Value Chains for Development

Adding value to livestock diversity : marketing to promote local breeds and improve livelihoods

Mathias, Evelyn and Mundy, Paul | 2010
  • Author(s): Mathias, Evelyn and Mundy, Paul
  • Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO) [etc]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: livestock industry, agricultural product marketing, wool, meat, hides and skins, milk, maharashtra, andhra pradesh, karnataka, tamil nadu, india, kyrgyzstan, mongolia, argentina, south africa, mauritania, somalia
The book describes eight cases from Africa (Mauritania, Somalia, South Africa), Asia (India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia) and Latin America (Argentina) where outside interventions have attempted to develop markets for specialty products from local breeds: wool, cashmere, meat, hides, milk and dairy.

Trickle-down, trickle-up or puddle? : participatory value chains analysis for pro-poor enterprise development

Mayoux, Linda | 2003
  • Author(s): Mayoux, Linda
  • Publisher: DFID etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, transnational corporations, purchasing, social justice, information management, capacity building, reference materials
This practical guide to value chains (VC) analysis and VC action research examines the scope for pro-poor enterprise development, strategic learning, and ongoing accountability within and between enterprise sectors.

Making the strongest links : a practical guide to mainstreaming gender analysis in value chain development

Mayoux, Linda and Mackie, Grania | 2007
  • Author(s): Mayoux, Linda and Mackie, Grania
  • Publisher: International labour organization (ILO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, women, purchasing, guidelines
This Guide has been developed as a means to increase women entrepreneurs' capacity to access markets and build sustainable enterprises that create decent work.

Linking smallholders in Ethiopia and Rwanda to higher value coffee markets

McCarthy, Stephen | 2008
  • Author(s): McCarthy, Stephen
  • Publisher: USAID
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, coffee, small farms, export promotion, agricultural co-operatives, africa south of sahara, ethiopia, rwanda
A talk by Stephen McCarthy of ACDI/VOCA on the role of horizontal linkages and cooperatives in transforming the coffee value chain to reach a high value market.

Linking smallholder producer groups to higher value markets : \"Ethiopia's coffee cooperatives : a case study\" : presentation

McCarthy, Stephen | 2007
  • Author(s): McCarthy, Stephen
  • Publisher: ACDI/VOCA
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, farmers associations, market access, rural development, africa
This presentation for a Worldbank workshop on rural institutions provides an example of ACDI/VOCA’s work in practice with rural producers organizations in Ethiopia.
 

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