Value Chains and Livelihoods Diversification

Périn L. Saint AngeRegional Director, East and Southern AfricaInternational Fund for Agricultural Development

3 September 13-14:30Faleata Sport Complex , Room CM5

Implementing IFAD’s Value Chains Agenda• Investing in rural men, women and youth• Promoting entrepreneurship and marketing to increase

quantity, quality and diversity of agriculture and fisheries produce

• Rural-urban nexus: provision of input supply and access to output markets

Value Chains: IFAD supporting rural livelihoods

• Increasing dramatically over the past years• Capturing larger share of value added and diversified production• Improving market integration and efficiency• Strengthening producer-private-public partnerships• Pursuing sustainable adaptation to climate change

• Supporting smallholders as managers of SIDS’ vulnerable natural resources

• Securing access to markets through social capital and collective action• Developing models for produce quality, reliability and affordability• Providing knowledge on market opportunities, standards and labelling• Investing in local infrastructure (production, processing and storage

facilities)• Improving access to small, remote islands with

diseconomies of scale• Increasing employment opportunities, training

producers and processors• Making exports more profitable through global

policy dialogue and partnerships

Addressing Multiple Constraints in SIDS

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• Investing in artisanal fishing, processing, storage and marketing facilities: Sustainable and responsible fishing practices Sheltered fish landing stations and

transportation of raw fish, reduce wastage Cold chain storage access to market and

nutrition information and improving management and marketing skills

• Empowering women’s groups to improve catch and effort, handling, processing, marketing and nutrition

• Promoting alternative and diversified livelihoods: private sector service and supply provision along the value chain, create additional employment and reduce emigration

The case of artisanal fishing value chains

• Agriculture is mainly a smallholder business providing significant economic and social opportunities in SIDS

• Higher prices signal revival of agricultural sector• Smallholders able to feed themselves nutritiously • Mobilizing private sector is key to agribusiness in

resource-constrained SIDS • More sustainable and climate smart value chains

reduce food waste

Concluding remarks