Legesse, D.

Lemma, M.

Tesfaye, B.

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Building public-private partnerships: LIVES project approach and experience Dereje Legesse, Mamusha Lemma and  Beamlak Tesfaye; d.legesse@cgiar.org   Po box 5689 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  www.ilri.org   • Public-private partnerships (PPPs) offer opportunities to achieve inclusive development objectives by building partnerships among value chain actors: from farmers and input/service providers to marketing/ processing businesses. • In Ethiopia, value chains are not very well developed. A platform model creates equitable and dynamic spaces for value chain actors to exchange knowledge, create business linkages and take action to resolve common problems. • The Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project initiated commodity platforms at all levels to discuss challenges, share knowledge and experiences, and create opportunities for establishing business linkages among value chain actors. • At an institutional level, the commodity platforms serve as mechanisms to obtain feedback from value chain actors to improve LIVES planning. Approach and experience • Commodity Platforms as PPPs arrangement have the power to spur economic growth, by building partnerships with value chain actors that benefits smallholder producers. • Commodity platforms help enhance the confidence of smallholder producers to establish and maintain business relationships with input/service suppliers and processing and marketing businesses. • Sustainability depends more on the benefits individual participants believe they obtain from participating in the platforms.  Introduction Concluding remarks   • Realizing the need for horizontal and vertical integration among value chain actors, LIVES works with partners to establish commodity platforms at various levels. • Through ongoing engagement and meetings, commodity platforms play key role in improving interaction and communication among value chain actors (producers, input/service providers, processing and marketing business, and value chain supporters), identifying key value chain bottlenecks, and creating linkages that facilitate new businesses opportunities, such as opening of feed shops and establishment of marketing groups. Commodity Platform Public •Bureau of Agriculture •Bureau of Livestock & Fisheries •Agricultural Research Institute  •Irrigation Development  Smallholder Producers Private Input Supply/Service Providers Marketing / Processing Businesses This poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. April 2016  

Building public-private partnerships: LIVES project approach and experience

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Building public-private partnerships: LIVES project approach and experience

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