Download - High Country Seeds of Change
Food Systems Value Chain – November 2, 2012
High Country Seeds of Change
Agenda Time Agenda Items
9:00 – 9:20 Welcome and Agenda Overview9:20 – 9:50 Food Systems Value Chain Introductions
Name, organizational affiliation What is in it for you?
9:50 – 10:15 Shared Values Food Security Livelihood Security Natural Resources Social Equity Other shared values
10:15 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 11:15
Introduction to Food Systems Value Chains Key Concepts Value Chain Diagrams Mapping Participants to the Value Chain
11:15 – 12:15
Mapping Your Value Chain List Assets and Gaps for each Value Chain Link Working Lunch
12:15 – 1:45 Report from Teams: Creating a Collective List of Gaps Identify the Gap Who can fill it?
1:45 – 2:00 Wrap up and Next Steps
Value Chain Creation Process
Intermediary: Heifer
USAShared Values
Value Chain: Critical Partners
Value Chain: Support Partners
The Glue: Mutual Benefit and Self-Interest
Value Chains: Defined Network of businesses, nonprofit organizations and collaborative players who work together to satisfy market demand for specific products or services.
As value chains are built in response to market demand and involve clear and constant communication, they can be more responsive and innovative than traditional supply chains.
Traditional Supply Chain
Production Processing Distribution Marketing Consumption
Traditional Supply Chains: push supply to the next node in the chain
Mapping the Local Food Value Chain
Input Suppliers
Producers
Processors
Direct Sales
AggregatorsDistributor
sBrokers
Wholesale Buyers
Consumers
Waste Management
Marketing
Economic Developme
nt
Media
Government
Other Value Chains
National Organizatio
ns
Trainers/Extension
Researchers
Certifiers
Landowners
Brokers
Financing
Demand DrivenValue chains identify the
demand FIRSTInclude key buyers in the work
of the value chainKey buyers can become
investors in the value chain as it creates “value” for them
Shorten the supply chain – farm to fork
Thinking about DemandIn short term: Buyers that are
friendly and patientIn long-term: Buyers that can
absorb volumeEvaluate buyers based on
highest possible price vs requirements.
Need crop introduction timeline
Purpose: Wealth CreationReduction of povertyDefine wealth broadly
Financial wealth – has to be reinvested in community and not just consumed
Built wealth – create permanent infrastructure
Social wealth – create new relationships that lead to other benefits beyond just VC
Political wealth – value chains unite people and gives them a stronger voice
# 1Wealth creation is intentionally inclusive.# 2Wealth is tied to place by wealth creation
value chains.# 3Wealth sticks in rural areas through
attention to structures of ownership and control.
# 4The wealth creation approach is strategically flexible
# 5Ensure that each link is sustainable otherwise chain falls apart
# 6 Do no harm.
Guiding Principles
InfrastructureValue chains begin by building
local infrastructureAs value chains mature, they
bring in regional partnersCreate rural – urban link to bring
“new money” back into rural communities
Deep CollaborationsMove beyond bilateral
partnershipsWorking together to create
system changeJoint problem solvingDriven by each entity’s self
interestKeep adding collaborators
Production Innovators
Mapping the Value ChainDefine and quantify demandWork backwards to identify:
Assets already in placeGaps that need to be filled
To create wealth, gaps should be filled by entrepreneurial ventures
Where do you fit in the value chain?
Mapping the Local Food Value Chain
Input Suppliers
Producers
Processors
Direct Sales
AggregatorsDistributor
sBrokers
Wholesale Buyers
Consumers
Waste Management
Marketing
Economic Developme
nt
Media
Government
Other Value Chains
National Organizatio
ns
Trainers/Extension
Researchers
Certifiers
Landowners
Brokers
Financing