Global supply chains, standards and the poor : how the globalization of food systems and standards affects rural development and poverty /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Food industry and trade > Developing countries.; Business logistics > Developing countries.; Globalization > Developing countries.; Nutrition policy > Developing countries.; Agricultural Economics.; Policy and Planning.; International Trade.; Marketing and Distribution.; Income and Poverty.; Food Composition and Quality.; Rural Development, (New March 2000); Agricultural policy.; Agroindustrial sector.; Food quality.; Globalization.; International trade.; Marketing channels.; Poverty.; Rural development.; Standards.; Transition economies.; Vertical integration.; Electronic books.
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This book looks at the restructuring of the agri-food industry and the rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries, focusing on the implications of these changes for the poor. Part I (chapters 2-7) (i) identifies global changes in food standards and supply chains, (ii) explai...

Table of Contents:

• The globalization of private standards and the agri-food system / L. Fulponi
• Public and private food quality standards : recent trends and strategic incentives / J.J. McCluskey
• The costs and benefits of compliance with food safety standards for exports by developing countries : the case of fish and fishery products / S. Henson and S. Jaffee
• The dynamics of vertical coordination in agri-food supply chains in transition countries / J.F.M. Swinnen
• Trade liberalization and rent distribution in vertically related markets / S. McCorriston and I. Sheldon
• Contracting, competition, and rent distribution in supply chains : theory and empirical evidence from Central Asia / J.F.M. Swinnen, M. Sadler and A. Vandeplas
• Growth in high-value agriculture in Asia and the emergence of vertical links with farmers / A. Gulati, N. Minot, C. Delgado, and S. Bora
• Small traders and small farmers : the small engines driving China's giant boom in horticulture / X. Dong, H. Wang, S. Rozelle, J. Huang, and T. Reardon
• Quality control and the marketing of non-staple crops in India / M. Fafchamps, R. Vargas-Hill and B. Minten
• Supermarkets and small horticultural product farmers in Central America / J.A. Berdegué, T. Reardon, F. Balsevich, L.G. Flores, and R. Hernández
• Global supply chains, poverty and the environment : evidence from Madagascar / B. Minten, L. Randrianarison and J.F.M. Swinnen
• High-value supply chains, food standards and rural households in Senegal / M. Maertens, L. Dries, F.A. Dedehouanou, J.F.M. Swinnen
• Transformation and contracting in the supply chains of the former Soviet Union : evidence from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia / M. Gorton and J. White
• Agro-holding : vertical integration in agri-food supply chains in Russia / E. Serova
• Restructuring market relations in food and agriculture of Central Eastern Europe : impacts upon small farmers / C. Csáki and C. Forgacs
• The impact of retail investments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the Russian Federation / L. Dries, T. Reardon, and E. Van Kerckhove
• Vertical coordination in the dairy sector : a comparative analysis of Romania and Slovakia / S. van Berkum
• Global supply chains, standards and the poor : some conclusions and implications for government policy and international organizations / J.F.M. Swinnen and M. Maertens
• The role of the public and private sectors in commercializing small farms and reducing transaction costs / P. Pingali, Y. Khwaja, and M. Meijer
• Building capacity for compliance with evolving food safety and agricultural health standards / K. van der Meer
• Public sector initiatives to facilitate small farmer access to international marketing chains : lessons from marketing assistance programmes in Armenia / H.R. Gow and J. Cocks.