Public Private Partnerships: Only for the Well-Off? Evidence from the Rural Productive Partnership Project in Colombia

Abstract

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Sustainable businesses development in post-conflict zones: a case in rural Colombia

“…The private sector supports small farmers by providing technical assistance through the Environmental and Social Technical Assistance and Audit Units (UAATAS) program. The joint private-public effort also ensures market access for farmers' produce by signing exclusivity agreements between producers and processor (Parra-Pena et al, 2017). The expected outcome is to provide a long-term source of income to farmers and their families, create employment, promote social cohesion of poor rural communities, and improve rural competitiveness.…”

“…The private sector supports small farmers by providing technical assistance through the Environmental and Social Technical Assistance and Audit Units (UAATAS) program. The joint private-public effort also ensures market access for farmers' produce by signing exclusivity agreements between producers and processor (Parra-Pena et al. , 2017).…”

“…In 2002, the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development initiated the Support to Productive Alliances (AAP) project, with financial aid of the World Bank, in an effort to reduce the socioeconomic challenges faced by small-scale producers in rural Colombia (Parra-Pena et al. , 2017).…”

“…In 2002, the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development initiated the Support to Productive Alliances (AAP) project, with financial aid of the World Bank, in an effort to reduce the socioeconomic challenges faced by small-scale producers in rural Colombia (Parra-Pena et al, 2017). Productive alliances are strategic associations between small farmers and anchor companies with financial, marketing, and technical assistance of the private and public sectors.…”

“…In this alliance, anchor companies offer technological transfer to farmers through the Environmental and Social Technical Assistance and Audit Units (UAATAS) program. Thus, productive alliances are designed to increase farmers' income through enhanced market access and better management practices, while ensuring buyers with a reliable supply (Parra-Pena et al, 2017;Sanz et al, 2018). Since its creation, the AAP project has reached 49,000 households and established 802 productive alliances by 2014 (Marin-Burgos and Clancy, 2017).…”