Regoverning markets : a place for small-scale producers in modern agrifood chains?

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Regoverning markets : a place for small-scale producers in modern agrifood chains?

edited by Bill Vorley, Andrew Fearne and Derek Ray

Gower, c2007

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"IIED: International Institute for Environment and Development."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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The internationalisation of food retailing and manufacturing that has swept through the agri-food system in industrialised countries is now moving into middle- and low-income countries with large rural populations, causing significant institutional changes that affect small producer agriculture and the livelihoods of rural communities the world over. Farmers and policy-makers are struggling to keep up with the wave of new demands being made on their supply chains by food manufacturers and retailers. In the process, new questions and challenges are arising: Can small-scale farmers organise to meet the demands of corporate giants? Should governments liberalise Foreign Direct Investment in the retail sector and expose numerous small shops to competition from multinationals? Can distribution systems be adapted to make markets work better for the poor? This book offers a contemporary look at what happens when the modernisation of food supply chains comes face to face with the livelihoods of rural and poor people. The authors are drawn from eighteen countries participating in the 'Regoverning Markets' programme, which aims to not only improve our understanding of the way modernisation and re-structuring of food supply chains is affecting food production and distribution systems, but also identify best-practice in involving small-scale producers in supermarket supply chains, and ascertain the barriers to inclusion which need to be removed. The book is aimed primarily at academics but will also appeal to practitioners in developing countries, civil servants, policy-makers and NGOs.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Part 1 The Economic and Policy Context
  • Chapter 1 The Internationalization of Food Retailing: Opportunities and Threats for Small-scale Producers, Estelle Bienabe, Dave Boselie, Marie-Helene Collion, Tom Fox, Pierre Rondot, Petra van de Kop, Bill Vorley
  • Part 2 Country Studies: Countries with Consolidating and Expanding Supermarkets and their Supply Chains
  • Chapter 2 Central America, Fernando Balsevich, Julio A. Berdegue, Louis Flores, Pilar Jano, Thomas A. Reardon, Paul Schuetz
  • Chapter 3 Ecuador, Miguel Zamora
  • Chapter 4 Thailand, Aree Wiboonponse, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Dave Boselie, Petra van de Kop
  • Chapter 5 Philippines, Larry N. Digal, Sylvia B. Concepcion
  • Chapter 6 South Africa, Andre Louw, Hilton Madevu, Danie Jordaan, Hester Vermeulen
  • Part 3 Country Studies: Countries in Transition from State Control
  • Chapter 7 Hungary, Imre Fert?, Csaba Forgacs, Aniko Juhasz, Gyoengyi Kurthy
  • Chapter 8 Poland, Jerzy Wilkin, Malgorzata Juchniewicz, Dominika Milczarek
  • Chapter 9 Romania, Dinu Gavrilescu, Mariana Grodea, Camelia Serbanescu, Crina Turtoi
  • Chapter 10 China, Xiang Bi, Xiaoxia Dong, Jikun Huang, Dinghuan Hu, Scott Rozelle
  • Chapter 11 Vietnam, Phan Thi Giac Tam
  • Part 4 Country Studies: Countries with Emerging Modern Supply Chains
  • Chapter 12 India, K.K. Upadhyay, Raghwesh Ranjan
  • Chapter 13 Pakistan, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Mosharraf Zaidi, Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed, Huma Nawaz Syal
  • Chapter 14 Bangladesh, Khandaker Mainuddin, Moinul I. Sharif, Mozaharul Alam, Dwijendra lal Mallick
  • Chapter 15 Kenya, James K. Nyoro, Joshua Ariga, Isaac K. Ngugi
  • Chapter 16 Uganda, Lucy Aliguma, James K. Nyoro
  • Chapter 17 Zambia, Rosemary A. Emongor, Andre Louw, Johann F. Kirsten
  • Part 5 Conclusions
  • Chapter 18 Restructuring of Agri-food Systems and Prospects for Small Producers, Bill Vorley, Andrew Fearne, Derek Ray

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