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A woman wearing light pink kneels down with a basket of fresh vegetables. Behind her are large groups of eggplants, potatoes, and more vegetables.

photo credit: Picasa

photo credit: Picasa

We talk a lot about value chains within our economic development work — but what are they and why are they important? 

A value chain is the full range of activities, from production to marketing to distribution, that are required to bring a product from its conception to the consumer.

CARE promotes changes in value chains that generate positive, sustained impacts for large numbers of households in terms of income, employment, power relations, and access to products and services that empower the poor to better their lives.

Highlighted Markets Programs

Sugu Yiriwa

Sugu Yiriwa, or “prosperous market,” is a program working in 80 communities to strengthen agricultural market systems in the Mali Niger River delta.

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Harande

Harande aims to help 270,000 people living in poor families in the Mopti region of Mali achieve sustainable food, nutrition, and income security by 2020.

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Livelihoods for Resilience (L4R)

The Feed the Future Ethiopia – Livelihoods for Resilience Activity (L4R) is a USAID project that ran from 2016-2023.

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Pathways

CARE’s Pathways program works in six countries to increase food and nutrition security for 65,000 women farmers, their families, and their communities.

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Key Approaches

Dignified Work

Women want to earn income as equals. But they face many barriers in the workplace and at home.

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CARE’s Work with the United Nations

CARE works with the United Nations to ensure that the rights of women, small-scale farmers, and food system workers are protected and prioritized in global food system markets and policies.