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Networking and Sharing
There have been many sharing workshops and eletrconic discussions around Value Chains Development amongst IFAD projects. Many resources were produced as a reult of this sharing.
Value Chain Perspective Note 2, June 2010 by Dr.Sudhirendar Sharma
Do Value Chains Value the Poor? issues in `stepping in’ and `stepping out’
Value Chain Perspective Note 1, April 2010 by Dr.Sudhirendar Sharma
Can markets be made to work for the poor? Tailoring products and tutoring markets may require not only require innovative fine tuning of existing initiatives but must measure up to the criteria of inclusive growth and empowerment of the poor as well. The paper suggests that the non-profit and donor projects should focus on creating viable, inclusive and effective models of value chains worthy of replication and up-scaling.
What are the implications for global value chains?
Rapid growth in many low-income economies was fuelled by the insertion of producers into global value chains feeding into high-income northern markets. This paper charts the evolution of financial and economic crisis in the global economy and argues that the likely outcome will be sustained growth in the two very large Asian Driver economies of China and India and stagnation in the historically dominant northern economies. Given the nature of demand in low-income southern economies, it is likely to be reflected in sustained demand for commodities, with other southern economy producers in global value chains being forced into lower levels of value added. Standards are likely to be of considerably reduced significance in value chains feeding into China and India.
Pro-Poor Policy Programme
In May 2007, the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO), with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched a regional programme called “Pro-Poor Policy Formulation, Dialogue and Implementation at the Country Level" to assist eight Asian countries – Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam– to reduce rural poverty through enhanced institutional capacity to analyze, formulate and implement pro-poor agricultural and rural development policies.
Stakeholder Workshop, Opportunities for Roots and Tubers R&D Investments
This document describes the proceedings of the May 2010 stakeholder workshop in Bangkok to discuss opportunities for investment in research and development of roots and tuber crops in the Asia Pacific Region. The workshop was undertaken as an input to a possible future IFAD grant-financed programme for roots and tubers.
Workshop Report: Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting for Gender Focal points in Cambodia, 22 – 25 February 2010
IFAD’s gender focal points in the Asia and the Pacific region met at Siem-reap in Cambodia, from 22nd to 25th February 2010. There were 31 participants at the workshop from 17 countries. To know more, please read the attached report.
Information Note for Participants
Information note for participants for IFAD/FAO Study Tour on “Microfinance for Marginal and Small Farmers, Reaching the Target Group” - Bangladesh, 28 March – 01 April 2010 as part of the “Regional Capacity-building and Knowledge Management for Gender Equality Programme” approved in April 2008 that will complete operations in March 2011.
ENRAP e-discussion on Gender Mainstreaming Strategy of IFAD Funded Projects, Jan 2010: Consolidated Summary
The objective of the discussion was to share experience and knowledge among ENRAP members on gender strategy formulation in the project level to develop a useful stock of knowledge, which will help gender focal points to formulate effective gender strategies for their projects.
ENRAP e - discussion Summary 3rd week Jan 2010
Summary for topic 3 highlights the solutions and recommendations that can be proposed to address some of the concerns identified when making gender strategies?
