A two-day learning event convening donor, practitioner and research communities to disseminate significant value chain learning and discuss our most pressing issues.
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At the training, participants will learn value chain concepts and how to assess risks and to identify strategic opportunities to strengthen value chains. The participants will recognize how cohesive value chains can be used to reduce risks and facilitate access to finance. They will also learn how to apply value chain financial products to meet the needs of various actors in the value chain.
In this Breakfast Seminar sponsored by the USAID Microenterprise Development office, the speakers will present a framework that considers how gender influences behaviors in agricultural value chains with a particular focus on upgrading. They will discuss specific behaviors related to money management, business practices, and value chain relationships; why they are important; and implications for value chain programming. They will also give examples of gendered value chain behaviors from field work in Ghana and Kenya.
This presentation by Moses Nyabila (Heifer International) was part of the Agriculture Sector Council Seminar,"East Africa Dairy: A Shared Smallholder, Business and Government Partnership."
Moses Nyabila
Heifer International
In 2008, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded a 5-year, $42.8 million grant to Heifer International with the goal of doubling the dairy-derived income of 179,000 farming families across 3 countries in East Africa in 10 years. A five-member consortium (including Heifer, TechnoServe, the International Livestock Research Institute, the World Agro-Forestry Research Centre and African Breeders Services — Total Cattle Management) was formed to implement market-driven, knowledge-based interventions.
Moses Nyabila has been the Regional Director for Heifer International’s East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) since 2008. He has over 15 years experience in development and commercial sectors throughout eastern and southern Africa. Before joining Heifer, Mr. Nyabila served briefly as Marketing Manager and Investment Consultant for East Africa with Parmalat SA. He has also served as Regional Dairy Trade Specialist for Land O’Lakes International, founder and technical advisor to the Eastern and Southern Africa Dairy Association (ESADA), Marketing Specialist for Land O’Lakes in Uganda, Business Development manager for Brookside Dairy (Kenya) and Area Sales Manager for Coca-Cola SABCO. Mr. Nyabila has carried out several dairy industry studies, facilitated formulation sector strategies, helped with bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations and organized industry conferences and events. He holds an Executive MBA from U.S. International University in Nairobi in collaboration with Columbia Business School, a certificate in export development from CBI Netherlands, and a Bachelor in Commerce degree in business administration and marketing from the University of Nairobi.
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