Vegetable production and marketing in Africa : socio-economic research /

This book provides a collection of conceptual and methodological chapters on the socio-economic aspects of vegetable production-to-marketing systems in Africa. The diverse topics covered in this book include the conceptual challenges in economic research on vegetable production systems, the implicat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mithöfer, Dagmar, Waibel, Hermann, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2011.
Temas:
Vegetable trade > Africa.
Vegetables > Africa > Marketing.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Africa.
Légumes > Commerce > Afrique.
Légumes > Afrique > Commercialisation.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Afrique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Economic development.
Marketing.
Pest management.
Research.
Socioeconomics.
Standards.
Vegetable growing.
Vegetables.
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Vegetable trade
Vegetables > Marketing
Africa
ketenmanagement
supply chain management
marketing
sociale economie
socioeconomics
groenteproducten
vegetable products
agrarische productiesystemen
agricultural production systems
plagenbehandeling
pest management
ontwikkeling
development
ontwikkelingsstudies
development studies
afrika
africa
ontwikkelingslanden
developing countries
Production Chain Management
Beheer van productieketens
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An overview
  • Theoretical concepts for socio-economic research of vegetables in Africa
  • Framework for economic impact assessment of production standards and empirical evidence
  • The impact of food safety standards on rural household welfare
  • The impact of compliance to GlobalGAP standards on small and large Kenyan export vegetable-producing farms
  • Food production standards and farm worker welfare in Kenya
  • Group culture and smallholder participation in value chains: French beans in Kenya
  • Export vegetable supply chains and rural households in Senegal
  • Comparative assessment of the marketing structure and price behaviour of three staple vegetables in Lusaka, Zambia
  • Value chains and regional trade in east Africa: the case of vegetables in Kenya and Tanzania
  • Supply chains for indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban areas of Uganda and Kenya: a gendered perspective
  • Private voluntary standards, co-investment and inclusive business
  • An approach to strengthening vegetable value chains in east Africa: potential for spillovers
  • Challenges for economic impact assessment of classical biological control in Kenya and Tanzania
  • Indirect and external costs of pesticide use in the vegetable sub-sector in Kenya
  • Integrated pest management training and information flow among smallholder horticulture farmers in Kenya.

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