Title: Global agro-food trade and standards : challenges for Africa /
Authors: Gibbon, Peter.; Lazaro, Evelyne.; Ponte, Stefano.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Farm produce Standards Africa.; Food industry and trade Standards Africa.; Agriculture Economic aspects Africa; HEALTH & FITNESS Safety.; International relations.; Political economy.; Comparative politics.; Politics and Government.; Agriculture Economic aspects; Farm produce Standards; Food industry and trade Standards
Abstract: "This collection focuses on new generations of international standards and regulations in the agro-food sector and on issues relating to conformity to them in low-income countries. Its analyses draw of political economy, economics, economic geography and economic sociology"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Agro-Food Standards and AFrica: Introduction / P. Gibbon & E. Lazaro -- Product carbon footprint standards and shemes / S. Bolwig & P. Gibbon -- Institutional Capacity for Food Safety Conformity In Tanzania / A. Akyoo & E. Lazaro -- An analysis of Organic farming schemes in East Africa / P. Gibbon, S. Bolwig, A. Akyoo, S. Jones, Y. Lin & L.L. Rants -- Challenges and opportunities of Organic Agriculture In Tanzania / E. Mbiha & G. Ashimogo -- Sustainability Standards And Agro-Food Exports from East Africa / E. Lazaro, L. Riisgaard, F. Kilima, J. Makindara & R Mnenwa -- Localizing private social standards: standard initiatives in Kenyan cut flowers / L. Riisgaard -- Food Safety Standards and fishery livelihoods in East Africa / R. Kadigi, N Mdoe, S Senkondo & Z. Mpenda -- When The Market Helps: Standards, Ecolabels And Resource Management In East African Export Fisheries / S. Ponte, R. Kadigi & W. Mitullah -- European food safety regulation and developing countries' regulatory problems and possibilities / M. Broberg -- Conclusion / S. Ponte.