The Phantom of Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains: A Cross-Country, Cross-Crop Comparison of Smallholders

Dr. Ismail Doga Karatepe; Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer

doi:10.5771/9783957102911

Summary

This book addresses the controversies surrounding smallholders’ opportunities for economic and social upgrading by joining global agricultural value chains (AVC). While international organizations encourage small farmers to become part of AVC, critics point out its risks. Unlike previous single case studies, researchers from three continents compared the influence of the characteristics of the crop (coffee, mango, rice), the end markets, and the national political economic contexts on the social and economic conditions for smallholders and agricultural workers. Their findings highlight the importance of collective action by smallholders and of a supportive state for economic and social upgrading.With contributions byBurhan Ahmad, Angela Dziedzim Akorsu, Valdênia Apolinário, Walter Belik, Do Quynh Chi; Francis Neu-Kwesi, Daniel James Hawkins, Jakir Hossain, Ismail Doga Karatepe, Khiddir Iddris, Clesio Marcelino de Jesus, Manish Kumar, Michele Lindner, Mubashir Mehdi, Rosa Maria Vieira Medeiros, Antonio Cesar Ortega, Thales Augusto Medeiros Penha, Bruno Perosa, Christoph Scherrer, Sérgio Schneider and Santosh Verma.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-98542-004-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95710-291-1
Publisher: Hampp, Baden-Baden
Series: Labor and Globalization
Volume: 22
Language: English
Pages: 333
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XX
Introduction to Upgrading in Agriculture No access Pages 1 - 24
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1. 1. Smallholders in the rice value chain of Bangladesh and India No access Pages 25 - 90
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2. 2. Organic rice in land reform settlements of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil No access Pages 91 - 110
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3. 3. Economic and Social Upgrading in the Coffee VC in a Comparative Perspective No access Pages 111 - 173
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4. 4. Economic and social upgrading in global agro-food VCs: Mango in Brazil and Pakistan No access Pages 174 - 226
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5. 5. Economic and Social Upgrading in the Mango Value Chain in Ghana No access Pages 227 - 258
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1. 6. Power Relations in Global Agricultural Value Chains No access Pages 259 - 296
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2. 7. Social upgrading in agricultural value chain: a state theoretical perspective No access Pages 297 - 314
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3. 8. The Phantom of Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains—Lessons for the Future No access Pages 315 - 328
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List of Tables, Figures and Boxes No access Pages 329 - 333