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Changing asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: Evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua (2014)
Journal Article
Donovan, J., & Poole, N. (2014). Changing asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: Evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua. Food Policy, 44, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.09.010

This paper examines the capacities of smallholders in Nicaragua to exploit new linkages to certified coffee markets following the coffee crisis. Data on livelihood assets were collected from 292 households, which were clustered to test how difference... Read More about Changing asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: Evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua.

Fairtrade Impacts: Lessons from around the world (2014)
Book Chapter
Poole, N. (2014). Fairtrade Impacts: Lessons from around the world. In V. Nelson (Ed.), Partnerships in Fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua. Practical Action Publishing

Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua (2014)
Journal Article
Poole, N., & Donovan, J. Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 4(2), 133-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-01-2013-0002

Purpose – Within the context of widespread donor support for producer organizations, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of interventions aimed at rescuing a failed cooperative and improving performance and business linkages between gr... Read More about Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua.

Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua (2014)
Journal Article
Donovan, J., & Poole, N. (2014). Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua. Food chain (2011. Online), 4(1), 34-48. https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.2014.004

This paper examines efforts by buyers and NGOs to build the supply of Fairtrade coffee from the Nicaragua-based cooperative Soppexcca following the coffee crisis. Support was aimed at transforming Soppexcca into a viable business, able to respond to... Read More about Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua.

Asset building in response to value chain development: lessons from taro producers in Nicaragua (2013)
Journal Article
Donovan, J., & Poole, N. (2013). Asset building in response to value chain development: lessons from taro producers in Nicaragua. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 11(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2012.673076

Value chain development (VCD) dominates discussions on how to address poverty through engagement with the private sector. In the rural sector, interventions often focus on building mutually beneficial linkages for production, and marketing of agricul... Read More about Asset building in response to value chain development: lessons from taro producers in Nicaragua.

Education For All and For What? Life-skills and livelihoods in rural communities (2013)
Journal Article
Poole, N., Alvarez, F., Solís, R., & Penagos, N. (2013). Education For All and For What? Life-skills and livelihoods in rural communities. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 3(1), 64-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/20440831311321656

Purpose: This paper argues for appropriate formal education for rural young people in order to sustain and enhance viable rural communities. Design/methodology/approach: In reviewing the literature, it bridges... Read More about Education For All and For What? Life-skills and livelihoods in rural communities.

Commercialisation: A meta-approach for agricultural development among smallholder farmers in Africa? (2013)
Journal Article
Poole, N., Chitundu, M., & Msoni, R. (2013). Commercialisation: A meta-approach for agricultural development among smallholder farmers in Africa?. Food Policy, 41, 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.05.010

This paper presents a critique of commercialising smallholder farming for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. First it questions the validity of an overarching ‘metanarrative’ approach to development. Then it discusses the different types of knowledge... Read More about Commercialisation: A meta-approach for agricultural development among smallholder farmers in Africa?.