Global value chains and agrifood standards: Challenges and possibilities for smallholders in developing countries

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 12326-12331

  Lee, Joonkoo ^a   Gereffi, Gary ^a   Beauvais, Janet ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrifood supply chain; Food safety; Value chain governance

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN; HUMAN; MARKET; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 84864503202     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913714108     Document Type: Review

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