Plateforme de Connaissances sur les Chaînes de Valeur Alimentaires Durables

Agro-Based Clusters in Developing Countries: Staying Competitive in a Globalized Economy

2010

The present paper presents existing literature and methodologies on agro-based cluster development, and provides insights into cluster promotion in Latin America, Asia and Africa. It offers a series of best practices recommendations to ensure that governments and other facilitating institutions provide effective support to agricultural clusters. These recommendations relate to areas where government support is necessary and beneficial, and principles that should guide public interventions concerning agricultural clusters. However, as with everything out in the real world, all about agricultural clusters is not perfect. Consequently, the report ends with a discussion of the limitations and potential risks posed by inadequate agricultural cluster policies.

Pays: Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Chile, Nicaragua, China - Mainland, India, Thailand, Viet Nam, Non-country specific
Produits: Coffee, Fruits in general, Grape (wine), Roots and tubers in general, Meat in general (except Poultry meat), Fish in general, Salmon, Non-Commodity specific
Thèmes: Agro-based concentrations, Business-enabling environment in general
Auteur (personne): Eva Gálvez-Nogales
Éditeur: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Case illustration, Discussion
Format: Document
Références (Télécharger): EN