Innovative Policy

These are short studies addressing a specific policy innovation in the public or private sector that improves the conditions for small-scale producers to access dynamic markets at national, regional and global level.

Innovative policy Kenya: Kenya Policy innovations in small-scale milk markets in Kenya and East Africa

The policy innovation described in this paper is the proactive engagement of government, regulatory and service delivery actors in supporting the previously .informal.1 raw milk market actors in Kenya and more widely in East Africa. The way this engagement has happened in Kenya suggests that alternative models of dairy development, relevant to local conditions and needs, could successfully be applied to bridge the informal-formal gap in the region and elsewhere.

Best Commercial Practices Code (Argentina 2000-2006) as an efficient policy innovation to prevent conflict and solve controversies between suppliers, processors and supermarkets

This short article describes the Best Commercial Practices Code (BCPC) adopted in 2000 in Argentina by the leading actors of the private sector, with the support of the government, to improve the commercial relations between suppliers, processors and supermarkets. The article reviews the process leading to the approval of the Code, how the Code works in practice and the results and effects of this private sector policy.

Innovative policy Mexico: Mexico Strategy for the inclusion of small and medium-sized avocado producers in dynamic markets as a result of phytosanitary legal controls for fruit transport in Michoacan

Michoacan is, by far, the principal Mexican and world producer of avocado. At present, 75 per cent of production is destined for the local market, with the rest being exported to the world market, mainly the United States (US). Mexico is also the world's biggest consumer of avocados. Small producers are responsible for most avocado production in the State of Michoacan.