A Value Chain is a set of activities that a company performs in order to deliver its product or service for the market. The concept was introduced by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, ...

A sea change in global commerce is underway. Power struggles, climate change and the imperative to protect supply chain continuity in an increasingly tumultuous world all require a refactoring of ...

Value chain analysis can help organizations improve processes, but the method comes with disadvantages as well. Company leaders should learn about those disadvantages to make sure they are using the ...

The World Bank has approved a $250 million International Development Association (IDA*) credit for a new National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) that will increase market ...

The process of sourcing, manufacturing, transporting, storing and distributing a product can be complicated, and carrying it out successfully relies on many interdependent areas working together ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has officially launched the Multinational Rice ...

As global demand for critical energy transition minerals (CETMs) continues to increase, local processing and value addition is the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s fastest route to ...

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