk mendapatkan gambaran tentang kemajuan para mitranya. Laporan ini juga bermanfaat bagi organisasi petani, misalnya sebagai dasar mengembangkan kapasitas anggota organisasi dan mel
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Posted By
Nicole Metz
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
Posted 12 July 2016 at 11:19
This is the report of a debate organised by Agriterra in April 2016 in the context of the Small Farmers, Big Deal campaign.
One of the action points listed at the end of the report: “Developing the seed sector needs an integrated supply chain approach with better products (seeds) but also education and services that stimulate good farming practices, financing and market linkages. “
http://www.smallfarmersbigdeal.org/public/nieuws/5-verslag-gb-agriterra.pdf
Posted By
NZOSABA Jean Paul
in AgriProFocus Burundi
Posted 26 May 2016 at 12:34
Bonjour
Depuis lundi le 23 Mai 2016;je travaillais à Kigali avec le facilitateur du réseau ;et au cours de la semaine j 'ai participé à un événement sur la présentation de l' outil 2-2 trade ;qui a été faite par les experts provenant de CDI au Pays Bas et d 'AgriProFocus Pays bas .A Cette occasion ;on a suivi également des présentations des cas concrets sur l' utlisation de l 'outil 2-2 Trade pour les entreprises et les coopératives du BURUNDI et du RWANDA. Cet événement a rencontré la participation de plusieurs membres et partenaires du réseau et surtout les membres du secteur privé
Nous vous partageons les photos de certains membres et partenaires du réseau pour vivre en image le événement .
Rolf Schinkel Yes, Jean Paul, it was an interesting presentation!
1 year 10 months ago
NGENZI Thomas This event was real excited, and you may find more about it via this link http://agrifoprwa.org/?p=5917
1 year 10 months ago
Posted By
Rolf Schinkel
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
Posted 13 May 2016 at 11:32
You are invited to participate in the first open 2-2 Trade training and e-coaching trajectory that will be organized during the months July, August and September 2016 in Uganda. The trajectory can be attended by a maximum of 20 participants.
What do you get:
- Five e-coaching and e-feedback sessions: from June 2016 until September 2016
- Training session 1 : 4-day session from 11-15 July 2016
- Training session 2 : 3-day session from 23-26 August 2016
Check our special training page on this online platform for more information: //agriprofocus.com/two-to-trade-training
Daoulata MAIGA Formation Internationale sur ''2 to 2 et e-coaching trajectoire Vous êtes responsable de l'approvisionnement local de votre entreprise? Est-ce que vous soutenez les agriculteurs ou les organisations de producteurs qui livrent à des négociants, des transformateurs ou d'autres entreprises? Ensuite, l'approche 2-2 Trade pour des relations agriculteurs-entreprises, c'est ce que vous recherchez. Joignez-vous à notre formation et e-coaching trajectoire! Vous êtes invités à participer à la première ouverture 2-2 Trade formation et e-coaching trajectoire qui sera organisée pendant les mois Juillet, août et septembre 2016. La trajectoire peut être suivi par un maximum de 20 participants. Qu'est ce que tu obtiens: - Cinq e- coaching et des sessions e-feedback : de Juin 2016 jusqu’en Septembre 2016 - Session de formation 1 : Session 4 jours 11-15 Juillet 2016 - Session de formation 2 : Session 3 jours 23-26 Août 2016 Consultez notre page spéciale de formation sur cette plate-forme en ligne pour plus d'informations : http://agriprofocus.com/two-to-trade-training
1 year 11 months ago
Rolf Schinkel Merci Daoulata MAIGA pour l'interpetation en français. SVP notez que la langue utilisée dans la formation et e-coachinge sera l'anglais.
1 year 11 months ago
Posted By
Nicole Metz
in Organised Farmers
Posted 20 April 2016 at 07:16
Editors: Jos Bijman and Verena Bitzer. Published: 2016 Pages: 274.
Improving product quality has become essential for food chains in developing countries. Quality and innovation in food chains: lessons from Africa presents a set of case studies on food quality improvement and innovation in African food chains, with cases from South Africa, Ethiopia, Benin, Uganda and Senegal.
