Value-chain development for rural poverty reduction: A reality check and a warning

Dietmar Stoian, Jason Donovan, John Fisk and Michelle F. Muldoon

Chapter 2 in Innovation for inclusive value-chain development: successes and challenges, 2016, pp 75-92 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Chapter 2 (Stoian et al.) draws attention to the link between VCD and smallholder livelihood strategies that comprise a complex mix of subsistence and market-oriented activities and that are diversified to meet multiple livelihood goals and mitigate risks; and the authors address the related implications for the design and assessment of value-chain interventions. They question some of the underlying assumptions of NGOs, government agencies, and private-sector agents seeking to link smallholders to higher-value markets.

Keywords: value chains; retail marketing; transport; farmers organizations; smallholders; market access; trade; wholesale marketing; producer organizations; food processing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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