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Working Group 3.4
How can producer associations be strengthened in rural areas?
English and French with interpretation
Resource persons
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Grace Wasike (Eastern Africa Farmers Federation) - Ibrahima Coulibaly (CNOP)
- Hedwig Bruggeman (Agri Pro Focus)
- Denis Pesche (CIRAD)
Moderator
Questions to guide working group discussions
- What are the roles and limitations of producer association in providing access to information, markets, public services and political voice? What lessons have been learned from successes and failures in establishing producer associations?
- What are the main challenges faced by producer associations? How can they manage tensions between meeting the needs of different constituencies and ensuring representation at different levels?
- What kind of governance problems arise within producer associations and how can these be addressed?
- What are the implications for development strategies, and what do donors need to do differently?
These questions illustrate the range of issues that could be addressed by the working groups. While they should not be considered to be the only issues that may be discussed, and participants are at liberty to raise others that fall within the scope of the working groups, presenters are asked to consider giving priority to some of these questions.
Please note that all working groups are asked to consider: What are the implications for development strategies, and what do donors need to do differently?
partners: 
European Commission. Directorate General Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations | Global Donor Platform for Rural Development | Department for International Development (DFID), UK | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany | Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France | Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Cooperation, The Netherlands | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany | InWEnt Capacity - Building International, Germany
Hedwig Bruggeman - en
