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Integrating agricultural innovation and inclusive value-chain development: Introduction
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
|---|---|
| Author | Devaux, André Velasco, Claudio Jager, Matthias |
| Organization | IFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division |
| Description | Six chapters examine efforts to promote innovation in value chains for beef cattle, dairy, potatoes, and other commodities in Africa south of the Sahara, the Andean region of South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia. Virtually all began as research to boost farm-level productivity. However, as the importance of marketing issues became apparent, the approaches evolved to embrace inclusive value-chain development (VCD). Three of the chapters deal with general issues of linking agricultural innovation with VCD and emphasize the importance of integrating the two approaches. The other three chapters focus on the use of multistakeholder platforms to foster innovation, value-chain coordination, and governance, highlighting the crucial roles played by facilitators in platform formation, operation, and evaluation; the tensions that need to be managed; and the dynamic nature of platforms, innovation, and VCD processes. The latter highlight the need for adaptive management and learning-oriented evaluation that supports decisionmaking. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/46a7e25e-88b9-4f29-a125-b33b6cc55e6b |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Date | 2016-10-21 |
| Publisher Place | Washington, DC |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 |
| Subject Keyword | Policies, Institutions, and Markets Value Chains Retail Marketing Transport Farmers Organizations Smallholders Market Access Trade Wholesale Marketing Producer Organizations Food Processing Inclusive Growth Social AND Nutritional Sciences Sns |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |