On 21 January 2016, the Business Call to Action (BCtA), in collaboration with Hystra and support from Danone Ecosystem will host an interactive webinar discussion. The webinar will feature speakers from Danone Ecosystem and Juhudi Kilimo, two leading companies working to transform lives and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers through innovative inclusive business approaches.

Agriculture is an important source of livelihood for the low-income rural communities around the world. An estimated 1.5 billion people directly depend on small farms for their income, and these farms in turn produce nearly 80 percent of all food consumed in the developing world. Smallholder farmers are also among the poorest and most food insecure people on the planet. A striking three quarters of the world’s extreme poor – 800 million people – live in rural areas solely off agriculture, while nearly half of the world’s undernourished people are smallholder farmers.

Join this interactive discussion built on the evidence-based insights on how agribusinesses can successfully work with smallholder farmers from Hystra’s recent report, Smallholder Farmers and Business.

SPEAKERS

Jessica Graf, Network Partner, Hystra
Samwel Tobiko, Agribusiness Officer, Juhudi Kilimo
Pierre Bou, Sourcing Development Manager, Danone Ecosystem Fund
Tatiana Bessarabova, Knowledge and Partnerships Lead, Business Call for Action

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