Cluster-based development: Lessons from country experiences for Odisha, India

Ben Belton, Clemens Breisinger, Yumna Kassim, Sudha Narayanan, Barun Deb Pal and Xiaobo Zhang

No 152082, Other briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Clusters are spatial aggregations of small businesses producing the same or related goods or services. Together, these businesses have the potential to contribute to economic development of rural areas by compounding the existing strengths of local producing communities. Cluster-based development has been successful where governments facilitate infrastructure and provide services to support existing clusters, often leading to spillover and expansion of these clusters to wider areas over time (Abdelaziz et al. 2021). Agrifood cluster development can occur via two broad mechanisms: (1) immanent development, where clusters of commercial farms as well as firms in the value chain that provide goods and services re quired by farms (for example, specialized production inputs, machinery, and transport), emerge spontaneously in co-located groups; and (2) organized development, where actors such as government, companies, or nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) organize producers into groups to deliver extension services, inputs, or credit or to upgrade production practices, facilitate collective action to improve terms of market access, or enable compliance with standards or forms of branding such as geographic indications

Keywords: small and medium enterprises; economic development; rural areas; value chains; infrastructure; Asia; Southern Asia; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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