The Transformation of Agri-food Systems: Globalization, Supply Chains and Smallholder Farmers

The Transformation of Agri-food Systems: Globalization, Supply Chains and Smallholder Farmers
ISBN-10
9251059624
ISBN-13
9789251059623
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
381
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Food & Agriculture Org.
Authors
Prabhu L. Pingali, Ellen B. McCullough, Kostas G. Stamoulis

Description

The driving forces of income growth, demographic shifts, globalisation and technical change have led to a reorganisation of food systems from farm to plate. The characteristics of supply chains - particularly the role of supermarkets - linking farmers have changed, from consumption and retail to wholesale, processing, procurement and production. This has had a dramatic effect on smallholder farmers, particularly in developing countries. This book presents a comprehensive framework for assessing the impacts of changing agri-food systems on smallholder farmers, recognising the importance of heterogeneity between developing countries as well as within them. The book includes a number of case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, which are used to illustrate differences in food systems' characteristics and trends. The country case studies explore impacts on the small farm sector across different countries, local contexts and farm types

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