Agricultural Value Chain Guide for the Pacific Islands : Making value chain analysis a useful tool in the hands of farmers, traders and policy makers

In 2011, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) developed a new Strategic Plan, 2011-2015, which refocused our work in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries on several priority topics, one of which was value chain development. As a first step in this process, we c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McGregor, A., Stice, K.
Format: Extension Material
Language:Inglés
Published: CTA / SPC 2014
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76833
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Summary:In 2011, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) developed a new Strategic Plan, 2011-2015, which refocused our work in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries on several priority topics, one of which was value chain development. As a first step in this process, we carried out what we called a “Mapping Study”, to fully assess the value chain support needs of our ACP partners.This study not only confirmed to us that we had made the right choice to emphasise value chain issues but also highlighted several areas of work that required immediate attention.