Agribusiness and Rural Enterprise: Project Analysis Manual

摘要

Agribusinesses include the processing of food and fiber products, agricultural marketing services, and agricultural input. These businesses provide income and employment directly, and also indirectly impact on small farms from which they purchase produce and to whom they provide inputs. Labor intensive, small scale, and relatively efficient enterprise systems exist in most countries and their expansion has favorable impacts on the income and employment of the rural landless and nonfarm poor as well as favorable linkage to the small farm sector. Agribusinesses and rural enterprises occupy an important intermediate position between farms and consumers, and their development can be a key factor in transforming rural development at all levels. The manual provides an overview of what is known about the role of these activities as it relates to AID project possibilities and then outlines project analysis methods for the identification, design, monitoring, and evaluation of development assistance projects.