Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries
In most low and middle-income countries (LMICs) the food system falls short in providing sufficient amounts of healthy foods to a burgeoning population. The growing awareness of how food systems are stressing planetary boundaries and failing to provide sustainable healthy diets and livelihoods has p...
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| author | Nguyen, Trang Termeer, Emma Berkhout, Ezra Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew Dijkxhoorn, Youri de Steenhuijsen Pieters, Bart |
| author_browse | Berkhout, Ezra Dijkxhoorn, Youri Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew Nguyen, Trang Termeer, Emma de Steenhuijsen Pieters, Bart |
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| description | In most low and middle-income countries (LMICs) the food system falls short in providing sufficient amounts of healthy foods to a burgeoning population. The growing awareness of how food systems are stressing planetary boundaries and failing to provide sustainable healthy diets and livelihoods has prompted the widespread call to transform the global food system (Béné 2022; FAO et al. 2020, 2024; Webb et al. 2020). Transforming food systems requires engaging various groups of actors with diverse perspectives and challenges (Leeuwis et al. 2021), including setting up alliances with the informal sector (Brouwer & Ruben 2021) and a strengthened focus on the role of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
Globally, MSMEs represent about 90 percent of all businesses and account for 60 to 70 percent of employment and 50 percent of GDP. In the current food system, by being present at all value chain stages and better linking small-scale farmers to markets, MSMEs can offer affordable food to both urban and rural areas, create jobs and opportunities for young and female entrepreneurs, and support sustainable, circular food practices (IFAD 2021). These promises can be fulfilled if certain barriers that can hinder their contributions, such as high rates of food loss and waste (FLW), food safety concerns, and the uncertain informal context in which the majority of them operate are addressed (Termeer et al. 2024). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1688522025-11-06T05:06:33Z Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries Nguyen, Trang Termeer, Emma Berkhout, Ezra Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew Dijkxhoorn, Youri de Steenhuijsen Pieters, Bart food systems small and medium enterprises sustainability healthy diets value chains fruits vegetables food environment markets In most low and middle-income countries (LMICs) the food system falls short in providing sufficient amounts of healthy foods to a burgeoning population. The growing awareness of how food systems are stressing planetary boundaries and failing to provide sustainable healthy diets and livelihoods has prompted the widespread call to transform the global food system (Béné 2022; FAO et al. 2020, 2024; Webb et al. 2020). Transforming food systems requires engaging various groups of actors with diverse perspectives and challenges (Leeuwis et al. 2021), including setting up alliances with the informal sector (Brouwer & Ruben 2021) and a strengthened focus on the role of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Globally, MSMEs represent about 90 percent of all businesses and account for 60 to 70 percent of employment and 50 percent of GDP. In the current food system, by being present at all value chain stages and better linking small-scale farmers to markets, MSMEs can offer affordable food to both urban and rural areas, create jobs and opportunities for young and female entrepreneurs, and support sustainable, circular food practices (IFAD 2021). These promises can be fulfilled if certain barriers that can hinder their contributions, such as high rates of food loss and waste (FLW), food safety concerns, and the uncertain informal context in which the majority of them operate are addressed (Termeer et al. 2024). 2024-12-31 2025-01-10T21:20:31Z 2025-01-10T21:20:31Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168852 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Nguyen, Trang; Termeer, Emma; Berkhout, Ezra; Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew; Dijkxhoorn, Youri; and de Steenhuijsen Pieters, Bart. 2024. Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries. SHiFT Working Paper December 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168852 |
| spellingShingle | food systems small and medium enterprises sustainability healthy diets value chains fruits vegetables food environment markets Nguyen, Trang Termeer, Emma Berkhout, Ezra Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew Dijkxhoorn, Youri de Steenhuijsen Pieters, Bart Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries |
| title | Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries |
| title_full | Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries |
| title_fullStr | Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries |
| title_short | Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries |
| title_sort | leveraging the role of msmes for healthier diets and nutrition insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries |
| topic | food systems small and medium enterprises sustainability healthy diets value chains fruits vegetables food environment markets |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168852 |
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