Event Information

The U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security (USAID BFS) has collaborated with leaders and practitioners across the development landscape to share knowledge, good practices and lessons learned in market systems, trade, finance and resilience.

The 2017 Market Systems GLEE in Dakar, Senegal, brought together USAID staff and experienced practitioners to discuss approaches to leveraging market forces and food systems to advance global food security.

Participants benefitted from an improved understanding of Bureau for Food Security support to Missions and new skills to incorporate the latest guidance, technology and practices in market-based solutions.

On this page, you can access event resources, speaker presentations and more!

MONDAY, JUNE 5

• Opening Plenary

  • Presentation

• Session 1: Agri-Food Systems Transformations and Food Security

  • Presentation: James F Oehmke, Dave Tschirley
  • Resource: Agri-Food Systems Transformations and Food Security 
  • Resource: Rural Economic Transformation in the Senegal River Valley
  • Resource: Agricultural Transformations: Adding Value for Rural and Urban Populations  
  • Video: Transformations in Agri-Food Systems Country Priorities Drive Results
  • Resource: Nutrition 
  • Resource: FSP Policy Brief

• Session 2: Evolution: From Market Systems to Value Chains

  • Presentation: Raquel Gomes, Jeanne Downing, Laura Gonzalez, Apell Oceng
  • Handout: Market Systems Programming
  • Case Studies: Facilitating Systemic Change in Feed the Future: A Synthesis of Cases From Ghana, Senegal, Zambia, and Rwanda

• Session 3: Market Systems Programming: Concepts, Approaches and Evidence

  • Presentation
  • Handout: Concepts
  • Resources

 

TUESDAY, JUNE 6

• Session 4: Inclusion: Making Markets Work for All

  • Presentation
  • Video: Babban Gona
  • Video: Profit+Zambia

• Session 5: Markets for Good Nutrition

  • Presentation

• Session 6: Partnering for Impact: Leveraging Local Systems and Private Sector Engagement

  • Panel: Erica Bliss, Syngenta; Harry Ngoma, USAID/Zambia; Jace Rabe, Tolara Global; Jonathan Thomas, Technoserve; Aviva Kutnick, USAID Bureau for Food Security
  • Session Summary:
  • Handout: Partnerships
  • Resource: Chankwakwa
  • Resource: Jackma Enterprises
  • Resource: Rut Hirut
     
• Session 7: Monitoring for Systemic Impact and Results
  • Presentation: Jessica Cagley

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7

• Session 8: Unlocking Growth in the Era of Smallholder Farmer Finance

  • Presentation: Matthew Shakhovskoy  

• Session 9: Tools for Ag Finance

  • Presentation
  • Handout :Warehouse Receipt System
  • Handout: Pay for Performance

• Session 10: Index Insurance for Agricultural Risk Management

  • Presentation: Tara Steinmetz, Andrew Mude
  • Handout: AMA Five Steps to Risk Management
  • Handout: Index Insurance

•  Session 11: Resilience and Risk Management Strategies: An Experience Exchange

  • Presentation: Jennifer Cissé
  • Handout: Resilience  

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 8

• Session 12: How Does the Enabling Environment Impact the Seed Sector?

  • Presentation: Nate Kline, Bellah Mpofu
  • Handout: EE Tools
  • Handout: Market Systems Technical Note
  • Video: Understanding Harmonized Seed Regulation in Southern Africa

• Session 13: Food Safety and Agricultural Value Chain Development

  • Presentation
  • AgExchange
  • Handout: Ethiopia Livestock Case Study 
  • Handout: Horticulture Case Study
  • Handout: Market Systems Case Study
  • Handout: Value Chains Case Study
  • Handout: SPS Market Systems

• Session 14: Leveraging Regional Trade Investments for Market Systems Strengthening

  • Presentation

• Closing Plenary

  • Presentation