Miller, Calvin | [ca. 2007]
- Author(s): Miller, Calvin
- Publisher: FAO
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agroindustry, financing, small farms, financial institutions, rural development
Highlights the directions in value chain development and agricultural finance, and discusses the potential benefits for rural development. The intensification of agricultural value chains offers new alternatives for efficient finance.
Miller, Calvin | 2011
- Author(s): Miller, Calvin
- Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, finance, project preparation
A guide in the design of appropriate program interventions which apply value chain finance approaches in developing competitive agricultural value chains, focusing on interventions which promote financial inclusiveness and the overall development goals of governments and technical/funding agencies.
Minten, Bart and Reardon, Thomas and Vandeplas, Anneleen | 2009
- Author(s): Minten, Bart and Reardon, Thomas and Vandeplas, Anneleen
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, urban areas, retail trade, food production, small farms, south asia, india
A case study of India shows that overall urban consumption is increasing. There is a shift away from staples toward high-value products and modern market channels are on the rise.
Minten, Bart and Singh, K.M. and Sutradhar, Rajib | 2012
- Author(s): Minten, Bart and Singh, K.M. and Sutradhar, Rajib
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, business names, trademarks, branded merchandise, developing countries
Local brands are rapidly gaining agricultural market share in developing countries. Implications for agricultural value chains, consumers and producers were examined. A detailed case study of the value chain of makhana in Bihar showed fast emergence of more expensive packed and branded products.
Misra, Rewa | 2009
- Author(s): Misra, Rewa
- Publisher: St. Francis Xavier university
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, private enterprises, purchasing, agricultural extension, india
The Growth-oriented Micro-enterprise Development (GMED) Program managed to secure the support of ITC, one of India's foremost private sector companies, to develop a vegetable value chain for 125,000 smallholders.