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Development of the animal feed to poultry value chain across Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Ncube, Phumzile; Roberts, Simon; Zengeni, Tatenda - 2016
The animal feed to poultry value chain in the southern African region has seen rapid demand growth owing to increases in urbanization. This growth has been accompanied by the increase in co-ordinated investments by large, predominantly South African, firms across the region. We examine the...
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The expansion of regional supermarket chains : implications for local suppliers in Zambia
Ziba, Francis; Phiri, Mwanda - 2017
The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction. Furthermore, while the expansion of supermarket chains in Zambia...
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Spreading the gains? : prospects and policies for the development of regional value chains in Southern Africa
Black, Anthony H.; Edwards, Lawrence; Ismail, Faizel; … - 2019
Regional integration is making steady progress in Africa and a key objective is to improve the prospects for industrialization by expanding the regional market. This paper draws on a combination of trade data analysis and industry case studies to better understand the links and synergies between...
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Moving up the copper value chain in Southern Africa
Makgetla, Neva Seidman; Levin, Saul; Mtanga, Sithembiso - 2019
Southern African countries-mainly Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo-account for around a seventh of global production of copper. In the 2010s, they imported over a third of the associated capital goods and components from South Africa. Given this strength, some observers suggest...
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Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation
Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2020
Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...
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Agro-processing, value chains, and regional integration in Southern Africa
Black, Anthony H.; Edwards, Lawrence; Gorven, Ruth; … - 2020
Regional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread. South Africa's huge regional trade surplus in manufactured goods is already leading to protectionist pressures in neighbouring countries. Agro-processing is a large sector, which is widely...
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Gendered implications of the waves of COVID-19 and economic upgrading trajectories in digital value chains : insights from Kenyan agricultural platforms
Krishnan, Aarti; Nganga, Monica; Foster, Timothy - 2023
Women play a critical yet under-researched role in global digital agri-food value chains, especially in smallholder production, which affects how they are able to economically upgrade (improve crop yields and product quality, and increase product diversification). Research suggests that women's...
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Externalities and foreign capital in aquaculture production in developing countries
Akpalu, Wisdom; Bitew, Worku T. - 2017
Most developing countries are increasingly dependent on fresh water based aquaculture (cage culture) to supplement the … investment in the industry in developing countries. This paper develops a conceptual model for fresh water based aquaculture that … aquaculture production. We found that a Pigouvian tax (optimum ad valorem tax) that corrects the externalities depends on economic …
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Labour conditions in regional versus global value chains : insights from apparel firms in Lesotho and Eswatini
Pasquali, Giovanni - 2021
We explore how decent work varies across Southern Africa apparel firms participating in global value chains (GVCs) and regional value chains (RVCs), respectively. We draw on crosssection survey data from 135 workers in 31 firms across Eswatini and Lesotho, two large apparel exporters serving...
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Pulling up or binding down : a review of upgrading trajectories in apparel and agroprocessing global value chains for developing countries
Pasquali, Giovanni; Krishnan, Aarti; Engel, Jakob - 2021
There exist a plethora of developing country value chain studies based on a variety of methodological approaches, both in the academic literature and through policy reports. However, there has been little systematic synthesis of the findings and approaches taken in these studies. This study...
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