'Value chain finance: Beyond microfinance for rural entrepeneurs' will be published in March 2010 by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). KIT Publishers offers members of Agri-Profocus the opportunity to pre-order all volumes in the book series on value chains with a considerable discount.
The publication is funded by ICCO/Terrafina, Hivos, Ford Foundation and Triodos. This is the third in a series of books on value chains. Previous titles are Chain empowerment: Supporting African farmers to develop markets (2005) and Trading up: Building cooperation between farmers and traders in Africa (2007).
Order before February 15th, and your discount will be 60%
Members of Agri-Profocus are now offered the opportunity to pre-order all volumes in this series with a considerable discount. If you pre-order 10 copies or more before February 15th, you pay € 10,00 per copy* (instead of € 25,00), this is 60% discount! Please note that all 3 volumes of the series can be included, i.e. you may order 3 cps. Chain empowerment, 2 cps. Trading up, and 5 cps. Value chain finance. (* Postage costs not included)
New book ‘Value chain finance’
In large parts of the world, small-scale farmers, traders and processors are constrained in their business operations due to a lack of finance. Farmers want to be paid immediately, but traders do not have the ready cash to buy their produce. Traders need working capital so they can buy and transport produce, but lack the collateral to get loans. Processors cannot get the money they need to buy equipment or ensure a steady supply of inputs. Value chain finance is a solution to such dilemmas. This book describes 13 cases from 10 countries around the world (Bolivia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda and Tanzania) where such initiatives have unclogged value chains, improved the lives of the rural poor, produced more and higher-quality agricultural products, and made the value chain more profitable for all concerned. The products range from chili to cotton, and from fish to milk. The organizations involved range from cooperatives of forest dwellers who harvest leaves to make into disposable plates, to multinational firms that make potato crisps for sale in supermarkets.
How to order
Please order before February 15th directly from KIT Publishers to get your books for € 10,00 per copy (minimum order 10 copies in total), see contact details below. Price after February 15th will be € 25,00 per copy. Postage not included.
Value chain finance - ISBN 978 94 6022 055 5, paperback
Trading up – ISBN 978 90 6832 699 4, paperback
Chain empowerment – ISBN 978 94 6022 091 3, paperback
KIT Publishers, contact person Marcel Ficheroux
E publishers@kit.nl | F +31 (0)20 5688 286 | T +31 (0)20 5688 272
After February 15th also available via www.kitpublishers.nl, or via bookshops.
More info:here.
