00:31:35 Meredith Soule: Good Morning, afternoon or evening! 00:32:08 Omer Ahmed: Good afternoon, morning everyone 00:32:14 Jan Middendorf: Good morning, afternoon, and evening! I am Jan Middendorf from Kansas State University with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification. 00:32:53 Dick Tinsley: Dick Tinsley, Colorado State University. 00:33:12 Glenn Lines: Glenn Lines, ACDI/VOCA 00:33:28 Andrea Bohn: Andrea Bohn, University of Florida 00:33:28 ABU YARMAH: Good day! Abu Yarmah, Food for the Hungry 00:33:38 Susan Pologruto: Greetings everyone! Thank you for joining us today. We are excited to host this webinar as we celebrate Agrilinks Localization month. 00:33:40 Benjamin Lentz: Hi, Ben Lentz with Tetratech's Agriculture and Economic Growth Team based in Washington DC 00:33:43 Mamison Harinirina RAMPANANA: Mamison RAMPANANA CEO from Vola Mahasoa MADAGASCAR 00:33:45 Philip Charlesworth: Philip Charlesworth, World Vision Myanmar 00:33:50 Paradzayi Hodzonge: Innocent Paradzayi Hodzonge Environment Africa Zimbabwe 00:34:02 Sanjoy Bhattacherjee: Dr.Sanjoy Chandra Bhattacherjee, Senior Field Coordinator, USAIDs Feed the Future Livestock and Nutrition Activity, Bangladesh. 00:34:05 Manasseh Miruka: Manasseh Miruka, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Nairobi, Kenya 00:34:15 Marcia Griffiths: Greetings, Marcia Griffiths, The Manoff Group. 00:34:23 Camara Sauveur Kingoun: Camara Sauveur, SOLIDARIDAD from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 00:34:25 Emmanuel Basam: Greetings everyone; Heifer Project International USA. 00:34:25 Otto Velasquez: Otto Velasquez, POPOYAN-USAID 00:35:00 Snorwlor Bropleh: Hello Everyone. My name is Snorwlor Bropleh with My Watchman (Advanced Converged Technologies) from Liberia 00:35:00 Concepción Aragón: Conchita Aragón - RTI - BEQT, Guatemala 00:35:15 Taye Liben: Hello all, Taye Liben from Heifer International Africa 00:35:21 Mathieu Lucius: Greetings, Mathieu Lucius, USAID Hamzaari, CARE Niger 00:35:30 Gage Smith: Gage Smith, Winrock International 00:35:30 Ayobami Oladipo: Hello everyone, Ayobami Oladipo from Ignitia a Tropical Weather Forecasting company in West Africa. 00:35:31 Esosa Orhue: Hi everyone, Esosa from Nigeria (E-Warehouse Consulting) 00:35:33 Bernice Worlali Kunutsor: Bernice Kunutsor, Feed the Future Resilience in Northern Ghana Systems Strengthening Activity 00:35:45 Concepción Aragón: Hi everyone. 00:35:59 Sabina Chaduka: Greetings to all. I am Sabina Chaduka from Agricultural Advisory and Rural Development Services, Zimbabwe. 00:36:03 Manasseh Miruka: Greetings and good evening from Africa 00:36:06 Saara Ndahepuluka Shikokola: Hi Colleagues! greetings from Saara Ndahepuluka Shikokola, STAI Trading cc Poultry Farming, Namibia 00:36:22 Bhanudas Pendkar: Hi..Bhanudas Pendkar from India 00:36:28 Trent Blare: Good morning! I'm Trent Blare an assistant professor in Food and Resource Economics at the University of Florida 00:36:38 Augustine Okoruwa: Augustine Okoruwa, Head of EatSafe Country Programmes GAIN, Nigeria 00:36:42 Obafemi Ajibola: Hi everyone, Femi Ajibola, New Nigeria Foundation 00:36:48 Kevin Voss: Hello, Kevin Voss from the USA. Monty's Plant Food Company, www.montysinternational.com 00:37:02 Hubert Nkaotuli: Hi , Hubert Nkaotuli from DRC 00:37:07 Glenda de Paiz: Good morning, everyone. Glenda de Paiz, USAID/Guatemala 00:37:21 Rafiu Olaore: Good morning Everyone, I am Rafiu Olaore, the Executive Director of the Youths Enterprise Development & Innovation Society (YEDIS), Nigeria. An NGO that promotes Agribusiness among the youth, primarily girls and young women in underserved communities. https://yedis.org 00:37:27 Katie de Araujo: Good morning! Katie from Partners of the Americas 00:39:01 Madeline Steiner: Hello everyone, Madeline Steiner from Partners of the Americas 00:39:44 Anita Campion: Anita Campion, President of Connexus (www.connexuscorportation.com) 00:39:59 Rossemary Carpio: Good morning everyone, Rossemary and I am food transformation coordinator of the PERU-Hub Project. 