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AGRIBUSINESS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

(FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome,, 2013) George Essegbey ; Rose Omari ; Masahudu Fuseini ; Hannah Nyamekye

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AGRIBUSINESS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

(FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome,, 2013) Ken Ife

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Agricultural Transformation through Public-Private Partnership: An Interface

(Indian Council of Agricultural Research New Delhi, 2007) S Ayyappan ; Pitam Chandra ; S K Tandon

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Analyzing different quality situations within public-private partnership of infrastructure

(ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, 2016) Babak Navid

Due to the increasing amount of private-public partnership procurements, the pros and cons of this subject area is of great concern for economists and stakeholders. Previous studies regarding the rationale of this type of procurement argued on the externalities of private-public partnership. Most arguments were upon the negative externalities, which can reduce the private-public partnership’s value. In this thesis, externalities in private-public partnership for infrastructure projects are explained by using operation and maintenance, and user’s quality in more detail and compared in different situations. This study carries that with having positively correlated qualities, the private sector will have maximum profit and by having uncorrelated qualities, and the private sector will have more profit compared to negatively correlated qualities. Furthermore the ways to design optimal contract for public sector, which gives the incentive to the private sector to enhance quality and reduce life-cycle costs, is analyzed.

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Attracting Investors to African Public-Private Partnerships

(The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 2009) THE WORLD BANK

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Building Public–Private Partnerships for Agricultural Innovation in Latin America

(INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 2007) Frank Hartwich

Public–private partnerships constitute a new mode of operation in many fields of development, including the development of innovation in developing-country agriculture. Capacities to identify opportunities, develop common interests, and negotiate commitments are prerequisites for successful public–private partnerships. Yet, many public–private partnerships fail due to lack of both skills among the partnering agents and efforts to strengthen these skills. The International Service for National Agricultural Research⎯on its own from 2002 until 2003, and as a division of the International Food Policy Research Institute thereafter⎯has studied 124 public– private partnerships in agriculture in nine Latin American countries through its initiative on public– private partnerships for Agro-Industrial Research in Latin America, (Hartwich et al. 2005). The project also supported processes of partnership building in seven agricultural production chains in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and El Salvador by holding awareness-building workshops, mapping agri chain development opportunities, undertaking chain analysis, identifying common interests, negotiating and designing partnerships, and supporting the development of partnership agreements. Support was also given in documenting the above meetings to ensure that proposals were developed and formal agreements established. In all cases, partners sought additional external resources to complement the contributions of the partners. This paper examines these seven cases of public–private partnership building in which private sector companies, producer associations, and research organizations engage in collaboration for the purpose of developing innovations in agricultural production and value chains. The paper considers different points of entry to partnership building, emulating best practices. The paper describes (a) how common interests among multiple stakeholders have been identified; (b) how partners have been motivated to participate in partnerships; (c) how the roles of different brokers within or outside the partnerships have fostered partnership development; and (d) how the contributions of partners have been negotiated to ensure that partnership arrangements are in alignment with the interests of the partners, their capacities, and the prevailing technological and market opportunities. The paper targets policymakers and administrators in agricultural development, and collaborators in research and innovation projects who are interested in issues of how best to build partnerships among public and private agents. In an innovation systems context, capacity strengthening to build partnerships can target three different levels: the partners, their relationships, or the overall network or system within which partnerships operate. The study adopted a flexible and generic approach to understanding partnership building, distinguishing five main phases: identification of common interests and objectives, negotiation and design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and termination or amplification. vii The results suggest that public–private partnerships for innovation are justified when addressing a problem or capitalizing on an opportunity that requires collective action or the pooling of innovative capacity. Capacity strengthening in partnership building can lead to more viable partnerships that take social and development needs into account. Public-sector promoting agents play a crucial role in building partnerships, particularly in order to motivate agri-chain actors, build trust among partners, and provide credibility to such initiatives. Gradually, as partnerships are formalized, the need for leadership by the partners themselves comes to the fore. Results also show, first, that capacity strengthening efforts directed at partnership building profit from sound analysis of market and technological opportunities in the context of respective agri-chains and, second, that identifying and exploring common interests among partners is an important foundation for partnership commitment. Finally, partnerships cannot be established as a quick fix but rather require cautious organizational development. The facilitation of the partnering process in the seven cases studied prompts six main conclusions: 1. Capacity strengthening in partnership building is specific to the value chains and actors it involves. The value chain is an appropriate context for analyzing opportunities for innovation in areas of common interest that can best be exploited through public–private collaboration. 2. Capacity strengthening for partnership building goes beyond traditional training to include horizontal learning among the partners; it a continuous process that does not suit a one-size fits all approach and requires that needs be identified taking all partners into consideration. 3. Determining when to enter into a partnership depends on the partners’ analytical skills and the information available on technological and market opportunities; participation in diagnostic exercises strengthens the capacity of partners to enter into present and future partnerships. 4. The choice of appropriate capacity strengthening measures depends on the existing level of cohesion among the potential partners; for example, awareness building may not be necessary if talks about potential collaboration are already occurring. The possible entry points for partnership-building measures need to be considered to enable common themes and objectives to be identified. The “chain mapping exercise,” for example, provides opportunities for key stakeholders and partners to be identified. 5. Strengthening partnership-building capacity should predominantly focus on identifying and exploring common interests among potential partners through a variety of tools that help clarify interests in terms of technology development, production, and sales. If partners do not become seriously interested in pursuing the partnership, they will not attach the necessary importance to its planning. Third-party catalyzing agents are necessary to bring partners together, motivate them, provide information, and organize space for negotiations. viii 6. It is important to have at least one visionary leader among the partners, be it in the private sector or in the public research community. The leader supplies the capacity for sectoral analysis in the partnership and can help to clarify and communicate the advantages the partnership offers. The leader is also important in motivating and attracting potential partners. The internal leader may also eventually take over the initiative from the external promoter, but a gradual transfer process is the most successful option. Keywords: capacity strengthening, public–private partnerships, agricultural innovation, Latin America

