Can Certified Cocoa Win on All Fronts? A comparative analysis of the trade-offs between reducing deforestation, defeating child labour and increasing producers’ income in four countries
Overall, in the four sampled countries, small producers of cocoa remain rather poor and cocoa cannot be their only sufficient source of revenues. However, their…
Farm stratification and market segmentation in agri-food value chains
Whereas many smallholder farmers rely on rather diversified production systems, commercial market-oriented agri-food production is increasingly concentrated amongst midsize and larger farmers. We…
The Role of the ‘Hidden Middle’ for Agri-food Systems Value Chain Dynamics
This paper analyses the role and importance of midstream actors in the agri-food value chain, drawing on experiences from cash crops, vegetables and fruits, animal-based products and food staples. Main…
The Interactions of Land Tenure and Agricultural Value Chain Development in Africa: A Synthesis from VCA4D studies
This synthesis study analyses the relation between value chain development and land tenure in Africa, primarily through the discussion of eight studies from the VCA4D project. These studies…
Pathways for Reducing the Smallholder Living Income Gap in Agricultural Value Chains
Poverty reduction through rural development can be supported by the engagement of smallholders in commercial value chains that are based on rewarding market prices for the creation of inclusive…
Tension between Social and Environmental Sustainability: Lessons from VCA4D Case Studies in Africa and Ways Forward
The aim of this synthesis paper was to describe some of the commonly occurring trade-offs between social and environmental impacts in the VCA4D case studies, and to identify promising situations (“win-win…
Women’s Role in Agricultural Value Chains – Lessons learnt from VCA4D – Gender Equality Analysis
This synthesis provides a comparative analysis of the situation of a large number (36) of value chains studied by the VCA4D project, between 2016 and 2022, from a gender equality perspective. From…
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