Building Competitiveness in Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications
The development and business communities involved in the African agriculture and agribusiness sectors have recently experienced a strong resurgence of interest in promoting value chains as an approach that can help design interventions geared to ad...
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACTION PLAN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND AUCTION AUTOMOBILE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BEST PRACTICES BRAND NAME BRAND NAMES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS LEADERS BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS STRATEGY BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS BUYING POWER CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRICE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER CHOICE CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMERS CONTESTABLE MARKET CONTESTABLE MARKETS COPYRIGHT COST ANALYSIS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR AGENCIES DONOR AGENCY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT END USERS ENTRY POINT ENTRY POINTS ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES ESTABLISHED BRAND EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SERVICES FISH FISHERIES FISHING FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORESTRY GDP GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION HUMAN RESOURCES IDS IMPLEMENTATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SHARING INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LABOR FORCE LICENSES MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKET ANALYSIS MARKET CONDITION MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DEMAND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET FORCES MARKET GLOBALIZATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET OPPORTUNITY MARKET POSITIONING MARKET POWER MARKET PRICES MARKET SECTOR MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKET TRENDS MARKET VALUE MARKETING MARKETPLACE MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MONOPOLY MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTIMEDIA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NEW MARKETS OIL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OUTSOURCING PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY FORMULATION POLICY MAKERS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRICE INCENTIVES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUERIES R&D RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESULT RESULTS RETAILING SALE SALES SEARCH SERVICE PROVIDERS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS SUPERMARKET SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGET MARKET TARGET MARKETS TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL COOPERATION TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TERMS OF TRADE TRACEABILITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FACILITATION TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USE VALUE USER VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS VERTICAL INTEGRATION VOLATILITY WAGES WORLD TRADE |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACTION PLAN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND AUCTION AUTOMOBILE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BEST PRACTICES BRAND NAME BRAND NAMES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS LEADERS BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS STRATEGY BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS BUYING POWER CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRICE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER CHOICE CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMERS CONTESTABLE MARKET CONTESTABLE MARKETS COPYRIGHT COST ANALYSIS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR AGENCIES DONOR AGENCY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT END USERS ENTRY POINT ENTRY POINTS ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES ESTABLISHED BRAND EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SERVICES FISH FISHERIES FISHING FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORESTRY GDP GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION HUMAN RESOURCES IDS IMPLEMENTATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SHARING INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LABOR FORCE LICENSES MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKET ANALYSIS MARKET CONDITION MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DEMAND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET FORCES MARKET GLOBALIZATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET OPPORTUNITY MARKET POSITIONING MARKET POWER MARKET PRICES MARKET SECTOR MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKET TRENDS MARKET VALUE MARKETING MARKETPLACE MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MONOPOLY MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTIMEDIA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NEW MARKETS OIL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OUTSOURCING PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY FORMULATION POLICY MAKERS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRICE INCENTIVES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUERIES R&D RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESULT RESULTS RETAILING SALE SALES SEARCH SERVICE PROVIDERS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS SUPERMARKET SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGET MARKET TARGET MARKETS TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL COOPERATION TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TERMS OF TRADE TRACEABILITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FACILITATION TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USE VALUE USER VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS VERTICAL INTEGRATION VOLATILITY WAGES WORLD TRADE Webber, C. Martin Labaste, Patrick Building Competitiveness in Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications |
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The development and business communities
involved in the African agriculture and agribusiness sectors
have recently experienced a strong resurgence of interest in
promoting value chains as an approach that can help design
interventions geared to add value, lower transaction costs,
diversify rural economies, and contribute to increasing
rural household incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
countries. Enhancing value chain competitiveness is
increasingly recognized as an effective approach to
generating growth and reducing the rural poverty prevalent
in the region. This is a welcome development for
practitioners who have long been convinced of the need to
look differently at agriculture not just as a means of
survival, but as smaller or larger commercial businesses
linked to domestic and global markets and of the need to
identify and tap into new sources of potential growth and
value addition in the sector. Hopefully, renewed engagement
will lead to a substantial increase in the flow of financial
resources and technical assistance devoted to supporting
market-driven, competitive agro-enterprises and agricultural
value chains throughout the African continent. However,
there is danger that this renewed engagement may not last,
or may even backfire, if the high expectations placed on
promoting value chains are not met. Because the development
