VALUE CHAINS

Measuring food loss, identifying where in the food system it occurs, and developing effective policies along every stage of the value chain are essential first steps in addressing the problem of food loss and waste in developing countries. Food loss has been defined in many ways, and disagreement remains regarding proper terminology and measurement methodology. New paper addresses the existing measurement gap.

Study showed that nearly 75% of consumers in Cusco, Peru were willing to pay at least 10% more for the locally grown fruits. Those ready to pay premium were on average younger, more educated, had higher household incomes, and had more young children.

Since the early 2000’s, practitioners and researchers have been working on ways to design market-oriented development interventions with smallholders. Many

The new book edited by a group of authors working with our Inclusive Value Chains and Efficient Trade research flagship talks about value-chain development

International conference on Agri-Chains and Sustainable Development: Linking local and global dynamics (AC&SD 2016) organized in Montpellier, France, on 12-14 December 2016, will

Improving the livelihoods of livestock smallholders and other value chain actors through livestock value addition and marketing is constrained by

The session “International value chains in agriculture: challenges and opportunities to address gender inequalities” organized by IFPRI with support from

The LINK Methodology is a participatory guide created by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and partners in 2007

Cross-posted from RTB Research and lessons learned from a collaboration between the CGIAR Research Programs on Roots, Tubers and Bananas