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EHANCING PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & EXTENSION (R,D&E) IN AUSTRALIA.

(2015, 2017) AUSTRALIAN FRM INSTITUTE

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Evaluating the environment for public private partnerships in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

(The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited, 2013) The Economist Intelligence Unit

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Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean

(The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited, 2017) The Economist Intelligence Unit

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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS IN KENYA: A CASE OF AMIRAN AND YOUTH ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND PROJECTS IN MURANGA COUNTY

(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015) ESTHER NYAMBURA MBUGUA

Agriculture in Africa is not sustainable because average yields have been stagnating for decades due to underinvestment, especially in the development of agricultural markets, crop improvement and the sustainable management of agricultural systems. Low public sector funding for agricultural research and lack of incentives for the private sector to operate in areas where there is no market largely explain the yield gap in many food importing developing countries. Yet, there are effective ways in which the public and the private sector could work together and jointly improve agricultural sustainability in poor countries. The public sector provides a favorable institutional environment for the development of agricultural markets and investment in rural infrastructure facilitates local business development and funds research with local relevance. The private sector, in return, brings its considerable expertise in product development and deployment. This research shows how new forms of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for agricultural development can work in challenging environments. It discusses the relationship between YEDF and Amiran in proving greenhouse farming. The study was led by the following objectives; establish the extent to which technical expertise by Amiran officials influences implementation of YEDF/Amiran partnership, examine how the level of financial support by YEDF has influenced the implementation of the partnership, to establish ways in which the level of education of the youth influences the implementation of the partnership and the extent to which the community support influences the implementation. The study used descriptive design with a sample of 190 respondents. Questionnaires and interview guide were used to collect data and the study used descriptive statistics as the main methods of analysis, since the data collection is both quantitative and qualitative in nature. The analysis and presentation of the data focused on the frequencies, percentages, and tables. The study established that respondents received training on how to maintain and manage the green houses by Amiran Officials. The study found that, making agriculture attractive is the only way Kenya can ensure food security and sufficiency as stated by Amiran officials. Thus, Amiran and YEDF encourage commercial farming supported by technology to drive agricultural development, by helping youths who are normally in groups of 5-10 in the start up of green houses. The study concludes that Amiran and YEDF Partnership is designed to enhance the mutual sharing of costs, risks and benefits of infrastructure projects between the two (private and public) sectors by exploiting the strengths of either side. The study further concludes that, making agriculture attractive is the only way Kenya can ensure food security and sufficiency as stated by Amiran officials. Based on the findings, this study recommends, formation of more Public-private partnerships should be encouraged and the government should promote the transparency in the different phases of Public Private-Partnership projects through a legislative action to combat any kind of corruption.

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FAO, private and public partnership model for youth employment in agriculture

(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rome, 2014) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rome