evidence: Agro-Based Clusters in Developing Countries: Staying Competitive in a Globalized Economy The present paper presents existing literature and methodologies on agro-based cluster development, and provides insights into cluster promotion in Latin America, Asia and Africa. It offers a series of best practices recommendations to ensure that governments and other facilitating institutions provide effective support to agricultural clusters. These recommendations relate to areas where government support is necessary and beneficial, and principles that should guide public interventions concerning agricultural clusters. However, as with everything out in the real world, all about agricultural clusters is not perfect. Consequently, the report ends with a discussion of the limitations and potential risks posed by inadequate agricultural cluster policies.