?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6048%2F&rft.title=Improving+the+access+of+small+farmers+in+eastern+and+southern+Africa+to+global+pigeonpea+markets.Agricultural+Research+and+Extension+Network+Paper+No.+120&rft.creator=Jones%2C+R&rft.creator=Freeman%2C+H+A&rft.creator=Monaco%2C+G+L&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Recent+developments+in+sub-Saharan+Africa+highlight+an+increasing+trend+toward+liberalized+domestic+markets+and+foreign+trade.+To+take+advantage+of+these+developments%2C+small-scale+farmers+must+be+able+to+participate+in+productive+activities+in+which+they+have+a+competitive+advantage.+This+implies+access+to+well-organized+marketing%2C+distribution+and+post-harvest+systems%3B+effective+market+information%3B+and+technologies+that+allow+them+to+be+price+and+quality+competitive.+An+outline+is+given+of+an+ongoing+strategic+partnership+between+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+and+TechnoServe+Inc.%2C+an+international+non-profit+business+development+organization%2C+and+their+work+with+a+range+of+public+and+private+sector+actors+to+improve+the+incentives+for+smallholders+to+produce+high-quality+pigeon+peas+targeted+at+high-value+niche+markets+differentiated+by+quality+standards.+In+Kenya%2C+Malawi%2C+Mozambique+and+Tanzania%2C+smallholder+farmers+are+being+linked+to+different+niche+markets+through+a+range+of+institutional+and+market+arrangements.+A+regional+strategy+to+introduce+new+technologies%2C+along+with+simple+and+easily+administered+quality+standards+based+on+end-user+needs%2C+can+help+farmers%2C+traders+and+exporters+to+benefit+from+niche+markets+that+demand+higher+quality+standards+than+the+traditional+export+market+for+fair+average+quality+(FAQ)+grain.+.&rft.publisher=Agricultural+Research+%26+Extension+Network&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6048%2F1%2FAgREN_NP_120_Jan_2012.pdf&rft.identifier=++Jones%2C+R+and+Freeman%2C+H+A+and+Monaco%2C+G+L++(2002)+Improving+the+access+of+small+farmers+in+eastern+and+southern+Africa+to+global+pigeonpea+markets.Agricultural+Research+and+Extension+Network+Paper+No.+120.++Documentation.+Agricultural+Research+%26+Extension+Network.+++++