Global supply chains standards and the poor
Subtitle: how the globalisation of food system and the standards affects rural development and poverty
By: edited by Johan F.M. Swinnen.
Contributors: Swinnen, Johan F. M., 1962-
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845931858
Subjects: Nutrition policy -- Developing countries.; Food industry and trade -- Developing countries.; Globalization -- Developing countries.; Business logistics -- Developing countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The globalization of private standards and the agro-food system / Linda Fulponi; value: Public and private food quality standards: recent trends and strategic incentives / Jill J. McCluskey; value: The costs and benefits of compliance with food safety standards for exports by developing countries: the case of fish and fishery products / Spencer Henson and Steven Jaffee; value: The dynamics of vertical coordination in agri-food supply chains in transition countries / Johan F.M. Swinnen; value: Trade liberalization and rent distribution in vertically-related markets / Steve McCorriston and Ian Sheldon; value: Contracting, competition, and rent distribution in supply chains: theory and empirical evidence from Central Asia / Johan Swinnen, Marc Sadler and Anneleen Vandeplas; value: Growth in high-value agriculture in Asia and the emergence of vertical links with farmers / Ashok Gulati, Nicholas Minot, Chris Delgado, and Saswati Bora; value: Small traders and small farmers: the small engines driving China's giant boom in horticulture / Xiaoxia Dong, Honglin Wang, Scott Rozelle, Jikun Huang, and Thomas Reardon; value: Quality control and the marketing of non-staple crops in India / Marcel Fafchamps, Ruth Vargas-Hill and Bart Minten; value: Supermarkets and small horticultural product farmers in Central America / Julio Berdegu, Thomas Reardon, Fernando Balsevich, Luis Flores, and Ricardo Hernández; value: Global supply chains, poverty and the environment: evidence from Madagascar / Bart Minten, Lalaina Randrianarison and Johan Swinnen; value: High-value supply chains, food standards and rural households in Senegal / Miet Maertens, Liesbeth Dries, Fidle A. Dedehouanou, Johan Swinnen; value: Transformation and contracting in the supply chains of the former Soviet Union: evidence from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia / Matthew Gorton and John White; value: Vertical integration in Russian agriculture / Eugenia Serova; value: Restructuring market relations in food and agriculture of Central Eastern Europe: impacts upon small farmers / Csaba Csaki and Csaba Forgacs; value: The impact of retail investments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the Russian Federation / Liesbeth Dries, Thomas Reardon, and Elke Van Kerckhove; value: Vertical coordination in the dairy sector: a comparative analysis of Romania and Slovakia / Siemen van Berkum; value: Global supply chains, standards and the poor: implications for government policy and international organizations / Johan F.M. Swinnen and Miet Maertens; value: The role of the public and private sector in commercializing small farms and reducing transaction costs / Prabhu Pingali, Yasmeen Khwaja, and Madelon Meijer; value: Building capacity for compliance with evolving food safety and agricultural health standards / Kees van der Meer; value: Public sector initiatives to facilitate small farmer access to international marketing chains: lessons from marketing assistance programs in Armenia / Hamish Gow and Jack Cocks.