57,000 farmers
80% acceptance rateof first time commercial sales
IFAD named Sell More For More an innovation and best practice
GoR formed a Common P4P
RWANDA
Cereal Growers Association
120 farmer groups
National Food Reserve Agencybuying from farmer organizations
TANZANIA
Reached isolated groups in Tolon & Kumbungu
Invested in Sustainable Rice Intensification(seed, equipment, warehouse)
First warehouse receipt (pictured)
GHANA
Women-owned parboiling business upgrades
Operating costs cut in half
ICT investments – payments made via mobile GHANA
Maize Alliance – 10 organizations
28,000 MT commitment
Households: consumption to cash crop
Emergency relief drops: 15mil to 5.6mil
ETHIOPIA
New Buyer Commitments
Credit – leveraging contract as collateral
Agricultural Business Centers
SIERRA LEONE
INCENTIVE• Continue with smallholder procurement targets
• Provide resources to government national reserves
INVESTMENT• Promote aggregation and warehouse standards
• Develop FO capacity building resources and partners
LEVERAGING• Continue facilitating Programme Advisory Groups
• Promote successful credit mechanisms
Four minute mile?
May 6, 1954
3:59.4
1955
1 person
1957
16 people
1965
>100 people
1999: record broken for 18th time