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DTSTART:20211124T080000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20211124T120000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Workshop on fostering the integration of agricultural value chains 
 of commodity-dependent landlocked developing countries into regional and g
 lobal value chains
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The four beneficiary countries of this project (Ethiopia\, Lao 
 PDR\, Mongolia and Uzbekistan) are commodity-dependent land-locked develop
 ing countries\, two of which (Ethiopia and Lao PDR) are Least Developed Co
 untries.  Previous research has repeatedly shown that commodity-dependent
  countries face significant development hurdles and that diversification o
 f their economies is an important condition for fostering sustainable deve
 lopment. Additionally\, landlocked developing countries suffer from high t
 ransport costs when exporting goods to foreign markets\, making accessing 
 new markets in existing and new export products also key. \n\nFor these re
 asons\, developing the food and agricultural sector can be particularly at
 tractive\, with the additional advantage of providing decent income opport
 unities for rural populations. In addition\, in many developing countries\
 , women are predominantly engaged in the food and agricultural sector. Fos
 tering agricultural value chains has then the capacity to boos with opport
 unities for earning incomes for women and improving their lives.\n\nThe ov
 erall objective of this project is to support integrated value chain devel
 opment in four landlocked commodity dependent developing economies (Ethiop
 ia\, Lao PDR\, Mongolia\, and Uzbekistan) through enhancing their capaciti
 es in development policies and strategies to promote better integration in
 to Regional and Global Value Chains (RVCs and GVCs)\, and create developme
 nt linkages. Specifically\, this project has oriented its activities to at
 tain two targets. First\, to improve the statistical and analytical capaci
 ty of beneficiary countries in effective policy formulation to promote RVC
 s and GVCs integration and enhance development linkages. Second\, to impro
 ve the capacity of the private sector in beneficiary countries to assess m
 arket prospects\, identify market opportunities and overcome market barrie
 rs to better integrate into RVCs and GVCs. \n\nIn consultation with the na
 tional authorities of beneficiary countries\, four different value chains 
 for export were targeted in the project: roasted coffee in Ethiopia\, maiz
 e in Lao PDR\, meat in Mongolia and dried fruit in Uzbekistan.\n\nFor each
  of these value chains\, national surveys of the existing situation of key
  components of these value chains were implemented and analysed\, and thes
 e empirically-based sectorial diagnostics were presented and discussed wit
 h national private and public sector stakeholders in each country between 
 late 2020 and early 2021\, as well as with other development partners and 
 other key stakeholders. \n\nObjectives of the Workshop\n\nThe objective th
 is workshop is to share lessons learnt from this Project and identify foll
 ow-up activities in promoting integration into regional and global value c
 hains. \n\nDuring the workshop\, new empirical and analytical findings of 
 the project in relation to agricultural value chains and trade costs will 
 be presented\, the empirical and analytical findings of the project at cou
 ntry level will be shared and discussed\, and we will discuss possible way
 s in which the current and future policy frameworks in beneficiary countri
 es and other commodity-dependent developing countries can be strengthened 
 in order to foster better integration of agricultural value chains of thes
 e countries in regional and global value chains. \n\nHybrid Workshop (WebE
 x)\n\nIf you want to attend the workshop via the online platform\, please 
 send a message to commodities@unctad.org\, to receive the WebEx link.\n/pu
 blication/food-value-chains-landlocked-developing-countries-measuring-trad
 e-costs-and-barriers\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/mee
 ting/workshop-fostering-integration-agricultural-value-chains-commodity-de
 pendent-landlocked
DTSTAMP:20261024T100551Z
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DTSTART:20211125T080000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20211125T120000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Workshop on fostering the integration of agricultural value chains 
 of commodity-dependent landlocked developing countries into regional and g
 lobal value chains
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The four beneficiary countries of this project (Ethiopia\, Lao 
 PDR\, Mongolia and Uzbekistan) are commodity-dependent land-locked develop
 ing countries\, two of which (Ethiopia and Lao PDR) are Least Developed Co
 untries.  Previous research has repeatedly shown that commodity-dependent
  countries face significant development hurdles and that diversification o
 f their economies is an important condition for fostering sustainable deve
 lopment. Additionally\, landlocked developing countries suffer from high t
 ransport costs when exporting goods to foreign markets\, making accessing 
 new markets in existing and new export products also key. \n\nFor these re
 asons\, developing the food and agricultural sector can be particularly at
 tractive\, with the additional advantage of providing decent income opport
 unities for rural populations. In addition\, in many developing countries\
 , women are predominantly engaged in the food and agricultural sector. Fos
 tering agricultural value chains has then the capacity to boos with opport
 unities for earning incomes for women and improving their lives.\n\nThe ov
 erall objective of this project is to support integrated value chain devel
 opment in four landlocked commodity dependent developing economies (Ethiop
 ia\, Lao PDR\, Mongolia\, and Uzbekistan) through enhancing their capaciti
 es in development policies and strategies to promote better integration in
 to Regional and Global Value Chains (RVCs and GVCs)\, and create developme
 nt linkages. Specifically\, this project has oriented its activities to at
 tain two targets. First\, to improve the statistical and analytical capaci
 ty of beneficiary countries in effective policy formulation to promote RVC
 s and GVCs integration and enhance development linkages. Second\, to impro
 ve the capacity of the private sector in beneficiary countries to assess m
 arket prospects\, identify market opportunities and overcome market barrie
 rs to better integrate into RVCs and GVCs. \n\nIn consultation with the na
 tional authorities of beneficiary countries\, four different value chains 
 for export were targeted in the project: roasted coffee in Ethiopia\, maiz
 e in Lao PDR\, meat in Mongolia and dried fruit in Uzbekistan.\n\nFor each
  of these value chains\, national surveys of the existing situation of key
  components of these value chains were implemented and analysed\, and thes
 e empirically-based sectorial diagnostics were presented and discussed wit
 h national private and public sector stakeholders in each country between 
 late 2020 and early 2021\, as well as with other development partners and 
 other key stakeholders. \n\nObjectives of the Workshop\n\nThe objective th
 is workshop is to share lessons learnt from this Project and identify foll
 ow-up activities in promoting integration into regional and global value c
 hains. \n\nDuring the workshop\, new empirical and analytical findings of 
 the project in relation to agricultural value chains and trade costs will 
 be presented\, the empirical and analytical findings of the project at cou
 ntry level will be shared and discussed\, and we will discuss possible way
 s in which the current and future policy frameworks in beneficiary countri
 es and other commodity-dependent developing countries can be strengthened 
 in order to foster better integration of agricultural value chains of thes
 e countries in regional and global value chains. \n\nHybrid Workshop (WebE
 x)\n\nIf you want to attend the workshop via the online platform\, please 
 send a message to commodities@unctad.org\, to receive the WebEx link.\n/pu
 blication/food-value-chains-landlocked-developing-countries-measuring-trad
 e-costs-and-barriers\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/mee
 ting/workshop-fostering-integration-agricultural-value-chains-commodity-de
 pendent-landlocked
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