Webinar: Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Value Chains
The Value Chain Capacity Building Network-VCB-N will organize an exciting Webinar to share the results of the several country assessments on the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural value chains as mandated by IFAD. The event takes place on the 17th of December 2020 starting at 14.30 PM Dhaka time (8.30 CEST) till 16.00 Dhaka time (10.00 CEST). In total six assessments were conducted by VCB-N members in five countries including Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, India and Vietnam covering analysis of 16 different agricultural value chains.
Country-based Centre’s of Excellence, being VCB-N members, who conducted the assessments will share their findings with regards to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the selected value chains, analysis on the effects on different stakeholder groups including their livelihoods, mitigation strategies and reported needs for support enabling recovery efforts. Recommendations for designing more resilient and future proof value chains in the post-COVID era, will be also presented and discussed.
TENTATIVE AGENDA
2.30 - 2.40 PM: Introduction: VCB-N, background of the studies
2.40 - 2.55 PM: Summary over-arching Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations
2.55 - 3.05 PM: Presentation Bangladesh - Innovision Consultancy
2.05 - 2.15 PM: Presentation India - LRT
2.15 - 2.25 PM: Presentation India - PnP
2.25 - 3.35 PM: Presentation Myanmar - Empower
3.35 - 3.45 PM: Presentation Vietnam - CASRAD
3.45 - 3.55 PM Presentation Laos - EDC
3.55 - 4.10 PM: Final Discussion, Summary and Closing
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ke07j3JtRFeA45EeFsbySA
For further details and support, please contact the Organizing Team via the email address: vcbnetwork.pcu@gmail.com
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
Value-chain Capacity Building Network is the biggest regional Network on value chain and market system development in the Asia-Pacific Region, providing professional advisory services and capacity building support to a variety of clients.
The Network was initiated by an IFAD-funded project “Regional training network for scaling up pro-poor value chain programmes” in recognition of IFAD’s growing portfolio of projects with the mandate for value chain development in the Asia-Pacific Region. This is under the context that there are significant gaps and variability in the capacities/competencies of implementing partners to effectively develop, execute and scale inclusive and poverty-reducing market systems. In 2019 the VCB-N was formally registered as an independent member-owned and - governed network in Switzerland.
The Network is drawing on experiences and expertise of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) from seven countries including Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam that specialized in professional training and capacity development on VC&MSD. It offers tailor-made capacity building plan and advisory services including development of training modules, hand-holding and accompaniment support, documentation through case studies and value-chain analysis leading to positively influencing policies.