[HTML][HTML] How do small farms contribute to food and nutrition security? Linking European small farms, strategies and outcomes in territorial food systems

F Galli, S Grando, A Adamsone-Fiskovica… - Global Food …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite a longstanding literature on small farm-households, there is limited consideration of
small farms' role in food and nutrition security (FNS) at territorial level. The purpose of this …

Global value chain analysis: A primer

K Fernandez-Stark, G Gereffi - Handbook on global value chains, 2019 - elgaronline.com
The global economy is increasingly structured around global value chains (GVCs) that
account for a rising share of international trade, global gross domestic product, and …

Upgrading, interactive learning, and innovation systems in value chain interventions

C Pietrobelli, C Staritz - The European Journal of Development Research, 2018 - Springer
Value chain interventions are increasingly used by donors in the context of private sector
development. The paper develops a typology of such interventions, and presents the case of …

Determinants of the competitiveness of smallholder African indigenous vegetable farmers in high-value agro-food chains in Kenya: A multivariate probit regression …

E Ngenoh, BK Kurgat, HK Bett, SW Kebede… - Agricultural and Food …, 2019 - Springer
Smallholder farmers are excluded from efficient and effective participation in high-value agro-
food market chains due to major competitiveness constraints and several market failures …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of small farmers into global value chains: Challenges and opportunities inside the current global demand

J Nájera - Tec Empresarial, 2017 - scielo.sa.cr
Global value chains often represent an option insertion of small farmers in global value
chains. The for local firms and suppliers in developing countries article suggests that small …

Analysing intermediary organisations and their influence on upgrading in emerging agricultural clusters

M Ramirez, I Clarke, L Klerkx - Environment and Planning A …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper analyses intermediary organisations in developing economy agricultural clusters.
The paper critically engages with a growing narrative in studies of intermediaries that have …

Aligning strategic objectives with research and development activities in a soft commodity sector: a technological plan for colombian cocoa producers

S Escobar, M Santander, P Useche, C Contreras… - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although Colombia has the potential to be a cocoa producer for fine flavor and high value
markets, it is not greatly recognized as such. In spite of the government's interest to position …

Revisiting constraints to smallholder participation in high‐value markets: A best‐worst scaling approach

O Ola, L Menapace - Agricultural Economics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We show how policymakers in developing regions can generate richer insights from using
the choice experiment method best‐worst scaling (BWS) method when ranking policy …

[HTML][HTML] The role of subsidiaries in Global Value Chains (GVCs): An institutional voids perspective on LVC upgrading and integration

S Soliman, M Papanastassiou… - Journal of International …, 2023 - Elsevier
We explore the process through which MNE subsidiaries engage and retain a critical mass
of small suppliers in Global Value Chains (GVCs) while addressing institutional voids in …

[HTML][HTML] Competitive agricultural input markets in Ethiopia: Theoretical promises versus reality

ZH Shikur - Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Using the agency theory framework to develop conceptual frameworks, this study
investigates the main challenges to and potential determinants of competitive agricultural …