Value Chains for Pro-Poor Development
The table below presents coherency and synergy in the portfolio of pilot studies.The pilot studies are complemented by a programmatic component (link), with a particular interest in the methodological foundations of action research and impact evaluation. Another component - Facilitating Rural Enterpreneurship - aligns the pilot studies with support to action-oriented programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia guided by Agri-ProFocus (more info). These programmes combine existing support of Agri-ProFocus members to promote farmer entrepreneurship and respond to jointly identified needs and bottlenecks of farmers and their organisations.
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A |
B |
C |
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Title |
Stability and competitiveness in the Ugandan sunflower sector |
Institutional measures reducing transaction risks in the Ethiopian sesame export chain |
The tandem of land reform and socially equitable rice chain configurations |
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Objective |
Supporting the Uganda Oilseed Subsector Platform in its strategy to reduce uncertainty and instability faced by sunflower producers in output and input markets. |
Forming a code of conduct that enables the construction of an effective interface between the vertical column and collective action in horizontal organisations |
Developing pro-poor organisational models supporting land reform communities in the Zambézia region in building equitable linkages with domestic and regional rice chains |
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Location |
Uganda |
Ethiopia |
Mozambique |
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Commodity |
Sunflower |
Sesame |
Rice |
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Focus for pro-poor value chain development |
Support collective, meso-level strategies of a sub-sector platform assembling private and public actors, up-scaling and multiplying chain-based development interventions in the fields of market coordination and technological innovation for sunflower producers |
Reduce transaction risks in the Ethiopian sesame export chain by implementing a code of conduct and other institutional measures that create enabling conditions for a remunerative and committed participation of smallholder producers based on transparent relationships |
Design models for equitable rural development by linking social and economic arrangements in social organizations in land reform areas. to governance mechanisms in rice chains |
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D |
E |
F |
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Title |
Farmer-led cluster development for socially embedded domestic food chains |
Farmer-initiated trade hubs in the Tahoua onion belt |
Remuneration and representation of women in shea nut |
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Objective |
Building strategic connectivity and foresight capacity in farmers’ led and socially just agribusiness clusters in Rwanda’s agri-food filières |
Encouraging the establishment of transparent price setting mechanisms and discovering region-based growth models reducing vulnerabilities in onion trade |
Conceptualising workable modalities for empowering women in the various economic realms of shea nut and in policy and supporting networks of the sub-sector |
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Location |
Rwanda |
Niger |
Burkina Faso |
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Commodity |
Cassava and others |
Onion |
Shea nut (karité) |
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Focus for pro-poor value chain development |
Build strategic management capacity in producers’ organisation to combine pro-poor interventions in a farmers-led agribusiness clusters with robust economic partnerships and flexible connectivity to innovation networks. |
Test trade-hubs as part of collective marketing efforts initiated by specialised farmers and embed these in pro-active networks of a specialised onion cluster with traders and processing and enabling institutes. |
Encourage women network combining representation in agenda-setting and strategic support for the shea nut sector with enhanced negotiation capacities in different value chains (domestic food chains, specialised cosmetic chains, and bulking chain for food industries) |