Agricultural value chains: How cities reshape food systems
Rapid growth of cities is driving change in agricultural value chains—key factors include increased commercial flows of agricultural goods, diet transformation, and the large role of commercial markets in meeting urban food needs. Megacities in developing countries are transforming value chains for...
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2017
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| author | Minten, Bart Reardon, Thomas Chen, Kevin Z. |
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| description | Rapid growth of cities is driving change in agricultural value chains—key factors include increased commercial flows of agricultural goods, diet transformation, and the large role of commercial markets in meeting urban food needs. Megacities in developing countries are transforming value chains for high-value crops and for traditional staple food crops. The “quiet revolution” affecting staple-food value chains is increasing productivity through: Increased investment in technology and modern inputs, including fertilizers and improved seeds, by farmers close to cities. Use of mobile phones by farmers to better position themselves in markets. Greater vertical integration resulting from the growing scale of midstream and retail sections of the value chain—such as cold storage, rice mills, and supermarkets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1463072025-11-06T07:01:54Z Agricultural value chains: How cities reshape food systems Minten, Bart Reardon, Thomas Chen, Kevin Z. potatoes supply chains inputs mobile phones public sector vertical integration farmers research commercial farming government cold storage diet supermarkets modernization value chains urban population wastage rural population fertilizers seeds investment technology urban areas employment rice urbanization markets developing countries infrastructure food security food prices food systems Rapid growth of cities is driving change in agricultural value chains—key factors include increased commercial flows of agricultural goods, diet transformation, and the large role of commercial markets in meeting urban food needs. Megacities in developing countries are transforming value chains for high-value crops and for traditional staple food crops. The “quiet revolution” affecting staple-food value chains is increasing productivity through: Increased investment in technology and modern inputs, including fertilizers and improved seeds, by farmers close to cities. Use of mobile phones by farmers to better position themselves in markets. Greater vertical integration resulting from the growing scale of midstream and retail sections of the value chain—such as cold storage, rice mills, and supermarkets. 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:34Z 2024-06-21T09:06:34Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146307 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292529 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Minten, Bart; Reardon, Thomas; and Chen, Kevin Z. 2017. Agricultural value chains: How cities reshape food systems. In 2017 Global Food Policy Report. Chapter 5. Pp 42-49. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292529_05. |
| spellingShingle | potatoes supply chains inputs mobile phones public sector vertical integration farmers research commercial farming government cold storage diet supermarkets modernization value chains urban population wastage rural population fertilizers seeds investment technology urban areas employment rice urbanization markets developing countries infrastructure food security food prices food systems Minten, Bart Reardon, Thomas Chen, Kevin Z. Agricultural value chains: How cities reshape food systems |
| title | Agricultural value chains: How cities reshape food systems |
| title_full | Agricultural value chains: How cities reshape food systems |
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| title_short | Agricultural value chains: How cities reshape food systems |
| title_sort | agricultural value chains how cities reshape food systems |
| topic | potatoes supply chains inputs mobile phones public sector vertical integration farmers research commercial farming government cold storage diet supermarkets modernization value chains urban population wastage rural population fertilizers seeds investment technology urban areas employment rice urbanization markets developing countries infrastructure food security food prices food systems |
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