Chain empowerment :   supporting African farmers to develop markets 

 - Amsterdam :  Royal Tropical Institute (KIT),  c2006. 
 - xvi, 212 p. :   ill. ;   25 cm. 
<br/><br/><br/>Boxes		viii	<br/>Diagrams		ix	<br/>Foreword		x	<br/>Preface		xii	<br/>Acknowledgements		xiv	<br/>List of contributors		xv	<br/>1 Setting the scene		1	(12)<br/>Market liberalization and integration<br/>1	(1)<br/>The rise of processors and retailers<br/>2	(1)<br/>Declining government involvement in agriculture and rural areas<br/>2	(1)<br/>The challenge for smallholder producers<br/>3	(1)<br/>Principles of empowering smallholders<br/>4	(3)<br/>Pro-poor value chain development<br/>7	(1)<br/>Purpose and readership of this book<br/>8	(1)<br/>Parts of the book<br/>9	(1)<br/>How this book was prepared<br/>10	(3)<br/>2 Introducing value chains		13	(20)<br/>Supply chains<br/>14	(1)<br/>Supply chains vs value chains<br/>15	(2)<br/>Strategies for chain development with small-scale farmers<br/>17	(3)<br/>About the matrix<br/>20	(3)<br/>Where is best position for farmers?<br/>23	(1)<br/>Intervention strategies<br/>24	(4)<br/>Components of chain interventions<br/>28	(5)<br/>3 Chain actors		33	(22)<br/>Setting up an outgrower scheme for pineapples in Ghana<br/>34	(7)<br/>Jatropha herbal soap: From project to commercial venture<br/>41	(6)<br/>Reviving Mozambique's cashew industry<br/>47	(8)<br/>4 Chain partners		55	(46)<br/>Getting Mozambican pineapples to market<br/>56	(6)<br/>Forging partnerships between Tanzanian sugarcane producers and millers<br/>62	(6)<br/>The Cheetah story: Helping smallholders in Malawi access the paprika market<br/>68	(7)<br/>Honey, the liquid gold of the North Rift Valley in Kenya<br/>75	(4)<br/>Developing mango market linkages through farmer field schools in Kenya<br/>79	(5)<br/>Learning from challenges: Sunflower contract farming in northern Tanzania<br/>84	(5)<br/>Organic coffee from Kilimanjaro<br/>89	(5)<br/>Farmer field school networks in Western Kenya<br/>94	(7)<br/>5 Chain activity integrators		101	(20)<br/>Stepping back to move forward: Fruit juice in NW Tanzania<br/>102	(6)<br/>Trading and milling to help HIV-affected households in Kenya<br/>108	(5)<br/>Honey and beeswax value chain development in Same, Tanzania<br/>113	(8)<br/>6 Chain co-owners		121	(28)<br/>Improving shea and empowering rural women in Mali<br/>122	(6)<br/>Finding a niche for vanilla in Uganda<br/>128	(5)<br/>Bringing Kaffa forest coffee to the German market<br/>133	(5)<br/>Expanding dairying opportunities in Thika District, Kenya<br/>138	(5)<br/>Linking potato farmers to restaurants in Uganda<br/>143	(6)<br/>7 Strategies for chain empowerment		149	(14)<br/>1 Upgrading as a chain actor<br/>149	(4)<br/>2 Developing chain partnerships<br/>153	(3)<br/>3 Adding value through vertical integration<br/>156	(3)<br/>4 Developing co-ownership over the chain<br/>159	(4)<br/>8 Facilitating chain development		163	(12)<br/>Chain mapping and assessment<br/>164	(3)<br/>Chain engagement<br/>167	(1)<br/>Chain development<br/>168	(4)<br/>Chain monitoring and evaluation<br/>172	(1)<br/>Chain learning and innovation<br/>173	(2)<br/>9 Resources		175	<br/>SNV's local economic development approach<br/>176	(2)<br/>The FAIDA market linkage approach<br/>178	(1)<br/>CIAT's rural agro-enterprise development approach<br/>179	(3)<br/>CIAT's learning alliance for agro-enterprise development<br/>182	(2)<br/>Participatory market chain approach<br/>184	(1)<br/>Participatory value chains analysis<br/>185	(2)<br/>Value chain development<br/>187	(1)<br/>Value chain research<br/>188	(2)<br/>Participatory research methods<br/>190	(3)<br/>INFO-Cadena: Instruments to foster value chains<br/>193	(2)<br/>Publications and CD-ROMs<br/>195	(6)<br/>Resource organizations and websites<br/>201	(2)<br/>Participants' profiles<br/>203	<br/> 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789460220913  TZS 15,000/= 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Food industry and trade<br/>Farms, Small<br/>Agriculture Economic aspects
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.19 CHA