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
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
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.
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
Community forestry is pursued as rural development strategy in many tropical forest regions worldwide. In Tropical America, rich experiences have been accumulated with community forestry support initiatives and this chapter summarizes published and the author’s hands on experiences. The chapter i...
Jong, W. de
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Cornejo, C.
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Pacheco, P.
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Pokorny, B.
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Stoian, D.
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Sabogal, C.
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Louman, B.
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[Opportunities and challenges for community forestry: lessons from tropical America]
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Opportunities and challenges for community forestry: lessons from tropical America
Jong, W. de
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Pokorny, B.
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Cornejo, C.
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Pacheco, P.
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Stoian, D.
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[Oportunidades y desafíos para el manejo forestal comunitario: lecciones de América Tropical]
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Oportunidades y desafíos para el manejo forestal comunitario: lecciones de América Tropical
For more than a century, northern Bolivia has had a tradition of commercial forest exploitation. For several decades into the twentieth century, the extraction of rubber and Brazil nuts was combined with subsistence agriculture, resulting in an agro-extractive cycle that fostered a sedentary life...
Dijkman, W.
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Stoian, D.
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Henkesmans, A.B.
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Assies, W.
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Boot, R.G.A.
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[Temporal and spatial dynamics in the extraction of non-timber forest products in the Northern Bolivia Amazon]
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Temporal and spatial dynamics in the extraction of non-timber forest products in the Northern Bolivia Amazon
Jong, W. de
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Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Louman, B.
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Stoian, D.
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[Antecedentes, realidad y oportunidades del manejo forestal comunitario en America Latina]
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Antecedentes, realidad y oportunidades del manejo forestal comunitario en America Latina
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)
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