Title: Ending poverty with water control and market access : linking small farmers profitably to the value chains and markets of the future

Authors: Heierli, Urs and Katz, Elisabeth and Polak, Paul

Place: Berne

Publisher: Swiss agency for development and cooperation (SDC)

Year: 2007

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Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, agricultural equipment, irrigation, fertilizers, pesticides, market access, advisory services

Abstract: In order to serve emerging food markets in developing countries, small farmers need a suitable supply chains for affordable irrigation hardware and agroinputs, and access to new marketing channels.

URL: http://www.poverty.ch/documents/water_control.pdf

Document type: Portal