MoU Small Producers Agency in the Globalized Market Programme signed

Hivos-IIED cooperation

Tags: Small Producers Agency
Additional tags: Cooperation , IIED

On 21 January a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Hivos and the International Institute for Development Cooperation for the Knowledge Programme Small Producers Agency in the Globalized Market. Explicit statements of demand from organisations across various sectors suggest that there is a distinct and urgent need to integrate and synthesise existing bodies of knowledge – both scientific and practitioner knowledge – produced and disseminated in a way that strengthens the capacity especially in smallholder organisations and federations.

These integrated bodies of knowledge can contribute to effective choices and interventions being made about whether or not to become involved in specific value chains - by balancing the pro’s and con’s - and the role to be taken up in order to have increased say in the governance of value chains. This analysis should also stir up the debate, and makes demands of chain actors – including agrifood business – to rethink their positions as partners in development.

The purpose of this three-year Knowledge Programme, a partnership between IIED and Hivos is to integrate knowledge, raise debate, and empower a new generation of opinion leaders. The KP will be implemented by IIED and Hivos in close collaboration with a knowledge network consisting of academics, policy makers and practitioners active in this field. The KP will link up with existing networks and like-minded actors/activities to ensure strong policy impact.