Pender, John | 2006
- Author(s): Pender, John
- Publisher: IFPRI
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural development, small farms, urban areas, local food production, agricultural policy, technology transfer, africa south of sahara
The silent revolution of peri-urban agriculture in Africa offers major opportunities for smallholders to improve incomes and livelihoods. A demand-driven model for technology development and transfer needs to be adopted.
Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph | cop. 2008
- Author(s): Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph
- Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agribusiness, agricultural product marketing, institution building, merchants, retail trade, small farms, trade promotion, fertilizers, africa south of sahara, burkina faso, ethiopia, ghana, kenya, lesotho, tanzania, zimbabwe
The potential of African traders in in value chain development is examined. The combination of stronger chain relationships and stronger market institutions benefits all actors involved: farmers, traders, and consumers.
Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph | 2008
- Author(s): Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph
- Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, poverty alleviation, investment analysis
KIT's conceptual framework for strategic thinking about pro-poor market development is discussed and a practical working tool to guide decisions about investments in pro-poor business ventures is described.
Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph | 2007
- Author(s): Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph
- Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, farmers associations, empowerment, capacity building, east africa, ethiopia
This slideshow introduces a case study of a learning alliance for chain empowerment in Ethiopia in 2007. There was little co-ordination but a clear focus on strengthening farmer organizations.
Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph | 2005
- Author(s): Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph
- Publisher: s.n.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural production, tomatoes, agroindustry, corporations, farmers, patron-client relations, market economies, democracy, organizational research, chile
As a result of the persisting system of patronage in the national tomato processing industry, small businesses and unskilled labourers in Chile have access to the world market.