"7210","13","archive","30",,,"disk0/00/00/72/10","2013-10-28 06:54:18","2013-11-08 09:24:31","2013-10-28 06:54:18","monograph",,,"show","Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org",,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Reddy","A A","","","","","","","Reddy","A A","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","ICRISAT(Patancheru)","India","Training Manual on Value Chain Analysis of Dryland Agricultural Commodities (Prepared under the HOPE project)","pub","s2.4","","","public","documentation",,,,"The training manual is targeted at all stakeholders who are involved in alleviation of poverty among
smallholder farmers in the semi-arid tropics who cultivate their lands under marginal environments. It
provides the key concepts to understand the changing dynamics of value chains and case studies in the
fast changing market scenario. The consumption pattern of most of the urban consumers is changing
towards high-value commodities, ready-to-cook products; they can afford to buy value-added products
even though at higher prices. However, the majority of the rural population is still price conscious; they
prefer to buy un-processed grains at the cheapest price. Hence, value chain analysis should also look
into cost cutting innovations along the value chain to benefit price conscious poor consumers besides
focusing on value added products. Under the changing utilization patterns, there is a growing demand
for feed and fodder as the demand for livestock products is increasing. Additionally, the non-traditional
sources of demand such as brewery, starch and bio-fuel industry are other growth sectors that need to
be met by innovative arrangements like bulk marketing of grain. For this training material, the concepts
of value chains have been taken freely from various published sources with due acknowledgment. We
have also included value chain case studies of sorghum, pearl millet, cotton and jatropha, which are
major dryland crops, to give further insights to the readers. The training material also includes the recent
concept ‘Producer companies’ evolved in India, to provide recent developments in innovative institutions.
We are thankful to Praduman Kumar for allowing us to reproduce the paper on value chains on biofuels.
The training material also includes a brief note on the ‘Producer Companies’, an emerging innovative
institution for the primary producers in the country. We are also thankful to P Birthal from National Centre
for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP/New Delhi), GP Reddy from National Academy for
Agricultural research and management (NAARM/Hyderabad) and Ch Radhika Rani from National Institute
of Rural Development (NIRD/Hyderabad) for their comments and suggestions to improve this manual.","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.....","2013","published",,,,,"International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics","Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India",,"88",,,,,,,"International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics","RP – Markets, Institutions and Policies",,,,,,,,,,"",,"http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=%22Training+Manual+on+Value+Chain+Analysis+of+Dryland+Agricultural+Commodities+%28Prepared+under+the+HOPE+project%22&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=&hl=en&as_s","pub",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,