Research on agri-food supply chains in Southern Africa involving small-scale farmers: Current status and future possibilities

Agrekon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.F. Ortmann ◽  
R.P. King
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

Food Supply Chains, Family Farming, and Food Policies under the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Brazilian City

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-332
Author(s):  
Antonio de la Peña García ◽  
Silvia A. Zimmermann ◽  
Ana Alice Eleuterio
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Food Supply Chains

The food system in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, experienced changes that reflected the uncertainties and restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study describes urban and periurban family farmers’ ongoing strategies to adapt to changes in the local food supply chains (FSCs) after the temporary suspension of farmers’ markets and government programs directed to small-scale agriculture. Their disruption proved problematic for the farmers and the vulnerable populations served by them. As a result, some farmers redirected their products’ commercialization to delivery or pickup services. Based on observations and conversations with producers and retail intermediaries, we show that farmers’ delivery and pickup-based sales increased dramatically with the pandemic. The sustainability of these practices is unknown, although they have strengthened forms of cooperation and commercialization amongst farmers, mainly through online marketing. Based on the results, the study provides a series of research questions to explore food systems and FSCs under severe social disruption.

scholarly journals Sustainable Emerging Country Agro-Food Supply Chains: Fresh Vegetable Price Formation Mechanisms in Rural China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliang Cao ◽  
Muhammad Mohiuddin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Price Formation ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Additional Contribution ◽  
Price Fluctuations ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Fresh Vegetable

Price formation mechanisms along the supply chain determine the economic viability of effective agro-food supply chains in emerging countries with small-scale subsistence-based agricultural activities. This study offers an analysis of the price formation mechanism along the Chinese fresh vegetable supply chain. It analyzes the features of market transactions in the upstream and downstream greenhouse cucumber supply chain, and presents an elastic model of pricing in the fresh and raw vegetable market in China. Based on the daily procurement price data of 78 cases in Lingyuan (Liaoning Province, China), and the wholesale price of 78 cases in Xinfadi (Beijing, China), the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) unit root test, co-integration test, and Granger test were applied to reveal the relationship between the prices. Findings indicate that the price of fresh and raw vegetables is formed at the wholesale market, where after it cascades from wholesalers to direct buyers (primary merchants) and farmers, and is passed on to retailers and consumers, where the final market price is formed. Farmers exhibit bounded rationality decision-making, that is, they can only passively accept price fluctuations. Buyers (primary merchants, wholesalers’ agents, and retailers) at each level extract fixed rewards, while making no additional contribution to the price fluctuations along the chain. The wholesalers enjoy an oligopolistic competition market and can better take advantage of the asymmetric information to accommodate market demand.

scholarly journals Systems for sustainability and transparency of food supply chains – Current status and challenges

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.M. (Nel) Wognum ◽  
Harry Bremmers ◽  
Jacques H. Trienekens ◽  
Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst ◽  
Jacqueline M. Bloemhof
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Food Supply Chains

Local Dairy Supply Chains: A Profitability Analysis in Haryana

2020 ◽  
pp. 508-511
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Food System ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Milk Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Profitability Analysis ◽  
Dairy Processing

The shorter food supply chains were the emerging trend in the agro-food system. The characteristic of local food supply chains are regional, freshness, quality products, and health benefits to the consumers. The present study explores the existing local dairy supply chains in the Haryana state. The local dairy supply chains were analysed and found that the shorter milk supply chains were more profitable with reduced intermediaries and higher producer shares in consumer rupees for all dairy products. The supply chains which involved intermediaries had lesser cost per unit of operation in dairy processing but fetched lower prices due to the quality issues and more distance travelled by dairy products. The economic viability and financial position of the processing units exhibited favourable results for both supply chains but it was higher for Supply Chain-I.

scholarly journals Kurze Ketten im Lebensmittelbereich

Standort ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gesine Tuitjer
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Short Food Supply Chains

ZusammenfassungShort Food Supply Chains (SFSC), also kurze Wertschöpfungsketten im Lebensmittelbereich, sind ein verbreiteter Ansatz in der Regionalentwicklung – im ländlichen wie auch im städtischen Kontext. Aufgrund der Breite des Konzeptes sind empirische Belege für die regionalen Auswirkungen von kurzen Ketten jedoch uneindeutig und ihrem konkreten Aufbau stehen teilweise große Herausforderungen gegenüber. Im vorliegenden Text werden Direktvermarktung, Regionalvermarktungsinitiativen und regionalisierte vertikale Wertschöpfungsketten behandelt. Der Text fasst Ergebnisse einzelner Fallstudien zusammen, die zwischen 2015 und 2019 in 6 ländlichen Kreisen durchgeführt wurden. Im Text werden Herausforderungen für die Entwicklung dieser kurzen Ketten skizziert und mögliche Chancen aufgezeigt. Der Ausbau von alternativen Vermarktungswegen kann beispielsweise durch Infrastruktur im Bereich der Lagerung und Logistik unterstützt werden. Ein weiteres zentrales Ergebnis stellt die Notwendigkeit von Netzwerkvermittlern dar, die Kooperationen zwischen Produzenten innerhalb einer Region entlang vertikaler Wertschöpfungsketten begleiten bzw. initiieren.

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