Value Chains for Development

All paths lead to learning : common mistakes in BDS market assessment and how to avoid them

Haight, Alison | 2005
  • Author(s): Haight, Alison
  • Publisher: The SEEP network
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, advisory services, training programmes, development assistance, africa, asia
Market research with micro-entrepreneurs for the purpose of BDS market development is relatively new and complex. Organizations from Africa and Asia present their recommendations to develop more effective program interventions.

Public private sector partnerships in an agricultural system of innovation : concepts and challenges

Hall, Andy | 2006
  • Author(s): Hall, Andy
  • Publisher: United nations university (UNU). Maastricht economic and social research and training centre on innovation and technology (MERIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, public sector, private sector, institution building, capacity building, agribusiness, developing countries
To be effective, public-private partnerships need to be viewed in the framework of an innovation system and a development scenario where networks of agro-enterprises and intermediary organizations underpin poverty reduction.

Accessing finance in the litchi value chain : note from the field

Hansel, Jennifer | 2006
  • Author(s): Hansel, Jennifer
  • Publisher: U.S. Agency for international development (USAID)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: small farms, fruit culture, agricultural credit, capacity building, loans, banks, south asia, india
A project of the USAID-funded Practitioner Learning Program helps rural Indian litchi farmers access financial services of local banks through strategic alliances and market linkages.

Chain development in the context of market liberalization : upgrading of pro-poor agrichains under conditions of increased competition

Hartwich, Frank and Ekboir, Javier and Dيaz Porras, Rafael A. | 2005
  • Author(s): Hartwich, Frank and Ekboir, Javier and Dيaz Porras, Rafael A.
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, small farms, poverty alleviation, capacity building, competition, technological change
Capacity building of third-world producers to develop the necessary skills to profit from the opportunities offered by market liberalization requires development assistance in the fields of knowledge, technology, and contracts.

Tanzania's red meat value chain : a diagnostic

Hartwich, Frank and Osman, Mushtaq and Temu, Jeremiah | 2012
  • Author(s): Hartwich, Frank and Osman, Mushtaq and Temu, Jeremiah
  • Publisher: United nations industrial development organization (UNIDO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, agroindustry, livestock
This diagnostic study assesses where and how value is generated in the red meat sector in Tanzania. This information is considered crucial for the design of a value chain development support program in the context of the African Agroindustries and Agribusiness Development Initiative (3ADI).
 

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