Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains
A common narrative about agri-food value chains (AVCs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is that smallholders are paid substantially less for their agricultural products relative to the prices consumers pay for them. Some of that difference can be attributed to market channels—even in comp...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2024
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| author | de Brauw, Alan Maruyama, Eduardo Wagner, Julia |
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| description | A common narrative about agri-food value chains (AVCs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is that smallholders are paid substantially less for their agricultural products relative to the prices consumers pay for them. Some of that difference can be attributed to market channels—even in competitive and efficient agricultural markets, there are costs involved as agricultural products move from producers to consumers, including expenses for transportation, collection and aggregation, grading, processing, distribution, packaging, and retailing. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1681652025-11-06T06:02:42Z Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains de Brauw, Alan Maruyama, Eduardo Wagner, Julia markets agrifood systems value chains agricultural value chains A common narrative about agri-food value chains (AVCs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is that smallholders are paid substantially less for their agricultural products relative to the prices consumers pay for them. Some of that difference can be attributed to market channels—even in competitive and efficient agricultural markets, there are costs involved as agricultural products move from producers to consumers, including expenses for transportation, collection and aggregation, grading, processing, distribution, packaging, and retailing. 2024-12-20 2024-12-20T17:09:06Z 2024-12-20T17:09:06Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168165 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute de Brauw, Alan; Maruyama, Eduardo; and Wagner, Julia. 2024. Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains. CGIAR Initiative on Rethinking Food Markets Background Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168165 |
| spellingShingle | markets agrifood systems value chains agricultural value chains de Brauw, Alan Maruyama, Eduardo Wagner, Julia Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains |
| title | Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains |
| title_full | Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains |
| title_fullStr | Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains |
| title_short | Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains |
| title_sort | is it a myth market power among intermediaries in agri food value chains |
| topic | markets agrifood systems value chains agricultural value chains |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168165 |
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