Public-private partnerships African small-holder farmers Vivienne Anthony Senior Advisor, SFSA Public-private partnerships: definition ● PPPs have great potential to enable small-holder farmers to improve their livelihoods but innovative approaches are key ● Combine complementary strengths of: − Public − Private − Voluntary organisations ● Produce benefits for small-holders that none can achieve alone − R&D and bringing research goods into practice − Bring input and output markets to life 2 Agriculture value chain and PPPs ● Africa > 100 PPPs ● 25% R&D-based Productivity R&D • • • • • 3 Inputs Farmers Genomic science Plant breeding Crop protection traits Nutrition improvement Fertilizer inputs Markets Collection Distribution Processing • • • • • • Wholesale Retail SABMiller Crop processing Cassava beer New markets Mozambique Seed certification Credit and loans Inputs insurance Connectivity customers/ mobile phones Challenges • Every PPP is different and has individual characteristics • Strategic vs. tactical partnerships to enable delivery • Business cases: equitable benefits and risk sharing • Financial mechanisms to support PPPs • Governance and decision-making • Intellectual property sharing • Commercialisation route to farmers • Negotiation vehicles and capacity building 4 Shifting policy and enabling environment in Africa G8 Alliance for food security and nutrition Taking innovations to scale Commitments Mobilising capital African GrowAfrica 45  66 companies governments $3.0  $3.5 billion Managing risk Investment/ Ghana Burkina Faso partnership Private sector G8 Ethiopia  Mozambique Opportunities companies governments Tanzania Cote d’Ivoire Results accountability PPP platform Knowledge, contacts and tools to support PPP creation PPP database Expert contacts Case-studies Best practices Business cases Impact tools www.apxc.org Financial mechanisms Thank you for your attention