Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains

Propelled by urbanization, rising incomes, and changing diets, food markets have been expanding in Africa and South Asia, creating the vast potential for job and income opportunities along food supply chains and, hence, for poverty reduction. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that spread to a pandemi...

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Autores principales: Vos, Rob, Cattaneo, Andrea
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142715
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description Propelled by urbanization, rising incomes, and changing diets, food markets have been expanding in Africa and South Asia, creating the vast potential for job and income opportunities along food supply chains and, hence, for poverty reduction. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that spread to a pandemic in early 2020 provokes enormous setbacks to this expansion. This, however, should provide lessons regarding the importance of resilient and inclusive food systems. Emergency responses to COVID-19 should consider interventions towards that end and leverage the opportunities provided by food markets growth as economies recover from the present economic recession. This paper assesses options of how this could be done by facilitating the better functioning and interconnectedness of the many small and medium-sized enterprises that are proliferating along the “hidden middle” of food value chains in storage, logistics, transportation, and wholesale and retail distribution. It also explores how policies can help smallholder farmers connect to this “hidden middle” in more gainful ways and help them climb out of poverty as well.
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spelling CGSpace1427152024-10-25T07:53:47Z Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains Vos, Rob Cattaneo, Andrea value chains income supply chains policies poverty alleviation covid-19 urbanization hunger smallholders food security poverty diet rural areas resilience Propelled by urbanization, rising incomes, and changing diets, food markets have been expanding in Africa and South Asia, creating the vast potential for job and income opportunities along food supply chains and, hence, for poverty reduction. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that spread to a pandemic in early 2020 provokes enormous setbacks to this expansion. This, however, should provide lessons regarding the importance of resilient and inclusive food systems. Emergency responses to COVID-19 should consider interventions towards that end and leverage the opportunities provided by food markets growth as economies recover from the present economic recession. This paper assesses options of how this could be done by facilitating the better functioning and interconnectedness of the many small and medium-sized enterprises that are proliferating along the “hidden middle” of food value chains in storage, logistics, transportation, and wholesale and retail distribution. It also explores how policies can help smallholder farmers connect to this “hidden middle” in more gainful ways and help them climb out of poverty as well. 2021-04-01 2024-05-22T12:10:55Z 2024-05-22T12:10:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142715 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293670 Open Access Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Vos, Rob; and Cattaneo, Andrea. 2021. Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 20(4): 964-978. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63398-6
spellingShingle value chains
income
supply chains
policies
poverty alleviation
covid-19
urbanization
hunger
smallholders
food security
poverty
diet
rural areas
resilience
Vos, Rob
Cattaneo, Andrea
Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains
title Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains
title_full Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains
title_fullStr Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains
title_full_unstemmed Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains
title_short Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains
title_sort poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains
topic value chains
income
supply chains
policies
poverty alleviation
covid-19
urbanization
hunger
smallholders
food security
poverty
diet
rural areas
resilience
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