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Environmental Policies after the Paris Agreement by Luzia Gysin
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Globalisation with a human face: the organic cotton value chain by Urs Heierli
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How can small farmers play in the high-value league?
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Irrigation and Broccoli in Ecuador
How small farmers can produce for export A commercialisation project in Ecuador 35 has organised … Read more about Irrigation and Broccoli in Ecuador
Mapping Complex Systems for Business Model Development by Katja Schönle
Water Supply for Cocoa Farmers in Ghana Nestlé is reacting to their cocoa farmer’s problem of … Read more about Mapping Complex Systems for Business Model Development by Katja Schönle
Market approaches that work for development By Urs Heierli
How the private sector can contribute to poverty reduction This new study is drawing the lessons … Read more about Market approaches that work for development By Urs Heierli
Overcoming Poverty in Tippehalli
Drip irrigation and pomegranates in Tippehalli (India) The village of Tippehalli in the State of … Read more about Overcoming Poverty in Tippehalli
Overcoming the Thin Months in Coffee in Honduras By Fabiana Margadant
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Rethinking a water development project as a social business by Kaspar Gertsch
Nestlé’s Creating Shared Value [CSV] activities in Côte d'Ivoire The thesis builds on a consultancy … Read more about Rethinking a water development project as a social business by Kaspar Gertsch
Socio-Economic Impact of Water Harvesting in Brazil By Simon Locher
Assessing new investment opportunites for farmers of the BOP by Simon Locher Abstract Rural poor … Read more about Socio-Economic Impact of Water Harvesting in Brazil By Simon Locher
Supermarkets, small farmers and irrigation
The paramount impact of supermarketisation In general, the market share for fresh agricultural … Read more about Supermarkets, small farmers and irrigation
Sustainable Cotton Farming
The Impact of Organic Cotton Agriculture on the Wellbeing of bioRe Farmers in Rural Tanzania by … Read more about Sustainable Cotton Farming
The Thin Months: Hunger in the Coffeelands in Nicaragua By Anne-Laurence Zingg
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Transforming the Rwandan brick sector into a competitive industry cluster by Silas Markert
Industry facilitation in theory and practice for an important value chain from brick to … Read more about Transforming the Rwandan brick sector into a competitive industry cluster by Silas Markert