Jacqueline Sluijs

Staff

Rural sociologist by training (MSc Wageningen University). Expertise in project planning, evaluation, advice and project management in East as well as West Africa. Extensive experience in training/facilitation, advisory work, compiling and editing online information products on a range of issues in the field of sustainable economic development and agricultural and rural development.

Publications

Regional Markets for Local Development

This publication outlines an alternative route to achieving sustainable economic development and food security in developing areas. Rather than on high-value, niche export markets for tropical products which attract a lot of attention, we want to focus on local and regional commodity markets. It is our intention to show how important these markets are for smallholders, and how vibrant and well-functioning markets can improve food security for both smallholder families and consumers at the regional and national level. Through several illustrative cases, this book highlights how various organisations are working to improve smallholder access to local and regional markets. They seek to realise this by helping farmers achieve higher productivity and production volumes as well as by working to improve marketing and provide stable economic development based on local conditions. The stories of small-scale producers are embedded in a theoretical framework, and by combining theoretical analysis and practical know-how, we aim to demonstrate the real potential of these ‘regional markets’ for promoting sustainable economic development and food security.

Authors

F. Zaal, R. Bymolt, A. van Tilburg, J.H.M. Sluijs, J. Belt

Year of Publication

2016

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Planning the unplannable: designing value chain interventions for impact @ scale

Value chain development approaches seldom deliver large scale impact. Based on the examination of five cases where impact at scale was realised, recommendations are offered to increase the chances of value chain interventions contributing to impact at scale.

Authors

Peter Gildemacher , Mirjam Schoonhoven , Anna Laven , Wouter Kleijn, Marije Boomsma, Ellen Mangnus, Kati Oudendijk , Jacqueline Sluijs

Year of Publication

2015

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Going for governance

Governance is important in every aspect of sustainable development, as it affects guidance, processes, consistent management, cohesive policies, accountability mechanisms and the right to decide on particular areas of responsibility. This is equally true of all types of organisation, regardless of their purpose and motivation (such as for common goods or individual benefits, profit or not-for-profit) and whether a single individual, a group of people, a community, local government, university or research centre, an enterprise, ministry or even all of humanity is involved.

Authors

G. Baltissen, P. Penninkhoff, R. Bymolt, J.H.M. Sluijs, R Mur, F. Zaal, P. Zwanikken, Thea Hilhorts, E. Sondorp, E. Lodenstein

Year of Publication

2013

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Regional Markets for Local Development

This publication outlines an alternative route to achieving sustainable economic development and food security in developing areas. Rather than on high-value, niche export markets for tropical products which attract a lot of attention, we want to focus on local and regional commodity markets. It is our intention to show how important these markets are for smallholders, and how vibrant and well-functioning markets can improve food security for both smallholder families and consumers at the regional and national level. Through several illustrative cases, this book highlights how various organisations are working to improve smallholder access to local and regional markets. They seek to realise this by helping farmers achieve higher productivity and production volumes as well as by working to improve marketing and provide stable economic development based on local conditions. The stories of small-scale producers are embedded in a theoretical framework, and by combining theoretical analysis and practical know-how, we aim to demonstrate the real potential of these ‘regional markets’ for promoting sustainable economic development and food security.

Authors: F. Zaal, R. Bymolt, A. van Tilburg, J.H.M. Sluijs, J. Belt

Year of Publication: 2016

Downloads: Download 56ec00c44c641_local-markets-book_complete_LR

Other publications

Fred Zaal, Jacqueline Sluijs, Roger Bymolt and John Belt. Going local: Governance in food commodity value chains and pro-poor development in: Going for governance: Lessons learned from advisory interventions by the Royal Tropical Institute, 2013
Van ’t Hof, S.; Sluijs, J.; Asamoah-Hassan, H.; Agyen-Gyasi, K. (2010) Internet, lifelong learning & information literacy. How increased connectivity spurred the development of an Information Literacy course at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in the information age, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) Working Papers Series I3. Amsterdam: KIT.
Editor of and contributor to the publication Onderlinge Hulpfondsen. Historische en etnografische essays. (Mutual Funds. Historical and ethnographical essays), Marcel van der Linden and Jacqueline Sluijs, published by IISG (International Institute of Social History), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1996.

About KIT

KIT Royal Tropical Institute is an independent centre of expertise and education for sustainable development. We assist governments, NGOs and private corporations around the world to build inclusive and sustainable societies, while measuring their impact.

Guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, our work focuses on health, gender, economic development and intercultural cooperation.

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Sustainable Economic Development, Gender and Health Projects
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Health Professionals trained at KIT
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Events by Conferences & Events
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