USAID Module 2: Have You Heard Activity
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Module 2 Session 2 Have you Heard Task Sheet Task Sheet for All Groups In groups answer these questions for each rice actor quote: 1. Is this an example of a horizontal or vertical relationship? 2. What does the statement imply about the nature and degree of competition and/or cooperation? 3. Are there any rules that may have influenced the statement? Choose the area of the CC4U matrix that corresponds to the nature and degree of competition and/or cooperation indicated by the statement. Pin your cards onto the CC4U flipchart in the appropriate space. Be prepared to present in plenary. Module 2 Session 2: Have you Heard Task Sheet 1
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Module 2 Session 2Have you Heard Task Sheet
Task Sheet for All Groups
In groups answer these questions for each rice actor quote: 1. Is this an example of a horizontal or vertical relationship?2. What does the statement imply about the nature and degree of competition and/or
cooperation?3. Are there any rules that may have influenced the statement?
Choose the area of the CC4U matrix that corresponds to the nature and degree of competition and/or cooperation indicated by the statement.
Pin your cards onto the CC4U flipchart in the appropriate space.
Be prepared to present in plenary.
Module 2 Session 2: Have you Heard Task Sheet 1
Module 2 Session 2Have you Heard Task Sheet
Group 1
Paddy trader quotes:
“I don’t work in rice. I buy. I sell. I am looking for a quick return. It makes no sense to develop long-term relationships with suppliers.”
“When farmers come to sell I know they are desperate so I make them wait until they take lower prices.”
“I need a reliable supply from a group of farmers, but I have not found enough reliable suppliers. Farmers will always sell to the trader offering the higher price even if you invested in them.”
Module 2 Session 2: Have you Heard Task Sheet 2
Module 2 Session 2Have you Heard Task Sheet
Group 2
Medium-Scale Rice Miller quotes:
“I didn’t spend $1M on this milling plant to become a trader—that is someone else’s job.”
“I want to source more paddy from small rice farmers, but I have had trouble with a few aggregators cheating me so I am not sure how to start.”
“I buy enough paddy to be a price setter not a price taker, and it is important to let traders know that.”
Module 2 Session 2: Have you Heard Task Sheet 3
Module 2 Session 2Have you Heard Task Sheet
Group 3
Large Input Supply Firm quotes:
“I know my future depends on smallholders, but I don’t know how to get to my future and it seems too far away.”
“Smallholders do not have money and never will so government or NGOs should buy my inputs for them.”
“Many smallholders can’t read, so I can push outdated products through local agro dealers of inputs.”
Module 2 Session 2: Have you Heard Task Sheet 4
Module 2 Session 2Have you Heard Task Sheet
Group 4
Importer of White Rice quotes:
“I know there are domestic opportunities, but it would require me to work with smallholders, investing time and money while my competitors continue to make money on imports.”
“I know that if my competitors start investing in smallholder production, I can get the farmers to sell me better and more rice. And the other guy pay is paying to increase and improve my supply!”
“As importers we would invest in local smallholder production if we could get some government support. But when we get together to make the case we tend to just accuse each other of things.”
Module 2 Session 2: Have you Heard Task Sheet 5
