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DTSTART:20061211T110000Z
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DTEND:20061211T105900Z
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SUMMARY:Expert Meeting on Enabling Small Commodity Producers and Processors
  in Developing Countries to Reach Global Markets
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Small commodity producers in developing countries often find it
  difficult to go beyond sporadic sales to purely local markets. However\, 
 if these producers are to escape poverty\, they have to be empowered to en
 ter organized supply chains\, linking them with consumers locally\, region
 ally and internationally. Many conditions need to be met in order for this
  to be possible.\n\nWho will take the responsibility for creating these co
 nditions? \n\nGovernments and development partners certainly have importan
 t roles to play\, but in an increasing number of cases commercial entities
  (such as commodity exchanges\, processors\, large buyers or fair trade or
 ganizations) have taken it upon themselves to organize the chain: they act
  as &quot\;anchors&quot\; for the full range of necessary services (such a
 s information\, quality control and finance).\n\nThese entities are buildi
 ng sustainable business models that are helping to lift farmers out of pov
 erty. If Governments and development partners wish to leverage their own e
 fforts on poverty alleviation through trade capacity building\, they can b
 enefit from a better understanding of the models that these commercial sup
 ply chain &quot\;anchors&quot\; are putting in place. On this basis\, they
  can then design appropriate partnerships to support the wider implementat
 ion of such models.\n\n\n\n\nThe Expert Meeting will examine the relevant 
 issues in this regard and formulate proposals on how Governments and comme
 rcial entities can partner each other in building viable commodity supply 
 chains for the benefit of marginal commodity producers in developing count
 ries.\n\n\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Small commodity producers in developing countries 
 often find it difficult to go beyond sporadic sales to purely local market
 s. However\, if these producers are to escape poverty\, they have to be em
 powered to enter organized supply chains\, linking them with consumers loc
 ally\, regionally and internationally. Many conditions need to be met in o
 rder for this to be possible.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Wh
 o will take the responsibility for creating these conditions? &lt\;/strong
 &gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Governments and development partners certa
 inly have important roles to play\, but in an increasing number of cases c
 ommercial entities (such as commodity exchanges\, processors\, large buyer
 s or fair trade organizations) have taken it upon themselves to organize t
 he chain: they act as &quot\;&lt\;em&gt\;anchors&lt\;/em&gt\;&quot\; for t
 he full range of necessary services (such as information\, quality control
  and finance).&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;These entities are building susta
 inable business models that are helping to lift farmers out of poverty. If
  Governments and development partners wish to leverage their own efforts o
 n poverty alleviation through trade capacity building\, they can benefit f
 rom a better understanding of the models that these commercial supply chai
 n &quot\;&lt\;em&gt\;anchors&lt\;/em&gt\;&quot\; are putting in place. On 
 this basis\, they can then design appropriate partnerships to support the 
 wider implementation of such models.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;table align=&quot
 \;center&quot\; bgcolor=&quot\;#eeeeee&quot\; border=&quot\;1&quot\; borde
 rcolor=&quot\;#c0c0c0&quot\; cellpadding=&quot\;6&quot\; cellspacing=&quot
 \;0&quot\; class=&quot\;Normal&quot\; width=&quot\;95%\n\nView meeting on 
 unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-enabling-small-commo
 dity-producers-and-processors-developing-countries-reach
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UID:69ade70b04678
DTSTART:20061212T110000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20061212T105900Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Expert Meeting on Enabling Small Commodity Producers and Processors
  in Developing Countries to Reach Global Markets
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Small commodity producers in developing countries often find it
  difficult to go beyond sporadic sales to purely local markets. However\, 
 if these producers are to escape poverty\, they have to be empowered to en
 ter organized supply chains\, linking them with consumers locally\, region
 ally and internationally. Many conditions need to be met in order for this
  to be possible.\n\nWho will take the responsibility for creating these co
 nditions? \n\nGovernments and development partners certainly have importan
 t roles to play\, but in an increasing number of cases commercial entities
  (such as commodity exchanges\, processors\, large buyers or fair trade or
 ganizations) have taken it upon themselves to organize the chain: they act
  as &quot\;anchors&quot\; for the full range of necessary services (such a
 s information\, quality control and finance).\n\nThese entities are buildi
 ng sustainable business models that are helping to lift farmers out of pov
 erty. If Governments and development partners wish to leverage their own e
 fforts on poverty alleviation through trade capacity building\, they can b
 enefit from a better understanding of the models that these commercial sup
 ply chain &quot\;anchors&quot\; are putting in place. On this basis\, they
  can then design appropriate partnerships to support the wider implementat
 ion of such models.\n\n\n\n\nThe Expert Meeting will examine the relevant 
 issues in this regard and formulate proposals on how Governments and comme
 rcial entities can partner each other in building viable commodity supply 
 chains for the benefit of marginal commodity producers in developing count
