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SUMMARY:Food for All Talks 03 - "What Seed Companies Can Do - for smallholder vegetable farming"
DESCRIPTION:The World Bank Group’s Agriculture Global Practice is organizing a series of Food for All Talks under the WBG-Netherlands Partnership “Food for All”. The third edition will focus on “What Seed Companies Can Do – for smallholder vegetable farming”. What are the opportunities and what the bottlenecks for inclusive investments\, enticing farmers in higher earning and more nutritious horticultural production from better seeds? The event takes place on Thursday April 13\, 2017 (08:00 – 09:00 AM EST in Washington DC || 14:00 – 15:00 pm CET in Netherlands) and can also be attended globally through WebEx (see below for details).  \nIn this Food for All Talk\, Ethel Sennhauser\, Director\, Agriculture Global Practice of the World Bank Group\, will interview Dr. Mary Ann Sayoc\, General Manager of East-West Seeds (Philippines) and Ido Verhagen\, Executive Director of Access to Seeds Index (Amsterdam) about their findings and experiences. \nSeed companies can play a key role in promoting smallholder farmers to grow more nutritious crops such as vegetables. Aside from being the most sustainable and affordable source of micronutrients\, vegetables provide vast income opportunities for smallholder farmers especially in Asia and Africa where population growth and urbanization are on the rise. Despite this\, vegetables hardly receive the level of attention they deserve\, compared with the emphasis on grains and field crops in the food security agenda of many countries. \nUnlocking the development potential of vegetable farming is not without challenges: lack of access to quality inputs\, knowledge\, technology and finance are among the tightest bottlenecks. The Access to Seeds Index has evaluated how seed companies are currently addressing these challenges and where they can step up their efforts. East-West Seed has been working for 35 years to support smallholder vegetable farmers in the tropics by providing high-quality seeds combined with knowledge and training support\, with clear and measurable impact on the income and livelihood of farmers. \nWhat are the economic benefits of vegetables as source of income for smallholder farmers? Are inclusive business models possible that work both for smallholders as well as for seed companies? Are seed companies willing and able to make a more diverse portfolio available for smallholder farmers? What are companies currently doing to promote adoption of high quality vegetable seed? Is the current enabling environment helpful or is more regulation needed? \nHow to join\nJoin Using WebEx: Meeting password: qsaHN62p; Meeting number:  733 576 225. \nJoin Using Phone: Toll: 1-650-479-3207; Access code: 733 576 225. \nBy Video Conference: (function(){var ml="l%rFngmDofteC.dbiE174cw5Ah0ak3s-2"\,mi="1M?K4L=8251PP1PJ1PJE0KNN1M71PP6K@0:8O0@4L1PP1MAGGCMJJBG1DJF820>?K4L=8251M
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