EVENT NAME Private Sector Impacts on Food Security and Nutrition EVENT DATE: THURSDAY, 27 OCTOBER, 2022 - 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM Posted Questions [09:57 AM] Fatou Kiné DIOP asked : Based in your experience, what are the main constraints in private sector engagement? 2 upvotes | 1 answer | 0 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - In the ASF sector the constraints are various for ASF product market - Expertise in food processing, cold chain infrastructure, transportation infrastructure and food quality expectations! [10:00 AM] Roberta Lauretti-Bernhard asked : Business Drivers for Food Safety -Thanks for a great presentation Dennis. Quick question - did the project provide the freezers, or help to finance them? 2 upvotes | 1 answer | 0 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - The project delivered in-kind the freezers upon their request! [10:16 AM] Dan Norell asked : In Rwanda, what meats are mostly purchased by households that have stunted children or pregnant and lactating women? Can you focus more on those meats that are more tied to reducing stunting? Why focus on larger animals when poorer households do not eat that meat? 2 upvotes | 0 answer | 0 reply [09:49 AM] Dick Tinsley asked : HOw much is the reluctance to obtain animal based food a result of first needing to meet the 4000 kcal/day required to undertake a full day of manual labor such as full day of agronomic field work? Doesn't meeting economic opportunities take priority of diversified diet? 1 upvote | 1 answer | 1 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - True, indeed there are competing priorities for which resources in a household are deployed to. Very rarely do consumers consider their energy requirements. Instead they decisions to procure food are driven by purchasing power,availability Dick Tinsley replied - I would respectively disagree and think most of the decisions are based on optimizing economic opportunty. I think this is essential for survival. Please visit these webpages: https://agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/calorie-energy-balance-risk-averse-or-hunger-exhasution/ ;https://agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/1028-2/ ; https://agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/affordability-of-improved-nutrition-while-optimizing-economic-opportunities/ [09:51 AM] Emmanuel Obuko asked : How was access to finance for the rural managed to drive rural based interventions for the ASF? 1 upvote | 2 answers | 0 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - Our field managers initially have conducted mapping of ASF enterprises and encourage them to apply for RFA or co-create an activity design with the partner in mind after a prioritization Dennis Karamuzi answered - The business have to be rural based and solutions tailored to the geography! [09:51 AM] Fatou Kiné DIOP asked : Quelles sont les contraintes majeures à l'inclusion du secteur privé basé sur votre expérience? 1 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:02 AM] Modibo Traore asked : Thank you for the great presentation . Do you have some case of failure ? What are the lessons learned? 1 upvote | 1 answer | 0 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - Good question: Failure is inevitable. The knowledge of the market by the businesses is low and is a main reason for failure. However, our adapt and learn approach so far has been useful to course correct as we go! [10:13 AM] Russ Webster asked : Thanks both for your presentation. Could you describe in more detail how you've approached attracting private capital to help finance these technologies, and what have been your successes or challenges? Attracting private capital is a key aim for our program as well. 1 upvote | 1 answer | 0 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - At two levels - Microfinance and Commercial bank level. The issues here are cost of credit, availability of tailored product and knowledge of the sector! [10:17 AM] Eddie Keturakis asked : Using a market systems approach, wouldn't the constraints to the success of the adoption of the filters; e.g. lack of understanding amongst the population of bacterial contamination, have been identified prior to the pilot? Was any market systems analysis conducted prior to introducing the filters? 1 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:18 AM] Ekanath khatiwada asked : What are the key incentives that the private sectors are looking for their effective engagement? Were you also providing matching grants for their market expansion? 1 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:19 AM] Robert Okumu Hakim asked : Hello Dennis, How do you maintain standards for the livestock and poultry meat supplied in the market. Since there is aggregation to keep with the market demand. Thanks 1 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:20 AM] Olive Zimulinda asked : Is it possible to indicates how women have benefited from the support comparing to women?gender have to be considered in the private sector development/ support and strengthen small business in Rwanda 1 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:44 AM] Joshua Okonya asked : Are there any incentives for the poor to purchase the products? 1 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [09:55 AM] anonymous asked : Basic question: target groups are 'women', and 'youth' - does this imply 'male youth' only? Where are young women e.g., 5-24? One of the big challenges throughout the life of all FTF programs has been targeting - assuming 'women' are a monolithic group...assuming 'youth' are all male. 0 upvote | 1 answer | 0 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - Great question! We aim to be inclusive across the board - women (esp of reproductive age 15-39), youth (M+F), PWDs (M&F) [09:56 AM] marydean purves asked : I meant 15-24... 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [09:58 AM] Emmanuel Obuko asked : How were financial incentives structured especially for the rural retailers, did you offer schemes to foster ease in access? 0 upvote | 1 answer | 0 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - Yes, incentives were targeted to rural based entrepreneurs through an RFA [10:01 AM] Andrea B asked : RE BNA - does diversifying diets include promoting animal source food consumption? 