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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. ; PART 1 Innovation for Inclusive Value-Chain Development: Highlights Douglas Horton, Jason Donovan, André Devaux, and Maximo Torero PART 2 Challenges and Approaches for Inclusive Value-Chain Development: Introduction Jason Donovan, Dietmar Stoian, and Mark Lundy Chapter 1 Guides for Value-Chain Development:A Comparative Review Jason Donovan, Steve Franzel, Marcelo Cunha, Amos Gyau, and Dagmar Mithöfer Chapter 2 Value-Chain Development for Rural Poverty Reduction: A Reality Check and a Warning Dietmar Stoian, Jason Donovan, John Fisk, and Michelle F. Muldoon Chapter 3 Changing Asset Endowments and Smallholder Participation in Higher-Value Markets: Evidence from Certified-Coffee Producers in Nicaragua Jason Donovan and Nigel Poole Chapter 4 Contract Farming in Developing Countries: Theory, Practice, and Policy Implications Nicholas Minot and Bradley Sawyer PART 3 Integrating Agricultural Innovation and Inclusive Value-Chain Development: Introduction André Devaux, Claudio Velasco, and Matthias Jager Chapter 5 Enhancing Innovation in Livestock Value Chains through Networks: Lessons from Fodder Innovation Case Studies in Developing Countries Seife Ayele, Alan Duncan, Asamoah Larbi, and Truong Tan Khanh Chapter 6 Transformation of Smallholder Beef-Cattle Production in Vietnam Werner Stür, Truong Tan Khanh, and Alan Duncan Chapter 7 Collective Action for Market-Chain Innovation in the Andes André Devaux, Douglas Horton, Claudio Velasco, Graham Thiele, Gastón López, Thomas Bernet, Iván Reinoso, and Miguel Ordinola Chapter 8 Multistakeholder Platforms for Linking Small Farmers to Value Chains: Evidence from the Andes Graham Thiele, André Devaux, Iván Reinoso, Hernán Pico, Fabián Montesdeoca, Manuel Pumisacho, Jorge Andrade-Piedra, Claudio Velasco, Paola Flores, Raúl Esprella, Alice Thomann, Kurt Manrique, and Doug Horton Chapter 9 Unraveling the Role of Innovation Platforms in Supporting Coevolution of Innovation: Contributions and Tensions in a Smallholder Dairy-Development Program Catherine W. Kilelu, Laurens Klerkx, and Cees Leeuwis Chapter 10 Dealing with Critical Challenges in African Innovation Platforms: Lessons for Facilitation Kees Swaans, Beth Cullen, André van Rooyen, Adewale Adekunle, Hlami Ngwenya, Zelalem Lema, and Suzanne Nederlof Chapter 11 Impact of Third-Party Enforcement of Contracts in Agricultural Markets—A Field Experiment in Vietnam Christoph Saenger, Maximo Torero, and Matin Qaim Chapter 12 Linking Smallholders to the New Agricultural Economy: The Case of the Plataformas de Concertación in Ecuador Romina Cavatassi, Mario González-Flores, Paul Winters, Jorge Andrade-Piedra, Patricio Espinosa, and Graham Thiele Chapter 13 Lapses, Infidelities, and Creative Adaptations: Lessons from Evaluation of a Participatory Market Development Approach in the Andes Douglas Horton, Emma Rotondo, Rodrigo Paz Ybarnegaray, Guy Hareau, André Devaux, and Graham Thiele Chapter 14 Using Quantitative Tools to Measure Gender Differences Within Value Chains Lucia Madrigal and Maximo Torero ; PR ; IFPRI1; CRP2; C Improving markets and trade; B Promoting healthy food systems ; MTID; PIM ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

In this paper, we apply a mixed-method multisectoral diagnostic to examine potential interventions in food systems to improve diets of rural smallholder farmers in Malawi. We examine the entry points for interventions involving public and nonprofit (including both government and development partners) and private-sector perspectives. In addition, we explore the methodological and theoretical requirements for undertaking this type of multisectoral analysis. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; DCA; CRP4; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; 5 Strengthening Institutions and Governance; Capacity Strengthening; UNFSS ; PHND; DSGD; A4NH ; CGIAR Research Programs on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Governments and development partners looking to accelerate progress in addressing malnutrition have been examining how to use interventions in value-chains to improve diets. However, the links between interventions in value chains and diets involve a range of direct and indirect effects that are not yet well understood. We apply a mixed-method multisectoral diagnostic to examine potential interventions in food systems to improve diets of