Coffee is a truly global commodity and a major foreign exchange earner in many developing
countries. The global coffee chain has changed dramatically as a result of deregulation, new …

This book examines the dynamics of socioeconomic change in rural areas of Africa, with
particular reference to the effects of agricultural market liberalization. It examines both …

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 …

To what extent is global economic change mediated by national‐level policies? Are global
corporations adopting the same strategies in different countries or do they address varying …

This paper uses a global commodity chain (GCC) approach to examine the transformation of
the global coffee marketing chain and its repercussions in developing countries. It focuses …

Coffee is a truly global commodity and a major foreign exchange earner in many developing
countries. Deregulation, evolving corporate strategies, and new consumption patterns have …

This study was motivated by the huge potential of Kenya's cotton-textile sector in poverty
reduction, its unprecedented decline since the second half of the 1980s and the market …

After unprecedented decline in Kenya's cotton-textile-apparel industry since the early 1990s,
substantial interest in its revival has emerged. This interest has largely been stimulated by …

Zimbabwe has had a wide range of experience with different types of marketing systems,
ranging from state-controlled to free market systems. Given that Zimbabwe is an agro-based …

David Tschirley, Colin Poulton, and Duncan Boughton economic
success story in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While SSA's share of world agricultural trade fell …