Partnering to facilitate smallholder inclusion in value chains

Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development: Contrasting Theories and Realities

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 221-246

  Bitzer, Verena ^a   van Wijk, Jeroen ^b   Helmsing, A H J Bert ^c   van der Linden, Victor ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d Sikasso   (Mali)

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