Value Chains for Development

Financing agricultural value chains in Africa : focus on coffee and sesame in Ethiopia

Coates, Mike | 2011
  • Author(s): Coates, Mike
  • Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, agricultural product marketing, finance, development policy, credit, africa
This study reviews the agricultural finance environment in Ethiopia, with particular reference to the coffee and sesame value chains. Accompanying the value-chain analysis is a review of both the agricultural and financial sectors in Ethiopia, with a performance dashboard for each.

Kilimanjaro and Oromia coffee value chain case studies : producer benefits from fair trade and free market channels

Coles, Christopher | 2011
  • Author(s): Coles, Christopher
  • Publisher: NCCR North-South
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, economics, small farms, africa
This study traced Fair Trade and open market coffee value chains in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, and Jimma, Ethiopia. It compares governance frameworks and benefit distribution among actors in both chains and makes recommendations for policy changes to maximise returns for smallholder farmers.

Gender and agricultural value chains : a review of current knowledge and practice and their policy implications

Coles, Christopher and Mitchell, Jonathan | 2011
  • Author(s): Coles, Christopher and Mitchell, Jonathan
  • Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO). Agricultural development economics division
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, gender, women, rural development
This paper introduces value chain analysis and development as tools for addressing gender inequities in markets. It presents a menu of policy options for acting to promote gender equity and reduce poverty using the value chain analysis and development approach.

Farmer groups enterprises and the marketing of staple food commodities in Africa

Coulter, Jonathan | 2007
  • Author(s): Coulter, Jonathan
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI) : for CGIAR systemwide program on collective action and property rights (CAPRi)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, food crops, farmers associations, small enterprises, food storage, project appraisal, africa south of sahara
The paper advocates an approach to the marketing of staples which involves analysing the value chain and identifying opportunities for collective marketing. The conditions for success are also outlined.

Inventory credit : an approach to developing agricultural markets

Coulter, Jonathan and Shepherd, Andrew W. | 1995
  • Author(s): Coulter, Jonathan and Shepherd, Andrew W.
  • Publisher: FAO [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, agricultural storage, private sector, credit, legal aspects, reference materials, ghana, india, mali, philippines
Inventory credit may constitute a useful approach to addressing the problem of the lack of finance for private traders, which hinders the proper performance of their trading and storage functions.
 

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The Value Chains for Development portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on pro-poor value chains.