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Photo contact: Frederik van Oudenhoven

agrobiodiversity

and

green entrepreneurship

Willy Douma

wdouma@hivos.org

Beyond value chains to landscape approaches

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Hivos - who we are

• 27 countries, 700 partners

• 5 regional,6 local offices

• 300 employees

• income 100 mio Euro/yr

• People reached: +22

million

Key figures: Humanist Institute for Co-operation with

Developing Countries

• 40 years building capacity of Southern

actors

• Management of multi-actor programs

• Lobby & campaigning

• Knowledge development

• Facilitating access to finance

www.hivos.org

1. Value chains

2. Availability of seeds

3. Knowledge for change

and gender!

experiences to share today on

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Enhanced economic resilience and profitability of smallholders through:

• Productivity /yield increase (quality/quantity)

• Diversification produced goods/crops

• Better and more secure access to markets

Enhanced soil fertility management and climate

change adaptation

Stronger producer organisations

Shared recources and benefits between men

and women

Hivos’ ambition is creating viable smallholder production systems. In our

approach we combine economic, ecological and social factors which

together result into multiple benefits:

1. Green Food – Value chains (1)

Hivos | 2013

Faida MaLi, Tanzania

10 step Market Linkage Approach",

A tool that focuses on building trust

between producers and buyers.

1. Value chains (2)

1. Value chains (3)

Daily rice varieties – Sahaja Samrudha, Bangalore, India

1. Value chains (4)

A farmer pond in Karnataka India with structure for creepers above- concrete posts and wires

covering the pond (Foto Michael Commons, ENF Thailand)

• Markets

• Availability of seeds

• Evidence and policy changes

• Knowledge sharing.

• Gender

Diversity and climate change

Continuous learning by farmers and their organisations

about climate change lead to a variety of adaptation plans

Required: a learning organisations, climate data,

progressive testing Training and support: Earth Net Foundation, Thailand

1. Beyond value chains (5)

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2. Availability of seeds (1)

• 10-20% increase in yields with

farmer developed varieties

• One province- 3 months

hunger gap closed for

indigenous communities

• 90% community seed

requirement secured in prime

irrigated areas, where farmers

used to buy

PVS, PPB - SEARICE

2. Availability of seeds (2)

3. knowledge for change (1)

Knowledge programme on

agricultural biodiversity

‘agrobiodiversity@knowledged’

The Revitalising

Rainfed Agriculture

Network (RRA

Network) advocates

for a differentiated

policy and support

system for rainfed

agriculture in India.

Hivos’ Grain based landscapes initiative

Validación del Proyecto

de Sistemas de

Innovación en la Quinua

Marcelo Collao

3. Knowledge for change (2)

From maize to sorghum in Kenya – innovation at

county level with frontrunner stakeholders

A 'change lab' approach

A change lab is a social innovation process. It is an open space, hub or

platform where stakeholders work together to seize upon new

developments and innovations that address the complex challenges they

are trying to solve in a lasting and equitable way.

The IIED-Hivos partnership develop, test, design and establish at least

three such change labs that bring together various stakeholders in certain

regions around issues of food and energy.

Food Change Labs – Hivos /IIED partnership

3. Knowledge for change (3)

www.galsatscale.net

And Gender

Food is not a side dish but the main dish

Thank you

Willy Douma

wdouma@hivos.org

www.hivos.org

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We have over 20 years of experience in coffee. Annually we invest 2 million

Euro in sustainable coffee production.

Example 1: Coffee based

landscapes

• Capacity development of farmer

organisations

• Gender and youth mainstreaming

• Training materials and train the trainers

• Implementing Quality Management Systems

• Developing broad and trustworthy networks

of supply chain actors and (coffee) partners

Our involvement entails a vast range of activities:

•Implementing Good Agricultural Practice learning programs (GAPs)

•Enhancing ‘whole-farm viability’ (income diversification, long-term sustainability and

resilience of production systems)

•Promoting carbon-, nutrient- and energy-efficient coffee production

•Facilitating market linkages (farmers – private sector)

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Coffee – Sustainable &

Productive smallholder farming

Hivos and Ecom SMS partner in the 5-year 4S@Scale Programme in East Africa.

4S@Scale aims at creating viable smallholder farming systems and revitalising the

sector by offering long-term business opportunities for 2.4 million smallholder

coffee farms (and 16 million people dependent on the sector).

Key activities:

•Diversification of incomes (through

dairy and horticulture);

•Provision of credit facilities;

•Developing Good Agricultural

Practices including climate

resilience;

•Incorporating biogas into the

whole-farm system;

•Including women and youth with

targeted training and support.

Key Results (2007-2012):

Over 27000 farmers

reached, 35% women

Average yield increase:

1 to 3,5 kg/tree

Quality increase: premium

grades 26% to 85%

Income increase: 69%

over three years

Improved efficiency and

decision-making

1. Value chain and markets (4)

Input supplier

Farmer Coop Trader Processor Retailer

Chain liquidity

MFI

Agricultural

finance

Bank

Value chain finance

Bank

Mainstream Banks,

Finance institutions

1. Value chain and markets

ECOM and us

“Hivos continuously

challenged us on

innovation and

sustainability.

The process was

painful sometimes, but

the results of the

project are clearly

convincing.”

(Justin Archer, ECOM)

Revitalizing East African

Coffee sector with ECOM

• Viable smallholder coffee

farming systems

• 90000 farmers, with

upscale potential: 2,4 mio

• Average yield &quality

increase +/- 300%,

• Farmers income +69% in

3 years