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Topic outline
Wholesale markets are critical components of food systems, linking producers, traders, retailers and consumers while influencing food availability, affordability and quality.
This course explores the role of wholesale markets and associated value-chain actors in supporting food security, nutrition, livelihoods and resilient food systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Learners will examine how food moves through wholesale market systems, the challenges faced by market actors, and the policy, infrastructure, information, finance and governance interventions that can strengthen wholesale markets and enhance their contribution to sustainable food system development.
This course is intended for:
- Policymakers and public authorities at national, sub-national and local levels in LMICs.
- Key non-governmental actors shaping food systems, including:
- micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs);
- non-governmental organizations;
- market leaders and vendors; and
- community-based organizations.
- Academicians.
- The role of wholesale markets in LMICs.
- How food moves through wholesale market systems.
- How public authorities can shape wholesale food markets.
- Strategic levers of action for public authorities to improve wholesale market systems, including infrastructure development, information systems and digitalization, governance reforms, financial mechanisms and capacity building.
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