scholarly journals THEORIZING AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAINS: INTEGRATING SMALL HOLDER PRODUCERS TO OVERCOME HURDLES

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
Hena M
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Agriculture Products ◽  
Small Holder

Modern marketing techniques and restructured markets for agriculture products has made the small holder producers to fight against a number of consequences which they are actually not practiced or trained. As an alternative, new innovative practice like value chain approach has been identified in improving their ability to combat the restructured market conditions. This paper reviews the theoretical justifications and different viewpoints of value chains approach which can benefit the small holder producers in agriculture sector. A review on evidences from agricultural value chain experiences exposed the necessity of a tool or a business model like value chain approach to integrate the small holder producers to viable markets and to capitalize the immense opportunities in the markets, particularly for least developed and developing countries. The literature revealed that small holder producer can access international markets by establishing value chain networks and by building relationships in chain networks.

The Governance of Global Agri-food Value Chains, Standards, and Development

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Swinnen ◽  
Rob Kuijpers
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Gender Effects ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Food Standards ◽  
Institutional Spillovers ◽  
And Gender

Understanding the development implications of agri-food standards and global value chains is crucial, as they are a fundamental component of developing countries’ growth potential and could increase rural incomes and reduce poverty, but at the same time they present serious challenges and could lead to further marginalization of the poor. This chapter reviews some of the implications of the spread of stringent standards associated with global value chains for developing countries and global poverty reduction. The chapter focuses on five aspects: the interaction between standards and value chain governance; the effects on agricultural productivity and smallholder welfare; farm-level and institutional spillovers; labor market and gender effects; and the interaction between liberalization policies and value chains.

scholarly journals Analysis of agribusiness value chains servicing small-holder dairy farming communities in Punjab, Pakistan: three case studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sosheel S. Godfrey ◽  
Gavin C. Ramsay ◽  
Karl Behrendt ◽  
Peter C. Wynn ◽  
Thomas L. Nordblom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Compositional Analysis ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Industry Growth ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Small Market ◽  
Setting Mechanism ◽  
Small Holder

The agriculture sector in Pakistan, as in most developing countries, is dominated by smallholder producers. Pakistan has the world’s third largest dairy industry, and milk is efficiently collected and distributed chiefly by informal value chains that market the raw product with minimal cool chain infrastructure. Formal processors have a small market share of 5%. Interview data from farmers, milk collectors and consumers from three rural-urban case study value chains were analysed to study opportunities and challenges faced by the dairy industry. Compositional analysis of milk samples (n=84) collected along these chains identified the fact that in Pakistan informal milk chains provide a cheaper source of calories for the final consumer than industrialised milk chains (USD 0.12 compared USD 0.15 per 100 calories). These three chains created an estimated 4,872 jobs from farm to market and provided access to interest-free credit for the farmers. The existing government price setting mechanism at the retail end and collusion by large processors to set farm gate prices provided significant limitations to the profitability of small-holder farms providing the product. The absence of quality and quantity standards, amid the exchange of huge numbers of small volumes of milk along these chains, are major impediments to industry growth.

scholarly journals Sustainable management of agriculture products value chain in responses to climate change for South-Eastern coast of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabal Barua ◽  
Syed Hafizur Rahman ◽  
Maitri Barua
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Agriculture Products ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation Options

PurposeThis paper is designed to assess the sustainable value chain approaches for marketing channel development opportunities for agricultural products in coastal Bangladesh to combat climate change through an approach of community-based adaptation options.Design/methodology/approachThe study was designed to select the potential value chain candidate and to analyze and establish a value chain map to benefit the crop farmers. In this connection, the resources of the whole context were evaluated. The approach uses few tools to generate three outputs, the last of which are the final list of value chains selected for in-depth assessment to design interventions as community-based adaptation practices of the study to combat climate change in the study areas.FindingsThe study demonstrated that the difference in the institutional circumstances of the end markets of the agriculture products is connected to the different categories of harmonization and control of the facilitating environment throughout the supply chains. National and local networks improve the value chain in terms of the value addition of the agriculture products, technology improvement, market access and profitability of the products. Strengthening the weak financial structure, focus more on formal financial systems and resolving sociocultural and climate change-induced hazard concerns are the major concerns on the development of value chains in the countries. Apparently, guarantee for good governance, checking illegal and unregulated market contexts, proper mitigation measures to climate change are some paramount important issues for the sustainable management of livelihood, yield, income and development.Practical implicationsAll kinds of stakeholders of the agriculture product value chain should focus on competitiveness and productivity and look for and exploit multiple ways to add value once initial success has been attained with a single deal. Ensuring sustainability within the value chains is an important feature to cater to the challenges and changing demands of the age.Originality/valueThe study will help to established a sustainable value chain approach in response to climate change, which process will help to existent opportunities for firms to manage the issue of climate risk by codeveloping and employing adaptation options that may be more preferred or accepted by consumers across the entire chain for the sustainable management of livelihood, yield, income and development.

scholarly journals Trade costs, global value chains and economic development

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Zi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Trade Costs ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Trade Frictions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
North And South

Abstract This paper develops a model to study the impact of trade costs on developing countries’ industrialization when sequential production is networked in global value chains (GVCs). In a two-country setting, a decrease in trade costs of intermediates is associated with South joining and moving up the value chain and both North and South experiencing a welfare improvement. The wage gap between North and South first increases and then decreases. Extending the model to a multi-country setting, I show that reduced trade frictions lead to South countries joining GVCs due to wage differentials and low trade costs. This increases the wage in North but may decrease the wages of South countries that are already part of the network. Moreover, South countries that join tend to be regionally clustered. The model provides a first look at GVCs from the development angle, and raises policy questions regarding the governance of GVCs.

