INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Public-Private Partnerships for Harnessing the Potential of Rainfed Agriculture Joachim von Braun International Food Policy Research Institute October 19-20, 2005, FICCI Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, India
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INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Public-Private
Partnerships for
Harnessing the Potential of
Rainfed Agriculture
Joachim von Braun
International Food Policy Research Institute
October 19-20, 2005, FICCI
Federation House, Tansen
Marg, New Delhi, India
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Outline
PPP in agriculture: The main options and issues
Less favored/marginal rainfed areas: risks and opportunities
Possibility of PPPs in the supply chain management of high value and processed commodities
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Agri-food systems are increasingly …
• Driven by market forces / consumers/ retail
• Globalized through international trade
• Influenced by new technologies
• Subject to stricter regulatory scrutiny
• Subject to greater ethical scrutiny
But peoples’ ability to respond to this changing context differs greatly between regions, nations and communities
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Opportunities for partnership exist
Partnerships can improve access to
• New technologies, and tools
• New research expertise and infrastructure
• Private equity markets; donor funding
• New product markets and new customers
• New marketing and distribution networks
Synergies through knowledge sharing,
joint learning, scale economies, resource
pooling, and cost sharing
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But roles remain contested
With changes in the global agri-food system,
the roles of the state, industry, and civil
society remain contested
Controversy over ownership of new knowledge
Issues over distribution of benefits and risks
Concerns over lack of pro-poor emphasis
Unease over environmental, social sustainability
Learning from others? e.g. the health and ICT sectors
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Yet our visions and goals often coincide
a world free of hunger and malnutrition
To provide solutions that cut hunger and
malnutrition
These goals are
good on humanitarian grounds
and good for business
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Real actions follow common interests
Private Public
Private support
to charitable
public projects
Public projects Private
provision of
public goods
Public
Commercial
projects Private
Planning,
Financing
Delivery,
Execution Civil Society
Civil Society
Private support
to charitable
NGO projects
NGO provision
of public goods
NGO
partnership
projects
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Outline
PPP in agriculture: The main options and issues
Less favored/marginal rainfed areas: risks and opportunities
Possibility of PPPs in the supply chain management of high value and processed commodities
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What are “less-favored areas” (LFAs)?
Include areas with
• low agricultural potential, due to limited rainfall, poor
soils, steep slopes, etc. (biophysical constraints); or
• limited access to infrastructure (e.g., roads and
irrigation) and markets (socioeconomic constraints)
Some LFAs are found in:
• semi-arid and arid tropics of Asia and Africa
• mountain areas of Asia, Latin America and Africa
• hillside areas in Central America and Asia
• forest margins of humid and sub-humid tropics of
Africa, Latin America and Asia
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