smallholder farmers in Malawi. We examine entry points for interventions involving public and private-sectors, and explore the methodological requirements for undertaking this type of multisectoral analysis. We find that although food consumption is dominated by maize, a range of nutritious foods are also being consumed; including leafy greens, fruits, chicken, dried fish, dried beans and peas, and groundnuts. Yet important deficits in nutrient intake remain prevalent in low-income households due to inadequate quantity of consumption. While increasing consumption through own-production is one potentially important channel to increase quantity of nutritious foods available (particularly fruits and leafy green vegetables), markets also play a potentially important role. Nutritious foods are available on markets year-round, although strong seasonality impacts the availability and price of perishable products. For beans, peas and groundnuts, supply appears to be available throughout the year, with price fluctuations relatively controlled due to storage capacity and imports. The capacity of markets to supply safe and nutritious food is limited by a number of issues, including poor hygiene; lack of infrastructure for storage and selling; limited information on nutrition, and weak coordination among sellers and producers. Other bottlenecks include: on-farm constraints for expanded production, consumers with limited purchasing capacity, intense competition among sellers and few services for sellers to increase volume of product sold during peak demand. The diagnostics identify the role of information-related interventions to optimize decisions related to food choices, involving a range of different foods and value-chains, that could potentially lead to short- and medium-term improvements in diets. Longer-term and more resource-intensive interventions are also identified, such as improving capacity for product differentiation, processing, storage, and market infrastructure across a different range of food chains, so as to maximise coherence between short- and long-term planning. The findings highlight the benefits of applying a strategic, food systems-based approach of identifying specific and complementary actions for both the public and private sectors that can improve the diets of low-income populations. ; IFPRI3; ISI; MaSSP; CRP4; DCA; UNFSS ; PHND; A4NH; DSGD ; PR ; CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Societal Impact Statement: The production and availability of food underpins societal stability. In Afghanistan, wheat is the major arable agricultural crop and source of dietary energy. The withdrawal of NATO allies and partner countries from Afghanistan presents numerous well‐documented societal and political challenges and has impacts on immediate and longer‐term food security. Conflict‐impacted irrigation infrastructure coupled with growing climate instability have also contributed markedly to reductions in current food, and specifically wheat, production. Here, we review the status of Afghan wheat improvement and propose a research agenda to support the regeneration of Afghanistan's wheat and agricultural sector. Summary: Afghanistan is a country with diverse natural ecologies in a largely arid and mountainous region. The rural sector is still considered to drive economic potential. Current social, political and economic instability along with climatic challenges are driving food and water insecurity in the wider region. In the short term, it is likely that this and the associated challenges of displacement and unemployment can only be addressed by humanitarian intervention and agrifood and nutrition support. In the medium to long term, drought, and heat, probably linked to climate change, will pose recurrent challenges for agriculture and food security that will require a much broader set of interventions to secure the rural population's livelihoods. The genetic gap, among other major challenges, must be addressed if Afghanistan is to develop its agricultural potential leading to income and livelihood improvements for farmers and stable and accessible supplies for consumers. Only thereby will the country be enabled to reap the important and long‐sought trade and food security benefits derived from self‐sufficiency. Here, we highlight the agricultural challenges facing Afghanistan and propose forward strategies for ensuring the future stability of wheat production, the cornerstone of Afghan agriculture.