Value Chains for Development

Social standards, global value chains and option for local action

Knorringa, Peter and Meyer-Stamer, Jorg | [2007]
  • Author(s): Knorringa, Peter and Meyer-Stamer, Jorg
  • Publisher: LEDcast
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: transnational corporations, purchasing, globalization, social justice, working conditions, child labour, international labour standards, production standards
Examines why companies adopt social standards in the global value chain, addresses the issue whether this will remain a fringe phenomenon, and discusses the International Standard for social responsibility ISO 26000.

Linking collective action to non-timber forest product market for improved local livelihoods : challenges and opportunities

Komarudin, Heru and Siagian, Yuliana L. and Putu Oka, Ngakan | 2007
  • Author(s): Komarudin, Heru and Siagian, Yuliana L. and Putu Oka, Ngakan
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI) : for CGIAR systemwide program on collective action and property rights (CAPRi)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, agricultural product marketing, forest products, bamboo, small farms, small groups, market access, south east asia, indonesia
Describes challenges and opportunities for Indonesia's forestry decentralization and marketing of forest products such as bamboo, and the role of collective action in improving groups' access to government resources and markets.

Developing a sustainable medicinal-plant chain in India : linking people, markets and values

Kop, Petra van de and Alam, Ghayur and Steenhuijsen Piters, Bart de | cop. 2006
  • Author(s): Kop, Petra van de and Alam, Ghayur and Steenhuijsen Piters, Bart de
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Pages: 191--202
  • Keywords: agribusiness, medicinal plants, agricultural development, crop diversification, plant protection, enterprise development, institutional infrastructure, india, uttarakhand
Analyses the opportunities for and constraints on developing value chains for medicinal plants from in Uttaranchal, India, and outlines the institutional infrastructure required to support a pro-poor chain.

Markets and livelihoods : bringing a livelihood perspective to the apple value chain in Jumla, Nepal

Krap, Tim Daniël | 2012
  • Author(s): Krap, Tim Daniël
  • Publisher: Utrecht university. Faculty of geosciences. International development studies
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, households, asia
This thesis examines a value chain of organic apples, which should - besides being a profitable business opportunity - be a method with which to alleviate the poverty in the district of Jumla, located in the mountains of western Nepal.

Trust and information flow in the value chain : lessons from the Zambia PROFIT community-based agent network model

Krivoshykova, Marina and Sebstad, Jennefer | 2009
  • Author(s): Krivoshykova, Marina and Sebstad, Jennefer
  • Publisher: USAID
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural extension, farm management, investments, seeds, chemicals, small enterprises, small farms, southern africa, zambia
PROFIT's role in the retail sector for agricultural inputs is discussed, focusing on the Community-Based Agent Model as practised in Zambia. The main types of inputs are agrochemicals and seeds. Some advice is also provided.
 

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