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Global value chains in Africa and development of opportunities by poor landholders

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  • Jacob A. L. Vermeire
  • Garry D. Bruton
  • Li Cai

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In an effort to help address severe levels of poverty, multinational firms are increasingly seeking to include African smallholders in their global value chains (GVCs). Despite efforts of multinationals to provide such opportunities, the number of successful inclusions remains limited. We draw from the entrepreneurship domain to approach this important issue from an opportunity perspective. At the heart of our effort to develop a greater theoretical understanding is the insight that opportunities can both be discovered and created by smallholders. The key implication of this insight is that multinationals will gain more from their efforts to include small landholders in their GVCs if they adapt their value chain systems in ways that also accommodate joint creation of opportunities with smallholders rather than expect that all smallholders adapt to the systems developed by the large global firms for their large suppliers.

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  • Jacob A. L. Vermeire & Garry D. Bruton & Li Cai, 2017. "Global value chains in Africa and development of opportunities by poor landholders," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 75(3), pages 280-295, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsocec:v:75:y:2017:i:3:p:280-295
    DOI: 10.1080/00346764.2016.1238103
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    1. Christian Otchia & Simplice Asongu, 2020. "Industrial growth in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from machine learning with insights from nightlight satellite images," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 48(8), pages 1421-1441, December.
    2. Simplice A. Asongu & Mushfiqur Rahman & Joseph Nnanna & Mohamed Haffar, 2020. "Enhancing Information Technology for Value Added Across Economic Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa," Research Africa Network Working Papers 20/064, Research Africa Network (RAN).
    3. Simplice A. Asongu & Nicholas M. Odhiambo, 2022. "Remittances and value added across economic sub-sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(1), pages 23-41, February.
    4. Bradley Ridoutt & Jessica R. Bogard & Kanar Dizyee & Lilly Lim-Camacho & Shalander Kumar, 2019. "Value Chains and Diet Quality: A Review of Impact Pathways and Intervention Strategies," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 9(9), pages 1-18, August.
    5. Simplice A. Asongu & Nicholas M. Odhiambo, 2022. "Financial Access and Value Added in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence from the Agricultural, Manufacturing and Service Sectors," Working Papers 22/009, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
    6. Asongu, Simplice A. & Rahman, Mushfiqur & Nnanna, Joseph & Haffar, Mohamed, 2020. "Enhancing information technology for value added across economic sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa✰," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).

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