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Statistics South Africa has estimated the South African population at more than 55 million people. The World Wildlife Fund has estimated that, with a population growth of nearly 2% per year, the population could reach nearly 80 million by the year 2035. South Africa, with its growing population, is seeing a changing agro-food landscape in accordance with global changes. It is important to note that the South African agricultural sector takes on a form that is dualistic in nature, spread between large-scale commercial farmers and small-scale, emerging farmers. These small-scale farmers often face numerous constraints, which curb their market access. Without small-scale farmers entering the value chain, there is limited participation of smaller agro-processing organizations in the downstream value-chain. Following a description of these critical constraints faced by small-scale farmers in a country like South Africa, this dissertation focuses on a method to capture the true responses from respondents in two case studies. In the first part of the objective, the analysis focuses on value-related questions applied to different respondents in each case study. These value-related questions relate to the following: The main advantages _ The main disadvantages _ The major lessons learned _ The major challenges experienced After the value-related analysis, further analysis of the specific objectives captures the true impacts of the model and evaluates how the current constraints are eliminated. The impacts and constraints are: Impacts of participating in the agro-processing model: _ aÌ22́Ơ¿3Access to resources and knowledge _ Economic and social gains _ Environmental and health impactsaÌ22́Ơ℗+ Addressing the constraints faced by the small-scale farmers: _ aÌ22́Ơ¿3Weakness of support services _ Prevailing farming structure _ Access to finance and risk management _ Producer knowledgeaÌ22́Ơ℗+ After studying previous literature and the current analyses, it became increasingly clear that it is important for big business to engage in transactions with small-scale farmers. Critical impacts for small-scale farmers as specified above and examined in more detail in Chapter 4 through inclusive business models will be beneficial to small and rural communities. They will improve food security on small and commercial scales, and ultimately lead to the development of agricultural land that was previously not utilized or underdeveloped. In conclusion, it can be said the proposition can be supported that a small- and medium-scale agro-processing model could be accepted as an alternative inclusion mechanism that would effectively address the constraints faced by small-scale farmers when entering high-value food markets. However, further research is recommended in this area.
ÿ Inclusive business is hailed as a win-win scenario for the development of poor communities; yet there is little insight into how these inclusive businesses work and, more importantly, for whom. This book aims for a thorough understanding of the range of inclusive businesses in agriculture by examining: the structures they implement, the actors involved, and whether they are effectively inclusive of smallholders. It presents a range of case studies and is therefore empirically based and practically oriented. By offering a critical assessment of inclusive businesses overall, it allows for a better perception of what works where, and under which conditions. It provides useful insights that will benefit smallholders, agri-businesses, support groups, policy makers and investors who are willing to promote more inclusive businesses, that foster a better integration of smallholders into commercial value-chains and a more equitable and sustainable agricultural sector.
Governments, nongovernmental organizations, donors, and the private sector have increasingly embraced value-chain development (VCD) for stimulating economic growth and combating rural poverty. Innovation for Inclusive Value-Chain Development: Successes and Challenges helps to fill the current gap in systematic knowledge about how well VCD has performed, related trade-offs or undesired effects, and which combinations of VCD elements are most likely to reduce poverty and deliver on overall development goals. This book uses case studies to examine a range of VCD experiences. Approaching the subject from various angles, it looks at new linkages to markets and the role of farmer organizations and contract farming in raising productivity and access to markets, the minimum assets requirement to participate in VCD, the role of multi-stakeholder platforms in VCD, and how to measure and identify successful VCD interventions. The book also explores the challenges livestock-dependent people face; how urbanization and advancing technologies affect linkages; ways to increase gender inclusion and economic growth; and the different roles various types of platforms play in VCD.
This book aims to typify the extent to which contract farming is helping small farmers to access markets and meet increasingly stringent requirements, not only of "modern" food manufacturers, retailers, exporters and food service firms,by also in non-food sectors such as biofuels and forestry. It also seeks to clarify differences in the functionality of contracts depending on commodity, market, technology, public policies and country circumstances. Conceptual issues are discussed and a series of case study appraisals based on real world examples from developing regions are presented. The issuesraised by the case study authors and the key messages synthesized in the initial book chapter bring new insights and contributions to further enrich knowledge on contract farming as a tool for inclusive market access in development countries.
This book provides a comprehensive exploration into the identification and development of sustainable business models as well as their implementation, management and evaluation. With ever-increasing pressure on organisations to respond to societal change and improve competition through sustainable business model innovation (SBMI), this book aims to contribute to the knowledge of their design and management. The chapters explore the role of partnerships, the Internet of Things and the circular economy, among other factors, in developing SBM and how SBMI is facilitated through ideation and in entrepreneurial settings. Providing new typologies, patterns and a framework to evaluate the level of sustainability of business models, this book critically reviews existing literature on the topic to examine the potential of SBMI in research and in practice. The contributing authors employ a number of case studies and case examples to illustrate the integration of sustainable business models throughout the value chain, and their influence on wider social, environmental and business activities.
A training package including a facilitators's manual and series of PowerPoint presentations, developed to support design and implementation of small-holder-based market-linkage initiatives using the Inclusive Business Models (IBM) approach.
This publication is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. A Market Facilitator's Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the "enabling rural innovation" approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower farmer groups with the necessary skills to make informed decisions for their economic development, based on an analysis of their surroundings, assets and skills. The methodology also aims for outcomes that are equitable, gender focused and participatory.
Using sustainable food value chain development (SFVCD) approaches to reduce poverty presents both great opportunities and daunting challenges. SFVCD requires a systems approach to identifying root problems, innovative thinking to find effective solutions and broad-based partnerships to implement programmes that have an impact at scale. In practice, however, a misunderstanding of its fundamental nature can easily result in value-chain projects having limited or non-sustainable impact. Furthermore, development practitioners around the world are learning valuable lessons from both failures and successes, but many of these are not well disseminated. This new set of handbooks aims to address these gaps by providing practical guidance on SFVCD to a target audience of policy-makers, project designers and field practitioners. This first handbook provides a solid conceptual foundation on which to build the subsequent handbooks. It (1) clearly defines the concept of a sustainable food value chain; (2) presents and discusses a development paradigm that integrates the multidimensional concepts of sustainability and value added; (3) presents, discusses and illustrates ten principles that underlie SFVCD; and (4) discusses the potential and limitations of using the value-chain concept in food-systems development. By doing so, the handbook makes a strong case for placing SFVCD at the heart of any strategy aimed at reducing poverty and hunger in the long run.