Agrifood Industry Transformation and Small Farmers in Developing Countries

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1717-1727

  Reardon, Thomas ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^b   Berdegué, Julio A ^c   Swinnen, Johan F M ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CEDIT Center for the Integrated Development of Territories   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

agrifood industry; consolidation; contracts; foreign direct investment; institutions; modernization; processors; small farmer; supermarkets; transformation; vertical coordination

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROINDUSTRY; DAIRY FARMING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD PROCESSING; HORTICULTURE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKETING; MODERNIZATION; RETAILING; SMALLHOLDER;

EID: 70350205602     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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