0 upvote | 1 answer | 1 reply Dennis Karamuzi answered - That would be implied but not necessarily the case. We have found that promoting ASF has to be intentional. So we talk of diversified diets including ASF! Andrea B replied - Actually, I was wondering about the Bangladesh Nutrition Activity. [10:07 AM] anonymous asked : Folia filters state on the website: Contaminants not removed: Lead, Chlorine, Arsenic, Radioactive. Is this only a 'half-solution'? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:09 AM] Ellen Grace T. Soberano asked : Would that water filter insure water safety for drinking? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:09 AM] anonymous asked : Is there a taste factor in the filtered water? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:10 AM] sanne chipeta asked : Are there any options for reducing contamination at the source? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:11 AM] Anahit Gevorgyan asked : 1. Have you considered messaging the benefits of the filtering for households that have younger children who will have diarrhea from contaminated water and perhaps have case studies where you fund few families to use filtered water for consumption (drinking and making food for children)? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:12 AM] Dick Tinsley asked : What are youusing as the minimum daily requirement for filtered water? Doen's WHO use 50 l/day? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:12 AM] Anahit Gevorgyan asked : 1. Have you considered messaging the benefits of the filtering for households that have younger children who will have diarrhea from contaminated water and perhaps have case studies where you fund few families to use filtered water for consumption (drinking and making food for children)? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:12 AM] Don Humpal asked : For either Rwanda or Bangladesh. What impact are current inflationary pressures having on consumer demand and ability of firms to supply products that match purchasing power of households for ASF? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:14 AM] Prossy Adong asked : Question for the Bangladesh project: So how did the program incentivize the Private sector/retail networks to continue operating even amidst reducing sales? Don't we see a possibility of the businesses collapsing in the short run? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:14 AM] Dan Norell asked : In Bangladesh, how is the increase in using water filters lead to reduction of stunting at the population level at the district or Zone of Influence level? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:15 AM] Emily Bondank asked : Question for Ashfaq, it is exciting to see that the FtF activity is doing lots of WASH work that contributes to improved nutrition! Wondering are you also doing any nutrition- focused interventions as well? 0 upvote | 1 answer | 0 reply Ashfaq Enayetullah answered - Yes, Our Result 1 has multiple interventions promoting the consumption of diverse nutritious diet through rural market centers, homestead farming, community intercations (SBC)... [10:15 AM] anonymous asked : Just a provocative question - do the private sector enterprises put in their own venture capital, or is their incentive to participate basically a subsidy from USAID? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:15 AM] Angela Caporelli asked : Ashfaq, is there an industrial size filtration that could be implemented in small villages/ hospitals/schools for community use? 0 upvote | 1 answer | 1 reply Ashfaq Enayetullah answered - Not for rural areas. Small (local) water treatment plant are there in some areas. But their reach is limited. Indusrial palnts are mainly in the urban centers. Angela Caporelli replied - I would like to continue this conversation if possible. angela.caporelli@ky.gov [10:18 AM] Fatou Kiné DIOP asked : Question for both speakers: How do you manage quality ans food safety? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:21 AM] Felix Ngamije asked : Qn to Dennis- Will Pfilewo be able to cover the country? in terms of supply of ASF? if not, how the rest of consumers will be facilitated to access ASF. 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:22 AM] Kizito Kiiza asked : Question to Bangladesh, how did the Private sector manage to extend its network to rural areas, what was the cost at rural locations with the increased cost of distribution to far-to-reach areas 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:25 AM] Donald Ocen asked : Is Uganda an ellegible Country for Rwanda type of Project 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:27 AM] Angela Caporelli asked : Dennis, I am very well versed in food safety and HACCP and would like to talk more about these types of expansion and marketing please contact me. Thanks!. angela.caporelli@ky.gov 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:28 AM] Emily Bondank asked : Building on other questions on the water filtration work, in future stages it may make more sense to work with governments and water service providers to improve water systems so that the burden of treatment is not on households, where treatment is not fully sufficient 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:29 AM] Yirgalem Gebremeskel asked : @Dennis; Thank you for the great presentation! Through this activity, does the PS (large or small) are supported to Access finance from locally available financial institutes like ag. bank or commercial bank in addition to what they get from USAID as incentive (in kind and cost-share) 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:32 AM] Ellen Grace T. Soberano asked : How does the government intervene to promote better quality, safe and nutritious food products for the rural consumers? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:45 AM] Angela Caporelli asked : If an agency wanted to "adopt" a community for "start up kits" for a school or hospital, what would be an estimated cost? Say 10 filter cones and a month supply of filters? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:46 AM] Nyabyenda Jean Paul asked : For Rwanda presenters : What do you think should be done for successfully scaling up or replicating of this kind of private engagement models to others value chain based on success factor and challenges ? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:49 AM] Donald Ocen asked : Have tried using Digital Financial services to show case smallholder farmers Financial Track in order to appeal show case financial viability 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply [10:56 AM] Angela Caporelli asked : GREAT session Katie!!!! Can we get all presenters emails? 0 upvote | 0 answer | 0 reply