Webinar – Innovation Accelerator: How to drive systemic change for smallholder farmer communities

<p>Low famer incomes, human rights abuses and environmental degradation still plague smallholder-based supply chains of soft commodities and other agricultural products. For the past nine months, Innovation Forum’s Innovation Accelerator project has been running an action research project to understand why.</p> <p>This webinar was held to launch the initial findings of the research, which has explored a wide range of supply chains, including cotton, fruit and vegetables, dairy, coffee, soy, palm oil and maize. As well as bringing together cross-sector experience, the project sought insights from political science and development economics to explore the wider societal dynamics of communities and countries in which supply chains exist.</p> <p>Panel:</p> <ul><li>Ariana Constant, director, Clinton Development Initiative</li> <li>Alison Ward, CEO, CottonConnect</li> <li>Anita Neville, senior vice-president, group corporate communications, Golden Agri-Resources</li> <li>Thilo Liedlbauer, advisor, sustainable agricultural supply chains and standards programme, GIZ</li> <li>Yann Wyss, senior manager, social impact, Nestlé</li> <li>Peter Stanbury, senior associate, Innovation Forum</li> </ul> <p>Introduced by Toby Webb</p> <p><a href='https://www.innovationforum.co.uk/research/innovation-accelerator'>Click here</a> to download the new report.</p> <p>Innovation Accelerator is supported by the Clinton Foundation, COLEACP, CottonConnect, GIZ, Golden Agri-Resources and Nestlé.</p>