5. Upgrading

Upgrading strategies

The tools in this chapter are organized according to the following six entry-points for upgrading:

5.1 Farmers and their organizations

• Tool 5.1a Analyzing services from a gender perspective
• Tool 5.1b Effective /democratic decision making between household & producer organization

• Tool 5.1c Increasing women’s access to producer organizations through analysis of GbCs

5.2 Entrepreneurs and processors

• Tool 5.2a The Value Chain Game

5.3 Lead company; CSR and gender

• Tool 5.3a Business as a large direct employer
• Tool 5.3b Business as key player in a value chain
• Tool 5.3c Business and the community

5.4 Business development and financial services

5.5 Certified chains

5.6 Enabling environment

• Tool 5. 6a Gender Organizational scan of partner organizations

    

Credits

Pyburn, R. and Laven, A. (2012). “Book Launch - A Woman’s Business: gender equity in agricultural value chain development”. Power point presentation to launch of an early edition of the book: KIT, APF, IIRR (2012) Challenging Chains to Change: gender equity in agricultural value chain development. KIT Publishers, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam. Presented at the Ninzi Hill Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. May 25 2012.