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9:00 to 11:00: How to professionalize smallholder agriculture: A global quality system for farmer organizations
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Food security. Jobs. Demographic shifts. Sustainability. Global trade.
To meet these challenges and more, farming must change. Farmers and farmer organizations in emerging markets must become more professional and more productive. A well-run farmer organization is more likely to access finance, inputs, and services, which
means it can sell more and do more for its members.
The result is greater food security and more sustainable livelihoods for farming families.
It’s clear that farmer organizations must professionalize. But can professionalism be systematically built and measured? And will more professional organizations be rewarded with better market access?
You are invited to a presentation that explains why the answer to those questions is YES.
IFC is a founding member of the Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA), a consortium of NGOs and development agencies that has two goals: (1) help farmer organizations achieve defined standards of professionalism; and (2) facilitate market access
for these newly professional organizations.
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11:30 to 13:00 with lunch: Launch of IFC’s Global Cooperative Curriculum for farmer organizations
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The first AMEA initiative is IFC’s Global Cooperative Curriculum (GCC). The GCC links assessment, training, and intensive coaching together in a 12- to 18-month program designed to help farmer organizations reach the professionalism criteria defined by
SCOPEinsight. The program was developed by a team of IFC cooperative specialists and instructional designers. This launch follows recent successful pilots in Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire.
The goal of the presentation and Q&A session is to introduce the GCC and explain how AMEA partners and others can use it.
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