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Commodity associations: a tool for supply chain development?

Year of publication 2009

Author Andrew W. Shepherd; Jean-Joseph Cadilhon; Eva Gálvez;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Agricultural management, marketing and finance occasional paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper should be of interest to associations representing individual stages of a commodity chain (e.g. exporters’, processors’ or farmers’ associations) that see merit in promoting associations with wider chain representation. Policy-makers interested in creating an appropriate enabling environment for such associations to flourish should also find the paper to be of value, as should chambers of commerce. There have been significant donor efforts to promote commodity associations recently, a lthough some have encountered problems. Thus donor organizations may also find the paper to be of use.

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