Value Chains for Development

Financing along the value chain : setting the stage

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.

Agricultural value chain finance strategy and design

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.

Linking urban consumers and rural farmers in India : a comparison of traditional and modern food supply chains

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.

Branding and agricultural value chains in developing countries : insights from Bihar, India

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.

ITC Choupal fresh : a case in pro poor value chains

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.
 

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