Interviews

The Seas of Change initiative held several interviews with leading figures from a variety of businesses and organizations working on inclusive business. All interviews are presented here.

K. Pattanakkittipong Country Manager, East West Seed, Myanmar.

K. Pattanakkittipong talks about EWS strategic activities in Myanmar.

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Marlar Soe, East West Seed, Myanmar

Marlar Soe talks about the knowledge transfer activities of EWS in Myanmar.

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Drew Johnson, MercyCorps, Myanmar.

This interview is part of a case study of the Making Vegetable Markets Work program, produced by Seas of Change and Wageningen UR.

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Marco Cruz, Superior Foods International

We talked with Marco Cruz of Superior Foods International about the intersection of smallholder sourcing and development.

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Gareth Davies, Syngenta

Gareth Davies is Food Security Agenda Manager for Syngenta. We spoke about why and how Syngenta embraces smallholder agriculture.

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Elijah Kang’ara, Star Café Ltd

Elijah Kang’ara, general manager of Star Café Ltd, talked to us about his company’s experiences in working with smallholders.

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Leonardo Lima, Arcos Dorados

In this interview with Leonardo Lima we talk about Arcos Dorados' perspective on sourcing from smallholder farmers.

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Mark Lundy, CIAT

CIAT’s Mark Lundy talks about trends in smallholder inclusion, going from pilots to scale, big businesses as development partners and more.

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Wilfred van der Kooij, Novos Horizontes

At the Seas of Change workshop in 2014 we discussed the value of doing inclusive business with Wilfred van der Kooij of Novos Horizontes.

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Bill Vorley, IIED

At the Seas of Change workshop in 2014 we talked about the value of doing inclusive business from a smallholders' point of view with Bill Vorley of the IIED.

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Mandla Nkomo and others about PPPs

A short video on public-private partnerships. “Do PPPs benefit low-income farmers, or do they just subsidise business as usual?”

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Paul Stanger, Heineken

In this video interview Heineken’s Global Innovation Manager Paul Stanger talks about Heineken's involvement with sourcing from smallholder farmers.

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Jan Kees Vis, Unilever

A short video interview with Jan Kees Vis, Director Sustainable Agriculture at Unilever, at the Seas of Change workshop in 2012.

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Mark Lundy, CIAT

A short interview with Mark Lundy, CIAT researcher, at the Seas of Change workshop in 2012.

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David Rosenberg, Ecom

A short video interview with David Rosenberg, Ecom advisor, at the Seas of Change workshop in 2012.

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Juan Cheaz, RIMISP

A short video interview with Juan Cheaz, RIMISP coordinator, at the Seas of Change workshop in 2012.

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