00:40:05 Todd Kirkbride: Todd Kirkbride, Director of Strategic Growth & Partnerships, Land O'Lakes Venture37 00:40:22 Joyce Nawire Maling'a: Hi all, I am Joyce Malinga, from Zeteo Africa, Western Province, Zambia, www.zeteoafrica.com 00:41:02 Charles Olwamba: Charles Olwamba, Kenya. Gunda Kowuor CBO 00:41:07 Stella Kimani: Greetings. Stella Kimani from Intellecap Advisory Ltd based in Nairobi, Kenya. https://www.intellecap.com/ 00:41:36 Anita Campion: Check out www.crackingthenutconference.com to see the agenda for this year's Cracking the Nut Conference, which focuses on Reducing Risks of Rural and Agricultural Investment, to be held June 12-13 00:41:55 Schafer Castella: Hello all - Schafer Bomstein Castella, Technical Director, Market Systems Development with CNFA based in Washington, DC. 00:42:08 Dr. Moustapha Moussa: Hi Dear all, thank you so much for hosting such an important Meeting ! From Dr. Moustapha Moussa, SMIL-USAID ,INRAN, NIAMEY, NIGER 00:42:28 Md Sultan Mahmud: Hi ALL. I am Dr Sultan Mahmud, GM, Naafco Group based on Dhaka,.Bangladesh 00:42:43 Luke Colavito: Hi All, Luke Colavito, Senior Economist, iDE 00:43:43 Oswaldo Tello: Hello from Fundo Pucayacu, Tarapoto, Peru! 00:43:51 Annabell Guzman Rodriguez: Hello all, I am Annabell Guzmán, country director F2F Program of NCBA CLUSA in Honduras, Central America. 00:44:19 José Sánchez-Narvaez: saludos desde Lima Perú 00:45:12 Jeffrey Hillman: Jeffrey Hillman, Tillers International 00:45:26 Avery Ouellette: Happy Monday! I’m Avery Ouellette, Private Sector Engagement Director at RTI International. Excited to join this great discussion about the intersection of PSE and LLD 00:45:51 Harrigan Mukhango: Harrigan Mukhongo, USAID/Kenya and East Africa 00:46:15 Snorwlor Bropleh: Mr. Saygbe; what is the pathway from incubation to scale? 00:48:43 Snorwlor Bropleh: From a macroeconomic perspective how would this agribusiness incubator scale? How are you leveraging technology (mobile, fintech?, etc) 00:48:53 Annette Bogere: Hello All. I am Annette Bogere, Director of the Horticulture Market Acceleration Project in Uganda. Happy listening in! 00:48:55 Drew Drozynski: Good morning all. Drew Drozynski, Deputy Director of Business Development at DevWorks International. Joining from Washington DC. 00:49:05 Anita Campion: Is there a plan for this to become sustainable over time? 00:50:35 Rebeca Gomes: Hello everyone, Please can wwe have the recorded webinar? because of internet problems rebecagloria@gmail.com 00:52:00 Michael Saltz: Yes, the webinar is recorded and will be posted on our YouTube channel. We will send everyone a link and a copy of the slide deck. 00:52:49 Meredith Soule: That was a great idea to use local governments as service centers with internet for submitting applications. 00:53:21 Solomon Oyeniran: Hello Everyone, good to join this webinar. https://youtu.be/MIjAK3o7T8I We provide insights, direction, and sustainable solutions to succeed in turbulence, challenging times to align with sustainable development goals on climate adaptation by providing innovative ideas and holistic overview to new and existing Agro-Food Industries from Research and Product Development, Compounding of Ingredients, Improving Process and Packaging, Food Loss and Waste using proactive approach that make consumer satisfaction experience. https://www.facebook.com/osoafoods/ https://twitter.com/FoodsOsoa?t=JyIGJy4aRsfK7pSFJU6GLw&s=09 https://instagram.com/osoafoods?