Learning Lessons: Agricultural Value Chains for Development
Asian Development Bank | June 2013
Abstract
Designing projects and programs supporting the engagement of smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in increasingly dynamic, but complex agricultural value chains is becoming more challenging as market requirements and lifestyles change, and government policies shift. Yet, rising demand for safe, high-value, and differentiated agricultural products is creating unprecedented opportunities for them to participate in value chains to reduce costs, increase revenue and bargaining power, and improve access to technology, information, and capital.
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Asian Development Bank. 2013. Learning Lessons: Agricultural Value Chains for Development. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3345. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Agricultural And Rural Development
Asian Development Bank
Water Resources Development
Sustainable Development
Agribusiness
Agroindustry
Agricultural institutes
Agricultural development
Joint projects
Development models
Industrial policy
Food Supply
Economic development
New agricultural enterprises
Cooperative agriculture
Government policy
Entrepreneurship
Communication in rural development
Development banks
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