eDialogue: What future for small-scale farming?

In this last session of the eDialogue "What Future for Small-Scale Farming?" we are drawing out the key messages and insights and assessing the implications for national policy and development investments. Speakers: David Nabarro, Strategic Director of 4SD, Convenor of the Food System Dialogues, Envoy of WHO Director-General on COVID-19, and Co-Director and Professor of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London Thomas Jayne, Professor at the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University Meike van Ginneken, Associate Vice President for Strategy and Knowledge at IFAD Rebbie Harawa, Regional & Research Program Director, Easter and Southern Africa at ICRISAT Ángela María Penagos Concha, Director of Agrifood Initiative and Vice- Presidency of Research, University de los Andes Avinash Kishore, Research fellow at IFPRI, India Elena Lazos Chavero, Professor at the Institute of Social Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico

In this session we explore  transition pathways and strategies for small-scale farming households with a particular focus on the role and intersection of commercialisation, food production for self-consumption, and social protection. This recognises the importance of understanding the  diversity of small-scale farming and the need for different combinations of strategies to help tackle the economic challenges and poor nutrition still faced by many small-scale farming households.

Synthesis session and regional comparisons (22nd of October 12:00 UTC) Heitor Mancini Teixeira - Researcher at WUR, Netherlands South Asia: Avinash Kishore - Research Fellow IFPRI, South Asia Africa: Martin Muchero - Independent Consultant, Botswana Grahame Dixie – Executive Director of Grow Asia https://www.foresight4food.net/edialogue-what-future-for-small-scale-farming/

South Asia (21st of October 10:00 UTC): Sudha Narayanan - Associate Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development, India Mamata Pradhan - Associate Research Fellow with the Tata Cornell Institute-Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TCI-TARINA) consortium, India Mekhala Krishnamurthy - Senior Fellow at the Centre of Policy and Research and Associate Professor at Ashoka University, India Ranjitha Puskur - Research Lead on Gender, Youth and Livelihoods at IRR Jeevika Weerahewa - Professor at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Aditi Mukherji - Research Group Leader at International Water Management Institute, Nepal Avinash Kishore - Research Fellow IFPRI, South Asia https://www.foresight4food.net/edialogue-what-future-for-small-scale-farming/

Latin America (21st of October 14:00 UTC): Milena Umana – Researcher RIMISP, Columbia Claus Reiner - Country Director & Head Latin America and the Caribbean Division at IFAD Heitor Mancini Teixeira - Researcher at WUR, Netherlands Maija Peltola - Country Director Latin America and the Caribbean Division of IFAD, Panama Alejandra Arce – Associate Researcher at the International Potato Center Jamie Forero – retired professor from University Javeriana de Bogotá (recorded contribution) https://www.foresight4food.net/edialogue-what-future-for-small-scale-farming/

Africa (22nd of October 10:00 UTC / 12am Paris / 11am Lagos): Adebayo Aromolaran - Dean and Professor at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria Cyriaque Hakizimana - Researcher at PLAAS, South Africa Aida Isinika - Associate Professor at Sokoine University, Tansania Abdelbagi M Ismail - Principal Scientist at IRRI Africa Martin T Muchero - Independent Consultant, Botswana Jemimah Njuki - Senior Programme Specialist IDRC https://www.foresight4food.net/edialogue-what-future-for-small-scale-farming/

East Asia (21st of October 2020 08:00 UTC): Fabrizio Bresciani - Lead Regional Economist Asia and Pacific at IFAD Irish Baguilat - Coordinator for UN Decade of Family Farming and Women Farmers' Agenda at Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development, Philippines Grahame Dixie – Executive Director of Grow Asia Marlene Ramirez – Secretary General at AsiaDHRRA Andrew Powell - CEO Asia BioBusiness, Singapore Tran Cong Thang – Director General at the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam https://www.foresight4food.net/edialogue-what-future-for-small-scale-farming/