Framework for measuring inclusion in Value Chains: a rangeland perspective

Bose, D and Nedumaran, S and Chauhan, D K (2025) Framework for measuring inclusion in Value Chains: a rangeland perspective. In: 5th International Conference on Drylands, 06-08 May 2025, Kano, Nigeria.

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Abstract

Literature on inclusion within value chains often tends to focus only on the economic understandings and ignores the values, the social context and the priorities of an environment-specific value chain, for instance the rangeland systems. In response to this, value chain analysis has shifted its agenda to developing value chains that are pro-poor, creating the need for new dimensions of inclusion that define how poor smallholder farmers, women, and youth can be incorporated into rangeland value chains. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive framework to assess inclusion in rangeland value chains through a literature review that helped incorporate the relevant dimensions and indicators. The developed framework, described in three parts, first, provides a background for inclusion answered through three questions: the basis for inclusion, instruments that can achieve inclusion; and what changes in institutional arrangements can be achieved through the interventions. The second part of the framework adds further dimensions of empowerment, stakeholder engagement, and gender to the existing framework with indicators. The last part of the framework develops some outputs that can be used to measure the improvements from the interventions. The framework emphasizes inclusiveness by addressing marginalized groups, gender-sensitive issues, participatory governance, capacity building, and local empowerment. Since value chains have been touted to be the vehicle for development in agriculture for developing countries and smallholder farmers, this framework will be effective in assessing how the horizontal dimensions of the value chain interact within and across the value chain’s vertical dimensions and produce the existing power dynamics that can be corrected if found to be facilitating inequality. The framework could also be useful in designing inclusive interventions specific to rangelands such that resilient value chains are created.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Global Research Program - Enabling Systems Transformation
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Value chains, Inclusion, Gender, Smallholder farmer, Women, Youth
Subjects:	Others > Smallholder Farmers Others > Gender Research Others > Value Chains
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2026 11:11
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2026 11:11
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/13596
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
Links:	Google Scholar

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