The literature on inclusion more often tends to focus on the economic understanding and fails to take into account the values, the social context and the priorities that come into the picture once the value chain is operational in a specific context. In response to this, value chain analysis has shifted its agenda to developing value chains that are pro-poor. Such value chain analysis has raised the need for new dimensions of inclusion that define how smallholder farmers, women and youth can be involved in the value chains for their sustainable livelihood development. We present here an inclusive value chain model framework developed and implemented for dryland smallholders to ensure farmers participation along the value chain through primary and secondary processing of their crops to realise better price for the produce.
