Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers

Urbanization, growing incomes and changing diets have facilitated the supermarket revolution in Malaysia. Contract farming has been used as a tool to incorporate farmers into the modern supermarket supply chain, mediated by Malaysia’s Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA). This study exami...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chin, Denise
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Association of Agricultural Economists 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150243
_version_ 1855540427048878080
author Chin, Denise
author_browse Chin, Denise
author_facet Chin, Denise
author_sort Chin, Denise
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Urbanization, growing incomes and changing diets have facilitated the supermarket revolution in Malaysia. Contract farming has been used as a tool to incorporate farmers into the modern supermarket supply chain, mediated by Malaysia’s Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA). This study examines the influence of supermarkets on Malaysia’s traditional food supply chain, and the emergence of the supermarket-farmer relationship with smallholder farmers through contract farming, as a result of the new supply chain. Based on an extensive literature review and interviews with FAMA and supermarket representatives, this study finds that the supermarket dominance is present but the relationship between supermarkets and farmers is distant and indirect. While FAMA’s contract farming is a useful effort to increase farmer involvement in the supermarket supply chain, there has been little participation from supermarkets due to their efficient network of suppliers that can adhere to their high quantity and quality demands better than small farmers can. Chin, Denise
format Conference Paper
id CGSpace150243
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2015
publishDateRange 2015
publishDateSort 2015
publisher International Association of Agricultural Economists
publisherStr International Association of Agricultural Economists
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace1502432024-11-13T12:23:14Z Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers Chin, Denise supply chains farmers food supply Urbanization, growing incomes and changing diets have facilitated the supermarket revolution in Malaysia. Contract farming has been used as a tool to incorporate farmers into the modern supermarket supply chain, mediated by Malaysia’s Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA). This study examines the influence of supermarkets on Malaysia’s traditional food supply chain, and the emergence of the supermarket-farmer relationship with smallholder farmers through contract farming, as a result of the new supply chain. Based on an extensive literature review and interviews with FAMA and supermarket representatives, this study finds that the supermarket dominance is present but the relationship between supermarkets and farmers is distant and indirect. While FAMA’s contract farming is a useful effort to increase farmer involvement in the supermarket supply chain, there has been little participation from supermarkets due to their efficient network of suppliers that can adhere to their high quantity and quality demands better than small farmers can. Chin, Denise 2015-12-21 2024-08-01T02:51:08Z 2024-08-01T02:51:08Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150243 en Open Access International Association of Agricultural Economists Chin, Denise. 2015. Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers. Presented at the 29th Triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 8 -14, 2015 in Milan, Italy. https://purl.umn.edu/211464
spellingShingle supply chains
farmers
food supply
Chin, Denise
Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers
title Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers
title_full Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers
title_fullStr Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers
title_full_unstemmed Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers
title_short Supermarkets in Malyasia's food supply chain: Influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers
title_sort supermarkets in malyasia s food supply chain influence on traditional supply chain and implications for contract farmers
topic supply chains
farmers
food supply
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150243
work_keys_str_mv AT chindenise supermarketsinmalyasiasfoodsupplychaininfluenceontraditionalsupplychainandimplicationsforcontractfarmers