Value Chains for Development

Building a commodities market in Ethiopia

Gabre-Madhin, Eleni | 2007
  • Author(s): Gabre-Madhin, Eleni
  • Publisher: TED]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: commodity trade, markets, food crops, small farms, price stabilization, standardization, warehouses, information networks, africa south of sahara, east africa, ethiopia
Former World Bank senior economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin has the vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia, bringing rates, standards, warehousing, and data centers to the trade of smallholder crops.

A pro-poor analysis of the shrimp sector in Bangladesh

Gammage, Sarah | 2006
  • Author(s): Gammage, Sarah
  • Publisher: USAID
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, shrimps, purchasing, private sector, working conditions, poverty alleviation, south asia, bangladesh
The nature of production and the conditions of employment along the shrimp value chain in Bangladesh are examined to identify opportunities to improve market outcomes, raise productivity and wages, and foster pro-poor growth.

Rice value chain development in Fogera woreda based on the IPMS experience

Gebey, Tilahun | 2012
  • Author(s): Gebey, Tilahun
  • Publisher: ILRI
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural products, development strategies, development projects, africa
This case study focuses on the development of rice in Fogera woreda (located in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia) with the objectives of documenting diagnostic results and value chain interventions, and providing evidence of concepts, challenges and lessons learned to be considered for scaling out.

Apiculture value chain development based on experiences of IPMS and partners

Gebey, Tilahun | 2011
  • Author(s): Gebey, Tilahun
  • Publisher: ILRI
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, development projects, livestock, africa
Experiences in apiculture value chain development in Ethiopia are outlined. Interventions included: agricultural extension, skills development, practical training conducted for husband and wife on bee colony management, linking value chain actors, establishing a honey value chain platform.

The value chain development approach in the LIVES project

Gebremedhin, Gebre | 2013
  • Author(s): Gebremedhin, Gebre
  • Publisher: ILRI
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, livestock, small farms, africa
The value chain development approach in the Livestock and Irrigation Value-chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project was outlined by Berhanu Gebremedhin at the LIVES Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop (Addis Ababa, 21-24 January 2013).
 

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