Toward territorialised dairy inclusive businesses: insights from an Egyptian case study: making dairy businesses inclusive. Issue 3 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Daburon, Annabelle; Alary, Véronique; Ali, Ahmed; Osman, Mona Abdelzaher; Hosni Abdelsabour, Taha; Tourrand, Jean-Francois
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 32:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 287
• Page End: 302
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: Partnership -- agriculture -- globalisation (inc trade, private sector) -- governance and public policy -- labour and livelihoods -- poverty reduction -- region: Arab states participation; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2021.1937535
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Building inclusive businesses with small-scale producers in the agro-food sector presents challenges, most notably in terms of governance and sustainability. These issues were explored through a Danone Egypt Ecosystem Project that sought to promote a replicable business model of milk collection centers to secure a dairy plant's sourcing while contributing to the socio-economic development of smallholders. Quality management was used to link a value chain approach and a localised agri-food system approach. The study showed that an inclusive business relying on non-inclusive coordination had limited efficiency. Decreasing power asymmetries and distances between partners seems central to ensuring sustainability.