Chain-wide learning for inclusive agrifood market development: a guide to multi-stakeholder processes for linking small-scale producers to modern markets
Rapid changes in how food is produced, processed, wholesaled and retailed affects the entire value chain - from producer to consumer. Particularly in countries with developing and emerging economies, the pace of change brings significant challenges for small-scale producers, policy makers and business.
This guide provides concepts and tools for working with actors along the entire value chain so that modern markets can be more inclusive of small-scale producers and entrepreneurs. The authors emphasise the importance of building effective partnerships between government, business and civil society organisations - a “three-way deal” that requires joint learning among different actors.
The guide is intended to provide both a deeper understanding of institutions and a process for better engagement between different stakeholders, providing both core concepts and practical guidelines.
Specifically, the guide:
- explains the drivers of change in modern agrifood markets
- provides a framework for analysing how institutions and policies shape the risks and opportunities for small-scale producers and entrepreneurs
- shows how to design multi-stakeholder processes that help actors from along the chain work together to realise common interests and secure domestic and regional markets inclusive of small-scale producers and entrepreneurs
- offers practical ideas for facilitating workshops and policy dialogues
The guide is designed to be accessible to people with relatively little facilitation experience or knowledge of participatory tools, as a recipe to make a start in working with different stakeholders. However, it may also be of use to more experienced policy-makers, business strategists and facilitators as a source of inspiration and ideas.
