Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a profound transformation characterized by the emergence and expansion of modern retailers and integrated supply chains. Appropriate policies are needed to guide this transformation, presupposing a good understanding of consumer preferences. We...

This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...

China’s transition into a developed economy is driving changes in consumer preferences and demand for foods. To evaluate consumer preferences for imported pork in urban China, primary data were collected in two metropolitan areas- Beijing and Shanghai. Estimated logit models revealed that an...

The prevalence of food quality standards in international trade is constantly increasing and has a growing influence on developing countries. A wide range of literature in development economics has focused on the debate of whether international standards exclude small-scale farmers from...

Rural poverty is the mam constituent of poverty worldWlde and 1s measurable in terms of undernutrihon, shorter life expectancy, and tlltteracy. Of ten southern African countnes, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland have dietary energy supplies per ca put m excess of requirements, and the...

This paper attempts to analyze quantitatively the link between food aid and surplus production in the maJOr food aid donor countnes. Simple regression models were estimated for wheat, coarse grams, and nee using data for 1962-82, depending on the commodity and donor. Carryover stocks and world...

The US commodity export programme (CEP) provides subsidized credit to the importer (rather than subs1d1zed commodity prices) to alleviate foreign exchange and income problems on the part of the importer. In the case of Colombia, credit subs1d1es were such that the total cost of financed imports...

This paper presents an analysis of the effects of a food-for-work programme (FFW) on the patterns of mcome d1stnbution m the rec1p1ent community. A relative mean income analysis of the size distnbution of incomes was undertaken. When the value of the food received from FFW is excluded from the...