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Author: Stein, C.
Publisher: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
ISBN: 9290908572
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Stefano Ponte
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1788113772
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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Global value chains (GVCs) are a key feature of the global economy in the 21st century. They show how international investment and trade create cross-border production networks that link countries, firms and workers around the globe. This Handbook describes how GVCs arise and vary across industries and countries, and how they have evolved over time in response to economic and political forces. With chapters written by leading interdisciplinary scholars, the Handbook unpacks the key concepts of GVC governance and upgrading, and explores policy implications for advanced and developing economies alike. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}

Author: Hamida Omari
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783846584903
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Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Value chain concept is a framework for conducting business transactions that is responsive to the needs of the consumer. It actually involves a full range of activities which are required to bring a product or service from conception, through the intermediary phases of production, delivery to final consumers, and final disposal after use. Such an approach thus considers international trade relations as being part of a series of networks of honey producers, exporters, importers, and retailers, whereby knowledge and relationships are developed to gain access to markets and suppliers.In this study therefore, traditional beekeeping value chain analysis focused on the interaction of actors along each step of honey production system (from raw producers to consumers)in Tanzania, taking into account the linkages within each set of actors.

Author: David Neven
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Using sustainable food value chain development (SFVCD) approaches to reduce poverty presents both great opportunities and daunting challenges. SFVCD requires a systems approach to identifying root problems, innovative thinking to find effective solutions and broad-based partnerships to implement programmes that have an impact at scale. In practice, however, a misunderstanding of its fundamental nature can easily result in value-chain projects having limited or non-sustainable impact. Furthermore, development practitioners around the world are learning valuable lessons from both failures and successes, but many of these are not well disseminated. This new set of handbooks aims to address these gaps by providing practical guidance on SFVCD to a target audience of policy-makers, project designers and field practitioners. This first handbook provides a solid conceptual foundation on which to build the subsequent handbooks. It (1) clearly defines the concept of a sustainable food value chain; (2) presents and discusses a development paradigm that integrates the multidimensional concepts of sustainability and value added; (3) presents, discusses and illustrates ten principles that underlie SFVCD; and (4) discusses the potential and limitations of using the value-chain concept in food-systems development. By doing so, the handbook makes a strong case for placing SFVCD at the heart of any strategy aimed at reducing poverty and hunger in the long run.

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Category : Cost
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Author: J. Merino Salom
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Languages : en
Pages : 94

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This research looks at two projects promoting low-cost irrigation and linking farmers to high-value vegetable markets, one in Ecuador and the other in Nepal. Value chain mapping and “realist evaluation” were selected to develop two case-studies oriented to find out what is about those projects that “works”, for whom and in which circumstances. The use of Value chain mapping tools gave a broad picture in relation to the efforts of the organizations influencing local value chains at the meso-level, and the actors working at the micro-level; as well as the outcomes of their efforts in terms of employment, and volumes of vegetables produced and sold at different prices to different market channels The Maps looking at the constraints in the local value chains and the activities of the actors at the mesolevel were the most useful in informing “realist evaluation” in relation to the context and the actors. This map invites the evaluator to look at the different stakeholders of the local value chain and how did they act in the project. However, The original theories of the projects were the most used for guiding the data collection, required by the realist evaluation, to understand the context on which the projects were implemented. Realist evaluation requires skills in conceptualization, causal thinking and interviewing with interactive reflection, such skills are hard to find in project’s actors. This limits the use of realist evaluation in the hands of local actors. In the case of research with few weeks available for doing field research, realist evaluation must be careful considered. Value chain mapping and realist evaluation were useful to identify what is about projects that “work”, for whom and in which circumstances. The reader can find some of them in the case studies and the discussion part, confirming, though not totally, the impact hypothesis of the projects: “Projects efforts in promoting low-cost irrigation and the production of high-value vegetables, together with, linking farmers to markets, can lead to local value chains generating enough incomes for the different actors to keep them motivated in continue up-grading it year by year”.

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251382379
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Multi-actor agricultural innovation platforms (MAIPs), as models for inclusive and collaborative innovation, are increasingly deployed in farmer communities to solve the last-mile bottleneck, namely, the empowerment of smallholder farmers and value chain actors to access innovation and services to drive field-level change. Facilitators play a critical role in establishing and operating MAIPs, stimulating interactions among MAIP actors and thereby supporting co-innovation and co-learning processes. They are usually specialized MAIP actors (e.g. researchers, extension agents, agricultural educationists, brokers, NGO activists, traders and processors). Qualified MAIP facilitators, as value chain intermediaries and coordinators, are required to have strong facilitation skills and relevant technical background. They are normally trained through training of MAIP facilitator courses or through the implementation of a MAIP. This handbook aims to support MAIP facilitators to establish and operate MAIPs. It summarizes the experience of the MAIPs in persimmon, hazelnut and honey value chains that FAO implemented as part of the European Union-funded project “Development of sustainable and inclusive local food systems in north-west region of Azerbaijan (GCP/AZE/014/EC)”, the “Tropical Agricultural Platform Agricultural Innovation System (TAP-AIS)” project implemented in Malawi, and the Science and Technology Backyard (STB) initiative led by the China Agricultural University (CAU). It also draws on the experience of the training course “Training of master trainers for establishing and operating Multi-actors Agricultural Innovation Platforms” co-organized by FAO and CAU on 11–15 July 2023.

