Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa

The global food system is undergoing rapid processes of transformation and modernisation. This is causing important changes in developing‐country food supply chains, particularly in supermarket‐driven and high‐value export chains, but the welfare implications of these changes are poorly understood....

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Autores principales: Maertens, Miet, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153168
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Minten, Bart
Swinnen, Johan
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description The global food system is undergoing rapid processes of transformation and modernisation. This is causing important changes in developing‐country food supply chains, particularly in supermarket‐driven and high‐value export chains, but the welfare implications of these changes are poorly understood. This article analyses and compares the welfare effects in different horticulture export chains in sub‐Saharan Africa, disentangling different types of effects and the channels through which rural households are affected. Its main conclusion is that increased high‐value exports and the modernisation of export supply chains can bring about important positive welfare effects, which can occur in various ways through product‐ or labour‐market effects and through direct and indirect effects.
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spelling CGSpace1531682024-11-15T08:52:37Z Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa Maertens, Miet Minten, Bart Swinnen, Johan supply chains poverty horticulture The global food system is undergoing rapid processes of transformation and modernisation. This is causing important changes in developing‐country food supply chains, particularly in supermarket‐driven and high‐value export chains, but the welfare implications of these changes are poorly understood. This article analyses and compares the welfare effects in different horticulture export chains in sub‐Saharan Africa, disentangling different types of effects and the channels through which rural households are affected. Its main conclusion is that increased high‐value exports and the modernisation of export supply chains can bring about important positive welfare effects, which can occur in various ways through product‐ or labour‐market effects and through direct and indirect effects. 2012-07 2024-10-01T13:55:44Z 2024-10-01T13:55:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153168 en Limited Access Wiley Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; and Swinnen, Johan. 2012. Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. Development Policy Review 30(4): 473-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00585.x
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Maertens, Miet
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Swinnen, Johan
Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa
title Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort modern food supply chains and development evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub saharan africa
topic supply chains
poverty
horticulture
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