Value Chains for Development

Rural agroenterprise development : link small farmers to expanding markets so they can develop sustainable livelihoods in the rural sector

| cop. 2006-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International center for tropical agriculture (CIAT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, enterprise development, rural areas, small enterprises, small farms, income, market access
Currently, CIAT's Rural Agroenterprise Development Project works with five modules: marketing, post-harvest technology, business organization, integrated agro-enterprise projects and local support systems, and training and strategic alliances.

Chain empowerment : supporting African farmers to develop markets

| cop. 2006
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, agricultural product marketing, small farms, farmers, farmers associations, income, communication process, capacity building, africa
In 19 case studies it is shown how groups of African farmers use vertical and horizontal integration to improve their income. Horizontal integration implies more involvement in value chain management.

IRIS center at the University of Maryland, Department of economics

| cop. 2005-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: University of Maryland. Department of economics
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: economic development, research centres, development policy, institution building
IRIS works to understand economic growth and democratic development, focusing on the role of institutions, i.e. the formal and informal rules by which individuals organize economic, political, and social activity.

Poverty assessment tools USAID Accelerated microenterprise advancement project (AMAP)

| cop. 2005-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: University of Maryland. Department of economics etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, development assistance, poverty alleviation, programme evaluation
USAID developed low-cost tools for assessing the poverty status of micro-enterprise clients in order its micro-enterprise implementing partners to measure and report the share of very poor clients.

The Springfield centre for business in development

| cop. 2005-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: The Springfield centre
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, finance, economic policy, advisory services
The Springfield Centre is a consulting, training and research organization, with particular expertise in private sector development, financial services, SME development, business services, and the policy and regulatory environment.
 

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The Value Chains for Development portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on pro-poor value chains.