Conventional analyses of value chains involving smallholders and the design of interventions that seek to strengthen their role in them often fail to account for important features of value chain performance. Markets, institutional frameworks and business relationships are dynamic, and value chai...
Orr, A.
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Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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[Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework]
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Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework
Markets for agricultural products with special quality,
environmental, and social attributes can provide a
profitable outlet for poor farmers in developing countries.
However, participation in high value markets requires
that farmers commit to deliver pre-identified volumes on
time and in the req...
Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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Foundjem, D.
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Blare, T.
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[Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets]
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Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets
Commercial exploitation of non-timber forest products has been playing a major role in the northern Bolivian Amazon for more than a century. Initially relying on the exploitation of rubber, the regional economy underwent a first diversification as a consequence of the post-World War I rubber cris...
Stoian, D.
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[Shifts in forest product extraction: the post-rubber era in the Bolivian Amazon]
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Shifts in forest product extraction: the post-rubber era in the Bolivian Amazon
Over the past decade, the value chain development approach has increasingly been adopted by governments, donors, and NGOs to reduce rural poverty. The design of related interventions often assumes that poor households: 1) have sufficient resources to effectively participate in value chain develop...
Stoian, D.
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Donovan, J.
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Fisk, J.
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Muldoon, M.
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[Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning]
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Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning
Monterroso, I.
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Stoian, D.
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Lawry, S.
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Rodas, A.
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[Investigacion y política sobre concesiones forestales comunitarias en Petén, Guatemala: Lecciones aprendidas y desafíos pendientes]
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Investigacion y política sobre concesiones forestales comunitarias en Petén, Guatemala: Lecciones aprendidas y desafíos pendientes
Smallholder value chains are dynamic, changing over time in sudden, unpredictable ways as they adapt to shocks. Understanding these dynamics and adaptation is essential for these chains to remain competitive in turbulent markets. Many guides to value chain development, though they focus welcome a...
Orr, A.
,
Donovan, J.
,
Stoian, D.
,
[Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework]
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Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework
Stoian, D.
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Donovan, J.
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Elias, Marlène
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[Linking livelihoods and gender with value chain development: the case for a multi-chain approach to rural poverty reduction]
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Linking livelihoods and gender with value chain development: the case for a multi-chain approach to rural poverty reduction
In 2014, Fairtrade International, Fairtrade Africa, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Bioversity International initiated a collaboration for the development of a multidimensional baseline on small-scale cocoa farmers and their cooperatives in West Africa. The baseline is expected to provi...
Foundjem-Tita, D.
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Degrande, A.
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Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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Kouame, C.
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[Baseline for assessing the impact of fairtrade certification on cocoa farmers and cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire]
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Baseline for assessing the impact of fairtrade certification on cocoa farmers and cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire