...Michael Olabisi; Ababacar Sedikh Gueye; Leonidas Murembya; Mayoro Diop; Mamadou Moustapha Ka Purpose This study evaluates women's participation and pricing strategies in the onion value chain, Senegal's leading vegetable. We aim to understand gender differences in the prices traders and producers...

...Meine Pieter Van Dijk Purpose Higher productivity in the potato value chain in Rwanda requires good quality seed potatoes. The article analyzes how innovations were introduced in the framework of a development project resulting in a partnership between a firm and two educational institutions...

... (GMoU) on promoting gender-equitable agricultural value chains in the Niger Delta region. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a quasi-experimental design that used survey research technique, aimed at gathering information from a representative sample of the population, as it is essentially...

... an emerging ecosystem to support them in operating their farms, and what does that mean for the Hidden middle of agricultural value chains, the actors between the farmers and consumers? Unlocking the potential production of telephone farmers will require more services from collectors, traders, transport firms...

... smallholder counterparts and how well integrated they are into the value chains. Design/methodology/approach Snowball sampling was used to identify large farmers. In total, 49 in-depth interviews were conducted with large commercial modern farms in Punjab. A detailed description of the main...

... supply response model using secondary data to identify the major price and non-price factors influencing the supply of pigeon pea, black and green gram in the major pulses growing states in India. Second, using primary qualitative data the authors map the pulses value chain from farm to retail...

... on interstate trade and consumption of fish and has only used prices of representative fish varieties instead of average marine and aquaculture fish prices. Originality/value This paper considers trade and value chain based business theories to explain regional price differences. It analyzes the drivers...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only --> Organizational change Organizational innovation Partnerships Value chains Sustainable development goals The fifth and final paper of the specific issue by Zhuo and Ji focuses on e-commerce value chain partnerships...

...Diederik de Boer; Gigi Limpens; Amzul Rifin; Nunung Kusnadi Purpose The inclusiveness of smallholder cocoa farmers in the international cocoa value chain is addressed in the context of institutional voids through linkages with different business models in the region of Bali, West-Sumatra and West...

...Kirt Hainzer; Talitha Best; Philip Hugh Brown Purpose The purpose of this paper twofold: first, to review the current state of knowledge regarding local value chain (LVC) interventions in the context of international agricultural research and development; and, secondly, by synthesising...

...Girma T. Kassie; Rahel Solomon Wubie; Simla Tokgoz; Fahd Majeed; Mulugeta Yitayih; Barbara Rischkowsky Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify sources and quantifying distortions to agricultural incentives to produce along the small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia. Design/methodology...

...Alastair Orr; Jason Donovan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new conceptual framework for smallholder value chains based on complex adaptive systems. Design/methodology/approach The authors review the application of the framework to three case studies and explore...

... collapsed. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the short-lived taro boom from the perspective of complex adaptive systems, showing how shocks, interactions between value chain actors, and lack of adaptive capacity among chain actors together contributed to the collapse of the chain. Design...

...Alastair Orr; Jason Donovan; Dietmar Stoian Purpose Smallholder value chains are dynamic, changing over time in sudden, unpredictable ways as they adapt to shocks. Understanding these dynamics and adaptation is essential for these chains to remain competitive in turbulent markets. Many guides...

...Jason Donovan; Steven Franzel; Marcelo Cunha; Amos Gyau; Dagmar Mithöfer Purpose – In recent years, governments, donors, and NGOs have increasingly embraced value chain development (VCD) for stimulating economic growth and combating rural poverty. In line with the rise in interest, there has been...

...Katie D. Ricketts; Calum G. Turvey; Miguel I. Gómez Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at the ever-popular, “value-chain approach” for linking smallholder farmers to high value export markets. Conventional wisdom says that value chains undertaken for development purposes redistribute...

... to build future industrial excellence. Design/methodology/approach – Data collected from secondary sources and interviews with processors and stakeholders in the major ICI are analyzed in a five competitive forces value chain model. Findings – It is significant that the industry's competitive...