Value Chains for Development

Guide to rural economic and enterprise development [(REED)

| 2003

• Author(s):
• Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
• Pages: --
• Keywords: rural development, agricultural development, enterprise development, agribusiness, infrastructure, marketing

This framework for fostering Rural Economic and Enterprise Development (REED) is based on the analysis of successes and experiences of programmes and projects. Key elements for successful intervention are identified.

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Agricultural marketing companies as sources of smallholder credit in Eastern and Southern Africa : experiences, insights and potential donor role

| 2003

• Author(s):
• Publisher: International fund for agricultural development (IFAD)
• Pages: --
• Keywords: agribusiness, private sector, credit, small farms, agricultural production, agricultural product marketing, east africa, southern africa

This report shows that credit under contract farming arrangements is often the major form of access to production finance among smallholders. It concludes that these credits are not necessarily exploitative.

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Making markets work better for the poor : a framework paper

| 2000

• Author(s):
• Publisher: Department for international development (DFID)
• Pages: --
• Keywords: markets, poverty alleviation, agricultural product marketing, labour market, land reform, credit, development policy

Presents a framework for understanding the role of markets in poverty alleviation and identifies ways of strengthening the pro-poor functioning of markets for finance, labour, land, and staple foods.

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