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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Small-scale forest-based processing enterprises 1987
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No results found.Small-scale forest-based processing enterprises comprise an important, but neglected, part of the forestry and forest industries sector. They process a large part of the raw materials from the forest and supply some of the main markets for forest products, in particular in the rural areas of developing countries. Our concern in the work reported on in this publication has been to determine the main features, prospects and problems of such small-scale enterprises and what support could enhance their developmental contribution, and therefore the developmental impact of the forest sector. Many small enterprises are currently unstable, and offer little security or prospect of self-reliance for those engaged in them. These problems need to be tackled by promoting viable enterprises run by rural people through effective participatory organizations which can increase peoples' control over their own economic destiny. External supp ort to increase production and efficiency needs to be compatible with those valuable elements of local culture which still have a role to play in the modern context. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Food Supply and Distribution Networks and How Markets Work in Africa
Food Supply and Distribution to Cities in French-Speaking Africa
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While cities play a key role in the social and economic development of Africa, the interests of the urban population have long been perceived by national and international development agencies as being opposed to those of the rural population. The supply of food to cities, however, highlights the remarkable vitality shown by both urban and rural actors, their common interests and the significant constraints they both face. Thus, policy-makers faced with the challenge of promoting efficient food supply and distribution systems (FSDS) in African cities, should not focus exclusively on improving quantity, regularity, quality and price for the urban consumers but also on how such improvements can be translated into increased income for farmers. This and other studies on FSDSs in African cities have been undertaken in order to provide a framework for policy-makers in meeting this challenge. This paper is based on research carried out by the author in some sub-Saharan African countries, including appraisal studies for market rehabilitation projects funded by Coopération Française and the Caisse Française de Development (Wilhelm, 1994).1 It consists of three chapters, the first of which provides a general overview of food supply systems and discusses the role and functions of urban markets in sub-Saharan Africa. The second chapter analyses the internal organization and operation of major supply and redistribution markets and the conclusions and recommendations for improving FSD Ss in Africa are outlined in Chapter 3. -
Book (stand-alone)Marketing of indigenous medicinal plants in South Africa 1998
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No results found.This market study aims to describe the demand, supply, current marketing practices, potential and limitations within the medicinal plant market and makes recommendations for a wide range of decision-makers. The case has a spatial focus on the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. Some reference will be made to national trends.
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