BrusselsDevelopmentPolicyBriefingno.4327thOctober2015,9h00-13h00ACPSecretariat,451AvenueGeorgesHenri,1200Brussels,roomC

East-Africa-IndiaCoopera3on:NewOpportuni3esforFarmersinICTsPaulThangata,EAFF,Kenya

TheEasternAfrica-IndiainiNaNveisaresultoftwomeeNngsorganizedbyCTA:1.  TheICT4AGRIInterna3onalConference,4-8November

2013Kigali,Rwanda2.  Facilita3ngtheConvergenceofICTChannelsfor

Agriculture,29to31October2014inRhenen,theNetherlands

CTAinvitedboth:•  TheEasternAfricaFarmersFedera3on(EAFF)•  TheIndianFer3lizerFarmersCo-opera3ve(IFFCO)

BACKGROUND

CTA:•  AttheKigalimee3ng,IFCCOmadeapresenta3ononavery

successfulmobileandwebbasedaggrega3onplaTorm.•  EAFFwasveryinterestedinthepresenta3on•  Why?EAFFwithitsstakeholderswerelookingatdevelopinga

virtualaggrega3on.TheaimofthevirtualplaTormistohelpfarmersaggregatefarmproduceand,intheprocess,helplinkfarmersandtraderassocia3onstona3onalandregionalbuyersthroughtheuseofICT.

•  Thisisnowthe“e-granary”:informa3oncanbematchedwithpossiblebuyersbasedondemandedquan33es,quality,priceand3meofdelivery.

•  EAFFandIFCCOcon3nueddiscussionsandagreedtohaveEAFFvisitIFCCO

BACKGROUND

EAFFCEOexchangenewsle\erswithIFFCOCEOJU

NE2015

EAFFteamattheMeerutIKSL/IFFCOofficeandKusawaliVillage,inU\arPradesh

MEETIN

GIFCCOFIELDSTAFF,JU

NE2015

EAFFmee3ngwithfarmersatKusawaliVillageinU\arPradesh MEETIN

GWITHFARM

ERS,JUNE2015

InSeptember2015,EAFFrequestedFAOtosupport15leadersandfarmerstoIndia.Thepar3cipantscamefromRwanda,Kenya,TanzaniaandUganda

SEPTEMBER2015

Purpose:Exposeleadersofcoopera3ves/FOsfromtheEasternAfricasub-regiontosuccessstories/bestprac3cesinIndia,especiallyonthepromo3onofagribusinessandagro-industrydevelopmentstrategiesandapproaches.

INPUNJAB,SEPTEM

BER2015

WithfarmersandBAIFstaff(BAIFDevelopmentResearchFounda3on(formerlyregisteredastheBhara3yaAgroIndustriesFounda3on),avoluntaryorganiza3on,supportsthefederalini3a3vetopromotesustainablelivelihoodsinRuralIndia.

LESSON1/6

Bridging Information Gap •  Providing Leverage to the

Communication Needs of Farmers

•  Converting their Mobiles into Dynamic Power House of Knowledge

IFCCO:MOBILEREVOLUTION:‘IKSLGREENSIMCARD’andMIS/DATAMANAGEMENT

EAFF…>

Deliberateagriculturalpoliciesthatsupportsmallholders

LESSON2/6

ValueAddi3onCulture:ThisisthemissinglinkinEastAfricanAgriculture.MembershipReten3on:Coopera3vesretaintheirmembershipduetovalueaddi3on.FarmersseevalueinValueAddi3on.

LESSON3/6

LESSONS4/6

Transparencyinmilkmarke3ng,farmersgetreceiptsassoonastheirmilkiselectronicallytested

Collec3vemechaniza3onandprecisionagriculture:LESSO

N5/6

DemanddrivenR+DavailableatthegrassrootslevelLESSO

N6/6

WAYFO

RWARD

Todaye-granaryisunderpilotinKenya

1.  EAFFneedssupportformorepilo3nginEasternAfricancountries2.  Then,rolloutthee-granary

WAYFO

RWARD

Collec3vemechaniza3onandprecisionagriculture:

TheEasternAfrica-IndiainiNaNveisaresultoftwomeeNngsorganizedbyCTA:•  EAFFislookingforopportuni3estoimplementa

south-to-southini3a3ve.•  SouthtoSouthpartnershipscanbenefitfarmersin

easternAfrica.•  Farmerscanlearnfromtheexperienceandexper3se

offarmersinotherdevelopingcountriesthroughtheexchangeofknowledge,skillsandideas.

•  Thecoopera3vemovementinIndiacanofferlessonstoEastAfricancoopera3ves.