African farmers, value chains and agricultural development : an economic and institutional perspective / / Alan de Brauw, Erwin Bulte

• Autore: De Brauw Alan
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.10967
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Persona (resp. second.): BulteErwin
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 African Smallholders and Their Market Environment -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Transaction Costs: The Elephant in the Room -- 1.3 The Weakest Shoulders and the Heaviest Burden -- 1.4 Value Chain Development -- 1.5 Policies and Interventions -- 1.6 What This Book Tries to Do (and Does not Do) -- References -- 2 African Agricultural Value Chains: A Brief Historical Overview -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Precolonial Farming -- 2.3 The Scramble for Africa -- 2.4 Extraction and Growth During Colonial Times -- 2.5 Taxing Farmers: African Agriculture After Decolonization -- 2.6 From Taxation to Protection -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Economic Theory and Value Chain Governance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 How Value Chains Are Governed -- 3.3 Development and Value Chains -- 3.4 Formal and Informal Governance of Value Chains -- 3.5 Relational Contracting in More Detail -- 3.6 Policies, Projects, and Value Chain Performance: Competition and Insurance -- 3.7 Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix: A Formal Model of Relational Contracting Between a Trader and a Farmer -- References -- 4 The Evolution of Agricultural Value Chains in Africa -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Types of Value Chains -- 4.3 Value Chain Services -- 4.4 Factors Shaping the Transition from Traditional to Complex Value Chains -- 4.4.1 Consequences of Income Growth, Inequality, and Urbanization -- 4.5 Contract Farming -- 4.6 Value Chain Finance -- 4.7 The Role of Imported Food in African Markets -- 4.8 Closing Words -- References -- 5 Smallholders and Markets -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Factor Markets -- 5.3 Input Markets -- 5.4 Output Markets -- 5.5 Smallholder Households -- 5.6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 6 Product Quality and Certification -- 6.1 Producers, Purchases, and Certifying Quality. ; 6.1.1 The Role of Trust in the Value Chain -- 6.2 Types of Certification -- 6.2.1 Quality Certification of Grains -- 6.2.2 Potential Unintended Consequences of Certification -- 6.3 Impacts of Certification on Smallholder Livelihoods -- 6.3.1 Vertical Integration and Outcomes -- 6.4 Summary -- References -- 7 Storage and Post-harvest Losses -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Food Storage in Africa -- 7.2.1 Storing Perishables -- 7.3 Post-Harvest Losses -- 7.3.1 Post-Harvest Losses in Perishables -- 7.3.2 Hidden Challenges: Aflatoxins -- 7.4 How Can Improved Storage Work for the Poor? -- 7.4.1 Warehouse Receipts -- 7.4.2 Storage and Commodity Exchanges -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Silver Bullets? -- 8.1 Foreign Direct Investment and Farm Consolidation -- 8.2 Input Subsidy Programs -- 8.3 Innovation Platforms -- 8.4 Producer Organizations -- 8.5 ICT and Mobile Phones -- 8.5.1 The Benefits of ICT -- 8.5.2 The Impacts of ICTs on Rural Africa -- 8.6 Blockchain in Agriculture: Can It Lead to Growth? -- 8.7 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Structural Transformation 2.0: The Rocky Road Ahead… -- 9.1 Will Structural Transformation 1.0 Occur in Africa? -- 9.2 Approach 1: Bundling Interventions -- 9.3 Approach 2: Farm Consolidation -- 9.3.1 The Inverse Relationship Between Farm Size and Productivity -- 9.3.2 Hub and Spoke Systems? -- 9.4 Approach 3: Infrastructure Investments -- 9.4.1 Technology Infrastructure -- 9.5 Approach 4: Boosting Demand and Improving Regional Trade -- 9.6 Closing Words -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: African farmers, value chains and agricultural development
• ISBN: 3-030-88693-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910508458203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy