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• Collective Action for Market
Chain Innovation in the
How was PMCA used? Perú: Native Potato
Andes.
PMCA was originally developed and applied to the potato FONTAGRO / IDB
Food Policy 34, 31-38. 2009.
Perú: Coffee
market chain in the Andes by Papa Andina and its partners. CAMBIO ANDINO / DFID Devaux A. et al.
Colombia: Ñame
It has subsequently been extended to other market chains CAMBIO ANDINO
• The Participatory Market
such as coffee, milk and fruit in the Andes, and to sweet Bolivia: Milk
CAMBIO ANDINO Chain Approach: Stimulat-
potato and vegetable market chains in Africa and Asia. Perú: Native Potato ing pro-poor market-chain
FONTAGRO / IDB
Results
Tools:
• Participatory Market Chain
PMCA generates pro-poor, demand-oriented innovations of three types: Approach (PMCA) –User
• Commercial innovations: new products or marketing Guide.
concepts that offer a comparative advantage to small International Potato Center.
farmers. 2006. Bernet T. et al. (Eds).
Examples: gourmet, selected native potatoes;
naturally-colored chips; selected and bagged chuño and
tunta (potato product dehydrated through a traditional
method in the highlands).