Rising to the Sustainability Challenge in the Facilitation of Value Chain Development (Presentation)

  • Date Posted: June 15, 2011
  • Authors: Mike Field
  • Organizations/Projects: ACDI/VOCA
  • Document Types: Case Study or Vignette, Other
  • Donor Type: U.S. Agency for International Development

In this seminar, Michael Field explored the challenge of sustainability from a market systems perspective. Through the use of the Zambia cotton activity as a case study, Field explained how market failures can provide opportunities for achieving sustainable results, and discussed the effectiveness of traditional indicators in measuring sustainability.