Commodity Clusters, Arenas, Linkages and Business Models

Abstract

Transformation of African agriculture requires strategic interventions that are economically viable, financially feasible, environmentally sustainable, socially acceptable, culturally agreeable, gender sensitive, generationally stable and politically neutral. Such strategic interventions must have at the core of it the pooling of resources for coordinated action around the centre—clustering. The clusters will allow proper functioning of the various actor arenas with proper linkages to innovative business models for success. This chapter thus presents some useful suggestions on how clusters and products or commodities are identified for strategic interventions in the various arenas for value addition through vertical and horizontal linkages that promote chain and actor equity for sustainable and inclusive development.