Africa Roundtable

A Knowledge Programme (KP) is being established by Hivos, IIED and a global learning network (LN), to map, elicit and integrate knowledge on the dilemmas confronting small-scale producers from the globalisation of markets. A series of regional roundtable meetings is being held in Latin America, Africa and Asia to:~Present the concept of the knowledge programme and its associated learning network, which will drive knowledge generation; Have an open and frank discussion to validate the contents and premise of the KP; Elicit interest from potential LN members, with a view to constituting the full global learning network in December 2009.~This report is on two roundtable meetings, held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2009. Roundtable participants came from a wide variety of backgrounds including entrepreneurs, producer organisations, and service sectors. This summary presents selected key points from the discussion.