Value Chains
This project investigates economic opportunities available to small
producers, how these opportunities are shaped by value chain
governance, and how this in turn shapes opportunities for small growers
to move out of poverty by equitably participating in local and regional
agricultural markets. Many governments’
prescriptions in the region promote greater market access for small
producers, but existing evidence suggests that access is only part of
the problem: the way value chain structure and governance marginalise
small producers is just as important. The project therefore explores
how value chains actually work, and the positions of small producers
within them, so as to promote evidence-based policy making to improve
the livelihoods of poor producers through ‘pro-poor value chain
governance’.
Labour in Large Scale Agriculture in Africa and Southeast Asia