LEADER 05159nam 22006495 450 001 9910508458203321 005 20260116204311.0 010 $a9783030886936 010 $a303088693X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-88693-6 035 $a(CKB)5600000000080632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6797320 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6797320 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-88693-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000080632 100 $a20211102d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfrican Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development $eAn Economic and Institutional Perspective /$fby Alan de Brauw, Erwin Bulte 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (223 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy,$x2662-3897 311 08$a9783030886929 311 08$a3030886921 327 $a1. African smallholders and their market environment -- 2.African Agricultural Value Chains: A Brief Historical Overview -- 3. Economic theory and value chain governance -- 4. The evolution of Agricultural Value Chains in Africa -- 5. Small holders and Markets -- 6. Product quality and certification -- 7. Storage and post-harvest losses -- 8. Silver bullets? -- 9. Structural transformation 2.0: the rocky road ahead?. 330 $aThis book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the authors introduce the economic theory of agri-food value chains and value chain governance, focusing on domestic and regional trade in (and consumption of) food crops in a low-income country context. In addition to mainstream and heterodox thinking about value chain development, the book pays attention to political economy considerations. The book also reviews the empirical evidence on value chain development and performance in Africa. It adopts multiple lenses to examine agricultural value chains, zooming out from the micro level (e.g., relational contracting in a context of market imperfections) to the meso level (e.g., distributional implications of various value chain interventions, inclusion of specific social groups) and the macro level (underlying income, population and urbanization trends, volumes and prices, etc.).Furthermore, this book places value chain development in the context of a process the authors refer to as structural transformation 2.0, which refers to a process where production factors (labor, land and capital) move from low-productivity agriculture to high-productivity agriculture. Finally, throughout the book the authors interpret the evidence in light of three important debates: (i) how competitive are rural factor and product markets, and what does this imply for distribution and innovation? (ii) what role do foreign investment and factor proportions play in the development of agri-food value chains in Africa? (iii) what complementary government policies can help facilitate a process of agricultural value chain transformation, towards high-productive activities and enhancing the capacity of value chains to generate employment opportunities and food security for a growing population. Alan de Brauw is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute.He was previously a professor of economics at Williams College. He conducts much of his research using primary source data and has previously published over 50 articles in economics, agricultural economics, and nutrition journals. Erwin Bulte is professor of development economics at Wageningen University and Research. He has previously held positions at Oxford University, Cambridge University, Tilburg University and Utrecht University. He has published almost 150 papers in internationally refereed journals, and a previous Palgrave book on institutions and agrarian development in West Africa (with Paul Richards and Maarten Voors). 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy,$x2662-3897 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aDevelopment economics 606 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions 606 $aAgricultural Economics 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aDevelopment Economics 606 $aAfrican Economics 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aDevelopment economics. 615 0$aAfrica$xEconomic conditions. 615 14$aAgricultural Economics. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 615 24$aDevelopment Economics. 615 24$aAfrican Economics. 676 $a338.10967 700 $aBrauw$b Alan de$01884782 702 $aBulte$b E. H$g(Erwin Hendricus),$f1968- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910508458203321 996 $aAfrican Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development$94519397 997 $aUNINA