Value chain development and the poor: Promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale

Since the early 2000s, value chain development (VCD) has figured prominently on the agendas of donors, governments, and NGOs in pursuit of market-based options to poverty reduction, food security, gender equity, and other goals. Researchers have shown interest in value chains as a theoretical constr...

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Autores principales: Donovan, Jason, Stoian, Dietmar, Hellin, Jon
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Practical Action Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171307
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Hellin, Jon
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description Since the early 2000s, value chain development (VCD) has figured prominently on the agendas of donors, governments, and NGOs in pursuit of market-based options to poverty reduction, food security, gender equity, and other goals. Researchers have shown interest in value chains as a theoretical construct for studying interactions between farmers and markets, while practitioners have focused their attention on approaches and tools for applying VCD in the field. Despite considerable investments in VCD, limited evidence exists on the extent to which different approaches to VCD have advanced diverse development goals. This knowledge gap sounds alarms, not least because of the complexities involved and the multitude of options for getting it right (or wrong). The 16 chapters in this book offer unique perspectives on VCD from both practitioners and researchers. They explore how VCD is implemented in the field, options for innovation in design, and the potential for VCD to achieve impact at scale. Altogether, the book provides a timely critique of current approaches, pointing at options for more reflexive learning, new collaborative frameworks, and faster innovation of VCD. Here we introduce the chapters and extract some of their principal lessons in terms of the promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale.
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spelling CGSpace1713072025-02-02T07:20:21Z Value chain development and the poor: Promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale Donovan, Jason Stoian, Dietmar Hellin, Jon value chains rural areas rural development smallholders private sector development programmes Since the early 2000s, value chain development (VCD) has figured prominently on the agendas of donors, governments, and NGOs in pursuit of market-based options to poverty reduction, food security, gender equity, and other goals. Researchers have shown interest in value chains as a theoretical construct for studying interactions between farmers and markets, while practitioners have focused their attention on approaches and tools for applying VCD in the field. Despite considerable investments in VCD, limited evidence exists on the extent to which different approaches to VCD have advanced diverse development goals. This knowledge gap sounds alarms, not least because of the complexities involved and the multitude of options for getting it right (or wrong). The 16 chapters in this book offer unique perspectives on VCD from both practitioners and researchers. They explore how VCD is implemented in the field, options for innovation in design, and the potential for VCD to achieve impact at scale. Altogether, the book provides a timely critique of current approaches, pointing at options for more reflexive learning, new collaborative frameworks, and faster innovation of VCD. Here we introduce the chapters and extract some of their principal lessons in terms of the promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale. 2020 2025-01-29T12:57:59Z 2025-01-29T12:57:59Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171307 en Open Access Practical Action Publishing Donovan, Jason; Stoian, Dietmar; and Hellin, Jon. 2020. Value chain development and the poor: Promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale. Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing. https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/2527/value-chain-development-and-the-poor
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Value chain development and the poor: Promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale
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rural areas
rural development
smallholders
private sector
development programmes
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