Title: Empowering smallholder farmers in markets : national and international policy contexts

Authors: Bijman, Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph and Ton, Giel and Meijerink, Gerdien

Place: Wageningen [etc.]

Publisher: European consortium for agricultural research in the tropics (ECART) [etc.]

Year: 2007

Journal: ESFIM working paper

Volume: 1

PAGE: --

Subject: Governance & HIV and AIDS , Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, co-operatives, market access, risk, empowerment, development policy

Abstract: National and international policy initiatives that impact market access constraints for smallholders and co-operatives are discussed. These barriers are related to market entry, market risk, transaction costs, and bargaining power.

URL: http://www.esfim.org/wp-content/uploads/ESFIM_Working_Paper_1.pdf

Document type: Conference proceeding/ paper