Kyrgyz Republic : Developing Agri-Food Value Chains
The prevalence of small farmers and small-scale agri-food processors creates unique challenges for agri-food value-chain development in Kyrgyzstan. That is, the Kyrgyz farm structure itself, with its dominance of small farmers, is one of the main c...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/119091538146091808/Kyrgyz-Republic-Developing-Agri-Food-Value-Chains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30567 |
| Summary: | The prevalence of small farmers and
small-scale agri-food processors creates unique challenges
for agri-food value-chain development in Kyrgyzstan. That
is, the Kyrgyz farm structure itself, with its dominance of
small farmers, is one of the main constraints for the
effective functioning of modern value chains, preventing
them from delivering high incomes and improved livelihoods
for smallholders. But this structure also provides one of
the main opportunities for developing the value chain.
Small-scale agri-food processors are rarely successful in
establishing sustainable partnerships with small farmers
unless there are strong market signals that facilitate these
partnerships. Such strong market signals for Kyrgyz
agri-food producers/processors are found in niche and
premium markets of products that require specialized and
labor-intensive agricultural production. Therefore, when
market failures are addressed by public policy
interventions, small farmers and small-scale agri-food
processors have improved access to markets, more
opportunities to capture value, and more opportunities to
improve their livelihoods. |
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