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Promoting producer agency in agricultural value chain contracts: peer learning (in a pandemic) 16 December, 2020 - 11:50
Thierry Berger and Emily Polack summarise highlights from a recent learning event on the role of contracts in promoting the agency of agricultural producers – and reflect on the process of sharing experiences virtually.
The parameters of all relationships throughout the agricultural value chain are determined by contracts. Yet despite their importance, contracts in commercial agriculture and the options they offer to promote producer agency are little understood.
To clarify these value chain options, IIED organised an event to bring together practitioners and value chain actors from across Asia and Africa to share experiences and learning, as part of the Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture (EPIC) project.