Partnership and capacity building in the date sector in Tunisia: the contribution of support organizations

Lamia Rouached, Faten Loukil and Yasmine Boughzala

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2023, vol. 14, issue 5, 1033-1054

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to understand how support organizations promote the structuring of the agricultural value chain through partnerships and capacity building of the various links in the chain. Design/methodology/approach - The study is exploratory and qualitative, based on ten semi-structured interviews with the main public support organizations related to the date sector in Tunisia. Findings - The results showed that the support organizations of the Tunisian date sector do not share the same vision of the priorities to be strengthened to promote the export of dates in Tunisia. Research limitations/implications - Reviewing the coordination mechanisms between the support organizations is important in order to improve the governance of the value chain and to reinforce the capacity of the operators in the date value chain. Originality/value - Public support organizations are important actors in agricultural value chains as these organizations implement agricultural policies. Assessing these organizations' contribution to capacity building of chain links is an innovative approach to detecting organizational dysfunction in agricultural value chains in developing countries.

Keywords: Value chain; Capacity building; Support organizations; Date sector; Case study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/JADEE-10-2022-0216

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