188 research outputs found
Rice farmers, local markets and rice trade: A case study of local market dynamics in Mozambique and its implications for a cooperative model
"How do we get it to the mill?" A study on bulking arrangements that enable sourcing from smallholders in the Ugandan vegetable oil chain
Ketenstandaard is niet zaligmakend
Ketenstandaarden zijn door hun logica en werkwijze niet automatisch verenigbaar met gezamenlijk initiatieven van boeren of oogsters van natuurproducten om de biodiversiteit in stand te houden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Sietze Vellema van de leerstoelgroep Technologie en agrarische ontwikkeling
Development value chains meet business supply chains: the concept of global value chains unraveled
Enabling social capital formation: upscaling bulking arrangements in the Ugandan oilseed sector
Technological learning for innovating towards sustainable cultivation practices: the Vietnamese smallholder rose sector
Deregulation and globalisation has altered the views of public involvement in development and led to strategies focusing on private sector participation. An implicit assumption seems to be that these linkages will enhance the technological capacity of smallholder producers by way of more cost-efficient technologies trickling down through the value chain or by quality requirements inducing best practices. The argument put forward in this paper is that sustainable non traditional agricultural chain development requires more purposeful actions and institutional transitions, both in the public and private spheres, targeting improved upstream innovative capacities. Empirical findings from a Dutch-Vietnamese partnership on sustainable floriculture development are used. Research revealed that the pest and disease control solutions applied by smallholder rose growers were incremental adaptations of experiences obtained in former food crop cultivation practices. Floriculture however may require more drastic changes in cultivation practices to make the sector more environmentally benign. In the case of smallholder Vietnamese flower producers, this implies adaptation of knowledge and skills currently not present. An important hindrance in promoting this knowledge and skills appears to be the weak vertical linkages between flower growers and public and private research and development organizations
Data supply on coffee, coca and timber to International Commodity Organizations by the Netherlands
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