Value Chains for Development

LLL : an internet learning support service for linking local learners

Lightfoot, Clive and Scheuermeier, Ueli | 2007-
  • Author(s): Lightfoot, Clive and Scheuermeier, Ueli
  • Publisher: Lightfoot consulting etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, agricultural co-operatives, small farms, capacity building, information networks, internet
The Linking Local Learners (LLL) service offers groups of local farmers a platform for sharing with other learning teams; help for facilitators; use of software; and access to expert advise.

Linking local learners for improved market linkages : final report First mile project, Tanzania

Lightfoot, Clive and Scheuermeier, Ueli | 2006
  • Author(s): Lightfoot, Clive and Scheuermeier, Ueli
  • Publisher: Agricultural marketing services development project (AMSDP) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, market access, capacity building, information management, internet, east africa, tanzania
Key to the learning of small farmers, traders, processors, and others from rural villages is the development and exchange of their local experiences and good practices via the Internet.

Certification in the value chain for fresh fruits : the example of banana industry

Liu, Pascal | 2009
  • Author(s): Liu, Pascal
  • Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, organic farming, social justice, bananas, prices, latin america, caribbean region
The report analyses the distribution of prices along selected value chains and seeks to determine whether producing countries reap the full benefits of certified banana exports.

Banana in Metema : an IPMS [irrigated banana value chain] development approach

Lulseged, Wondwossen | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Lulseged, Wondwossen
  • Publisher: Blip networks
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, development projects, agricultural product marketing, africa
In Metema district, Amhara, Ethiopia, the Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) project introduced banana production systems for the first time in 2005. IPMS together with the stakeholders, provided support along the banana value chain on production, in put supply and marketing.

Enhancing the role of SMEs in global value chains, Tokyo, 31 May-1 June 2007 : OECD background report

Lunati, Mariarosa and Dembinski, Paul H. | 2007
  • Author(s): Lunati, Mariarosa and Dembinski, Paul H.
  • Publisher: OECD etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: industrial procurement, small enterprises, economic growth, industrial sector, globalization
Overall, more than 20 value chain studies of automotive, instruments, software, tourism, and cinema industrial sectors support the argument that the participation in global value chains benefits SMEs.
 

About this portal

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