PEI In Practice. Enhancing Links of Poor Farmers to Markets: A Practice Review for Economic Inclusion in Zambia

Tim Sparkman, Jill Sackett, Jorge Avalos, and Boban Varghese Paul

ABSTRACT

This report reviews the experiences of market linkage programs implemented globally, particularly those focused on poor smallholders, including women, as beneficiaries and farmers who participated in government social safety net schemes. The report highlights lessons learned by program implementers, governments, and other stakeholders related to efforts to link extremely poor households to productive markets.