Outgrower Schemes
This note provides guidance on the design and implementation of outgrower schemes to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes for investors and smallholders. Outgrower schemes have gained prominence as a business model that can benefit both smallholder...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/203541521090030245/Outgrower-schemes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29466 |
| Summary: | This note provides guidance on the
design and implementation of outgrower schemes to achieve
mutually beneficial outcomes for investors and smallholders.
Outgrower schemes have gained prominence as a business model
that can benefit both smallholders and investors. Such
schemes can improve smallholders’ access to markets,
finance, infrastructure, and improved growing techniques;
can enhance investors’ access to land, labor, and quality
produce; and can improve investor-community relations.
Associated risks include overdependency, exploitation of
power differences, entrenchment of inequalities,
lower-than-expected production, and side-selling. Achieving
the potential benefits and minimizing the associated risks
requires careful design and implementation. |
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