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Introduction to special issue: smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10441/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-11-2017-0123
10.1108/JADEE-11-2017-0123
 
Title Introduction to special issue: smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems
 
Creator Orr, A
Donovan, J
 
Subject Smallholder Farmers
Smallholder Agriculture
Agricultural Economics
Value Chains
 
Description Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new conceptual framework for smallholder value chains based on complex adaptive systems.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors review the application of the framework to three case studies and explore their implications. The authors reflect on the value of a framework based on complex adaptive systems compared to alternative frameworks.

Findings
The authors argue that the dynamics of smallholder value chains have received insufficient attention.

Research limitations/implications
By focusing on these dynamics and on the capacity for adaptation among value chain actors the framework provides a new perspective on smallholder value chains.

Originality/value
Complex adaptive systems provide a useful framework for analyzing value chain dynamics.
 
Publisher Emerald Publishing
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10441/1/Introduction%20to%20special.pdf
Orr, A and Donovan, J (2018) Introduction to special issue: smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 8 (1). pp. 2-13. ISSN 2044-0839