This guide is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. The guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the "enabling rural innovation" (ERI) 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. 130 p. 21.5 x 28 cm.
Keywords: Agroindustry; Participatory research; Agroindustrial sector; Development projects; Small farms; Planning; Partnerships; Community involvement; Marketing; Market research; Supply balance; Teaching materials; Latin America; Africa; Asia
ISBN: 958-694-083-7
Many voices in the CGIAR are calling for a new emphasis in the work of the international agricultural research centers on knowledge sharing, learning, and innovation. Over the last year or so, the Knowledge Sharing (KS) Project of the CGIAR's ICT-KM Program has demonstrated concretely how we can collectively bring about this change. The project focused mainly on major meetings as an opportunity for introducing Knowledge Sharing (KS) attitudes, methods and tools into our organizations. Meeting participants experiment and discover new ways of establishing collegial relationships and help them to evolve towards a more creative scientific collaboration. This magazine-style report documents the four pilot initiatives carried out by the KS Project, jointly by CIAT, CIFOR, CIMMYT, and IWMI, in partnership with the Bellanet International Secretariat at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada, from around mid-2004 to late 2005. It is designed to spark the interest of all those in the CGIAR centers and their partner organizations who seek to make better use of the scientific and related knowledge available within the global agricultural research community. 24 p. 21.5 x 27.5 cm.
Keywords: Knowledge management; Communication technology; International organizations; CGIAR; Human resources; Training; Partnerships; Cultural values; Information systems; Diffusion of research; Evaluation; Innovation adoption; Asia; America; Colombia
ISBN:958-694-080-2
Territorial Approach to Rural Agro-enterprise Development: A Guide to Developing Partnerships, Territorial Analysis and Planning Together. Manual 1. This guide is the second in a series of eight documents designed to address the entrepreneurial development needs of institutions that support rural communities. This guide provides methodologies that lay the groundwork for a participatory approach to agro-enterprise development. The methodologies in this guide will assist a service provider to (i) define a project area, (ii) establish an agro-enterprise working group, (iii) conduct a resource assessment of the project area and (iv) select farmers groups. The output from the work to be undertaken in this guide is a joint action plan that the partners will use to develop an agro-enterprise projects. 64 p. 21.5 x 28 cm.
Keywords: Partnerships; Planning; Rural development; Innovation; Community involvement; Teaching materials; Agroindustrial development; Participatory research; Latin America; Asia; Africa
Territorial Approach to Rural Agro-enterprise Development: Increasing the Competitiveness of Market Chains for Smallholder Producers. Manual 3. This guide is the fourth in a series of documents designed to address the entrepreneurial development needs of institutions that support rural communities. Having selected a product for enterprise development, using the tools in Guide 4 of this series, this guide focuses on the methods used analysis of a specific market chain. The methods in this guide are rapid and therefore use key informants as sources of information and participatory, such that representatives from the farmers groups are involved in gathering primary information from people along the market chain. The approach not only considers information on changes in price, quality and quantity along the chain, through intermediaries, but also takes a wider view of the market chain by including an evaluation of the efficiency of the flow of goods and services along the chain and the level of business organization of the services that support the chain. The method highlights critical points in the market chain that can be strengthened to the benefit of producers but also of traders and retailers. At the heart of this manual is the concept of how to shift from a production or supply chain into a "value chain". The manual is divided into 10 modules, each structured with guiding questions, concepts, appropriate tools, practical examples, and a review of the themes introduced. The final output of this manual is a business plan which can be used to develop into a new agro-enterprise venture. 117 p. 21.5 x 27 cm. Also available in Spanish.
Keywords: Markets; Small farms; Rural development; Market research; Innovation; Methods; Surveys; Planning; Partnerships; Teaching materials; Agroindustrial development; Participatory research; Competitiveness; Latin America; Asia; Africa
This strategy document is the first in a series of eight documents designed to address the entrepreneurial development needs of institutions that support rural communities. This first document in the series provides an overview of the components that make up the agro-enterprise process. The list of titles in this series now includes: (i) Strategy paper, (ii) Developing partnerships and Joint planning, (iii) A Market facilitator's Guide, (iv) Market opportunity identification, (v) Market chain analysis and Enterprise planning, (vi) Collective Marketing, (vii) Strengthening Business Development Services (viii) Advocating for improved marketing and trade policies. 30 p. 21.5 x 28 cm.
Keywords: Rural areas; Agroindustrial sector; Development projects; Rural communities; Rural development; Methods; Markets; Prices; Marketing; Market research; Partnerships; Latin America; Africa; Asia
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