Value Chains for Development

Gender in value chains

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Agri-ProFocus
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, purchasing, small enterprises, women, gender equality, capacity building, information networks, internet
This online platform facilitates the exchange between Agri-ProFocus professionals and others. The aim is to increase gender-sensitivity in agribusiness value chains by sharing news and experiences, asking questions, and collaborating in a wiki.

Value chain development wiki

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: USAID. Microenterprise development office
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: small enterprises, market access, purchasing, enterprise development, markets, finance
These wiki pages codify good practice in value chain development, drawing from research by the USAID Microenterprise Development team, the ACDI/VOCA consortium, and other contributing organizations, academics and institutions.

AAACP newsletter / Coordination unit (CU), All ACP agricultural commodities programme

| 2008- .
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: AAACP. CU
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, cotton, income, risk, development assistance, eu, acp
This EU-funded programme aims to improve incomes and livelihoods for ACP producers of traditional and other agricultural commodities, and to reduce income vulnerability at both producer and macro levels.

FAST stakeholder news & updates / Finance alliance for sustainable trade

| 2008- .
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: FAST
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: international trade, sustainable development, finance, information networks
FAST e-news is published irregularly. FAST represents a diverse group of financial institutions committed to promoting sustainable development and trade composed of producers, supply chain actors, NGOs and socially oriented lenders.

Heart of Africa

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Traidlinks
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, international trade, private sector, small farms, poverty alleviation, africa south of sahara, united kingdom
The Heart of Africa brand was developed by Traidlinks to provide a route to market for premium African food products. Traidlinks was founded in 2004 to support enterprise in developing countries.
 

About this portal

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