Was a government policy able to smooth a fractured agri-food value chain during a COVID-19 lockdown?

No hay miniatura disponible

Fecha

Autores

Título de la revista

ISSN de la revista

Título del volumen

Editor

Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Resumen

Descripción

Despite widespread use of government policy response instruments to placate impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns had on agri-food value chains, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness and impacts on value chain actors, particularly those in the ‘missing or (hidden) middle.’ 1 To shed on one such policy, we examine whether a fresh fruit and vegetable (FFV) procurement program operated by self-help groups (SHGs) in the state of Odisha, India during the world’s most severe COVID-19 lockdown 2 was able to smooth fractured value chain

Palabras clave

agricultural value chains, fresh products, covid-19, social capital, cadenas de valor agrícolas, productos frescos, capital social

Citación

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/57477

Ver documento

https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119281

Colecciones

Alianza Bioversity International y CIAT