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Training Manual on Value Chain Analysis of Dryland Agricultural Commodities (Prepared under the HOPE project)

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Title Training Manual on Value Chain Analysis of Dryland Agricultural Commodities (Prepared under the HOPE project)
 
Creator Reddy, A A
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Poverty, food insecurity, rapid population growth and environmental degradation are problems
seriously hounding the developing world today. These are most felt in the semi-arid tropics (SAT), home
to one-sixth of the world’s population. The SAT, which includes 48 developing countries in Asia and
Africa, is characterized by extreme poverty, lingering drought, infertile soils, growing desertification
and environmental degradation. Our geographic focus is on the semi-arid tropics of Africa and Asia,
referred to for brevity in the rest of the Plan as ‘the tropical drylands’ or simply ‘the drylands’. About
6.5 million square kilometers in over 55 countries is classified as dryland tropics. More than 2 billion
people currently live in the drylands, with 600 million considered to be poor. Hence, strengthening
value chains in SAT regions will help in reducing poverty through upgrading along the value chain shifts
from inefficient to efficient value added products (ICRISAT strategic plan 2020). Mostly, dryland crops
are grown in the semi-arid tropics, which include coarse cereals (such as sorghum, pearl millet and
finger millet) and legumes (such as soybean, groundnuts, chickpea, pigeonpea and other pulse crops).
The other main source of income is from livestock products such as meat and milk products. Keeping
in mind the diverse product base of the SAT areas, this manual illustrates value chains for different
products commonly produced in this region.....
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2013
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7210/1/TM_Valuechain_Reddy_2013.pdf
Reddy, A A (2013) Training Manual on Value Chain Analysis of Dryland Agricultural Commodities (Prepared under the HOPE project). Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.