Public policies, sustainability, and smallholder producers' access to the market. The Productive Alliance Programme in Chile: A case study

This study analyses the role of Chile's Productive Alliance Programme (PAP) in increasing welfare and improving access to market for smallholder producers, by developing a sustainable agriculture both social environmental terms. programme started 2007 under Ministry Agriculture now serves 3,600 smallholders Chile. It seeks create commercial partnerships between these large companies, providing subsidies establish conditions that allow farmers build new capabilities skills. case used qualitative methodology carried out 36 semi-structured interviews over July August 2020. Interviewees included companies producers within different productive chains, as well public officials. The purpose this analysis is discuss opportunities family have become fundamental link supply chain competitive at national international level. By targeted training on requirements, agricultural management, risk management use resources, enables stable alliances, their capacity. Although programme's main outcome not related significant increase smallholders' income, participants perceive more earnings, reduced uncertainty, improve skills, mainly terms farming practices.