In This Issue: Small and Midscale Food Value Chains: A State of the Art

Duncan Hilchey

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2011, vol. 1, issue 4

Abstract: First paragraph:In this issue of JAFSCD we present the state of the art in small and medium-sized food value chains — primarily from a North American perspective, but also with perspectives from Europe and South America. Values-based food supply chains (value chains) are strategic alliances between farms, ranches, and other supply chain partners who deal in sufficient volumes of high-quality, differentiated food products and distribute rewards equitably across the supply chain. As Stevenson and colleagues remind us, in FVCs, farmers and ranchers are treated as strategic partners, not as interchangeable — and exploitable — input suppliers. Ideally, all partners in these business alliances recognize that creating maximum value for the product depends on significant interdependence, collaboration, and mutual support.

Keywords: Production; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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