Global agro-food trade and standards : challenges for Africa

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Global agro-food trade and standards : challenges for Africa

edited by Peter Gibbon, Stefano Ponte and Evelyne Lazaro

(International political economy series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-264) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards.

Table of Contents

  • Global Agro-Food Standards and Africa: An Introduction
  • P.Gibbon& E.Lazaro Product Carbon Footprint Standards and Schemes
  • S.Bolwig& P.Gibbon Institutional Capacity for Food Safety Conformity in Tanzania
  • A.Akyoo& E.Lazaro An Analysis of Organic Contract Farming Schemes in East Africa
  • P.Gibbon, A.Akyoo, S.Bolwig, S.Jones, Y.Lin& L.Lund Rants Challenges and Opportunities of Organic Agriculture in Tanzania
  • E.Mbiha& G.Ashimogo Sustainability Standards And Agro-Food Exports
  • E.Lazaro, L.Riisgaard, F.Kilima, J.Makindara& R.Mnenwa Localizing Private Social Standards: Standards Initiatives in Kenyan Cut Flowers
  • L.Riisgaard Food Safety Standards and Fishery Livelihoods in East Africa
  • R.Kadigi, N.Mdoe, E.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 the Developing Countries Regulatory Problems and Possibilities
  • M.Broberg Conclusion
  • S.Ponte

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