The book is based on interdisciplinary collaborative research projects. An interdisciplinary approach leads to better insights in the opportunities and constraints for quality improvement, and helps public and private actors in seizing the opportunities and removing the constraints.
This publication shows how a co-innovation perspective can be developed and applied. Co-innovation entails the combination of technical, organisational and institutional changes, the involvement of various chain actors, and the introduction of complementary innovations at
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Georges Djodji Akibodé La qualité et l'innovation dans les chaînes alimentaires. Leçons et perspectives de l'Afrique Editors: Jos Bijman et Verena Bitzer. Publié: 2016 Pages: 274. L'amélioration de la qualité des produits est devenue essentiele pour les chaînes alimentaires dans les pays en développement. La qualité et l'innovation dans les chaînes alimentaires: les leçons de l'Afrique présente un ensemble d'études de cas sur l'amélioration de la qualité des aliments et de l'innovation dans les chaînes alimentaires africaines, avec des cas en provenance d'Afrique du Sud, l'Ethiopie, le Bénin, l'Ouganda et le Sénégal. Le livre est basé sur des projets de recherche en collaboration interdisciplinaires. Une approche interdisciplinaire conduit à de meilleures perspectives dans les opportunités et contraintes pour l'amélioration de la qualité, et aide les acteurs publics et privés à saisir les possibilités en éliminant les contraintes. Cette publication montre comment une perspective de co-innovation peut être développée et appliquée. Co-innovation implique la combinaison de modifications techniques, organisationnelles et institutionnelles, la participation des différents acteurs de la chaîne, et l'introduction d'innovations complémentaires à différents niveaux de la chaîne alimentaire. La qualité et l'innovation dans les chaînes alimentaires: les leçons de l'Afrique est une lecture essentielle pour toute personne impliquée dans l'étude, le soutien et la mise en œuvre des améliorations de la qualité et des innovations dans les chaînes alimentaires. La publication complète, aussi comme des chapitres distincts, disponible en ligne (Open Access). http://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/book/10.3920/978-90-8686-825-4 - Voir plus: http://www.agriprofocus.com
1 year 11 months ago
Posted By
Anne Marie Kortleve
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
Posted 29 March 2016 at 08:26
A sustainable relationship between farmers and their customers is paramount for good business. To achieve this both parties need to be aware of each other's strengths, weaknesses, and perceptions. In a structured way, the 2-2-Trade tool brings these strengths, weaknesses and perceptions to the surface. With a facilitated, structured discussion 2-2-Trade creates mutual understanding between farmers and their customers creating space for development and new initiatives and opportunities that bring benefit to both.
The meeting focussed on how trade relations can be made more sustainable and profitable by looking at the critical components of the relation and how the 2- 2 Trade tool can be used in business cases of the participants.
Three cases where 2-2-Trade has been applied were pr
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Event posted by
Lisette van Benthum
in Organised Farmers
30 May 2016
to 03 June 2016 -
All Day Event
Arusha, Tanzania
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IFDC - International Training Program on Developing Private Sector Agro-Input Markets: Designing and Implementing Targeted Input Subsidies
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Event posted by
Lisette van Benthum
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
17 February 2016,
14:00-15:00
Webinar, Internet
SCOPEinsight is pleased to invite you to their upcoming webinar about their new products and how they can add value to your business.
Hosted by Lucas Simons and featuring presentations by their key partners IFC and ICCO, the webinar discusses their simplified process, new pricing, and how your staff can be trained as assessors with the e-training modules. Moreover, Scope Insight will reveal a new exciting initiative for collaboration.
Sign up!
You can register for the following session:
(webinar 1 with IFC already took place on 10 February)
Agenda
Event posted by
Anne Marie Kortleve
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
24 March 2016,
13:00-18:00
KIT, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam
A sustainable relationship between farmers and their customers is paramount for good business. To achieve this both parties need to be aware of each other's strengths, weaknesses, and perceptions. In a structured way, the 2-2-Trade tool brings these strengths, weaknesses and perceptions to the surface.
