1 IN TR ODU CTION
2SCALE training for women
in vegetable production, in
partnership with East-West Seed -
Vegetable Partnership, Mali.
Inclusive agribusinesses will play a critical role in the
coming decades, not only to feed 9 billion people by 2050,
but also to create job opportunities and improve livelihoods
for those least integrated into economic channels.
An inclusive agribusiness is a business initiative in the
agri-food sector that explicitly incorporates low-income and
disempowered individuals and groups into the enterprise’s
core operations in a way that creates value for both. The
latter can play different roles in agricultural value chains,
such as: producers of agricultural commodities (smallholder
farmers); processors and suppliers of agro-inputs or services
(micro and small rural enterprises); workers (e.g., in an
agro-processing company); food-product distributors; and
food consumers. They can be women, men, young people, or
senior people in rural or urban areas. Inclusive agribusiness
is not “business as u