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Adetonah, Sounkoura; Coulibaly, Ousmane; Sessou, E.; Padonou, S.; Dembele, U.; Adekambli, S.. |
Intensifying inland valley systems will require the promotion of high value commodity chain system involving rice and vegetable with increased productivity and low per unit cost of production and natural resources. The objective aim to identify the current production systems assesses their constraints and analyzes the profitability of best bet rice and vegetable cropping systems under different levels of input use and access to market. A total of 235 producers selected in Benin and Mali according to input use and access to product market. The value chain approach used to analyze the performance associated with productivity. The results show that four main chain stakeholders operate in the inland valley: producers, processors, trader and consumers. This... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Promotion; Value chains; Rice/Vegetable; Benin; Mali; Land Economics/Use. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96815 |
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Riedel, Bettina. |
In the present study we combine cluster theory with a value chain approach, with the aim of discovering elements of the European fresh vegetable business that could enable local producers to gain competitive advantages in a global market. European producers of fresh vegetables are under pressure to improve their performance and increase their competitiveness. Competitive advantage can be gained through innovation and by using unique resources stemming from cooperation between producers and complementary actors in local clusters. However, locally clustered producers do not sell to open markets but need access to value chains governed by lead firms, the large European retail chains, which set the rules and conditions of participation. The study presents... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Fresh vegetables; Value chains; Clusters; Competitiveness; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Q13. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54094 |
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