Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions
This paper provides the results of an international survey of practitioners with experience in facilitating the participation of African smallholder farmers in supply chains for higher-value and/or differentiated agricultural products. It explores...
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ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNTING ADVERSE IMPACTS ADVISORY SERVICE ADVISORY SERVICES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BIASES BUSINESS ADVISORY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENTS BUSINESS STRATEGY CASH FLOW CHANGE IN SUPPLY COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION CULTIVABLE LAND CURRENCY EXCHANGE DAIRY PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR ECOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXPORT CROPS EXPORTS EXTENSION FAIR TRADE FAMILY LABOR FAMILY LABOUR FARM ENTERPRISE FINANCE ACCESS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOWS OF INFORMATION FOOD POLICY RESEARCH GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GROSS VALUE HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES INFORMATION ON MARKET INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INTEGRATION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF FINANCE LIMITED ACCESS LIQUIDITY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MARKET CONSTRAINTS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MULTINATIONAL NEW MARKET NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOOD QUALITY STANDARDS RETURN ON INVESTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SMALL FARMER SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER INCOME SMALLHOLDER PARTICIPATION SMALLHOLDERS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS |
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ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNTING ADVERSE IMPACTS ADVISORY SERVICE ADVISORY SERVICES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BIASES BUSINESS ADVISORY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENTS BUSINESS STRATEGY CASH FLOW CHANGE IN SUPPLY COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION CULTIVABLE LAND CURRENCY EXCHANGE DAIRY PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR ECOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXPORT CROPS EXPORTS EXTENSION FAIR TRADE FAMILY LABOR FAMILY LABOUR FARM ENTERPRISE FINANCE ACCESS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOWS OF INFORMATION FOOD POLICY RESEARCH GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GROSS VALUE HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES INFORMATION ON MARKET INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INTEGRATION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF FINANCE LIMITED ACCESS LIQUIDITY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MARKET CONSTRAINTS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MULTINATIONAL NEW MARKET NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOOD QUALITY STANDARDS RETURN ON INVESTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SMALL FARMER SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER INCOME SMALLHOLDER PARTICIPATION SMALLHOLDERS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS Henson, Spencer Jaffee, Steven Cranfield, John Blandon, Jose Siegel, Paul Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4573 |
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This paper provides the results of an
international survey of practitioners with experience in
facilitating the participation of African smallholder
farmers in supply chains for higher-value and/or
differentiated agricultural products. It explores their
perceptions about the constraints inhibiting and the impacts
associated with this supply chain participation. It also
examines their perceptions about the factors affecting the
success of project and policy interventions in this area,
about how this success is and should be measured, and about
the appropriate roles for national governments, the private
sector, and development assistance entities in facilitating
smallholder gains in this area. The results confirm a
growing 'consensus' about institutional roles, yet
suggest some ambiguity regarding the impacts of smallholder
participation in higher-value supply chains and the
appropriateness of the indicators most commonly used to
gauge such impacts. The results also suggest a need to
strengthen knowledge about both the 'old' and
'new' sets of constraints (and solutions) related
to remunerative smallholder inclusion, in the form of the
rising role of standards alongside more long-standing
concerns about infrastructure and logistical links to markets. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Henson, Spencer Jaffee, Steven Cranfield, John Blandon, Jose Siegel, Paul |
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Henson, Spencer Jaffee, Steven Cranfield, John Blandon, Jose Siegel, Paul |
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Henson, Spencer |
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Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions |
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Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions |
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Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions |
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Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions |
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Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions |
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linking african smallholders to high-value markets : practitioner perspectives on benefits, constraints, and interventions |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9123463/linking-african-smallholders-high-value-markets-practitioner-perspectives-benefits-constraints-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6501 |
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okr-10986-65012021-04-23T14:02:31Z Linking African Smallholders to High-Value Markets : Practitioner Perspectives on Benefits, Constraints, and Interventions Henson, Spencer Jaffee, Steven Cranfield, John Blandon, Jose Siegel, Paul ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNTING ADVERSE IMPACTS ADVISORY SERVICE ADVISORY SERVICES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BIASES BUSINESS ADVISORY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENTS BUSINESS STRATEGY CASH FLOW CHANGE IN SUPPLY COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION CULTIVABLE LAND CURRENCY EXCHANGE DAIRY PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR ECOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXPORT CROPS EXPORTS EXTENSION FAIR TRADE FAMILY LABOR FAMILY LABOUR FARM ENTERPRISE FINANCE ACCESS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOWS OF INFORMATION FOOD POLICY RESEARCH GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GROSS VALUE HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES INFORMATION ON MARKET INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INTEGRATION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF FINANCE LIMITED ACCESS LIQUIDITY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MARKET CONSTRAINTS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MULTINATIONAL NEW MARKET NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOOD QUALITY STANDARDS RETURN ON INVESTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SMALL FARMER SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER INCOME SMALLHOLDER PARTICIPATION SMALLHOLDERS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS This paper provides the results of an international survey of practitioners with experience in facilitating the participation of African smallholder farmers in supply chains for higher-value and/or differentiated agricultural products. It explores their perceptions about the constraints inhibiting and the impacts associated with this supply chain participation. It also examines their perceptions about the factors affecting the success of project and policy interventions in this area, about how this success is and should be measured, and about the appropriate roles for national governments, the private sector, and development assistance entities in facilitating smallholder gains in this area. The results confirm a growing 'consensus' about institutional roles, yet suggest some ambiguity regarding the impacts of smallholder participation in higher-value supply chains and the appropriateness of the indicators most commonly used to gauge such impacts. The results also suggest a need to strengthen knowledge about both the 'old' and 'new' sets of constraints (and solutions) related to remunerative smallholder inclusion, in the form of the rising role of standards alongside more long-standing concerns about infrastructure and logistical links to markets. 2012-05-29T13:29:23Z 2012-05-29T13:29:23Z 2008-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9123463/linking-african-smallholders-high-value-markets-practitioner-perspectives-benefits-constraints-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6501 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4573 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |