Trends driving value chains development in the agrifood sector the global expansion of agribusiness value chains is not a new process. By working in partnership throughout the value chain, we help create conditions for equitable business relationships. How a value chain approach can benefit the rural poor jonathan mitchell, jodie keane and christopher coles december 2009 disclaimer. Sep 30, 20 introduction to agricultural value chains and supply chain management 1. Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term, it normally refers to the whole range of goods and services necessary for an agricultural product to move from the farm to the final customer or consumer. Microventures market linkages project value chain analysis. Introduction to agricultural value chains and supply chain management 1. Examples in action valuechain approaches have not to date been applied in the field of nutrition in a consistent or comprehensive way, but there have been.
Building on the growing body of empirical evidence that addressing gender issues in value chains can improve. Prepared under usaids ofice of women in development greater access to trade expansion gate project, the handbook offers a straightforward methodology that guides practitioners through the steps needed to address. To reduce postharvest losses, actors need to align and an integrated set of activities is required to achieve impact across the value chain e. Factors affecting banana agricultural value chain in. The integrating very poor producers into value chains field guide is intended to provide the fieldlevel practitioner with tools and applications to reach very poor households. The irish potato is a prominent food security and cash crop in kenya currently second to maize in importance as the largest consumed staple in the country. Innovation platforms for agricultural value chain development definitions an innovation platform is a space for learning and change.
Feed africa is one of the 5 top priorities of the banks new approach to the africas development, known as hi 5s. Agricultural value chain analysis linkedin slideshare. Midtier value chains midtier value chain projects have a special funding setaside see below, and, as noted above, usda has decided they also receive priority ranking points. You will find here information from hundreds of agencies, working all over the world. An agrifood value chain is a partnership between producers, processors and marketers created to improve quality, increase efficiencies or develop and market differentiated products. The concept of the value chain was made popular by harvard universitys professor michael porter. Doing this would enable more smallscale producers, especially women, to participate in value chains and to contribute.
These curriculum materials are based on a set of four case studies developed by the agriculture of the middle. Agricultural value chain finance provides a comprehensive look at the models, tools, and approaches used by industry leaders in all parts of the developing world. Agricultural marketing and supply chain management in tanzania. Occupational safety and health global supply chains health safety labour inspection. Value chains for nutrition corinna hawkes and marie t. What do the maize and potato value chains look like in ethiopia and kenya, also regarding youth involvement. Value chains manitoba agriculture province of manitoba. Importance of agriculture value chain the national. Agriculture and rural development includes bibliographical references and index. Creating shared value to enhance marketing success report pdf for educators who are telling students about this new marketing model, ams has also developed a synopsis of the full report, a powerpoint presentation, and a set of study questions. Interagency knowledge exchange welcome to the interagency database on developing value chains, linkages and service markets, operated by the dced. A value chain in agriculture describes the range of activities and set of actors that bring agricultural product from production in the field to final consumption, wherein at each stage value is added to the product. Focus has shifted from agricultural production to consumer demand, marketing and the coordination of product flows from.
Integrating very poor producers into value chains field guide i acknowledgements. Training program for methods for livestock value chain analysis. Integrating very poor producers into value chains field guide iv a. Creating and distributing value, social and gendered along the chains for sustainable food systems chair. The primary mechanisms for enhancing value chain performance are by. The future of youth in agricultural value chains in ethiopia.
Pdf on jan 1, 2011, anjani kumar and others published value chains of agricultural commodities and their role in food security and poverty alleviation a synthesis find, read and cite all the. A workshop of the faounep programme on sustainable. Agricultural value chain financing avcf and development. Jun 25, 2014 value chains reside at the core of highimpact and sustainable initiatives focused on improving productivity, competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and smallmedium enterprises sme growth. Norwegian institute of international affairs norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt introduction to agricultural value chains and supply chain management prof. Elise golan, office of the chief economist, us department of agriculture 09. Factors affecting banana agricultural value chain in bangladesh. Mozambique agricultural value chain analysis 1 executive summary usaidmozambique commissioned a value chain analysis vca to prioritize and guide interventions within and across target value chains. For asia, which is a home to two third of the worlds poor and malnourished people, this task clearly becomes of prime significance. The improved marketbased coordination that is the hallmark of value chains reduces transaction costs and leads to increased agricultural productivity and economic growth. The agricultural marketing service has described this new business arrangement in the food value chains. Concepts and analysis synthesis of reading materials research pdf available march 2017 with 4,757 reads how we measure reads.
A study of the tomato and potato agrofood value chains page 5 of 55 1. Rather, it is written to help broadcasters understand how agricultural agricultural part of a and talks about different strategies farmers can follow to improve or introduction a value chain is not an object that you can see. While this number is staggering, the number of people with poor access to nutritious foods rich in. They offer the opportunity to capture added value at each stage of the production, marketing and consumption process. Value chain refers to all the steps that a product takes, from its point of origin in this case, farm products. This manual was prepared in response to formal requests from the governments.
Pdf value chains of agricultural commodities and their. Thus, government and ngo programs often promote cheap agricultural input supplies and support farmers to sell their products through value chains. This publication was prepared by dan norell and margie brand for world vision through the fhi 360managed fieldsupport lwa. A value chain is a business model based on collaboration. A workshop of the faounep programme on sustainable food systems. They face market impediments in the form of sanitary and phytosanitary sps and non tariff trade barriers, and an unpredictable fiscal regime.
