Author :
Publisher : IITA
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
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ISBN : 9781312122
Author : Shaun Ferris
Publisher : Catholic Relief Services
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1614920028
This publication is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. A Market Facilitator's Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the "enabling rural innovation" approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower farmer groups with the necessary skills to make informed decisions for their economic development, based on an analysis of their surroundings, assets and skills. The methodology also aims for outcomes that are equitable, gender focused and participatory.
Author : Mwesigye, F., Nguyen, H.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9251330980
This study aims to analyze the coffee value chain in Uganda and identify opportunities and constraints for enhancing youth employment. Coffee is one of the key agricultural commodities in the Government of Uganda’s pursuance of sustainable growth and job creation, especially for the rapidly expanding youth population. The study outlines a significant number of job opportunities for young people along this value chain, not only in production but increasingly in processing, trade and marketing, as well as service provision. It also suggests strategic upgrading options and outlines concrete policy actions to maximize youth participation in and benefits from the coffee sub-sector.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Felix I. Nweke
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
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Author : International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Publisher : IITA
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Cassava
ISBN : 9781310413
Intended as both an instructional and a reference tool, the volume covers the production and postharvest treatment of cassava. The first part describes production constraints including pests , diseases, weeds, soils agronomic factors, and socioeconomic considerations. In part two, plant morphology, plant physiology and plant breeding are related to yields and diseases resistance. Part three covers postharvest treatment and part four describes cassava research. A bibliography of recommended reading is included.
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 41,51 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464814953
Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990 and now account for almost half of all trade. This shift enabled an unprecedented economic convergence: poor countries grew rapidly and began to catch up with richer countries. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, however, the growth of trade has been sluggish and the expansion of GVCs has stalled. Meanwhile, serious threats have emerged to the model of trade-led growth. New technologies could draw production closer to the consumer and reduce the demand for labor. And trade conflicts among large countries could lead to a retrenchment or a segmentation of GVCs. World Development Report 2020: Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains examines whether there is still a path to development through GVCs and trade. It concludes that technological change is, at this stage, more a boon than a curse. GVCs can continue to boost growth, create better jobs, and reduce poverty provided that developing countries implement deeper reforms to promote GVC participation; industrial countries pursue open, predictable policies; and all countries revive multilateral cooperation.
Author : John A. Dixon
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251046272
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Author : Michael Collinson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 16,35 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0429696272
First published in 1972, Farm Management in Peasant Agriculture remains the only detailed discussion of on-site research techniques for economists working on the development of small-holder agriculture in Africa. Part 1 describes the conditions of the agricultural sector within which the African peasant farmer must operate, and then outlines an approach to farm management tailored to those conditions. Part 2 sets out the research planning and investigation tasks implied by the approach. Survey techniques, as well as the value of a pre-survey for understanding general attributes of a farm system, are reviewed, and alternative data-collection methods are elaborated. Part 3 shows how research data can be used in planning content for extension programs. Dr. Collinson concludes with the details of a planning method that interpolates changes in farm practice into a model of the existing farm system and that projects a sequence of changes, representing a sequence of extension content, on the basis of farmer acceptability.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 37,7 MB
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9251331928
This toolkit aims to help countries in selecting and analysing value chains for opportunities to improve climate change resilience and reduce gender inequalities. It intends to provide policy makers, planners, project developers, technical advisors and implementers at local, regional or national level with good practices of climate-resilient and gender-responsive value chain development. It aims to act as a repository of relevant tools and methodologies for identifying relevant stakeholders and engaging with them to collect data and analyse it to design interventions. Climate change threatens agricultural value chains, and having a gender-responsive value chain approach is useful in analysing the climate risks, as it looks at stages during and beyond production, while using a more systemic approach to risk management.
