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

Holistic Management International (HMI)Impact Targeting and Assessment UnitInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)MexicoNeely, Constance L.Dixon, John2016-04-192016-04-192007Paper 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 2007978- 88-7830-472-74100_Neely_Dixon_HMVC2007_5.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68354This 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.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightRural developmentStakeholdersSocial impactsConservation agricultureSustainable developmentEnvironmental impactsEconomic impactsSustainabilityCommunity developmentConservation farmingHolistic managementValue chainsFarm/Enterprise ScaleHolistic management and value chains with a livelihoods perspective: Including and transcending to make a differencePresentationCopyright 2007 La Goliardica Pavese s.r.l.