| 2011
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Mennonite economic development associates (MEDA)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, market access, gender, women
Female sales agents purchase products from women producers and sell these to retailers and other buyers in highervalue markets. As part of the transactions, the sales agents embed product information, quality control and market demands into their sales services.
| 2010
- Author(s):
- Publisher: International fund for agricultural development (IFAD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: gender, women, farmers associations, rural development
Participants discussed ways to increase the economic returns of farming for women, improve training and information transmission to women farmers, apply quota systems for women, finance women’s leadership in organizations, and build networks and partnerships between farmers' organizations and IFAD.
| 2010
- Author(s):
- Publisher: NR international
- Pages: --
- Keywords: credit, finance, small farms, rural development, africa
Lack of credit forces farmers in Rwanda to sell their maize crops, still growing in the field, for very low prices. The warrantage scheme allows farmers to obtain bank loans to meet their cash needs and receive a better price for their crop. A stock of maize in a storage facility acts as collateral.
| 2010
- Author(s):
- Publisher: CIAT Asia
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, horticulture, small farms, poverty alleviation, vietnam
The Swiss-funded project Small-scale Agro-enterprise Development in the Uplands (SADU) helped develop the market chain of chayote in northern Vietnam and improved the links between producers, distributors and retailers.
| 2009
- Author(s):
- Publisher: U.S. Agency for international development (USAID)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, popular participation, project formulation, project implementation, development assistance
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