By helping farmers improve the quality and safety of what they grow, process and sell, CABI helps create sustainable value chains and breaks down barriers to trade
The challenge
With global population growing fast, and food demand expected to double by 2050, creating sustainable food value chains and breaking down the barriers to trade has never been more important.
While small-scale farmers in developing countries produce most of the world’s food, they often face hurdles accessing information and technologies to supply lucrative local, national and global markets. Young people in particular can benefit from new opportunities in agricultural trade.
Providing solutions
By combining our expertise in value chains and trade with our knowledge of crop health, development communication, digital development, invasive species, and publishing, we have helped private and public sector partners improve market access.
We have successfully increased value chain efficiency and helped people working in the food supply chain improve their safety compliance for the benefit of consumers by sharing information, skills and technologies. We help farmers meet Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards, so that they can protect their produce from contaminants such as diseases and pests and export to markets.
Our knowledge of crop production and processes has helped smallholders produce better harvests and yields, and our expertise in invasive species and pest management has helped strengthen countries’ plant biosecurity.
By working with our donors and partners, we help poor and vulnerable rural communities produce food safely and sustainably, connecting them into value chains and boosting their livelihoods.
Our value chain and trade expertise in more detail
Horticulture is an important source of income for many farmers. We help smallholders access value chains by building their knowledge of integrated crop management.
Palm trees produce a variety of commercial products including coconut oil and dates. We help farmers address the specific issues associated with growing palm trees and access export markets.
Tree crops, such as cocoa, produce a variety of commercial products. We help farmers address the specific issues associated with growing tree crops and access export markets.
Lead contact
For more information and enquiries about our expertise in value chains and trade, please get in touch.
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Stories of Impact
Read about the variety of work CABI delivers, and the difference we make
Related Projects
Explore our recent projects from around the world
Building climate-resilient coffee farming in Indonesia
Supported by the Asian Development Bank, CABI is working with ICCRI, Louis Dreyfus Company and the University of Lampung to strengthen 50 coffee farmer groups. So far, 100 Farmer Group Educators have been trained (47% of them women), and 19 biochar kilns are producing over 1,000 kg of biochar a month.
Inclusive, sustainable coffee value chain in Vietnam
CABI and its partners helped smallholder coffee farmers in Vietnam’s Central Highlands adopt sustainable, climate-smart practices. Through training, demonstration plots and digital advisory services, the project improved yields while cutting fertiliser and water use.
Strengthening Pakistan’s biodiversity governance
CABI is supporting Pakistan to develop its first national guidelines for Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs), strengthening biodiversity governance, improving conservation planning, and helping the country achieve its commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the global 30×30 target
Featured Publications
Papers and other publications that we hope you find enlightening
Enhancing credit access for “missing middle” and last-mile borrowers in African coffee value chains: Evidence from five coffee-producing countries
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/CABICOMM-62-8197
Type Working paper
Published in Working Paper 38
Language English
Year 2026
Consumer pesticide concerns and the choice of fruit and vegetable markets in five low- and middle-income countries
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100801
Type Journal article
Published in Global Food Security, 42
Language English
Year 2024
