Global supply chains, standards and the poor : how the globalization of food systems and standards affects rural development and poverty /
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| Imprint: | Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Cabi, c2007. |
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| Description: | xv, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6825316 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Global Supply Chains and Standards
- 2. The Globalization of Private Standards and the Agri-food System
- 3. Public and Private Food Quality Standards: Recent Trends and Strategic Incentives
- 4. The Costs and Benefits of Compliance with Food Safety Standards for Exports by Developing Countries: the Case of Fish and Fishery Products
- 5. The Dynamics of Vertical Coordination in Agri-food Supply Chains in Transition Countries
- 6. Trade Liberalization and Rent Distribution in Vertically Related Markets
- 7. Contracting, Competition and Rent Distribution in Supply Chains: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Central Asia
- Part II. Empirical Studies on Changes and Effects
- ASIA
- 8. Growth in High-value Agriculture in Asia and the Emergence of Vertical Links with Farmers
- 9. Small Traders and Small Farmers: the Small Engines Driving China's Giant Boom in Horticulture
- 10. Quality Control and the Marketing of Non-staple Crops in India
- Latin America
- 11. Supermarkets and Small Horticultural Product Farmers in Central America
- Africa
- 12. Global Supply Chains, Poverty and the Environment: Evidence from Madagascar
- 13. High-value Supply Chains, Food Standards and Rural Households in Senegal
- The Former Soviet Union
- 14. Transformation and Contracting in the Supply Chains of the Former Soviet Union: Evidence from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia
- 15. Agro-holdings: Vertical Integration in Agri-food Supply Chains in Russia
- Central and Eastern Europe
- 16. Restructuring Market Relations in Food and Agriculture of Central Eastern Europe: Impacts upon Small Farmers
- 17. The Impact of Retail Investments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the Russian Federation
- 18. Vertical Coordination in the Dairy Sector: a Comparative Analysis of Romania and Slovakia
- Part III. The Policy Agenda
- 19. Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor: some Conclusions and Implications for Government Policy and International Organizations
- 20. The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Commercializing Small Farms and Reducing Transaction Costs
- 21. Building Capacity for Compliance with Evolving Food Safety and Agricultural Health Standards
- 22. Public Sector Initiatives to Facilitate Small Farmer Access to International Marketing Channels: Lessons from Marketing Assistance Programmes in Armenia
- Index