 ries.\n\n\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Small commodity producers in developing countries 
 often find it difficult to go beyond sporadic sales to purely local market
 s. However\, if these producers are to escape poverty\, they have to be em
 powered to enter organized supply chains\, linking them with consumers loc
 ally\, regionally and internationally. Many conditions need to be met in o
 rder for this to be possible.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Wh
 o will take the responsibility for creating these conditions? &lt\;/strong
 &gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Governments and development partners certa
 inly have important roles to play\, but in an increasing number of cases c
 ommercial entities (such as commodity exchanges\, processors\, large buyer
 s or fair trade organizations) have taken it upon themselves to organize t
 he chain: they act as &quot\;&lt\;em&gt\;anchors&lt\;/em&gt\;&quot\; for t
 he full range of necessary services (such as information\, quality control
  and finance).&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;These entities are building susta
 inable business models that are helping to lift farmers out of poverty. If
  Governments and development partners wish to leverage their own efforts o
 n poverty alleviation through trade capacity building\, they can benefit f
 rom a better understanding of the models that these commercial supply chai
 n &quot\;&lt\;em&gt\;anchors&lt\;/em&gt\;&quot\; are putting in place. On 
 this basis\, they can then design appropriate partnerships to support the 
 wider implementation of such models.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;table align=&quot
 \;center&quot\; bgcolor=&quot\;#eeeeee&quot\; border=&quot\;1&quot\; borde
 rcolor=&quot\;#c0c0c0&quot\; cellpadding=&quot\;6&quot\; cellspacing=&quot
 \;0&quot\; class=&quot\;Normal&quot\; width=&quot\;95%\n\nView meeting on 
 unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-enabling-small-commo
 dity-producers-and-processors-developing-countries-reach
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UID:69ade70b04684
DTSTART:20061213T110000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20061213T105900Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Expert Meeting on Enabling Small Commodity Producers and Processors
  in Developing Countries to Reach Global Markets
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Small commodity producers in developing countries often find it
  difficult to go beyond sporadic sales to purely local markets. However\, 
 if these producers are to escape poverty\, they have to be empowered to en
 ter organized supply chains\, linking them with consumers locally\, region
 ally and internationally. Many conditions need to be met in order for this
  to be possible.\n\nWho will take the responsibility for creating these co
 nditions? \n\nGovernments and development partners certainly have importan
 t roles to play\, but in an increasing number of cases commercial entities
  (such as commodity exchanges\, processors\, large buyers or fair trade or
 ganizations) have taken it upon themselves to organize the chain: they act
  as &quot\;anchors&quot\; for the full range of necessary services (such a
 s information\, quality control and finance).\n\nThese entities are buildi
 ng sustainable business models that are helping to lift farmers out of pov
 erty. If Governments and development partners wish to leverage their own e
 fforts on poverty alleviation through trade capacity building\, they can b
 enefit from a better understanding of the models that these commercial sup
 ply chain &quot\;anchors&quot\; are putting in place. On this basis\, they
  can then design appropriate partnerships to support the wider implementat
 ion of such models.\n\n\n\n\nThe Expert Meeting will examine the relevant 
 issues in this regard and formulate proposals on how Governments and comme
 rcial entities can partner each other in building viable commodity supply 
 chains for the benefit of marginal commodity producers in developing count
 ries.\n\n\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Small commodity producers in developing countries 
 often find it difficult to go beyond sporadic sales to purely local market
 s. However\, if these producers are to escape poverty\, they have to be em
 powered to enter organized supply chains\, linking them with consumers loc
 ally\, regionally and internationally. Many conditions need to be met in o
 rder for this to be possible.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Wh
 o will take the responsibility for creating these conditions? &lt\;/strong
 &gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Governments and development partners certa
 inly have important roles to play\, but in an increasing number of cases c
 ommercial entities (such as commodity exchanges\, processors\, large buyer
 s or fair trade organizations) have taken it upon themselves to organize t
 he chain: they act as &quot\;&lt\;em&gt\;anchors&lt\;/em&gt\;&quot\; for t
 he full range of necessary services (such as information\, quality control
  and finance).&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;These entities are building susta
 inable business models that are helping to lift farmers out of poverty. If
  Governments and development partners wish to leverage their own efforts o
 n poverty alleviation through trade capacity building\, they can benefit f
 rom a better understanding of the models that these commercial supply chai
 n &quot\;&lt\;em&gt\;anchors&lt\;/em&gt\;&quot\; are putting in place. On 
 this basis\, they can then design appropriate partnerships to support the 
 wider implementation of such models.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;table align=&quot
 \;center&quot\; bgcolor=&quot\;#eeeeee&quot\; border=&quot\;1&quot\; borde
 rcolor=&quot\;#c0c0c0&quot\; cellpadding=&quot\;6&quot\; cellspacing=&quot
 \;0&quot\; class=&quot\;Normal&quot\; width=&quot\;95%\n\nView meeting on 
 unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-enabling-small-commo
 dity-producers-and-processors-developing-countries-reach
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