Technical Workshop on
Rural transformation, agricultural and food system transition:
Building the evidence base for policies that promote sustainable development, food and
nutrition security and poverty reduction
19-20 September 2016 – FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy
Day 1
19 September
08:30-09:00
Registration
09:00-09:30
Sheikh Zayed Center
Opening remarks: Kostas Stamoulis, Rob Vos, Ben Davis
09:30-10:30
Keynote 1: Luc Christiaensen
Moderator: Andrea Cattaneo
10:30-11:00
COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1
11:00-12:30
Sheikh Zayed Center
Transformation 1
Iran room
Transformation 2
12:30-13:30
13.00-15.00
LUNCH
Austria room
SIDE EVENT
Adopting a Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition Policy
PARALLEL SESSIONS 2
13:30-15:00
Sheikh Zayed Center
Transformation 3
Iran room
Transformation 4
15:00-15:30
COFFEE BREAK
15:30-17:00
Sheikh Zayed Center
17:30-19:00
Aventino room
Day 2
PANEL DISCUSSION: Paths of rural transformation and agricultural transition
Panellists: David Dawe, Bruno Losch, Thomas Jayne, James Oehmke
Chair: Ben Davis
COCKTAIL
20 September
09:00-10:00
Sheikh Zayed Center
10:00-10:30
Keynote 2: Thomas Reardon
Moderator: Jean Balie
COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS 3
10:30-12:00
Sheikh Zayed Center
Markets 1
Iran room
Value Chains 1
Espace Gabon
Sustainability
12:00-13:30
LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS 4
13:30-15:00
Sheikh Zayed Center
Governance and Rural Development Policy
Iran room
Markets 2
Espace Gabon
Value Chains 2
15:00-15:30
COFFEE BREAK
15:30-17:00
Sheikh Zayed Center
PANEL DISCUSSION: The way forward
Panellists: Luc Christiaensen, Thomas Jayne, Louise Fox, Thomas Reardon
Chair: Rob Vos
17:00-18:00
Sheikh Zayed Center
Summary and closing: Rob Vos, Ben Davis
ROOMS: Sheikh Zayed Center (Atrium); Iran room (B116); Espace Gabon (A024); Austria room (C250 Bis).
Papers discussed during the technical workshop
SESSION
PRESENTER
DISCUSSANT
Structural Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa
James Thurlow
by James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Paul Dorosh
[email protected]
Thomas Jayne (chair)
[email protected]
Clemens Breisinger
[email protected]
Raul Santaeulàlia-Llopis (chair)
[email protected]
Gustavo Anriquez
[email protected]
David López (chair)
[email protected]
David López
[email protected]
Gustavo Anriquez
[email protected]
David Dawe
[email protected]
Clemens Breisinger
[email protected]
Wouter Zant
[email protected]
Marc Bellemare (chair)
[email protected]
Rui Benfica
[email protected]
Ayala Wineman (chair)
[email protected]
Felix Yeboah
[email protected]
Louise Fox
[email protected]
by Raul Santaeulàlia-Llopis, Diego Restuccia
Raul Santaeulàlia-Llopis
[email protected]
Aslihan Arslan (chair)
[email protected]
A revolution in the middle: Understanding how
multinational investments in grain trading are
transforming smallholder markets Zambia
Nicholas Sitko
[email protected]
James Thurlow
[email protected]
Ayala Yocheved Wineman
[email protected]
Luc Christiaensen
Transformation 1 (Sheikh Zayed Center)
Transformation 2 (Iran room)
Structural Transformation in Middle East North
Africa
by Clemens Breisinger, Xinshen Diao, Paul Dorosh
Transformation 3 (Sheikh Zayed Center)
Structural Transformation in Latin America &
Caribbean
by Gustavo Anriquez, Alberto Valdés, Bill Foster
Rural transformation and social inclusion in 21st
century Latin America: Trends and Patterns
by David López, Julio A. Berdegué
Transformation 4 (Iran room)
Agricultural transformation of middle-income
Asian economies Diversification, farm size and
mechanization
by David Dawe
The Economics of Transformation: What Drives
Growth in Household Income?
by Wouter Zant
Markets 1 (Sheikh Zayed Center)
The Heterogeneous Welfare Effects of Rural
Non-Farm Employment: Evidence from Malawi
by Serge Adjognon, Saweda Lenis Liverpool-Tasie,
Alejandro de la Fuente, Rui Benfica
Africa’s evolving employment structure: Causes
and Consequences
by Felix Yeboah, T.S. Jayne
Markets 2 (Iran room)
Land Misallocation and Productivity
by Nicholas Sitko, David Tschirley, Brian Chisanga
Intra-Rural Migration in Tanzania and Pathways of
Welfare Change
SESSION
PRESENTER
by Ayala Yocheved Wineman, Thomas S. Jayne
DISCUSSANT
[email protected]
Value Chains 1 (Iran room)
Investments in agricultural productivity vs rural
commercialization: which way to rapid poverty
reduction in Ethiopia?
