Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains

In the coming years, the agribusiness sector will navigate a rapidly shifting, and, in many ways, an increasingly challenging context. The sector will face increased demand for agricultural products, a decline in the availability of arable land, ef...

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Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE GENDER FARMING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FINANCE GROWTH POLICY VALUE CHAIN WOMEN IN WORKFORCE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AGRIBUSINESS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355831511503089525/Investing-in-women-along-agribusiness-value-chains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28980

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spelling	okr-10986-289802021-05-26T09:05:19Z Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains International Finance Corporation AGRICULTURE GENDER FARMING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FINANCE GROWTH POLICY VALUE CHAIN WOMEN IN WORKFORCE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AGRIBUSINESS In the coming years, the agribusiness sector will navigate a rapidly shifting, and, in many ways, an increasingly challenging context. The sector will face increased demand for agricultural products, a decline in the availability of arable land, effects of climate change, a pivot from global to regional value chains, technical advances, and a decline in the traditional labor force. Navigating these complex trends will mean seizing new ways to increase the productivity and efficiency of agribusiness value chains. One promising way to contribute to both goals is to apply gender-smart solutions. This report calls on the private sector to invest in closing gaps between men and women in agribusiness. It focuses on four different stages of a simplified value chain: (1) input provision and use; (2) production; (3) post-harvest processing and storage; and (4) transportation, marketing, and sales. At each value chain stage the report helps companies to identify potential benefits from closing gender gaps by reviewing women’s contributions and constraints within each stage, outlining gender-smart solutions for the private sector, demonstrating the business rationale for making gender-smart investments, and presenting best practice case studies. 2017-12-07T17:41:40Z 2017-12-07T17:41:40Z 2016-10-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355831511503089525/Investing-in-women-along-agribusiness-value-chains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28980 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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description	In the coming years, the agribusiness sector will navigate a rapidly shifting, and, in many ways, an increasingly challenging context. The sector will face increased demand for agricultural products, a decline in the availability of arable land, effects of climate change, a pivot from global to regional value chains, technical advances, and a decline in the traditional labor force. Navigating these complex trends will mean seizing new ways to increase the productivity and efficiency of agribusiness value chains. One promising way to contribute to both goals is to apply gender-smart solutions. This report calls on the private sector to invest in closing gaps between men and women in agribusiness. It focuses on four different stages of a simplified value chain: (1) input provision and use; (2) production; (3) post-harvest processing and storage; and (4) transportation, marketing, and sales. At each value chain stage the report helps companies to identify potential benefits from closing gender gaps by reviewing women’s contributions and constraints within each stage, outlining gender-smart solutions for the private sector, demonstrating the business rationale for making gender-smart investments, and presenting best practice case studies.
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author	International Finance Corporation
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title	Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains
title_short	Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains
title_full	Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains
title_fullStr	Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains
title_full_unstemmed	Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains
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publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355831511503089525/Investing-in-women-along-agribusiness-value-chains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28980
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Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains

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