NGOs, Markets and Producer Group Producers [draft]
Market Access for Small Scale Producers Reaffirming Bioregionalism April 29 & 30, 2005 ,Hyderabad

Summary of proceedings Themewise
1. The Farmer’s View

Small Scale Producers
Producers as Market
The Leaky Bucket
2. State, Development & Social Sector
Role of State and other state actors
Resources
Indispensable role
Support Roles
3. Our Work vis-à-vis the State
Role of International Agencies
4. Institutions at the Local Level
Govt. Facilitation Organisation
Cooperatives
SHGs
Producer Groups
5. Different Approaches & Experiments to Market
Rice Credit Line,
Employment Guarantee Linked to Rice credit line
Local Market for Local Produce
Just Change: Producer-Consumer Links
Creating Brands/Modern Marketing
Product Design Services
6. Building the Local Economy
Government Policies which go against Localism
7. Follow up Ideas for the Network
Decisions made in General Session


Full-text of proceedings speeches
Introduction
the role of the state, distinguishing its role as regulator, and its role as provider; and the differing role of the other agencies - facilitating field agencies, technical and financial support agencies, and aid agencies; – which are the critical areas their support is needed. Is this being met?
Moderator: Arun Raste
Panel: Ajit Ranade, K Parvati, G Muralidhar, T Shastry, Stan Thekaekara

Facilitating Market Access and Capacitating Producer Groups:
key critical reflections on enhancing capacities of the producer group and the marketing set-up: on the institutional framework, governance, ownership, control, and sharing of costs, benefits; business development strategies, clarity on differing roles, and the long term distinction between production and marketing roles, …
Moderator: Arun Raste
Panel: K S Gopal, G Sohani, M Pradhan, G V K Gopal, Varsha M, Vikas Mehta

Reaffirming Bioregionalism:
Focus on the understanding that one has about the local economy, the local market, and the place of the producer group / marketing set-up in this; the role of the niche one’s products may have in the domestic urban / export market, and how this fits or is expected to fit in the overall perspective of market access for local producer groups.
Moderator: R Murali
Panel: DDS, CSA, CRISP, Timbaktu, Just Change, Rajni, John

Groups: Moderators KS Gopal; Praveen Mahajan; Rama Raju; Ramanjaneyulu