Farmers’ perceptions of the important requirements to obtain finance per finance provider type ^a (n = 434).

<p>Farmers’ perceptions of the important requirements to obtain finance per finance provider type <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0179285#t003fn001" target="_blank">^a</a> (n = 434).</p

Important finance requirements from the perspective of different finance provider types ^a.

<p>Important finance requirements from the perspective of different finance provider types <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0179285#t002fn001" target="_blank">^a</a>.</p

Mean farmer knowledge scores and coefficients from the censored regression of knowledge scores on the influencing factors (n = 434), standard errors in parentheses.

<p>Mean farmer knowledge scores and coefficients from the censored regression of knowledge scores on the influencing factors (n = 434), standard errors in parentheses.</p

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of farms in the sample.

<p>Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of farms in the sample.</p

Relative importance of strategies for local value-added by scenario.

<p>Relative importance of strategies for local value-added by scenario.</p

REMix - Capacity Expansion Model What are the benefits of adequate capacity expansion planning ?

<div><p>Selection of value chain strategies by development practitioners and value chain participants themselves has been restricted to preset types of upgrading. This paper argues for an extension of the range of strategy solutions to value chains. An empirical application identifies successful strategies for honey value chains in Brazil for 2015–2020. Strategy and performance indicators were selected using the value chain Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) framework. Experts’ opinion was elicited in a Delphi for business scenarios, and adaptive conjoint analysis was used to identify strategies for increasing production growth and local value-added. This study identifies important strategies beyond upgrading typologies, and finds that important strategies differ by performance goal and scenario. The value chain SCP allows searching for promising strategies towards performance–the “better deal”–in an integrated way.</p></div

Relative importance of strategies for production growth by scenario.

<p>Relative importance of strategies for production growth by scenario.</p

Performance indicator figures of the selected value chain streams.

<p>Performance indicator figures of the selected value chain streams.</p

Value chain SCP framework and its categories.

<p>Source: [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0181391#pone.0181391.ref030" target="_blank">30</a>].</p

Summary of figures for the selected value chain streams (2011).

<p>Summary of figures for the selected value chain streams (2011).</p