Program Livestock Finance

• • February 21, 2017
    • 8:00 am - 9:30 amRegistration
    • 9:30 am - 10:00 amWelcome remarks & setting the scene
    • 10:00 am - 10:30 amTea & coffee break
    • 10:30 am - 11:15 amPlenary Session 1Karl Rich – “Perspectives on improving financial access for livestock value chain development”
    • 11:15 am - 1:00 pmContributed Papers Session 1Smallholders Access to Credit (5 papers)
    • 11:15 am - 1:00 pmContributed Papers Session 2Value Chains and Market Participation (5 papers)
    • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pmLunch
    • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmFarmers’ Round Table
    • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pmTea & coffee break
    • 3:45 pm - 4:30 pmPlenary Session 2Kennedy Dzama “Smallholder livestock production and market participation in Southern Africa: Lessons learnt.”
    • 4:30 pm - 5:50 pmContributed Papers Session 3Governmental Schemes and Private Funding Models (4 papers)
    • 5:50 pm - 6:00 pmWrap-up Day 1
    • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmConference Dinner
  • February 22, 2017
    • 8:00 am - 8:45 amPlenary Session 3Calvin Miller – “Inclusive value chain financing and investment for livestock”
    • 8:45 am - 10:30 amContributed Papers Session 4Economic Valuation of Value Chains (5 papers)
    • 8:45 am - 10:30 amContributed Papers Session 5Livestock Production, Efficiency and Marketing (5 papers)
    • 10:30 am - 11:15 amOfficial opening by The Honorable Minister of Agriculture – Moses Vilakati
    • 11:15 am - 11:30 amTea & coffee break
    • 11:30 am - 1:00 pmBanks and Financial Institutions’ Round Table
    • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pmLunch
    • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pmContributed Papers Session 6Agricultural Credit Impact Assessment and Regional Trade(5 papers)
    • 3:45 pm - 4:15 pmTea & coffee break
    • 4:15 pm - 5:30 pmImplementing Agencies and Donors’ Round Table
    • 5:30 pm - 6:00 pmWrap-up and closure
  • February 23, 2017
    • 7:00 am - 7:00 amAssembly point of participants and departure to field visits
    • 7:00 am - 12:30 pmField visits
    • 12:30 pm - 1:30 pmLunchBrown bag / takeaway lunch
    • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmVisit to a handicraft Swazi shop
    • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pmTravel back to the hotel / assembly point