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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Main Authors:	Webber, C. Martin, Labaste, Patrick
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	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
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