Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to take stock of the current state of
knowledge about inclusive value-chain development (VCD) in the context of international …

Purpose–In recent years, governments, donors, and NGOs have increasingly embraced
value chain development (VCD) for stimulating economic growth and combating rural …

Over the last decade, the global value chain (GVC) approach, with its associated notions of
chain governance and firm upgrading, has proliferated as a mode of analysis and of …

Agri-food value chains are complex systems comprising of a network of interlinked and
interdependent actors. To foster collaboration between these actors, trust between actors …

A methodology has been developed to apply value chain analysis (VCA) to the informal
recycling sector, and demonstrated using the Zabaleen in Cairo, Egypt as a case study. The …

The rapid expansion of modern food retail encapsulated in the so-called 'supermarket
revolution'is often portrayed as a pivotal driving force in the modernization of agri-food …

This study aims to identify the methods and associated indicators that are commonly used in
value chain analyses (VCA) and to determine the areas of interest that have been excluded …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that agricultural commodity value chain
development using multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) can fast-track improvement in the …

Value chain for development (VCD) has increasingly been promoted for poverty reduction;
yet, there is inadequate evidence on its effectiveness. Based on a comprehensive literature …

The black plum Vitex doniana is a wild tree widely distributed in Africa. It is consumed as a
leafy vegetable by at least 22 ethnic groups in Benin and also used as a source of income …