Value chain development and the poor

This book offers perspectives on value chain development (VCD) from both practitioners and researchers. It explores how VCD is implemented in the field, options for innovation in design, and the potential for VCD to achieve impact at scale. It provides a critique of current approaches, pointing at options for more reflexive learning, new collaborative frameworks, and faster innovation of VCD.

Since the early 2000s, value chain development (VCD) has figured prominently on the agendas of donors, governments and NGOs in pursuit of market-based options to poverty reduction, food security, gender equity, and other goals.

Researchers have shown interest in value chains as a theoretical construct for studying interactions between farmers and markets, while practitioners have focused their attention on approaches and tools for applying VCD in the field.

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