Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 236 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g
Reihe: Wageningen UR Frontis Series
Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 236 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g
Reihe: Wageningen UR Frontis Series
ISBN: 978-1-4020-4592-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Companies involved in global food and agri-business chains and networks face fast changes in their market and business environment. New procedures and practices for organizing food supply networks – based on co-innovation between primary producers, processors and retailers – are emerging to cope with food grades and standards. Optimizing chain performance asks for cooperation between all agents involved in the supply chain. Agro-food companies communicate consumers’ demands to smallholders to guarantee stable market access. Public and voluntary agencies may provide important contributions for reinforcing the supply-chain environment.
This volume combines insights from theory with a large number of business cases to enable a better understanding of the opportunities and constraints that supply-chain integration can offer for stimulating rural development.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Landwirtschaftliche Bewässerung
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
- Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Weitere Infos & Material
AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK.- AGRO-FOOD CHAINS AND NETWORKS FOR DEVELOPMENT Issues, approaches and strategies.- CHAIN INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT.- AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION.- PARTICIPATION OF SMALLHOLDERS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE.- CHAINS AND NETWORKS FOR DEVELOPMENT Articulating stakeholders in international trade.- VEGETABLES SOURCING IN AFRICA The experience of Freshmark.- BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR ADDING VALUE The role of agribusiness in developing trade.- THE CONTRIBUTION OF FAIR TRADE TOWARDS MARKET ACCESS BY SMALLHOLDER BANANA PRODUCERS.- THE RAPID RISE OF SUPERMARKETS AND THE USE OF PRIVATE STANDARDS IN THEIR FOOD PRODUCT PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.- AGRO-FOOD CHAINS AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD A case study of cassava marketing in Nigeria.- BUSINESS CASES.- SUPPLY-CHAIN DEVELOPMENT FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THAILAND.- FRUITFUL Integrated supply-chain information system for fruit produce between South Africa and The Netherlands.- BRASCAN How to capture value in the beef chain.- FISH IN KENYA The Nile-perch chain.- ORGANIC CACAO CHAIN FOR DEVELOPMENT The case of the Talamanca Small-Farmers Association.- THE NOVELLA PROJECT Developing a sustainable supply chain for Allanblackia oil.- DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE MEDICINAL-PLANT CHAIN IN INDIA Linking people, markets and values.- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.- SUSTAINABLE AGRO-FOOD CHAINS Challenges for research and development.- EXCLUSION OF SMALL-SCALE FARMERS FROM COORDINATED SUPPLY CHAINS Market failure, policy failure or just economies of scale?.- FOOD CHAINS AND NETWORKS FOR DEVELOPMENT Lessons and outlook.