Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development
Value chain development is adopted widely as a private sector–led approach to agricultural development that can benefit smallholders. The objective of this research is to understand how development organizations are conceptualizing and developing agricultural value chains in Ghana to include smallho...
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| author | Kolavalli, Shashidhara Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi Zaman, Saima |
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| description | Value chain development is adopted widely as a private sector–led approach to agricultural development that can benefit smallholders. The objective of this research is to understand how development organizations are conceptualizing and developing agricultural value chains in Ghana to include smallholders. The study is based on case studies of five programs supported by various donors. A typology is employed to categorize the intervention. Common to all the programs are interventions to encourage the development of interlinked vertical contracts between smallholders and buyers and investments to improve the operations of actors downstream. The study explores issues related to expectations, scaling up of activities to reach a significant portion of the population, technology transfer, and participatory development of value chain strategies and identifies some indicators to examine the outcomes of value chain interventions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1509812025-11-06T05:15:33Z Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development Kolavalli, Shashidhara Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi Zaman, Saima value chains vertical distribution smallholders inclusion private sector agricultural development Value chain development is adopted widely as a private sector–led approach to agricultural development that can benefit smallholders. The objective of this research is to understand how development organizations are conceptualizing and developing agricultural value chains in Ghana to include smallholders. The study is based on case studies of five programs supported by various donors. A typology is employed to categorize the intervention. Common to all the programs are interventions to encourage the development of interlinked vertical contracts between smallholders and buyers and investments to improve the operations of actors downstream. The study explores issues related to expectations, scaling up of activities to reach a significant portion of the population, technology transfer, and participatory development of value chain strategies and identifies some indicators to examine the outcomes of value chain interventions. 2015-09-10 2024-08-01T02:54:39Z 2024-08-01T02:54:39Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150981 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150538 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155359 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133661 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi; Zaman, Saima. 2015. Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1460. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150981 |
| spellingShingle | value chains vertical distribution smallholders inclusion private sector agricultural development Kolavalli, Shashidhara Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi Zaman, Saima Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development |
| title | Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development |
| title_full | Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development |
| title_short | Agricultural value chain development in practice: Private sector-led smallholder development |
| title_sort | agricultural value chain development in practice private sector led smallholder development |
| topic | value chains vertical distribution smallholders inclusion private sector agricultural development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150981 |
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