AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT,
MARKETING AND FINANCE
OCCASIONAL PAPER

Strengthening
agribusiness linkages
with small-scale farmers

Case studies in Latin America
and the Caribbean

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rome, Italy 2007

ABSTRACT

This paper provides a synthesis of a study in Latin America that forms part of a major initiative within FAO called “Strengthening linkages between the farmer and agribusiness”. This initiative stresses the search for alternatives in developing and strengthening just and efficient relationships between farms and agribusinesses.

This paper on strengthening relations between agribusiness and farmers in Latin America complements similar work developed by FAO in Africa and Asia, where case studies were prepared and meetings held with experts. The results and lessons learned confirmed the basic goal of this FAO initiative, i.e. to promote and support the development of agribusinesses as a strategy for assisting transformation of the agriculture sector.

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