Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.identifier.urlhttp://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9097en
cg.number36en
cg.placeHyderabad (India)en
cg.subject.bioversitySMALLHOLDERSen
cg.subject.bioversityAGROINDUSTRIAL SECTORen
cg.subject.bioversityMARKETSen
cg.subject.bioversityFRAMEWORKSen
cg.subject.bioversityRISK MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.bioversityECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTen
dc.contributor.authorOrr, A.en
dc.contributor.authorDonovan, J.en
dc.contributor.authorStoian, D.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-15T11:01:36Zen
dc.date.available2016-01-15T11:01:36Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/69549
dc.titleSmallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual frameworken
dcterms.abstractConventional analyses of value chains involving smallholders and the design of interventions that seek to strengthen their role in them often fail to account for important features of value chain performance. Markets, institutional frameworks and business relationships are dynamic, and value chain performance varies accordingly. Shocks and sudden changes occur frequently and require successful adaptation. This paper develops an expanded conceptual framework to understand value chain performance based on the theory of complex adaptive systems. The framework combines seven common properties of complex systems: time, uncertainty, sensitivity to initial conditions, endogenous shocks, sudden change, interacting agents and adaptation. We outline how the framework can be used to ask new research questions, analyse case studies, and develop new tools to increase the ability for enhanced risk management and adaptation.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOrr, A.; Donovan, J.; Stoian, D. (2015) Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework. ICRISAT Socioeconomics Discussion Paper Series 36. 28 p.en
dcterms.extent28 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfICRISAT Socioeconomics Discussion Paper Seriesen
dcterms.issued2015
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectagroindustrial sectoren
dcterms.subjectmarketsen
dcterms.subjectframeworksen
dcterms.subjectrisk managementen
dcterms.subjecteconomic developmenten
dcterms.typeReport

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