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Strengthening Food Systems Through Better Market Linkages

Strengthening Food Systems Through Better Market Linkages

Production gains create limited benefit when aggregation, storage and buyer relationships remain weak.

Food systems thinking connects production decisions to storage, transport, processing and demand.

Producer organisations play a decisive role in aggregation and bargaining, but need practical business and coordination support.

Reliable market information also changes behaviour: farmers plant and store differently when they can anticipate demand.

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