On 27 and 28 of May, 2010, the Wageningen International Conference on Chain and Network Management (WICaNEM) will be organized in Wageningen, at the Hof van Wageningen conference centre. This biannual conference will draw together more than 200 representatives from academia, business, policy makers and NGOs. Some of you may remember the successful APF sessions we had at the 2006 Chain Conference.

Agri-ProFocus and the conference organisers have put together two APF sessions on the second conference day, Friday 28 May. These sessions consist of presentations of scientific papers on topics that we think are particularly interesting for APF members (see below). In addition, there will be a plenary session on sustainable international sourcing, with presentations by Nestlé and Solidaridad.

Representatives from APF members are invited to participate in the conference on Friday 28 May. The special fee for APF members on friday is 150 euro. Please register here

Please note that only by registration through this link APF members can benefit from the reduced participation fee.

The complete programme and additional practical information can be found at the general conference website.

We hope to see you at WICaNeM,

Hedwig Bruggeman, Agri-ProFocus

Jos Bijman, Wageningen UR

Programme Friday, 28 May 2010

9.00 – 10.00 Plenary discussion session: Sustainable international sourcing

· Dr. J. Zaugg, Head milk & agri services at Nestlé.

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 – 12.00 Parallel sessions

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and poster sessions

13.00 – 14.00 Plenary discussion session: Innovation

· Drs. D. Duijzer

· Drs. M. J. Cox

14.00 – 15.30 Parallel sessions

15.30 – 16.30 Drinks and closure

WICaNeM Special Agri-ProFocus Parallel sessions

APF Session - Friday 28 May, 2010 – 10.30 – 12.00 hour

6295 - Transaction risks and trust in the sesame value chain in Ethiopia Gerdien Meijerink and Derek Eaton LEI-WUR, Public Issues, Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB The Hague, Netherlands, UNEP, Trade and environment, 11 - 13 Chemin des Anémones, CH-1219 Geneva, Switzerland

6134 - Development impacts of agrifood systems transformation on smallholder farmers Budsara Limnirankul and Phrek Gypmantasiri Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Multiple Cropping Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

6138 - Partnerships for sustainable cotton production: an institutional analysis of African cases Verena Bitzer and Peter Glasbergen Utrecht University, Department of Environmental Studies and Policy

6303 – Agricultural cooperatives and value chain coordination: An integrated theoretical framework Jos Bijman, Roldan Muradian, and Andre Cechin Wageningen University, CIDIN, Agriterra, and University of Sao Paulo

APF Session - Friday 28 May, 2010 – 14.00 – 15.30 hour

6243 – Comparing ’Fair’ and ’Responsible’ trade: Review of Evidence from East Africa Ruerd Ruben Chair Development Studies & Director Centre for International Development Issues (CIDIN), Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

6120 - Logic models as a monitoring tool: experiences from the value chain for pro-poor development action-research programme Sietze Vellema, Giel Ton and Marieke De Ruyter De Wildt Wageningen University and Research Center, the Netherlands

6137 – Credible Evidence: Anticipating Validity Threats in Impact Evaluations of Agricultural Value Chain Support Giel Ton, Sietze Vellema and Marieke De Ruijter De Wildt LEI Wageningen UR, PO Box 35, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands

6266 - Women’s participation in Biofuel global value chains: winners and losers Joy Clancy and Avinash Narayanaswamy Twente Centre for Studies in Technology and Sustainable Development, University of Twente, POBox 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands