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innovative business models, small farmer inclusion, social entrepreneurship, train ce food, market failures in agriculture,
Types: Food supply chain, Innovative business models, Social entrepreneurship and cooperatives
Sector: English
Skill: 2015 - now
Targets: Best practices, Books, Books, guides
Dogs: Cooperatives/NGOs, Cooperatives/NGOs Teachers/trainers/educators, Higher education students (Post-Secondary and Tertiary, Other stakeholders (e.g. decision-makers, interested civil society, etc.), researches, Teachers/trainers/educators, researches
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Farmer participation in agricultural markets is of major importance for rural economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. This paper discusses market failures and constraints in agriculture in low-income countries, focusing on how these failures and constraints affect small farmers, input sellers and output buyers. It then explores innovative models implemented to address these challenges, including: out- grower schemes; input bundling programmes; decommodification through quality product differentiation; information and communication technologies; distributed ledger technologies; and direct purchasing models. Finally, the paper reviews the existing evidence surrounding these innovative approaches and highlights evidentiary gaps.

Author: Hope Michelson (Associate Professor – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 2020

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