Ruel c urrently, close to 1 billion people suffer from hunger and food insecurity, defined as not having enough calories to live a healthy life. It is a group of individuals who often represent organizations with different backgrounds and interests. Whilst agricultural value chains offer new income earning opportunities, they can also create barriers to market access for smallholders. This handbook is an outgrowth of those experiences. This can also contribute to reducing poverty and hunger, particularly if small farmers and agribusinesses can be part of the value chain. Agrobased value chains in the greater mekong subregion and siem reap action plan, 20182022 21 3 policy and institutional measures action plan 34 4 summary of outlined investment and technical assistance to support the strategy for promoting safe and environmentfriendly agrobased value chains in the.
The selected value chains include two grains maize and rice, in order to represent commodities that had large domestic markets, and livestock and horticulture value chains due to their volume of export trade in each country. Value chains reside at the core of highimpact and sustainable initiatives focused on improving productivity, competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and smallmedium enterprises sme growth. Creating and sustaining competitive and equitablyoriented value chains that help smallscale farmers, especially. Introduction to agricultural value chains and supply chain.
Value chain teaching materials center for integrated. It defines some key terms, gives some examples of value chains, discusses why its important for farmers to think of themselves as. Pdf value chains of agricultural commodities and their role. These are described, analysed and illustrated by many rich examples in order to demonstrate how they work, and to extract lessons and applications for others to adapt. Agricultural marketing and supply chain management in. The success and profitability of a value chain depends on how strong the chain is, or how strong the individual actors in the value chain are. Production questionnaires were designed to growers present agricultural practices, determine. To divide this main question into workable parts we defined the following sub questions. Innovation platforms for agricultural value chain development. Our intention in producing a handbook on researching value chains is to try and. They face market impediments in the form of sanitary and phytosanitary sps and nontariff trade barriers, and an unpredictable fiscal regime. The new approach embarks on viewing agriculture as a business rather than a means of survival.
Reducing food loss along african agricultural value chains. Tomato, onion and irish potato in jenda, mzimba district, malawi microventures market linkages project prepared for the microloan foundation 03 october 2011. This creates opportunities to enhance the competitiveness of specific value chains for all participants. Upgrading in agricultural value chains 7 2 upgrading, governance and the role of standards according to kaplinsky and morris 2001 the value chain describes the full range of activities that are required to bring a product from its conception to its end use and beyond. Value chain thinking is revolutionizing agriculture and the food industry. The value chains of perishable and semiperishable commodities like root and tuber crops including sweet potato are reported to be constrained by large postharvest losses and inefficient value. A guide to integrating gender into agricultural value chains. Background and conceptual framework value chain analysis plays an important role where firms are seeking an understanding of the factors that impact the longterm profitability, as well as when developing a successful strategic plan for the business. The future of youth in agricultural value chains in. Care would like to see more actors further along value chains investing coherently in creating a riskmanagement ecosystem that both reduces risk for poor people and shares it more fairly. For example, imports from the united states of agricultural products in 2012 were worth over usd 100. The national agriculture of the middle initiative has produced three sets of curricular resources on valuebased food supply chains for universitylevel business and economics courses.
What we set out to find open data can play a pivotal role in breaking down the asymmetry of information that exists between value chain actors, making them more accountable to citizens, civil society and to other actors in those value chains. Ten principles in sustainable food value chain development. Researchers who work in this field have boiled down the prescription for propoor value chains to an easytoremember acronym and alliteration. Mutunga stephen laititi school of business and economics, kenya methodist university, nairobi, kenya. Vc4d, or value chain for development, which includes improving processes, products, productivity, and partnerships that increase farmer incomes and their ability to compete, and integrate them into. More knowledge from each component of the chain, writes. Fresh produce value chains in developing countries like png feature many weak actors, resulting in a very weak chain. Agricultural value chains encompass the flow of products, knowledge and information between smallholder farmers and consumers.
Global value chains in a changing world world trade organization. As such, in recent years, highlighted by the 2008 world development report on. Increase knowledge sharing, collaboration, and learning between nutritionsensitive agriculture practitioners. The agricultural value chain concept has been used since the beginning of the millennium, primarily by those working in agricultural development in developing countries.
Jul 28, 2014 improving agricultural value chains can really make a difference for smallholder farmers and thus also for global food security. Focus has shifted from agricultural production to consumer demand, marketing and the coordination of product flows from producer to. Agricultural value chains 2016 german developm institute for ent evaluation afferstra. Agricultural value chain analysis table of contents. The analysis targeted nine value chains, as summarized below. Agricultural value chains 101 agriculture in ghana media. The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the copla programme, its partner organisations, including the odi, or its funders. The definition of a valueadded agricultural product includes an agricultural commodity or product that is aggregated and marketed as a locallyproduced agricultural food. In some cases, the concentration of market power at specific points in the value chain reduces the incomes of other actors, particularly those exposed to high levels of risk such as smallholder farmers and.
Which conditions influence the involvement of male and female youth in specific value chains within the agricultural sector in ethiopia and kenya. The tops program and spring hosted a oneday learning event on nutritionsensitive agricultural value chains in washington, dc. During 20082009, the training program was piloted in kenya and in tanzania. We work with local partners to regularly convene discussions with valuechain actors. In the development point of view, promoting equitable.
The definition of a value added agricultural product includes an agricultural commodity or product that is aggregated and marketed as a locallyproduced agricultural food. Value chains are organized linkages between groups of producers, traders, processors, and service providers including nongovernment organizations that join together to improve productivity and the value added their activities. Agricultural value chain finance is concerned with the flows of funds to and within a value chain to meet the needs of chain actors for finance, to secure sales, to buy inputs or produce, or to improve efficiency. Strategy for promoting safe and environmentfriendly agro.
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