Jean Balie
[email protected]
Abebe Shimeless
[email protected]
Marc F. Bellemare
[email protected]
Emiliano Magrini
[email protected]
Silvio Daidone
[email protected]
Raffaele Bertini (chair)
[email protected]
Sophia Davidova
[email protected]
Silvio Daidone (chair)
[email protected]
Davide Del Prete
[email protected]
Siobhan Kelly
[email protected]
Marlo Rankin
[email protected]
Thomas Reardon
[email protected]
Mulubrhan Amare
[email protected]
Wouter Zant
[email protected]
Markus Eberhardt
[email protected]
Anwar Naseem
[email protected]
Gebrelibanos Gebremariam
[email protected]
Solomon Asfaw (chair)
[email protected]
by Emerta A. Aragie, Jean Balie, Scott McDonald
Contract Farming and Income Variability
by Marc F. Bellemare, Lindsey Novak
Stuck exchange: can cash transfers push
smallholders out of autarky?
by Ervin Prifti, Silvio Daidone, Benjamin Davis,
Paul Van Ufford, Michelo Stanfeld, Sudhanshu
Handa, David Seidenfeld, Gelson Tembo
Value Chains 2 (Espace Gabon)
Pathways to Commercialisation of SemiSubsistence Farms: Lessons Learnt from Rural
Transformation in Central and Eastern European
Countries
by Lena Fredriksson, Alastair Bailey, Sophia
Davidova, Matthew Gorton, Diana Traikova
Global Agro-food Value Chains: new evidence
from SSA
by Jean Balié, Davide Del Prete, Emiliano Magrini,
Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci
The transformative power of agrifood industry
development: policies and tools for restructuring
the agricultural sector towards greater added
value and sustainable growth
by Marlo Rankin, S. Kelly, E. Galvez-Nogales, C.
Dankers, T. Ono, A. Loconto, F. Tartanac, D. Neven,
E. Vandecandelaere
Sustainability (Espace Gabon)
The Impact of Agricultural Productivity Change on
Household Consumption and Assets in
Sub-Saharan Africa
by Mulubrhan Amare, Jennifer Denno Cissé,
Nathaniel D. Jensen, Bekele Shiferaw
Patterns of International Knowledge Spillovers in
Agriculture
by Markus Eberhardt, Keith O. Fuglie
Combining Sustainable Agricultural Practices Pays
Off: Evidence on Welfare Effects from Northern
Ghana
by Gebrelibanos Gebremariam, Tobias Wünscher
SESSION
PRESENTER
DISCUSSANT
Governance and Rural Development Policy (Sheikh Zayed Center)
The role of Regulations for Structural
Transformation in Agriculture
by Raian Divanbeigi, Federica Saliola
Measuring Agricultural and Structural
Transformation
by Anwar Naseem, James F. Oehmke,
Jock R. Anderson
Agricultural Growth Corridors and Agricultural
Transformation in Africa: research needs for
impact, implementation and institutions
by Rachid Serraj, Bruce Byers, Paul Engel, Paulina
Bizzotto Molina, Francesco Rampa, Jeff Sayer
Raian Divanbeigi
[email protected]
Felix Yeboah (chair)
[email protected]
Anwar Naseem
[email protected]
David Dawe
[email protected]
Rachid Serraj
[email protected]
Rui Benfica
[email protected]
PROGRAMME OF THE EVENT – 19th September 2016
Adopting a Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition
Day 1
19 September (Austria room C250 bis)
13.00-13.20
Opening address
Chair of the event: Ms Brave Ndisale – Director, Social Policies and Rural Institutions, FAO
Mr Kostas Stamoulis – Assistant Director General a.i., ES, FAO
Mr Paolo Cuculi – Deputy Director General for the Italian Foreign Ministry’s Development Cooperation
Mr Torben Nilsson – Senior Global Engagement Specialist, IFAD
Mr Heiner Thofern – Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to FAO
13.20-14.00
Presentation of the joint FAO – OECD – UNCDF publication
Mr Rob Vos – Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division, FAO.
The rationale for a territorial approach to food security and nutrition
Mr Joaquim Oliveira Martins – Head of the Regional Development Policy Division, OECD.
Presentation of the key findings of the joint project
Ms Christel Alvergne – Deputy Director Local Development Finance, UNCDF.
Step forwards and next stages of the initiative
Q/A
14.00-14.45
A Methodology for the Implementation of the Territorial Approach:
the Inner Areas Strategy
Mr Fabrizio Barca – Former Director General of the Ministry of Finance and Former Minister for Territorial
Cohesion, Italy
Q/A
14.45-15.00
Wrap up and conclusion
Mr Rob Vos and Mr Joaquim Oliveira Martins
Conclusion