Food and agricultural commodity markets, particularly in developing countries, have
undergone tremendous changes in the past decades (Reardon and Barrett 2000; Swinnen …

1. Objectives Poor rural households in the developing world work in both agriculture and
rural nonfarm activities (Sanchez et al. 2005; IFAD 2012). Given the pronounced seasonality …

Background Agri-food systems are undergoing rapid transformations and the emergence of
integrated food supply chains is one of the most visible market phenomena in India …

Food value chains in developing countries are changing in response to the increasing
quality and safety demands of domestic and international customers. Tighter vertical ties are …

The system of global agricultural and food trade is undergoing rapid processes of change,
with important implications for economic development. In this paper we document and …

Value chain based approaches offer tremendous scope for market-based improvements in
production, productivity, rural economy diversification, and household incomes, but are often …

Against the background of global market liberalization, increasing consumer awareness and
concerns and the spreading of complex technology, new ways to produce, distribute and …

This paper discusses agriculture and poverty reduction in the context of globalisation.
Taking the global value chain perspective (GVC), it analyses the trends in agribusiness and …

This article combines the GCC and Convention Theory frameworks to compare the value
chains for agro‐commodities before and after the decade 1980–90. Crudely, this period was …

Food and agricultural commodity value chains in developing and transition countries have
undergone tremendous changes in the past decades. Companies and property rights have …