Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 8 Issue 1

Introduction to special issue: smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems

Alastair Orr, Jason Donovan

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new conceptual framework for smallholder value chains based on complex adaptive systems.

Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework

Alastair Orr, Jason Donovan, Dietmar Stoian

Smallholder value chains are dynamic, changing over time in sudden, unpredictable ways as they adapt to shocks. Understanding these dynamics and adaptation is essential for these…

Killing the goose? The value chain for sorghum beer in Kenya

Alastair Orr

The decision by the Government of Kenya in 2013 to increase tax revenue by imposing excise duty of 50 percent on sorghum beer resulted in economic losses for smallholders, the…

Shaping, adapting and reserving the right to play: Responding to uncertainty in high quality cassava flour value chains in Nigeria

Richard Lamboll, Adrienne Martin, Lateef Sanni, Kolawole Adebayo, Andrew Graffham, Ulrich Kleih, Louise Abayomi, Andrew Westby

The purpose of this paper is to explain why the high quality cassava flour (HQCF) value chain in Nigeria has not performed as well as expected. The specific objectives are to…

Ambition meets reality: lessons from the taro boom in Nicaragua

Jason Donovan, Nigel Poole, Keith Poe, Ingrid Herrera-Arauz

Between 2006 and 2011, Nicaragua shipped an average of US$9.4 million per year of smallholder-produced fresh taro (Colocasia esculenta) to the USA; however, by 2016, the US market…

Agricultural innovation and inclusive value-chain development: a review

Andre Devaux, Maximo Torero, Jason Donovan, Douglas Horton

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to take stock of the current state of knowledge about inclusive value-chain development (VCD) in the context of international…

Entrepreneurial behaviour formation among Farmers: Evidence from the Pakistani dairy industry

Asif Yaseen, Simon Somogyi, Kim Bryceson

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how farmers perceive and exploit business opportunities to foster entrepreneurship in developing country agriculture.

Do seasonality, break and spillover effects explain commodity price volatility: Evidence from the Indian commodity markets

Debashish Maitra

The purpose of this paper is to understand the volatility in commodity futures and spot markets. The study starts with a few questions: first, the effect of seasonality on the…

Multi-stakeholder partnerships in value chain development: A case of the organic pineapple in Ntungamo district, Western Uganda

Rebecca Mutebi Kalibwani, Jennifer Twebaze, Rick Kamugisha, Medard Kakuru, Moses Sabiiti, Irene Kugonza, Moses Tenywa, Sospeter Nyamwaro

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that agricultural commodity value chain development using multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) can fast-track improvement in the…

Revisiting the profitability and technical efficiency of cocoa production amidst economic diversification program of the Nigerian Government: A case study of Ondo State

Wasiu Olayinka Fawole, Burhan Ozkan

The purpose of this paper is to assess how profitable and technically efficient is cocoa enterprise in Ondo State of Nigeria especially amidst the ongoing diversification program…

Religious beliefs and the promotion of socially responsible entrepreneurship in the Indian agribusiness industry

Amarjit Gill, Neil Mathur

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between religious beliefs and socially responsible investment in the Indian agricultural industry.