N2-Africa Project: Scaling out and Sustainability through Public Private

Partnerships (PPPs)

Edward Baars

N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop27-28 February 2014

The project will put a major emphasis on:

1) Institutionalizing N2Africa technologies, approaches, and expertise;

2) Fostering long-term sustainability of: seed, inoculant, and fertilizer supply chains; access to profitable legume markets; knowledge transfer.

Countries and Sectors

Theory of Change• Challenges:

– Lack of effective (profitable, predictable) legume input supply, imperfections in the output market chains.

• Activities:– Establish Public Private Partnerships (PPPs);– Establish inoculant production facilitates;– Facilitate agro-dealer investment in target areas.

• Achievements:– Improved farmer access to seed systems, inoculants and legume fertilizers;– Improved linkage of farmers to local and international legume markets;– Efficient post harvest practices, technologies, value added products &

enterprises benefitting women.

• Leads to– Women and men farmers regularly using inputs within sustainable

rotations;– Increased and stable income from crop sales.

Main Activities

1) Identify and approach key actors in the private sector;

2) Facilitate the development of PPP agreements that drive the market strategies;

3) Convene review meetings to update strategies & workplans based on developing market dynamics;

Specific Activities

1) Analyze the current state of input production & marketing;• Pre-feasibility analysis

2) Identify existing partnerships and initiatives in the agricultural input and output sector;

3) Identify business opportunities and partnerships with farmers, traders, input dealers, processors, exporters, financial institutions etc. interested in quality legume input and outputs marketing;

4) Establish relationships with prospective private sector partners and stakeholders (public sector) that lead to PPP agreements;

5) Identify opportunities for fund raising (i.e. Donors, AECF) and assist in applying for grants for business development;

Successful PPPs

Sesame Somalia Rice Somalia

DADTCO An Alliance of IFDC, UNDP, AGRA and IIAM

Cassava Input Supply Cassava Processing

Cluster Partners Uganda

9

Commodity:VC Actor:

Sesame Sorghum Soya Bean

Processor & Contract Buyer

Finance

Inputs• Seed

• Fertilizer & CPP

Equipment

Various BoP processors and blenders

Ledlet, ADVANTA

Export Trading, Capital Reef UNO/Hakkan, SHARES! and Bruce Robertson , Ruby Trading

Naseco and NARO Naseco and NARO

Various BoP processors and blenders

Cluster Partners Kenya

10

Commodity:VC Actor:

Irish Potatoes Rice Sorghum Spices (ABEC and Paprika)

Processor & Contract Buyer

Farmer Group

Finance

Inputs• Seed

• Fertilizer & CPP

Equipment

Midlands Ltd.,VegPro Group

EastAfricanMaltingsLimited

Capwell Ltd.

Mugombe Multipurpose Cooperative Society

Midlands Ltd. Baobab Ltd & MIAD

Various Various Various

Leldet Ltd. Livatty Netherlands

Export TradingLtd.

Nyanza Engineering and Hardware