The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains

Many developing countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets and urban domestic markets requires meeting the food safety requirements due to several demand and...

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Autores principales: Narrod, Clare, Roy, Devesh, Avendaño Ruiz, Belem D., Rich, Karl M., Okello, Julius J.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160164
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author Narrod, Clare
Roy, Devesh
Avendaño Ruiz, Belem D.
Rich, Karl M.
Okello, Julius J.
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Narrod, Clare
Okello, Julius J.
Rich, Karl M.
Roy, Devesh
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Roy, Devesh
Avendaño Ruiz, Belem D.
Rich, Karl M.
Okello, Julius J.
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description Many developing countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets and urban domestic markets requires meeting the food safety requirements due to several demand and supply side factors. Food retailers have developed protocols relating to pesticide residues, field and packinghouse operations, and traceability. In this changing scenario where food safety requirements are getting increasingly stringent, there are worries regarding the livelihood of the poor since companies that establish production centers in LDCs might exclude them. Poor producers face problems of how to produce safe food, be recognized as producing safe food, identify cost-effective technologies for reducing risk, and be competitive with larger producers with advantage of economies of scale in compliance with food safety requirements. In enabling the smallholders to remain competitive in such a system, new institutional arrangements are required. In particular, public-private partnerships can play a key role in creating farm to fork linkages that can satisfy the market demands for food safety while retaining smallholders in the supply chain. Furthermore, organized producer groups monitoring their own food safety requirements through collective action often become attractive to buyers who are looking for ways to ensure traceability and reduce transaction costs. This paper compares how small producers of different fruit and vegetable products in different countries have coped with increased demands for food safety from their main export markets. These commodities are Kenyan green beans, Mexican cantaloupes, and Indian grapes.
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spelling CGSpace1601642025-11-06T06:08:00Z The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains Narrod, Clare Roy, Devesh Avendaño Ruiz, Belem D. Rich, Karl M. Okello, Julius J. food safety collective action traceability small farms marketing developing countries supply smallholders public-private partnerships Many developing countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets and urban domestic markets requires meeting the food safety requirements due to several demand and supply side factors. Food retailers have developed protocols relating to pesticide residues, field and packinghouse operations, and traceability. In this changing scenario where food safety requirements are getting increasingly stringent, there are worries regarding the livelihood of the poor since companies that establish production centers in LDCs might exclude them. Poor producers face problems of how to produce safe food, be recognized as producing safe food, identify cost-effective technologies for reducing risk, and be competitive with larger producers with advantage of economies of scale in compliance with food safety requirements. In enabling the smallholders to remain competitive in such a system, new institutional arrangements are required. In particular, public-private partnerships can play a key role in creating farm to fork linkages that can satisfy the market demands for food safety while retaining smallholders in the supply chain. Furthermore, organized producer groups monitoring their own food safety requirements through collective action often become attractive to buyers who are looking for ways to ensure traceability and reduce transaction costs. This paper compares how small producers of different fruit and vegetable products in different countries have coped with increased demands for food safety from their main export markets. These commodities are Kenyan green beans, Mexican cantaloupes, and Indian grapes. 2007 2024-11-21T09:50:11Z 2024-11-21T09:50:11Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160164 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Narrod, Clare A.; Roy, Devesh; Avendaño Ruiz, Belem D.; Rich, Karl M.; Okello, Julius J. The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains. CAPRi working paper. 0070. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/CAPRiWP70.
spellingShingle food safety
collective action
traceability
small farms
marketing
developing countries
supply
smallholders
public-private partnerships
Narrod, Clare
Roy, Devesh
Avendaño Ruiz, Belem D.
Rich, Karl M.
Okello, Julius J.
The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
title The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
title_full The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
title_fullStr The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
title_full_unstemmed The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
title_short The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
title_sort role of public private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
topic food safety
collective action
traceability
small farms
marketing
developing countries
supply
smallholders
public-private partnerships
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160164
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