scholarly journals Sustainable Agrifood Value Chain—Transformation in Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12358
Author(s):  
Dwi Ratna Hidayati ◽  
Elena Garnevska ◽  
Paul Childerhouse
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainability Governance ◽  
Chain Transformation

To service high-value international markets, many agrifood value chains in developing countries are required to transform to meet the strict quality and safety standards. This transformation process has become further complicated by increased sustainability expectations. The key players in these countries, typically smallholders, are struggling to meet this new sustainability value focus. Economic drivers pervade in this context, whilst the lack of integration often decouples producers from the end market. To address these challenges, this paper develops a framework to enable sustainable agrifood value chain transformation in developing countries. A narrative review was used to analyse the major enablers and barriers in sustainable agrifood value chain transformation specifically in developing countries. The framework novelty lies in the synthesis and prioritisation of transformations actions, by integrating three central dimensions: sustainability, governance, and value addition. The incorporation of sustainability drivers into value chain governance provides a holistic approach that balances profit maximization with social and environmental impacts, thus enabling smallholders in developing countries to access higher value markets. The framework can assist these value chain actors in identifying their transformation trajectory and guide policymakers, along with the public sector, in prioritising their intervention to overcome barriers.

scholarly journals Value Chains Of Carrot Commodity On Suthomadansih Agropolitan Area In Karanganyar Regency

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Dwi Feri Yatnanto ◽  
Indah Susilowati
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Chain Analysis

<p><em>In 2007, Central Java Government has been starting the implementation of agropolitanprogram in some regency that has the potential in the agriculture sector, Karanganyar Regency one of them. Through this program, SuthomadansihAgropolitan Area was established. One of the leading commodities from Suthomadansih is carrot commodity. Carrot commodity is then taken into consideration in the implementation of agropolitan program, in the form of provision of infrastructure and community development programs. The objectives of the research study are to investigate the value chain of carrot in Suthomadansih, as well as to analyze how the implementation of agropolitan program supports the value chain of carrot. Meanwhile, in order to investigate how the implementation of agropolitan program in suthomadansih supports to value chain of carrot, there are three indicators that will be identified; the development of supporting infrastructure, agribusiness system, and development of human resource (Iqbal and Iwan, 2009). Both of qualitative and quantitative analysis has been applied into the study with the performance table of the implementation of agropolitan program and value chain analysis as tool to conduct the analysis. Based on the value chain of carrot in Suthomadansih, some development programs from Local Government through the agropolitan program has been conducted from upstream to downstream of carrot commodity. However, some programs are failed to support the value chain of carrot so that the improvement of value chain of carrot could not be optimized. Those programs are Agribusiness Sub Terminal, Worta Cluster, Vitmaka, and Farm Road Improvement Program.The implementation of agropolitan program is not sustainable because of the absence of the budgets of local governments. The program is only implemented for 3 years (2007-2009) so that there are no significant effects of the program on the agricultural sector, especially for carrot commodity.</em><em></em></p><em></em>

scholarly journals Cocoa Markets and Value Chains: Implications For Sao Tome and Principe Organic Smallholders

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-76
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Prazeres ◽  
Maria Raquel Lucas ◽  
Ana Marta-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
The Third ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe ◽  
Small Producers

Cocoa is one of the main goods in the world agricultural trade markets, occupying the third position in exports. The paper introduces the cocoa value chain worldwide, its asymmetries, and the supply and value chain specific to the São Tomé and Principe (STP) organic cocoa. It aims to understand this value chain’s internal and external tensions and analyse its potential to be inserted in the international markets. The study uses panel data analysis from the FAOSTAT database. The tensions mentioned are due to the asymmetries of international markets and those regarding the production of organic cocoa in STP. At the level of STP and, despite measures to support organic production as a valuable alternative to the country’s development strategy, imbalances in the value chain persist that compromise the livelihoods of small producers responsible for most of production exported and the sustainability of the ecosystem.

Mining and Minerals in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 260-282
Author(s):  
Neva Seidman Makgetla
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Production Structure ◽  
Policy Conflicts ◽  
Legal Frameworks

Although the mining value chain only accounted for around 13% of the GDP and 6% of employment in 2020, it remained a central link between the South African economy and international markets. As a result, it had an outsized impact on the production structure, income distribution, infrastructure and legal frameworks. After the transition to democracy in 1994, the value chain underwent significant changes, notably a shift away from coal into platinum, iron ore, coal and ferroalloys, and significant divestment by international mining companies. Still, deep-seated developmental challenges persisted, including limited mining-based industrialisation, the exercise of monopoly power within value chains, and deeply inequitable and oppressive payscales and work organisation. These structural weaknesses emerged clearly in the 2010s, as the end of the global metals prices boom (2002 to 2011) brought plummeting revenues, revealing a range of economic, workplace, and policy conflicts across the value chain.

scholarly journals Value chain system in agriculture: role of SPA

2020 ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Eugenia Karamouzi ◽  
Eleni Tsironi ◽  
Panopoulos Panagiotis
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
A Value ◽  
Private And Public

A value chain consists of the actors (private and public, including service providers) and the sequence of value-adding activities involved in bringing a product from production to the end-consumer. In agriculture they can be thought of as a “farm-to-fork” set of inputs, processes and flows. Agricultural businesses in developing countries offer an opportunity for market based economic development that creates benefits throughout value chains. Sustainable development in agricultural value chains of emerging economies could be of high relevance of Sustainable Precision Agriculture.

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