Belt, John and Goris, Wim and Debela, Sorsa | cop. 2011
- Author(s): Belt, John and Goris, Wim and Debela, Sorsa
- Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, farmers, vocational training, entrepreneurship, commodity trade, farmers associations, agricultural training, nonformal education, communication process, technology transfer, ethiopia, africa
This book describes a \"learning alliance\" approach that combines training, practical assignments to develop an enterprise, on-the-job coaching, and the sharing of experiences among several groups of farmers. The approach was piloted in Ethiopia from 2007 to 2010 with 18 groups of farmers.
Berdegué, Julio A. and Biénabe, Estelle and Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph | 2008
- Author(s): Berdegué, Julio A. and Biénabe, Estelle and Peppelenbos, Lucian Peter Christoph
- Publisher: International institute for environment and development (IIED). Sustainable markets group
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, market access, purchasing, private sector, economic policy
Case studies illustrate the potential of the private sector in promoting economic growth of the countryside by linking smallholders to dynamic markets.
Berg, Christian and Addy, Paulina | 2006
- Author(s): Berg, Christian and Addy, Paulina
- Publisher: Humboldt Universitنt. Seminar für Lنndliche Entwicklung (SLE)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural production, income sources, agriproduct processing, small farms, poverty alleviation, west africa, ghana
The poverty orientation of agricultural value chains for domestic and export markets in Ghana are examined, using the cases of mangoes for export, cassava for gari production, and grasscutter rearing.
Bernet, Thomas | 2005
- Author(s): Bernet, Thomas
- Publisher: IDRC
- Pages: 197--203
- Keywords: agribusiness, small farms, development strategies, popular participation, agricultural product marketing, innovations, latin america, bolivia, ecuador, peru
The Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA) is a participatory R&D method that seeks to generate group innovations based on a structured participatory process among members of the market chain.
Bernhardt, Jennifer and Azar, Stephanie Grell and Klaehn, Janette | cop. 2009
- Author(s): Bernhardt, Jennifer and Azar, Stephanie Grell and Klaehn, Janette
- Publisher: World council of credit unions (WOCCU)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: credit unions, agricultural credit, small farms, microcredit, guidelines, kenya, peru
The World Council of Credit Unions is working with credit unions in Peru and Kenya to develop sustainable models for agricultural finance that benefit the credit unions and their value chain participants.