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This report provides discussions with eight agricultural development organisations: Technoserve, SNV, Farm Africa, Self Help Africa, One Acre Fund, Twin and Twin Trading, ACDI/VOCA, and FANRPAN, that are linking smallholder African farmers to markets. It shares the organisations' perspectives on the role of enterprise in future food security and nutrition; the experiences and challenges; and recommendations to G8 leaders on how to embed enterprise development and solutions more effectively into the post-2015 agenda.

This case study looks reviews a VECO chain development project in Vietnam, aiming to improve the quality of the tea by developing strong market linkages and collective actions, resulting in a better income for farmers.

This case study showcases the ACI agribusiness model, an integrated contract farming project that provides financing, inputs, training and guaranteed crop purchases to farmers; reducing costs and increasing yields. The study analyses the evolution of the model, how it works, commercial results, development impacts, and lessons learnt. 

This project profile showcases IAP grantee ACI which aims to develop and sell stress tolerant seed varieties that increase agricultural productivity and decrease poverty among farm families in Bangladesh.

The aim of this study is to identify feasible concepts for enhancing rural insurance services and literacy in India. It explores the evolution of agriculture in India and the potential opportunities for insurance, illustrating and analysing existing companies, models and reforms for agricultural insurance. Based on this analysis, the paper concludes with suggested interventions for the preparation of a new development cooperation project “Risk Reduction through Rural Insurance Services”.

The report provides comprehensive knowledge on Agricultural Value Chain Finance (AVCF) in Africa and its development, including models and drives of finance, sources of funding, participations of development finance institutions, policies and regulations and the role of development partners.

This report examines opportunities for business engagement in order to increase benefits to smallholder farmers from agricultural production. It discusses the Mekong Delta region and its economy; agriculture in the Mekong Delta; as well as existing donor engagement with business in agriculture in the Mekong Delta.

Este libro presenta el impacto y las características principales de las agroindustrias en los países en vias de desarrollo, así como una serie de recomendaciones sobre la labor del sector público y privado para impulsar el crecimiento de las agroindustrias.

Este estudio presenta un análisis de la cadena de valor del algodón en México, su situación actual, los actores involucrados, los retos, oportunidades y recomendaciones, asi como las experiencias de otros países manejando este producto.

This short briefing, part of a series that demonstrates how specific products and services can expand the reach of financing for smallholder farmers, presents what is required for a healthy, competitive smallholder banking sector. It breaks banks into four archetypes, including an assessment of how effectively each archetype serves smallholders and its attractiveness to public or commercial investors.