Namazzi, Juliet | cop. 2008
- Author(s): Namazzi, Juliet
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: food crops, agricultural product marketing, agricultural prices, income, small farms, road network, institutional infrastructure, uganda
Uganda has targeted value addition for staple food crops as a priority area for agricultural development. Constraints to value addition fall under poor infrastructure, ineffective services, and inefficient institutions.
Narrod, Clare | 2007
- Author(s): Narrod, Clare
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI) : for CGIAR systemwide program on collective action and property rights (CAPRi)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agribusiness, fruit, export promotion, small farms, private sector, public sector, india, kenya, mexico
Small producers of fruits and vegetables in Kenya (green beans), Mexico (cantaloupe), and India (grapes) responded differently to increased demand for food safety from the markets they export to.
Nedelcovych, Mima and Shiferaw, David | 2012
- Author(s): Nedelcovych, Mima and Shiferaw, David
- Publisher: Partnership to cut hunger and poverty in Africa
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agribusiness, agricultural policy, private sector, africa
Observations made in Mali, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia suggest that African governments have significant opportunities to take actions that would directly stimulate private investments in agriculture. Observations specific to the 4 countries and 4 agricultural commodity value chains are summarized.
Nelson, Candace | [ca. 2001]
- Author(s): Nelson, Candace
- Publisher: The Small enterprise education en promotion (SEEP) network
- Pages: --
- Keywords: financial assistance, small enterprises, evaluation
USAID, the AIMS (Assessing the Impact of Microenterprise Services) Project team, and the SEEP Network developed a set of mid-range tools for client assessment by microfinance practitioners.
Neven, David | 2009
- Author(s): Neven, David
- Publisher: U.S. Agency for international development (USAID)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: purchasing, small enterprises, export marketing
Three main steps can be distinguished in value chain analysis: (1) identify the main functions and types of firms in the value chain; (2) analyse structural connections, and (3) analyse dynamics.