Value Chains for Development

How to use market assessment information to design and implement a BDS market development program

Nussbaum, Melissa and Miehlbradt, Alexandra | 2005
  • Author(s): Nussbaum, Melissa and Miehlbradt, Alexandra
  • Publisher: The Small enterprise education and promotion (SEEP) network
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, advisory services, markets, development assistance
This discussion synthesis documents experiences in conducting and using market assessments to design better programmes and more targeted interventions that will develop sustainable BDS markets for micro-enterprises.

Assessing BDS demand and supply in weak or limited markets

Nussbaum, Melissa and Miehlbradt, Alexandra | 2003
  • Author(s): Nussbaum, Melissa and Miehlbradt, Alexandra
  • Publisher: The Small enterprise education and promotion (SEEP) network
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, advisory services, markets, supply and demand
In 2003, an e-mail-based discussion on assessing BDS demand and supply in weak or limited markets was conducted, with special emphasis on key challenges and lessons learned.

ILO value chain development portfolio analysis : a stocktaking of ILO value chain related activities

Nٌْez, Dalia and Sievers, Merten | 2011
  • Author(s): Nٌْez, Dalia and Sievers, Merten
  • Publisher: International labour organization (ILO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: development projects, agricultural product marketing, agribusiness
This study traces ILO projects and interventions linked to Value Chains and sectoral development in more than 20 countries and gives a concrete overview of what the ILO is doing to promote more and better jobs in emerging markets.

Agrodealerships in western Kenya : how promising for agricultural development and women farmers?

Okello, Bell | [ca. 2012]
  • Author(s): Okello, Bell
  • Publisher: International center for research on women (ICRW)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, women, gender, africa
This paper highlights findings from a rapid assessment of the agrodealership model in Western Kenya and evaluates the model's potential to deliver inputs and services to women farmers. The International Center for Research on Women, Agricultural Marketing Development Trust conducted the assessment.

Food safety requirements in African green bean exports and their impact on small farmers

Okello, Julius Juma and Narrod, Clare and Roy, Devesh | 2007
  • Author(s): Okello, Julius Juma and Narrod, Clare and Roy, Devesh
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, beans, small farms, food standards, rules and regulations, private sector, public sector, poverty alleviation, africa south of sahara, ethiopia, kenya, zambia
Public-private partnerships have played a key role in retaining smallholders in the supply chain, especially when these smallholders are able to monitor their own food safety requirements through collective action.
 

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