With a facilitated, structured discussion 2-2-Trade creates mutual understanding between farmers and their customers creating space for development and new initiatives and opportunities that bring benefit to both.
That sounds nice, but what is in it for me?
After this session you understand:
• how trade relations can be made more sustainable and profitable by looking at the critical components of the relation.
• how the 2- 2 Trade tool can be used in your business cases.
What you can expect:
After a network lunch (13.00-14.00 hrs) with a.o. our Business Linkage advisors from several Country Networks, we will discuss:
1. Farmer – firm relations: A simple model with 7 critical components
2.
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Posted By
Tonny Kibirige
in AgriProFocus Uganda
Posted 3 February 2016 at 09:49
Smallholder farmers are scattered and, therefore, generally there is a need to bulk their produce in order to access lucrative markets. The present research wants to improve the capacities of collective marketing arrangements, like cooperatives, producer associations, village enterprises, etc. to resolve the challenges of collective marketing in face of competition.
Successful collective marketing experiences have been ‘build’ organizational assets that make their life easier. They regularly fine-tune their internal management and transaction modalities with members and non-members e.g. related with pricing, payments, and quantity or quality requirements. The process will focus on internal rules, contract conditions and control systems that have been developed in transactions with farmers and clients and that have proven effective and feasible in prevailing market conditions.
It is also widely recognized that fa
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Rolf Schinkel Hi Tonny Kibirige, Interesting subject you are working on. Can you tell us someting more about your research you write about? What is the insitute you work with, and can you share some more back-ground, documentation etc. ? What questions would you like people on the platform answering to? Recently we had a very interesting discussion, also about the challenges of marketing among small holders, and centered around middlemen. Maybe you see connections with that research and discussion. Have a look at http://agriprofocus.com/post/568ace7da93f252eceefb7d0 . Success with your reasearch and I hope you will get response from the platform! Rolf
2 years 2 months ago
Posted By
Nicole Metz
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
Posted 1 February 2016 at 02:04
A key breakout session during the horticulture conference dealt with access to markets for horticultural producers. The session was facilitated by AgriProFocus Uganda, Ms. Lucy Asiimwe Twinamasiko. Powerpoint presentations used in the session are available via the links below.
1) For development partners: Enterprises (firms) and farmers should both be empowered to develop their technical and business management capacities for sustainable market access opportunities unlike the current limited focus on empowering farmers to supply to modern markets.
2) For horticulture value chain actors: There should be joint action, exchange and learning especially on capacity building initiatives and market information sharing at a regional level so as to promote sustainable development through effective and efficient regional trade initiatives.
3
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Posted By
Lisette van Benthum
in Organised Farmers
Posted 25 January 2016 at 08:39
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Sylvest Masereka We have 30 acres of land on sales in 3 blocks in Kasese District. It is good for investment in goat or local cattle rearing. An acre ranges from 2- 3 million UGX Contact us on + 256 774 098 385 or 703680609
2 years 2 months ago
Didier MUYIRAMYE Dear Sylvestre, it could be better if you post the above comment in our market section: http://agriprofocus.com/agri-profocus-rwanda/marketplace. You can also include pictures of your land if you want. Best, Didier
2 years 2 months ago
Posted By
Rolf Schinkel
in AgriProFocus Netherlands
Posted 13 January 2016 at 08:29
The World Citizens Panel (WCP) is an impact measurement methodology developed by Oxfam Novib. It is designed to measure and understand the changes in people’s lives resulting from Oxfam’s projects. The WCP combines quantitative research (impact surveys) with qualitative research (Stories of Change) to give participants in Oxfam Novib’s programmes a voice, to learn how our programmes can be improved, and to contribute to the public debate on the effectiveness of development cooperation.
This impact study of the programme in Uganda was carried out in 2014. About 170 interviewers carried out a total of 4,953 interviews; 17 partners carried out the surveys in their own areas of intervention. The study included a broad set of indicators, covering major dimensions of poverty and injustice. Data collected by partners with the help of a smartphone app was transferred into a central database, managed and analysed by the Oxfam Novib Worl
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