Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private Strategies for Agro-Enterprise Development

Edited by Ralph D Christy, Carlos A da Silva, Nomathemba Mhlanga, Edward Mabaya and Krisztina Tihanyi

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Abstract: In an effort to promote agro-enterprises and agro-industries as viable forms of inclusive development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) in collaboration with the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), organized an international symposium on the topic “Innovative Institutions, Public Policies, and Private Strategies for Inclusive Agro-Enterprise Development”, as part of the Triennial Meetings of the IAAE held in Foz do lguaçu, Brazil, in August 2012.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Policy; Innovation; Development; Private enterprise; Food and Agriculture Organization; Cornell University; Rural infrastructure; Agro-industries; Competitiveness; Resource mobilizatiom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9789814596602
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATIONS LINKING SMALL-SCALE FARMERS TO PRODUCE MARKETS IN SOUTH AFRICA , pp 1-23

Joyce M. Chitja and Edward Mabaya

Ch 2 INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS IN THE THAI HORTICULTURAL SECTOR: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF GLOBALGAP CERTIFICATION , pp 25-60

Sarah Holzapfel and Meike Wollni

Ch 3 INNOVATIVE NETWORKS IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE: BAJIO HUB CASE STUDY, MEXICO , pp 61-66

Gabriela Monsalvo-Velázquez, Ricardo Romero-Perezgrovas, Bram Govaerts and Roberto Rendón-Medel

Ch 4 GEOGRAPHY MATTERS: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF SPATIAL SELECTION IN CONTRACT FARMING SCHEMES IN SOUTHERN INDIA , pp 87-111

Sudha Narayanan

Ch 5 CAPABILITIES AND PERFORMANCE IN COLLECTIVE MARKETING: THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING TO COPE WITH AGENCY DILEMMAS , pp 113-149

Giel Ton, Lithzy Flores, Rubén Monasterios and Evaristo Yana

Ch 6 SOCIAL INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW GREEN JOBS: SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES IN MEXICO , pp 151-167

Artemisa Montes Sylvan

Ch 7 SWEET SORGHUM: A SMART CROP TO MEET THE DEMANDS FOR FOOD, FODDER, FUEL AND FEED , pp 169-187

G. Basavaraj, P. Parthasarathy Rao, C. Ravinder Reddy, A. Ashok Kumar, S. Datta Mazumdar, Y. Ramana Reddy, P. Srinivasa Rao, S.M. Karuppan Chetty and Belum V.S. Reddy

Ch 8 PROMOTING FOOD PROCESSING THROUGH FOOD PARKS AND FOOD PROCESSING SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE , pp 189-219

Aradhna Aggarwal

Ch 9 AUTONOMY, COMPETENCE AND MARKET STRUCTURE: SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY APPLIED TO SMALL AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS FROM LATIN AMERICA , pp 221-243

Linda M. Young and Theresa C. Bushman

Ch 10 PROMOTING AGRO-ENTERPRISES IN THE HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA THROUGH IMPROVED INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: EXPERIENCES OF MARKET-ORIENTED DAIRY AND FATTENING DEVELOPMENT , pp 245-276

Berhanu Gebremedhin, Dirk Hoekstra and Azage Tegegne

Ch 11 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN ENSURING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S COMPETITION COMMISSION AND THE MAIZE MILLING INDUSTRY , pp 277-312

Lulama Traub

Ch 12 THE QUIET REVOLUTION IN AGRI-FOOD VALUE CHAINS IN ASIA: UNDERSTANDING THE FAST EMERGENCE OF COLD STORAGES IN POOR DISTRICTS IN INDIA , pp 313-340

Bart Minten, Thomas Reardon, Krishna Singh and Rajib Sutradhar

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