-agro-business relationships and contract success. This is what this article does. Data of 386 smallholders in the pineapple export sector in Ghana …Smallholders often have to certify according to international standards and produce under contract for large agro … is analyzed quantitatively and enriched by a detailed case study of a large-scale agro-business in Ghana called Blues …

seen as a valuable alternative for developing countries with many smallholders. Using value chain analysis for the case of … the pineapple sector in Ghana and extensive data from the European market, this paper tries to shed light on the … feasibility and profitability of organic small-scale production. Even though smallholders tend to have quality problems with their …