literature is not clear about the concepts and methods
relating to value chains, there is risk that sooner or later
the benefits of the value chain approach will be
overshadowed by unmet expectations. That in turn could cause
the approach to be discarded categorically. Although there
is no single way to mitigate such risks, this guide aims to
offer practical advice and tools to businessmen, policy
makers, representatives of farmer or trade organizations,
and others who are engaged in SSA agro-enterprise and
agribusiness development. This guide is particularly
designed for those who want to know more about value chain
based approaches, and how to use them in ways that can
contribute to sound operational decisions and results for
enterprise and industry development, as well as for policy
making with respect to doing business, stimulating
investment, and enhancing trade in the context of African agriculture. |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Webber, C. Martin Labaste, Patrick |
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Webber, C. Martin Labaste, Patrick |
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Webber, C. Martin |
| title |
Building Competitiveness in
Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts
and Applications |
| title_short |
Building Competitiveness in
Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts
and Applications |
| title_full |
Building Competitiveness in
Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts
and Applications |
| title_fullStr |
Building Competitiveness in
Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts
and Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Building Competitiveness in
Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts
and Applications |
| title_sort |
building competitiveness in
africa's agriculture : a guide to value chain concepts
and applications |
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World Bank |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-24012021-04-23T14:02:01Z Building Competitiveness in Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications Webber, C. Martin Labaste, Patrick ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACTION PLAN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND AUCTION AUTOMOBILE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BEST PRACTICES BRAND NAME BRAND NAMES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS LEADERS BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS STRATEGY BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS BUYING POWER CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRICE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER CHOICE CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMERS CONTESTABLE MARKET CONTESTABLE MARKETS COPYRIGHT COST ANALYSIS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR AGENCIES DONOR AGENCY E-MAIL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT END USERS ENTRY POINT ENTRY POINTS ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES ESTABLISHED BRAND EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SERVICES FISH FISHERIES FISHING FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORESTRY GDP GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION HUMAN RESOURCES IDS IMPLEMENTATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SHARING INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LABOR FORCE LICENSES MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKET ANALYSIS MARKET CONDITION MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DEMAND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET FORCES MARKET GLOBALIZATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET OPPORTUNITY MARKET POSITIONING MARKET POWER MARKET PRICES MARKET SECTOR MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKET TRENDS MARKET VALUE MARKETING MARKETPLACE MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MONOPOLY MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTIMEDIA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NEW MARKETS OIL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OUTSOURCING PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY FORMULATION POLICY MAKERS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRICE INCENTIVES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUERIES R&D RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESULT RESULTS RETAILING SALE SALES SEARCH SERVICE PROVIDERS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS SUPERMARKET SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGET MARKET TARGET MARKETS TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL COOPERATION TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TERMS OF TRADE TRACEABILITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FACILITATION TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USE VALUE USER VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS VERTICAL INTEGRATION VOLATILITY WAGES WORLD TRADE The development and business communities involved in the African agriculture and agribusiness sectors have recently experienced a strong resurgence of interest in promoting value chains as an approach that can help design interventions geared to add value, lower transaction costs, diversify rural economies, and contribute to increasing rural household incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Enhancing value chain competitiveness is increasingly recognized as an effective approach to generating growth and reducing the rural poverty prevalent in the region. This is a welcome development for practitioners who have long been convinced of the need to look differently at agriculture not just as a means of survival, but as smaller or larger commercial businesses linked to domestic and global markets and of the need to identify and tap into new sources of potential growth and value addition in the sector. Hopefully, renewed engagement will lead to a substantial increase in the flow of financial resources and technical assistance devoted to supporting market-driven, competitive agro-enterprises and agricultural value chains throughout the African continent. However, there is danger that this renewed engagement may not last, or may even backfire, if the high expectations placed on promoting value chains are not met. Because the development literature is not clear about the concepts and methods relating to value chains, there is risk that sooner or later the benefits of the value chain approach will be overshadowed by unmet expectations. That in turn could cause the approach to be discarded categorically. Although there is no single way to mitigate such risks, this guide aims to offer practical advice and tools to businessmen, policy makers, representatives of farmer or trade organizations, and others who are engaged in SSA agro-enterprise and agribusiness development. This guide is particularly designed for those who want to know more about value chain based approaches, and how to use them in ways that can contribute to sound operational decisions and results for enterprise and industry development, as well as for policy making with respect to doing business, stimulating investment, and enhancing trade in the context of African agriculture. 2012-03-19T09:32:39Z 2012-03-19T09:32:39Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20100105032236 978-0-8213-7952-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2401 English Agriculture and Rural Development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa |