Author: Publisher: CIAT
ISBN: 958694090X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Identifying market opportunities for rural smallholder producers
Author: A Market Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Agroenterprise Development
Author: Shaun FerrisPublisher: Catholic Relief Services
ISBN: 1614920028
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This publication is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. A Market Facilitator's Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the "enabling rural innovation" approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower farmer groups with the necessary skills to make informed decisions for their economic development, based on an analysis of their surroundings, assets and skills. The methodology also aims for outcomes that are equitable, gender focused and participatory.
Participatory market chain analysis for smallholder producers. Good practice guide 4
Author: Increasing the competitiveness of market chains for smallholder producers : Module 3: Territorial approach to rural-agroenterprise development
Author: A participatory guide to developing partnerships, area resource assessment and planning together
Author: Getting to Market: From Agriculture to Agroenterprise
Author: Publisher: Catholic Relief Services
ISBN: 0945356501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A Guide to Developing Partnerships, Territorial Analysis and Planning Together
Author: Strategy Paper: A Participatory and Area-based Approach to Rural Agroenterprise Development. Good Practice Guide 1
Author: Agriculture and Environment Strategy, 2009-2014
Author: Catholic Relief ServicesPublisher: Catholic Relief Services
ISBN: 1614929904
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Agricultural Innovation Systems
Author: The World BankPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821389440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and their links with one another have elicited high returns and pro-poor growth, but these investments alone will not elicit innovation at the pace or on the scale required by the intensifying and proliferating challenges confronting agriculture. Experience indicates that aside from a strong capacity in Research and Development, the ability to innovate is often related to collective action, coordination, the exchange of knowledge among diverse actors, the incentives and resources available to form partnerships and develop businesses, and conditions that make it possible for farmers or entrepreneurs to use the innovations. While consensus is developing about what is meant by 'innovation' and 'innovation system', no detailed blueprint exists for making agricultural innovation happen at a given time, in a given place, for a given result. The AIS approach that looks at these multiple conditions and relationships that promote innovation in agriculture, has however moved from a concept to a sub-discipline with principles of analysis and action. AIS investments must be specific to the context, responding to the stage of development in a particular country and agricultural sector, especially the AIS. This sourcebook contributes to identifying, designing, and implementing the investments, approaches, and complementary interventions that appear most likely to strengthen AIS and to promote agricultural innovation and equitable growth. It emphasizes the lessons learned, benefits and impacts, implementation issues, and prospects for replicating or expanding successful practices. The information in this sourcebook derives from approaches that have been tested at different scales in different contexts. It reflects the experiences and evolving understanding of numerous individuals and organizations concerned with agricultural innovation, including the World Bank. This information is targeted to the key operational staff in international and regional development agencies and national governments who design and implement lending projects and to the practitioners who design thematic programs and technical assistance packages. The sourcebook can also be an important resource for the research community and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).