Vegetable production and marketing in Africa : socio-economic research /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Vegetable trade > Africa.; Vegetables > Marketing. > Africa; Agriculture > Economic aspects > Africa.; Research.; Agricultural Economics.; Horticultural Economics, (New March 2000); Marketing and Distribution.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Production.; Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Crop Produce.; Economic development.; Marketing.; Pest management.; Socioeconomics.; Standards.; Vegetable growing.; Vegetables.; Electronic books.
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This book provides a collection of conceptual and methodological chapters on the socio-economic aspects of vegetable production-to-marketing systems in Africa. The diverse topics covered in this book include the conceptual challenges in economic research on vegetable production systems, the implicat...

Table of Contents:

• An Overview / H. Waibel and D. Mithöfer
• Theoretical Concepts for Socio-economic Research of Vegetables in Africa / H. Waibel
• Framework for Economic Impact Assessment of Production Standards and Empirical Evidence / D. Mithöfer
• The Impact of Food Safety Standards on Rural Household Welfare / S. Asfaw
• The Impact of Compliance with GlobalGAP Standards on Small and Large Kenyan Export Vegetable-producing Farms / K. Mausch and D. Mithöfer
• Food Production Standards and Farm Worker Welfare in Kenya / C. Ehlert, D. Mithöfer and H. Waibel
• Group Culture and Smallholder Participation in Value Chains : French Beans in Kenya / J. Paalhaar and K. Jansen
• Export Vegetable Supply Chains and Rural Households in Senegal / M. Maertens, L. Colen and J. Swinnen
• Comparative Assessment of the Marketing Structure and Price Behaviour of Three Staple Vegetables in Lusaka, Zambia / D. Tschirley, M. Hichaambwa and M. Mwiinga
• Value Chains and Regional Trade in East Africa : the Case of Vegetables in Kenya and Tanzania / T. König, J. Blatt, K. Brakel, K. Kloss, T. Nilges and F. Woellert
• Supply Chains for Indigenous Vegetables in Urban and Peri-urban Areas of Uganda and Kenya : a Gendered Perspective / K. Weinberger, M. Pasquini, P. Kasambula and M. Abukutsa-Onyango
• Private Voluntary Standards, Co-investment and Inclusive Business / E. Blackmore and J. MacGregor
• An Approach to Strengthening Vegetable Value Chains in East Africa : Potential for Spillovers / J.M. Lenné and A.F. Ward
• Challenges for Economic Impact Assessment of Classical Biological Control in Kenya and Tanzania / A. Asfaw, D. Mithöfer, B. Löhr and H. Waibel
• Indirect and External Costs of Pesticide Use in the Vegetable Sub-sector in Kenya / I. Macharia, D. Mithöfer and H. Waibel
• Integrated Pest Management Training and Information Flow among Smallholder Horticulture Farmers in Kenya / N. Bekele, D. Mithöfer, D. Amudavi and G. Obare.