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
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)
Forest harvesting and transport operations lie on a near-optimal path for creating conflict. Thus their careful implementation is important not only for the sustainability of forests but also for the continuation of forestry as a profession. This paper summarises recent initiatives to reduce envi...
Dykstra, D.P.
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Heinrich, R.
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[Forest harvesting and transport: Old problems, new solutions]
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Forest harvesting and transport: Old problems, new solutions