1. Networks for Markets Keith M. Moore, Associate Program Director Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) Office of International Research, Education and Development (OIRED) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

2. a peasant woman regards the future

3. Network Components Nodes – individuals, organizations, other meaningful entities, and things these are seen as actors, having independent agency Ties – the relationships between nodes bound together in some meaningful fashion these may be strong or weak

4. A Network of Nodes and Ties

5. The identity of a node is a relatively stable construction in an ongoing process of social activity which may, in our case, be participation in a marketing chain A node is a function of idiom and discourse. What is a node ?

6. Narratives, stories, and discourses Stories describe how the nodes are tied to each other A social network is a network of meanings, of discursive frameworks, and cultural idioms.

7. It does not make a difference which idiom or mixture of idioms is available to be drawn upon by given groups. Indeed, the very definition of groups, their interests, and their relations to one another will be influenced by cultural idioms. (Skocpol, 1985)

8. The Network of a Commodity Chain Producers Input producers Consumers Research Regulators Supermarkets Wholesalers Processors Shippers Production Ecology Government Civil Society Produce Producer Organizations Credit system Extension Input delivery

9. The discourse of solidarity, trust, and reciprocity is the alchemist’s lodestone for social capital

10. a young woman negotiates the future