Author: Valentina De Marchi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351723995
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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The international fragmentation of economic activities – from research and design to production and marketing – described through the lens of the global value chain (GVC) approach impacts the structure and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) agglomerated in economic clusters. The consolidation of GVCs ruled by global lead firms and the recession of 2008-09 exacerbated the pressures on cluster actors that based their competitive advantage on local systems, spurring an increasing heterogeneity, both across and within clusters, that is still overlooked in the literature. Drawing on detailed studies of different industries and countries, Local Clusters in Global Value Chains shows the co-evolutionary trajectories of clusters and GVCs, and the role of firms and their strategies in organizing manufacturing and innovation activities in the context of ongoing technological shifts. The book explores the tension between place-based variables and global drivers of change, and the possibility for territories containing such clusters to prosper in the new global scenario. By adopting insights from the GVC framework and management studies, the book discusses how the internationalization strategies of firms create opportunities as well as constraints for adaptive upgrading in clusters. This book is of interest to both researchers and policy-makers who are interested in the dynamic sources of competitive advantage in the global economy.

Author: Steven Tumwesigye
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783659323003
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Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Globally, use of value chain concept in commodity development has gained momentum. Resultantly, commodity value chains have been analysed in most commercial commodities. Unfortunately, the potential of cassava to steer total transformation has not been fully exploited because its value chain is not fully known. Cassava benefits along the value chain are huge but there is no visible substantial contribution to the economies of developing countries. The prevailing and monopolistic approach to marketing does not benefit smallholders who are the main actors in the value chain of cassava. The publication, therefore, shows an insight into the nature and behavior of cassava value chains in Uganda. Different segments of the cassava value chain were mapped using a rapid reconnaissance method. This publication, thus, enables better understanding of functions of the chain, flow of products, actor's roles and value added by each actor in the chain, institutions and policies that influence cassava chain and constraints and opportunities. The information is useful to those intending to develop cassava subsector particularly researchers, governments, non-governmental organizations and developmen

Author: K. McKague
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113737375X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 377

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Most studies of doing business at the "bottom of the economic pyramid" focus on viewing the poor as consumers, as micro-entrepreneurs, or as potential employees of local companies. Almost no analysis focuses on the poor as primary producers of agricultural commodities a striking omission given that primary producers are by far the largest segment of the working-age population in developing economies. Making Markets More Inclusive bridges the management literature with original research on agricultural value chains in developing and emerging economies. This exciting work is the first to delve into the skills, capabilities, strategies and approaches needed for inclusive value chain development. McKague shows how NGOs and companies can connect poor producers in developing economies with the right markets to better create social and economic impact. He also analyzes one of the leading agricultural value chain initiatives in the world, which is being replicated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in several different value chains in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, India, and Mali. Want more? Check out these compelling videos, which provide a glimpse into the stories and examples used throughout the book. Video Trailer for Making Markets More Inclusive. Farmer Training. Kallani Rani increased the productivity of her cows, become a cattle feed seller in her village (Chapter 6), and opened a fresh milk canteen in her local market (Chapter 7). She now trains other women farmers and works to improve opportunities for women in her community (Chapter 5). Animal Health Care Services. Asma Husna trained to be an animal health worker with CARE to provide important animal health services and education to local farmers on a fee-for-service basis (Chapter 6). Cattle Feed Shops. Fulera Akter started a business as a cattle feed seller after demand for nutritional animal feed grew due to farmers' improved knowledge of nutrition (Chapter 6). Savings Groups. Coauthor Muhammad Siddiquee, the Coordinator of Agriculture and Value Chain Programs at CARE Bangladesh, discusses the value of farmer savings groups (Chapter 6). Milk Collection. Sarothi Rani became a milk collector to earn an improved income for her family and provide an important service to other dairy farmers in her community (Chapter 7). Digital Fat Testing. Introducing digital fat testing machines into the dairy value chain helped reward farmers for making investments in producing higher quality milk, as well as ensuring transparent and timely payments (Chapter 7). Microfranchising. Supporting agricultural input shop owners with training, relationships to suppliers, common branding, and standardized customer services improves the productivity of smallholder farmers and the profitability of shops (Chapter 12). Bangladesh Dairy Value Chain Learning. Reflections from some of the 40 CARE staff from 17 countries who came to Bangladesh to learn from the experience of the dairy value chain project (Chapter 15).