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM= We look forward to engagements and partnerships in proffering sustainable solutions in the food systems in Nigeria. Solomon Oyeniran MNIFST, MSAAFoST MD/CEO, OSOA FOODS. osoapeace@gmail.com 00:55:18 Chanel Adikuono: Love this! Amazing. 00:55:37 Meredith Soule: Very catchy tune and message. 00:55:43 Bhanudas Pendkar: Nice to join.Bhanudas Pendkar from K-FERTS LAB,India. 01:00:25 Meredith Soule: It's great to see that all the photos show engagement of women and youth. 01:00:27 Donald Ocen: A Pleasure being part of invaluable insightful program -Donald Ocen from Uganda w.w.w.thebusinessaccelerator.org donald@thebusinessaccelerator.org and donald.jaccommodities@gmail.com 01:01:20 Meck Sibanda: Greetings from Meck Sibanda Executive Director from Christian Youth Volunteers Association Trust from Zimbabwe cyvtrust@gmail.com +263 719 575 001 01:02:54 Teklu Hailu: Hello, well don, Teklu Hailu from Ethiopia, Mizan Tepi University 01:02:57 Chanel Adikuono: Brava Cyrus and team! 01:03:06 Chanel Adikuono: 👏👏👏👏👏 01:03:08 Neema Rwebangira: 👏 01:03:10 Michelle McKenzie: Great presentation Cyrus!!!! 01:03:13 Andrea Bohn: I took plenty of screenshots! 01:03:22 Jan Middendorf: Excellent presentation! Thanks! 01:03:58 Glenn Lines: Well done Cyrus! So happy to see this shift happening in Liberia!! 01:04:03 p flanagan: So proud of Team Liberia and Cyrus, the program came a long way and great results! 01:04:24 Madalitso Makwandu: Great insights indeed. Greetings all. Madalitso Makwandu, Executive Director @ Greenlivelihoods in Malawi. info@greenlivelihoods.org. +265999282040 01:04:38 Jan Middendorf: Hola Alvaro! Great to see you! and Glenda too! 01:05:32 Kathryn Begeal: Kathryn Begeal from USAID/Guatemala--so great to see so many people on this session. Great experiences shared and lessons to learn! Thank you USAID/Liberia, Cyrus!! 01:08:37 Kate McDonald Polakiewicz: Kate McDonald Polakiewicz at USAID/RFS Center for Ag-Led Growth in Washington 01:13:59 Meck Sibanda: How can we work Cyrus for small holder farmers in Zimbabwe? 01:15:21 Madalitso Makwandu: Good approach to inclusive agricultural value chains development and commercialization. We at Greenlivelihoods are piloting a moringa value chain development & commercialisation in Malawi. Will reach out to learn more 01:15:57 Bhanudas Pendkar: Nice to listen the practical approach to reach farmers.We K-FERTS LAB -SME to manufacture Microbial Biofertilizers.We are strong Advocates for Climate Smart Agriculture,where Microbes play a pivotal role. 01:16:17 Rebeca Gomes: Is it possible to work with farmers in Mozambique? 01:17:53 Anne Ytreland: I love this reference to clients as opposed to beneficiaries! I would like to see more of the development community adopt this approach. 01:18:06 Dick Tinsley: Recently my university sponsored a international symposium in which I made a presentation Reflecting on my 50+ years working with smallholder communities. As a retiree no longer beholden to the system, I was able to freely express some concerns falling well outside the political correct process. The presentation strongly support private sector supports with an emphasis on the critical need for mechanization access, and the small family enterprises that handle most of the business needs, as well as some reservation on reliance on producer organizations. the link to the presentation write-up is: https://agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2023/03/Reflections.pdf I hope you can take some time to review it, think about it and make some adjustments to the approaches to assisting smallholder producers. thank you 01:18:23 Hayley Jewett: Anne Y. +1! 