2005 Post-IAMA WORKSHOP: Building New Partnerships in the Global Food Chain


		SETTING THE STAGE From the Green Revolution to the Market Revolution Hamish Gow, Earl Kellogg and Steve Sonka, University of Illinois INDUSTRY PANEL Moderator: Murray McGregor Gustavo Gonzalez, Syngenta Leroy Hanson, Triple "F" Shashank Goel, Ineeka Co. Tom Herlehy, CARE Egypt LUNCH KEYNOTE: June 29, 2005 Jim Thompson, USAID Global Development Alliance CONCURRENT SESSION 1 – SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION Session 1A: Natural Products *Moderator: Carol Wilson, USAID* Tobias Bandel, Sekem Group, Egypt Experience in developing supply channels for organic herbs and medicinal crops for the EU market Plankton for Health Establishing supply chains for medicinal crops from marine phytoplankton Katherine Warner, Winrock Public-Private Partnerships to Raise Smallholder Incomes in Vietnam and Cambodia Winrock's Brochures: Public Private Partnerships and Payments for Environmental Services Jawad Bahaji, Morocco Improving the impact of an agricultural program through strategic communication interventions Session 1B: Livestock, Dairy and Fisheries *Moderator: Larry Paulson, USAID-New Delhi* Jeffrey Engels and Gagik Sardaryan, CARD, Armenia Unlocking the Export Potential of Armenia’s Landlocked Dairy Sector Kudrat E. Kabir, Bangladesh The Shrimp Seal of Quality program: An integrated approach to addressing the challenges in Bangladesh’s shrimp sector Ken McMillin, LSU-PFID MSP Developing the Meat, Seafood, and Poultry Food Industry in Ukraine and Moldova Haven Ley, Chemonics Support to women in generating income from poultry in rural Afghanistan Session 1C: Horticulture *Moderator: Dennis Sharma, USAID - West Bank/Gaza* Dennis Sharma, USAID West Bank/Gaza Commercial Agriculture in Israel Patrick Brown, UC-Davis Summary global horticultural assessment Burt Swanson, MUCIA, Jon Seltzer, U Minnesota, John Vansickle, U. Florida and Mohamed Samy, U. Illinois Strengthening the supply chain to expand the export of fresh horticultural crops from Upper Egypt to the European Union Denise Mainville, Virginia Tech Collective action to facilitate small farmer participation in high-value domestic markets: The experience of Caisp in Sao Paulo Brazil CONCURRENT SESSION 2 – TOPICAL ISSUES Session 2A: Natural Products Continued *Moderator: Scott Christiansen, USAID* Jim Simon, Rutgers University Sustainable Development: Natural Products and Medicinal Plants Sector Using a Science and Market-Driven Approach to Strengthen Demand Roundtable Discussion Panel Members: Sribindu Bajracharya, USAID-Nepal Setta Tutundjian, USAID-Jordan Wade Al-Sattar, USAID-Yemen Shashank Goel, Ineeka Co. Patrick Papania, AED Session 2B: Application of Information Technology *Moderator: Jonathan Metzger, USAID* Tobias Bandel, Sekem Group, Egypt An integrated IT management system to provide full product traceability from field to overseas market Harsha de Silva, Sri Lanka Innovative fruit and vegetable market information and price gathering system Dennis Sheehy, GOBI Forage/GLCRSP Application of information and communication technology for livestock early warning systems in Mongolia Mike Tetelman, AED, Philippines Innovative use of cellular technology and market information systems to support the sustainable reef management and tropical fish harvesting Session 2C: Gender, Farmers Associations, and Grassroots Enterprise Development *Moderator: John Santas, University of Illinois* Ghassan Sayah, YMCA, Lebanon Organizing women in business development: Experiences of the SMART program J.P. Singh, NATP From self-help groups to commodity-based farmer associations: The Indian approach to developing social capital among women farmers in India Steve Londner, TechnoServe Expanding economic opportunities for smallholder farmers through developing a globally competitive cashew industry Zoubida Charrouf, Morocco Valorsisation of argan oil for a sustainable management of the arid zones of south-west Morocco KEYNOTE: June 30, 2005 Jagdish Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing Emory University CONCURRENT SESSION 3 – Topical Issues Session 3A: Quality Assurance, Standards, and Certification Systems Moderator: Todd Hamner, USAID-Washington Steve Jaffee, World Bank, Washington Strategic Responses to Enhanced Food Safety and Other Standards Tom Reardon, Michigan State University Supermarkets and growth of private grades and standards Joe Hain, USDA FAS Assisting the produce industry meet international retail standards: The USDA FAS cold chain initiative Session 3B: Capacity Building for Market Development Moderator: Gary Robbins, USAID-Cairo Mohamed Abo El Wafa, GTZ, Cairo, Egypt, John Vansickle, U. Florida, Maria Marshall, Purdue University; Mohamed Samy and Hamish Gow, U. Illinois, and Burt Swanson, MUCIA Developing public-private teams to conduct market research and develop business plans to supply selected European Union markets Jonathan Metzger, USAID Washington C-Level Executive Program: Using venture capital training to increase the managerial capacity and market linkages for entrepreneurs Abdul Qayyum Khan, IALC/UIUC, Afghanistan and Anwar F. Chishti, NWFPAU, Pakistan Training the trainers in post-conflict arenas: Experiences from Pakistan and Afghanistan CONCURRENT SESSION 4: SYNTHESIZING FRAMEWORKS Session 4A: Building Marketing Channel Alliances *Moderator: Steve Jaffee, World Bank* Joe Welsh, Croatia Redefining the Distribution Channel: Lean but Responsive Morten Frederiksen, RPDP, World Bank Strategic Development of Horticultural Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa Mohamed Samy, U. Illinois and Burt Swanson, MUCIA Refocusing the national research programs to global market needs: The experience of the AERI Linkage project in Egypt Session 4B: The Enabling Environment: Policy and Trade Moderator: Dan Miller, USAID-Afghanistan (Click here to see Dan's IAMA Presentation) Robert Thompson, University of Illinois Doha, WTO negotiations, and development Wally Tyner, Purdue University FTA and Morocco Rich Magnani and Sawsan Al-Sharifi, USAID-Iraq Reform and Rehabilitation of Iraq’s agricultural sector: The case of the Iraqi wheat sector LUNCH KEYNOTE: June 30, 2005 Doyle Baker, FAO (Click here to see FAO's website) Implementation Panel Moderator: Scott Christiansen, USAID Steve Jaffee, World Bank Earl Kellogg, IALC Anju Seth, University of Illinois