Opportunities for small-scale producers' inclusion in dynamic markets in developing countries and transition economies

A synthesis of findings from eight country level chain-wide learning workshops

Felicity Proctor

Larry Digal

The objective of the workshops was to open up the space for dialogue on the key issues and opportunities that currently, or could in the future, exist, and be further developed for enhanced participation in modern agrifood markets by small-scale producers and entrepreneurs. A key focus of these workshops was to build up single stakeholder voice and views and to bring together the views and opinions of multiple stakeholders. The specific emphasis was to deepen the assessment of policies and institutions that can help or hinder the inclusion of small-scale producers and to seek an agreement on interventions that can remove barriers and foster the broad-based participation in domestic and regional modern agrifood markets.