TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptualizing inclusiveness of smallholder value chain integration
AU - Ros-Tonen, Mirjam A. F.
AU - Bitzer, Verena
AU - Laven, Anna
AU - de Leth, David Ollivier
AU - Van Leynseele, Yves
AU - Vos, Andrea
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by WOTRO Science for Global Development of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) (project no. W08.250.2013.122) and the Lindt Cocoa Foundation .
Funding Information:
This work was supported by WOTRO Science for Global Development of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) (project no. W08.250.2013.122) and the Lindt Cocoa Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The integration of male and female small holders in high-end value chains (e.g. those for tree crops like cocoa, oil palm, avocado, and mango), has been promoted throughout the global South as a strategy for poverty alleviation, economic growth, employment generation, gender equality, and improved wellbeing. More critical literature, however, questions the inclusiveness of farmers' value chain engagement. Despite rapid mainstreaming of inclusiveness in policy discourse, remarkably little literature sheds light on the operationalization of the concept. This paper addresses this gap. Based on a comprehensive review of three bodies of literature with the prefix 'inclusive' (inclusive business, inclusive value chain, and inclusive development) it unravels economic, social, relational and environmental dimensions as a basis for analysing and enhancing the inclusiveness of smallholders' value chain engagement.
AB - The integration of male and female small holders in high-end value chains (e.g. those for tree crops like cocoa, oil palm, avocado, and mango), has been promoted throughout the global South as a strategy for poverty alleviation, economic growth, employment generation, gender equality, and improved wellbeing. More critical literature, however, questions the inclusiveness of farmers' value chain engagement. Despite rapid mainstreaming of inclusiveness in policy discourse, remarkably little literature sheds light on the operationalization of the concept. This paper addresses this gap. Based on a comprehensive review of three bodies of literature with the prefix 'inclusive' (inclusive business, inclusive value chain, and inclusive development) it unravels economic, social, relational and environmental dimensions as a basis for analysing and enhancing the inclusiveness of smallholders' value chain engagement.
KW - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
KW - FRUGAL INNOVATION
KW - INCLUSION
KW - GENDER
KW - AGRICULTURE
KW - MARKETS
KW - AGENCY
KW - POOR
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.08.006
M3 - (Systematic) Review article
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 41
SP - 10
EP - 17
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
ER -