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Tomato Farmers and Modern Markets in Nicaragua: A Duration Analysis

Hernandez, Ricardo; Reardon, Thomas - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

This paper explores whether farm land and non-land assets determine the participation of tomato growers in modern markets in Nicaragua, and how farmers’ duration as supermarket suppliers affects the farm technology they use. The methodology is based on a survival analysis approach. We use data...

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Social and environmental attributes of food products in an emerging mass market: Challenges of signaling and consumer perception, with European illustrations

Codron, Jean-Marie; Siriex, Lucie; Reardon, Thomas - In: Agriculture and Human Values 23 (2006) 3, pp. 283-297

This paper focuses on the environmental and ethical attributes of food products and their production processes. These two aspects have been recently recognized and are becoming increasingly important in terms of signaling and of consumer perception. There are two relevant thematic domains:...

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The quiet revolution in India's food supply chains:

Reardon, Thomas; Minten, Bart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

There has been a rapid transformation of food supply chains in India over the past two decades. Modern retail sales are growing at 49 percent per year and quickly penetrating urban food markets and even rural markets. The food-processing sector is growing quickly while also concentrating and...

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The Economics of the Food System Revolution

Reardon, Thomas; Timmer, C. Peter - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 4 (2012) 1, pp. 225-264

A revolution in food systems—food supply chains upstream from farms, to the food industry in the midstream segments of processing and wholesale and in the downstream segment of retail, then on to consumers—has been under way in the United States for more than a century and in developing...

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Chapter 55 Transformation of Markets for Agricultural Output in Developing Countries Since 1950: How Has Thinking Changed?

Reardon, Thomas; Timmer, C. Peter - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2807-2855). 2007

This chapter traces the evolution of the agricultural economics literature on agrifood output markets over the past 50 years, emphasizing research approaches and policy issues. The analysis of agrifood systems encompasses the demand and supply side of output markets. The analysis in this chapter...

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Kenyan Supermarkets and Horticultural Farm Sector Development

Neven, David; Reardon, Thomas - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

In Kenya, supermarkets have grown from a tiny n iche at the start of the 1990s to 20% of the urban food retail sector … the rise of supermarkets and the new challenges and opportun ities they create. The research found that the rise of … supermarkets in Kenya has given rise to a new group of medium-sized farms managed by well-educated farmers. Focusing on kale, the …

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Small Farmers and Big Retail: trade-offs of supplying supermarkets in Nicaragua

Michelson, Hope; Reardon, Thomas; Perez, Francisco Jose - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

with supermarket chains. We use unique data on negotiated prices from Nicaraguan farm cooperatives supplying supermarkets …

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The rise of supermarkets and their development implications: International experience relevant for India

Reardon, Thomas; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) was invited by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry to conduct a study titled “The Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Retail Sector.” Because organized retail in India is still in its infancy,...

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The supermarket revolution in developing countries: Policies for "competitiveness with inclusiveness"

Reardon, Thomas; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"A “supermarket revolution” has been underway in developing countries since the early 1990s. Supermarkets (here … referring to all modern retail, which includes chain stores of various formats such as supermarkets, hypermarkets, and … not equipped to meet the new competition and requirements from supermarkets. Developing-country governments can put in …

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Surprised by supermarkets: diffusion of modern food retail in India

Reardon, Thomas; Minten, Bart - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 134-161

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the patterns and dynamics of the diffusion of modern food retail in India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on detailed sales data from retail chains in India, short case studies of retail chains, and review of literature....

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