Value Chains for Development

Dried beans in Ethiopia : increasing food security through trade

Ferris, Shaun | 2012
  • Author(s): Ferris, Shaun
  • Publisher: International institute for environment and development (IIED)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural products, food security, international trade, exports, africa
This paper focuses on collaborative efforts to link white pea bean farmers in Ethiopia to canning factories and retailers in the UK. It explores the benefits and risks of working closely with a key intermediary and of tailoring a supply chain to meet the needs of a lead retailer.

Strategy paper : a participatory and area-based approach to rural agroenterprise development

Ferris, S. | 2006
  • Author(s): Ferris, S.
  • Publisher: Centro internacional de agricultura tropical (CIAT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, enterprise development, small enterprises, rural areas, project implementation, popular participation, reference materials, africa, asia, latin america
Provides an overview of area-based or “territorial” approach to rural agroenterprise development, which involves the use of methods and tools that have been developed over the past decade.

Service provision through buyer driven value chain development initiatives

Finkel, Thomas | [2005]
  • Author(s): Finkel, Thomas
  • Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: industrial procurement, transnational corporations, labelling, social justice, environmental protection, small enterprises, enterprise development, south east asia, vietnam
Local suppliers of international companies should work with others to introduce quality, eco-friendly and social labels to outperform suppliers from competing exporting countries. This requires local accreditation and certification capacity.

Can an agricultural 'commodity' be de-commodified, and if so, who is to gain?

Fitter, Robert and Kaplinksy, Raphael | 2001
  • Author(s): Fitter, Robert and Kaplinksy, Raphael
  • Publisher: Institute of development studies (IDS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: commodity trade, coffee, industrial procurement, consumption, income distribution, social justice
Higher farm gate prices for specialty coffee could be achieved if consumers can be educated to recognize that better coffees are directly linked to their place of origin.

Partnerships, power and equity in global commodity chains : multinational enterprises, commodity chain partnerships and host country development goals

Fortanier, Fabienne | 2006
  • Author(s): Fortanier, Fabienne
  • Publisher: Expert centre for sustainable business and development cooperation (ECSAD) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: purchasing, private sector, transnational corporations, public sector, co-operation between organizations, co-operatives, small farms, development aspects
The impact of partnerships between foreign-owned firms and local farmers cooperatives - often facilitated by NGOs - on national and general development goals in third-world host countries is examined.
 

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