Was a government policy able to smooth a fractured agri-food value chain during a COVID-19 lockdown?
Despite widespread use of government policy response instruments to placate impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns had on agri-food value chains, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness and impacts on value chain actors, particularly those in the ‘missing or (hidden) middle.’ 1 To shed on one...
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| Formato: | Brief |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119281 |
| Sumario: | Despite widespread use of government policy
response instruments to placate impacts that COVID-19
lockdowns had on agri-food value chains, there is
limited evidence on their effectiveness and impacts on
value chain actors, particularly those in the ‘missing
or (hidden) middle.’ 1 To shed on one such policy, we
examine whether a fresh fruit and vegetable (FFV)
procurement program operated by self-help groups
(SHGs) in the state of Odisha, India during the world’s
most severe COVID-19 lockdown 2 was able to smooth
fractured value chain |
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