Value Chains for Development

Immediate versus sustainable poverty reduction? : supporting agro-industries in Africa

Whitfield, Lindsay | 2012
  • Author(s): Whitfield, Lindsay
  • Publisher: Danish institute for international studies (DIIS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, industrial development, development strategies, africa
Dominant poverty reduction approaches of many official aid agencies focus on livelihoods, marginal income increases and food security. However, focusing on small-scale farmers/producers alone will not do the job. An integrated industry-wide approach is necessary to help smallholders out of poverty.

Competing and learning in global value chains : firms' experiences in the case of Uganda : a study of five sub-sectors with reference to trade between Uganda and Europe : executive summary

Wiegratz, Jِrg and Nyabuntu, Paschal and Omagor, Charles | cop. 2007
  • Author(s): Wiegratz, Jِrg and Nyabuntu, Paschal and Omagor, Charles
  • Publisher: Authors
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, coffee, flowers, fruit, vegetables, export promotion, tourism development, market research, communication process, capacity building, uganda
Business relations between exporting firms in Uganda and their European buyers are examined, using a value chain approach for the sub-sectors of coffee, fish, flowers, fruits and vegetables, and tourism.

Transparency in the supply chain

Wiemer, Joris and Plugge, Leontien | 2007
  • Author(s): Wiemer, Joris and Plugge, Leontien
  • Publisher: Global reporting initiative (GRI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: industrial procurement, transnational corporations, laws and regulations, sustainable development, cost effectiveness
Nurturing transparency can help create bottom-up efforts for sustainability in value chain development. The proactive nature of reporting involved in increased transparency can be both more effective and less costly.

Promoting value chains of neglected and underutilized species for pro-poor growth and biodiversity conservation

Will, Margret | 2008
  • Author(s): Will, Margret
  • Publisher: Global facilitation unit for underutilized species (GFU)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, food crops, genetic resources, resources conservation, purchasing, small farms
Case studies of neglected and underutilized species (NUS) are used to identify methodologies, instruments, and success factors enhancing the development of value chains of NUS.

Food quality and safety standards as required by EU law and the private industry, with special reference to the MEDA countries' exports of fresh and processed fruit & vegetables, herbs & spices : a practitioners' reference book

Will, Margret and Guenther, Doris | 2007
  • Author(s): Will, Margret and Guenther, Doris
  • Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: food standards, food imports, quality control, food hygiene, europe, trade liberalization, europe, mediterranean countries
An overview of legislative and private industry market requirements in the EU for product groups, including fresh an processed fruit and vegetables, herbs and spices, and dried fruit and nuts.
 

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