Value Chains for Development

Gender in value chains : tools and instruments wiki

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Agri-ProFocus
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, agriproduct processing, women, project identification, project evaluation
This wiki on gender sensitive development of agro-value chains in developing countries deals with subjects such as sub-sector selection, gender-sensitive value chain analysis, the identification of intervention strategies, and case descriptions.

Branding : making brands work for the poor : [dossier]

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, business names, trademarks, farmers associations, small farms, enterprise development, small enterprises
The Royal Tropical Institute investigated whether branding can strengthen the position of smallholders in value chains. This dossier discusses the pros and cons of branding to small enterprises in the South.

Traders : unleashing the potential of traders in rural development : [dossier]

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, merchants, private sector, africa south of sahara
This dossier shows how relations can be strengthened between farmers and traders, highlighting the potential of traders to develop markets and the value of traders to producers and their livelihoods.

M4P : Making markets work better for the poor

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Making markets work better for the poor (M4P)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, capacity building, market access, development policy, south east asia, cambodia, laos, vietnam
The first phase of the M4P project was completed in Dec. 2007. It comprised capacity building in the form of research, networking, and policy dialogue in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

Donor comittee for enterprise development [blogspot]

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Donor comittee for enterprise development
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, developing countries, development assistance, africa, caribbean region, pacific islands (trust territory)
Blog of the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development promotes enterprise development for small enterprises in developing countries. The Blog contains news and event items related to the DCED objectives.
 

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