01:19:04 Meck Sibanda: We are implementing a climate smart conservation Agr project in schools in Zimbabwe Matabeleland North province in Lupane district. will be happy to connect especially for value addition. we are using a catch them young approach for school learners. for families we are using an approach that we term family farming groups. cyvtrust@gmail.com 01:20:33 Neema Rwebangira: 👏 01:20:42 Jan Middendorf: Excellent presentation and approaches! Love the client approach, co-design, and continuous improvement throughout! Great information Alvaro! 01:20:57 German Gonzalez Diaz: 👏🏽 01:21:43 Emmanuel Basam: Great job and insightful work from both presenters. 01:22:20 Meck Sibanda: A great presentation indeed! 01:22:49 Sabina Chaduka: interesting approaches presented especially taking into consideration sustainability issues 01:23:51 Sarah Rose: Private sector definition drawn from USAID's Private Sector Engagement Policy: In the PSE policy, “Private Sector” has the following definition: • For-profit, commercial entities and their affiliated foundations; • Financial institutions, investors and intermediaries; • Business associations and cooperatives; • Micro, small, medium, and large enterprises that operate in the formal and informal sectors; • American, local, regional, and multi-national businesses; and • For-profit approaches that generate sustainable income (e.g., a venture fund run by an NGO or a social enterprise) 01:24:15 Meck Sibanda: Are going to have presentations shared? 01:25:11 Edidah Lubega Ampaire: Will you be sharing presentations or related resources with us? Please do. 01:25:13 Michael Saltz: Yes, we will be sending everyone a copy of the slides and a recording of the event 01:25:42 Meck Sibanda: great thanks. 01:26:07 Allison Kaika: If we have follow up questions for the speakers, can you all share the information to reach out to them after the webinar? 01:27:51 Michael Saltz: Yes absolutely! Reach out to info@agrilinks.org for follow up 01:27:58 Allison Kaika: Thank you! 01:27:59 Rebeca Gomes: rebecagloria@gmail.com COOPAMIM Agrarian Cooperative yes I am ready 01:28:01 Kathryn Begeal: Here are some visuals from the USAID/Guatemala ProInnova project, that shows many of USAID and Popoyan's investments. https://www.usaid.gov/es/guatemala/programs/pro-innova 01:28:24 Bhanudas Pendkar: Is there an ajenda of the specific agri. activities to be under taken in India?Particularly regarding Climate Smart Agriculture? 01:28:24 Kathryn Begeal: You might need to change the language to English :), which is at the top. 01:29:25 Andrea Bohn: Very appropriate to shift from "Beneficiaries" to "Clients". Is there a more appropriate term to replace "Intervention"? We need a mind set change here, too 01:29:46 Benjamin Lentz: Thanks for your inspiring presentations and lessons learned. Need to jump to another call. 01:30:40 Paradzayi Hodzonge: Thank you for the innovative approaches to community developed 01:30:51 Andrea Bohn: Worth listing to! Thank you! 01:30:55 Dick Tinsley: Thank you for an interesting webinar 01:31:07 Susan Pologruto: Thank you everyone for joining us this morning for your engagement and thoughtful questions! 01:31:11 Meck Sibanda: great webinar thanks 01:31:25 Jan Middendorf: Thank you both for sharing your expertise! 01:31:27 Glenda de Paiz: Thank you Cyrus and Alvaro for your presentations. 01:31:31 Lesly Rubio: Congratulations, Alvaro and Cyrus! 01:31:33 Schwan Shawani: Great. Thanks, everyone. 01:31:34 Saara Ndahepuluka Shikokola: Thanks so much USAID 01:31:34 Madeline Steiner: Thank you! 01:31:36 Edidah Lubega Ampaire: Thank you lots.