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Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA)Better Rice, Better Life

“Introduction of PPP Model in

BRIA Context”BRIA Regional In-house Knowledge Sharing Workshop, 20-24 March 2017, Can Tho

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Vision: To contribute to

better and sustainable rice

production and nutrition in

Southeast Asia.

Goal: To enhance the rice

farmers’ livelihood by

strengthening the rice value

chains and nutrition.

Countries:

Duration:Oct 2013 – Nov 2017

Budget: €10m

Private (70%), BMZ (30%)

Project staff: 32

BRIA at a Glance

Core Strategy: Better Rice, Better Life

Target Beneficiaries: 30,000 farmers

Approach:

Production- Optimization

of inputs and

increase of

productivity

- Standards &

certification

Nutrition- Increase of

nutrient value

of crops

- Rice

fortification

Profession- Capacity of

rice farmers &

value chain

actors

- Rice agri-

prenuership

Public-private partnership models

Sustainable rice practices & farmer livelihoods

Functional and sustainable agri-business

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Farmers Need An Integrated Solution

IN-PUT VALUE CHAIN OUT-PUT VALUE CHAIN CONSUMER

SUPPLIERS

TRADER/

EXPORTER

MILLER/

PROCESSOR

FOOD

RETAILER

CONSUMER

DISTRIBUTION/

RETAIL

GROWERS

Government

Agencies:

Nat’l/local, Agri/Non-

Agri

Farmers & Farmer

Groups:

Provincial/

community

Private Companies:

Inputs, Machinery,

Millers, Buyers,

Traders

Others:

Academe, CSOs

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Partners

Public PartnersSponsors

Other Partners

In Thailand

GIZ Project Partners

Bilateral Projects

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• 2014 Project arrangement, mutual understanding of concept and

working principles, operational plan, working arrangement

• 2015 Baseline survey, full implementation of activities, early sign

of reaching impacts

• 2016 Mid-term review, concrete outputs, clear progress of

impacts, initial discussion of follow-on measures or next phase

• 2017 Wrapping up activities, lessons learnt, scaling up and

transitioning to the next steps

BRIA Annual Milestones

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2014 BRIA partnership, synergies with other rice

initiatives/projects, operating guidelines

2015 Best rice cultivation practices

2016 Rice and rice product value chain

development, and PPP models

2017 Scaling up agri-business and

institutionalizing public private partnership

BRIA Regional Knowledge Sharing Themes

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Common Understanding on PPP

“Collaborative mechanisms in which public organizations

and private entities share resources, knowledge, and risks

in order to achieve more efficiency in the production and

delivery of products and services.” (IFPRI)

Public organizations: national & local authorities

agriculture & non-agriculture

Private entities: private companies

farmers (individuals & groups)

civil society

Forms: contract farming, joint venture, privatizing

government owned facilities/services, etc.

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Why PPP?

• Common interests, benefits outweigh costs

• Better Performance and Sustainability

• Strengths, limitations and synergies

• Public sector: policy, governance and management

framework, enabling environment and incentive system for

development, rules and regulations & their enforcement, etc.

• Private sector: knowledge and know how, investment,

cooperation and compliance to policy & management

framework, R&D and technological advancement, business

model, Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSRs), etc.

• Farmer: part of the society, the sector workforce, target

beneficiary of public sector & client of private sector, has local

knowledge, economy of scale when formed in groups, etc.

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PPP in Agriculture

• CSR & PPP

• Contract farming & PPP

• Facilitating PPP & PPP

• Common understanding of concept, benefits & potentials,

process and expectation

• Building trust & commitment - understanding concerns and

establishing safeguards

• Concrete examples and capacity building

• Enabling policy, mechanisms and space

• Scaling out and replicating partnerships

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„Thank You“

Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA)

„Better Rice, Better Life“