MARKETS

We talk a lot about value chains within our economic development work — but what are they and why are they important?

A value chain is the full range of activities, from production to marketing to distribution, that are required to bring a product from its conception to the consumer.

CARE promotes changes in value chains that generate positive, sustained impacts for large numbers of marginalized households in terms of income, employment, power relations, and access
to products and services that empower the poor to better their lives.

Women’s Empowerment through Gender-Transformative Market Opportunities (WE-GO)

The Women’s Empowerment through Gender Transformative Opportunities (WE-GO) program seeks to increase women’s empowerment in agriculture through gender transformative market
investments.

1.4 BILLION

PEOPLE COULD BE HUNGRY BY 2050 IF WE DON’T DO SOMETHING.

GLOBAL HUNGER CRISIS

WE MUST ACT NOW TO STAVE OFF A GROWING GLOBAL HUNGER CRISIS