Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation
One of the strategies adopted in the Philippines to facilitate a more consistent supply of good quality vegetables from smallholder farmers is the clustering approach, whereby a small group or cluster of smallholder farmers is organized to deliver a pre-determined amount of produce to a focal custom...
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| author | Concepcion, Silvia B. Montiflor, Marilou O. Axalan, Jerick T. Lamban, Ruby Jane G. Real, Rodel R. Batt, Peter J. Murray-Prior, Roy Israel, Floro T. Bacus, Recarte H. Apara, Dante I. |
| author_facet | Concepcion, Silvia B. Montiflor, Marilou O. Axalan, Jerick T. Lamban, Ruby Jane G. Real, Rodel R. Batt, Peter J. Murray-Prior, Roy Israel, Floro T. Bacus, Recarte H. Apara, Dante I. |
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| description | One of the strategies adopted in the Philippines to facilitate a more consistent supply of good quality vegetables from smallholder farmers is the clustering approach, whereby a small group or cluster of smallholder farmers is organized to deliver a pre-determined amount of produce to a focal customer (CRS-Philippines, 2007). Developed from the CIAT Territorial Approach, the CRS Eight Step Clustering Approach for Agro-enterprise Development employs a participatory action learning process, where the cluster members proactively plan their production to meet the specifc quality and delivery requirements of their focal customer. The clustering approach is a strategy which allows smallholder farmers to access higher value chains. Evidence is provided to demonstrate how several of the clusters facilitated have utilised the skills and knowledge acquired in servicing their focal customer to develop new products for new markets, to adopt alternative low cost systems of production to reduce their reliance on external inputs, to reduce postharvest losses and product deterioration through improved packaging, to improve access to low cost community-based loans and to take advantage of local and national government grants that provide production inputs and support the development of community-based infrastructure projects. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-400442023-01-27T05:49:50Z Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation Concepcion, Silvia B. Montiflor, Marilou O. Axalan, Jerick T. Lamban, Ruby Jane G. Real, Rodel R. Batt, Peter J. Murray-Prior, Roy Israel, Floro T. Bacus, Recarte H. Apara, Dante I. One of the strategies adopted in the Philippines to facilitate a more consistent supply of good quality vegetables from smallholder farmers is the clustering approach, whereby a small group or cluster of smallholder farmers is organized to deliver a pre-determined amount of produce to a focal customer (CRS-Philippines, 2007). Developed from the CIAT Territorial Approach, the CRS Eight Step Clustering Approach for Agro-enterprise Development employs a participatory action learning process, where the cluster members proactively plan their production to meet the specifc quality and delivery requirements of their focal customer. The clustering approach is a strategy which allows smallholder farmers to access higher value chains. Evidence is provided to demonstrate how several of the clusters facilitated have utilised the skills and knowledge acquired in servicing their focal customer to develop new products for new markets, to adopt alternative low cost systems of production to reduce their reliance on external inputs, to reduce postharvest losses and product deterioration through improved packaging, to improve access to low cost community-based loans and to take advantage of local and national government grants that provide production inputs and support the development of community-based infrastructure projects. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40044 Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED) fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Concepcion, Silvia B. Montiflor, Marilou O. Axalan, Jerick T. Lamban, Ruby Jane G. Real, Rodel R. Batt, Peter J. Murray-Prior, Roy Israel, Floro T. Bacus, Recarte H. Apara, Dante I. Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation |
| title | Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation |
| title_full | Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation |
| title_fullStr | Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation |
| title_short | Clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation |
| title_sort | clusters and networks as enablers of product and process innovation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40044 |