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Value chains, agricultural markets and food security

The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2015–16

Year of publication 2015

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author Swinnen, J.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Agricultural trade and value chains entail the potential to increase rural incomes and reduce rural poverty. This note looks at some of the implications of these global agri-food value chains for food security and poverty reduction by focusing on the following aspects which directly and indirectly affect food security: (a) smallholder inclusion in value chains; (b) impacts on smallholder’s income and food security; (c) technology transfer and access to inputs; (d) labour market effects and impac ts on gender and rural poverty; and (e) the interaction between liberalization policies and value chains. The conclusions summarize the key insights and refer for more detailed analyses to a series of studies that are listed in the reference list.

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