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July 6, 2015Knowledge Portal
From smallholder to small business: Private sector insights on service delivery models that boost profitability along the value chain

This report (PDF) by Grow Africa and IDH, offers a first set of insights, distilled from the knowledge of leading practitioners, on how to successfully integrate smallholders into value chains through effective service delivery and smallholder aggregation models. »

Dutch policy coherence developments for food security
July 3, 2015News
Dutch policy coherence developments for food security

On June 16, 2015 an expert discussion on the Coherence Monitor 2015 Let’s Walk the Talk Together (in Dutch) was held to inform Dutch Parliamentarians for further dialogue on coherence for development with the Dutch cabinet. This Monitor was offered to Minister Ploumen for Foreign Trade and Development by the Dutch NGOs’ umbrella organisation Partos, in »

June 22, 2015Knowledge Portal
Mobile payments: How digital finance is transforming agriculture

This report (PDF) by The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) offers new and interesting insights on the role that digital finance can play in providing a more cost-effective and secure method for financial transactions in the agricultural sector, particularly for rural smallholder farms. In doing so, it offers a three-step approach for digital financed-based business development that emphasizes deep engagement with smallholder farmers, innovative partnership strategies, and a focus on mutual value creation. »

June 12, 2015Knowledge Portal
Land policies and their implications for smallholder agriculture in Africa

This report presents a review of national land and agricultural policies and policy formulation and implementation processes in Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique and Zambia. The report presents lessons on good and bad practice of agricultural policy formulation and implementation in Africa and recommends strategies. »

June 3, 2015Knowledge Portal
Agriculture and rural development for inclusive growth and food security in Morocco

This working paper (PDF) from Brookings Institution states that the objective of inclusive growth is linked to that of food and nutrition security. The Government of Morocco is implementing a rural development strategy with two pillars: the first pillar focuses on large modern farms, and the second pillar focuses on smallholder and family farming. The author argues that the twin goals of inclusive growth and food security would be best achieved by emphasizing the importance of the second pillar. »

June 1, 2015Knowledge Portal
CARE’s dairy value chain: Making markets work for smallholder farmers in Bangladesh

In this book by CARE: Making Markets More Inclusive, in-depth, behind-the-scenes lessons are highlighted from CARE’s work in the dairy value chain in northwest Bangladesh. The book provides a top five of lessons on how to make markets work. »