Seas of Change Initiative

Programme

“For three days the sea will be our home while we consider Seas of Change”

The preliminary workshop programme can be downloaded here and found below.

Timetable                                      Programme overview

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

  • Day 1: Why care about scaling inclusive agri-food markets? Setting the scene
  • Day 2: How to scale? Digging in Deep
  • Day 3: How to move forward?  Trends and Partnerships

Day 1 details

Wednesday April 11, 2012   Why care about scaling inclusive agri-food markets? Setting the scene
11.30 Workshop registration 
12.30 Official Welcome and Opening Address Martin Kropff, Rector Magnificus Wageningen University and Research CentreBas Rüter, Director Sustainability Rabobank Netherlands
  Setting the stage
 12:50  Lunch and Introductions What brings you here?
14.00 Voices from the field Why care about inclusive agri-food markets? And why is it so hard to scale?Chris Brett, Senior Vice President Olam InternationalLucy Muchoki, CEO Pan African Agribusiness and Agro Industry Consortium
14.30 Setting the Scene – Workshop background and objectives What motivated this workshop and what do we want to achieve?Jim Woodhill, Director Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI-WUR)
14.50 Insights from Commodity Studies and Cases What is the scale of change in different commodities and what is being learned?Lucia Wegner, Seas of Change researcher Round Table DiscussionsWhat are the hot issues about scaling that must be on the table?What insights do we get from specific examples and a commodity perspective? 

Discussions at tables with commodity leads and specific examples
16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.30 Differing perspectives How do different players from government, NGOs and producer organisations see the challenges and opportunities for scaling?12-min presentations from the perspective of:

  • NGOs. David Bright, Head Business and Markets Oxfam GB
  • Producer Organizations. Ibrahim Coulibaly, President OACCP
  • Multilateral/global government. Kevin Cleaver, Associate Vice President IFAD 
17:15 Focusing for the next day What are you looking forward to exploring more deeply?Plenary discussion led by Don Seville, co-director Sustainable Food Lab
18.30 Pre-dinner cocktails
19.00 Official Dinner Guest of Honour: Ben Knapen, Dutch Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation. Host: Martin Kropff20 leaders from the sector will join participants to confront strategic challenges with field-level realityDinner contribution by Atul Mehta, IFC Director Global Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services

Day 2 details

Thursday April 12, 2012   How to scale? Digging in Deep
09.00 Digging in deep (1) What innovations are needed to go from islands of success to seas of change? Investigating inclusiveness and scaling from 5 thematic angles:

  1. Certification: Possibilities and limitations at scale and traceability alternatives (LEI, Unilever, Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade Africa)
  2. Ensuring greater local spin-off from global value chains (IDH, Africa Juice, Hillside Green, CIAT)
  3. Innovative finance structures for inclusive agribusiness at scale (Rabobank, IFC)
  4. Working effectively with large numbers of producers (Sustainable Food Lab, Olam, Agra Alliance, Vodafone)
  5. Local sourcing for local markets (Heineken, Multiflower, Star Café, SNV Zambia)
11.15 Seas of Change Plaza Two series of informal, informative presentations on a range of initiatives. Topics and speakers to be announced.
12.30 Lunch
 14.00  Digging in deep (2) What innovations are needed to go from islands of success to seas of change? Investigating inclusiveness and scaling from 5 thematic angles:

  1. Kick-starting productivity: what do we need to do differently from the last 40 years to realise 2-4x productivity jumps? (IFDC, Ecom Agroindustrial Corp., Africa Harvest)
  2. Effective partnerships: funding, roles and scaling (SNV, Abt Associates, Acumen Fund and others)
  3. Policy: Where and how can it make a difference? (ODI, IIED, RIMISP)
  4. Practical evidence of the business case on scaling food and nutrition security (BoP Innovation Center)
  5. Learning fast: systems for rapid large-scale learning (CDI-WUR, Agri-ProFocus, Kenya Tea Development Authority)
16.15 Stop & Think What are we learning about going to scale? What are we learning about inclusiveness? What are key concerns? What are key opportunities?Group discussions in (4-5) rounds
17.15 Wrap up Key insights of a number of participants 
18.00 BBQ & Business in seaside restaurant

Day 3 details

Friday April 13, 2012   How to move forward?  Trends and Partnerships
8.45 Emerging trends and directionsThe big issues and key trends that will require and support structural inclusiveness:If your board wants to be on the ball, what emerging trends, directions and innovations must it be thinking about?Kick-off from David Rosenberg, Group Sustainability Advisor Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation and Gine Zwart, Senior Policy Advisor Oxfam Novib 
9.45 Going to scaleOpen space session on initiatives, innovations and partnerships for scaling:What new (or strengthened) initiatives and partnerships could be the drivers of change in going to scale?Different rounds with different hosts
11.30 Partnerships around key opportunitiesResults from the open space, and exchange in plenary:Ways forward: How and with whom?Final reflections from Jan Kees Vis, Director Sustainable Agriculture Unilever and Marie-Hélène Collion, Lead Agriculture services specialist, World Bank 
12.45 Closing wordsJim Woodhill (CDI-WUR)
13.00 Lunch
 Hotel venues will be available in the afternoon for business meetings (if required) 
14.00-16.00 Translate strategic directions into operational ideasBy small group of participants
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