Report Geneva Meeting

Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market

Tags: Knowledge Platform

Farmer leaders, agribusiness entrepreneurs, researchers and non-governmental organisations from across the world gathered near Geneva from 26 to 29 April to establish a new Learning Network on small-scale farmers, markets and globalisation. This network was convened as part of the Knowledge Programme ‘Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market’, coordinated by Hivos, Mainumby Ñakurutú and IIED. After four intensive working days in Geneva the Learning Network agreed on the main topics they would work on over the next 18 months. As the central pillar of the Knowledge Programme, the 16 members of the Learning Network discussed the dilemmas facing small-scale producers in the context of globalisation. Looking forward over the next 10-20 years they identified some of the knowledge gaps that must be addressed to enable small-scale producers to position themselves and make informed choices.