Value-chain development for rural poverty reduction: A reality check and a warning

international food policy research institute

Value-chain development for rural poverty reduction: A reality check and a warning

2016

international food policy research institute (ifpri)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 'Value-chain development for rural poverty reduction: A reality check and a warning', pp.p. 75-92, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2016

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This chapter draws attention to the link between VCD and smallholder livelihood strategies that comprise a complex mix of subsistence and market-oriented activities and that are diversified to meet multiple livelihood goals and mitigate risks; and the authors address the related implications for the design and assessment of value-chain interventions. They question some of the underlying assumptions of NGOs, government agencies, and private-sector agents seeking to link smallholders to higher-value markets

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