Holistic management and value chains with a livelihoods perspective: Including and transcending to make a difference

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2007

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Gorgonzola (MI), Italy: Global Print

Abstract

This paper discusses the value of a fused holistic and value chain framework in decision making for farming systems. The irrigated rice-wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic Plain is used to illustrate the Holistic Management and Value Chain (HM-VC) framework approach to decision making. This method tests decisions that affect the whole (including the things that must be created and/or produced to achieve the whole) system to ensure their viability. The HM-VC framework will result in more effective decision-making methods that will lead to livelihoods improvement and poverty reduction.

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Rural development, Stakeholders, Social impacts, Conservation agriculture, Sustainable development, Environmental impacts, Economic impacts, Sustainability, Community development, Conservation farming, Holistic management, Value chains, Farm/Enterprise Scale

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Paper presented at Farming Systems Design 2007, International Symposium on Methodologies on Integrated Analysis on Farm Production Systems. Donatelli, M., J. Hatfield and A. Rizzoli (eds). Catania (Italy), 10-12 September 2007