This chapter 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 ...
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
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
Tinzaara, W.
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Stoian, D.
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Ocimati, W.
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Kikulwe, E.
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Otieno, G
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Blomme, Guy
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[Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains.]
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Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains.
Value chain development (VCD) is a common term in today’s development lexicon1, where its use tends to conjure passionate ideas about how development programming can support smallholder participation in growing markets in the interest of economic growth, job creation, gender empowerment, and sust...
Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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Ferries, S.
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[Editorial: Towards leaner and more effective value chain development]
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Editorial: Towards leaner and more effective value chain development
Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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Lundy, Mark
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[Challenges and approaches for inclusive value-chain development: introduction]
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Challenges and approaches for inclusive value-chain development: introduction
Stoian, D.
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[Gender equity in value chain and livelihoods development: innovative approaches and tools]
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Gender equity in value chain and livelihoods development: innovative approaches and tools
Governments, nongovernmental organizations, donors, and the private sector have increasingly embraced value-chain development (VCD) for stimulating economic growth and combating rural poverty. Innovation for Inclusive Value-Chain Development: Successes and Challenges helps to fill the current gap...
Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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Lundy, Mark
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[Inclusive value-chain development: challenges and approaches (Introduction)]
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Inclusive value-chain development: challenges and approaches (Introduction)
Stoian, D.
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Donovan, J.
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[A systems perspective for achieving economic growth and livelihood resilience: towards a multi-chain approach to value chain development]
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A systems perspective for achieving economic growth and livelihood resilience: towards a multi-chain approach to value chain development
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.
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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
Stoian, D.
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Menza, G.
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[Not all roads lead to Rome: Inclusive business models and responsible finance in pursuit of sustainable cocoa in Ghana]
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Not all roads lead to Rome: Inclusive business models and responsible finance in pursuit of sustainable cocoa in Ghana