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da Silva, C.A - 2009

-industries and Agribusiness in Developing Countries -- 3. Agro-industry Trends, Patterns and Development Impacts -- 4. Technologies …

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Building Competitiveness in Africa's Agriculture : A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications

Webber, C. Martin - 2009

, and evaluate agricultural and agribusiness development initiatives that strive to enhance productivity and competitiveness. …

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Plant Factory : An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production

Kozai, Toyoki - 2015

Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Productionprovides information on a field that is helping to offset the threats that unusual weather and shortages of land and natural resources bring to the food supply. As alternative options are needed to ensure...

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Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance.

Fuchs, Doris A - 2009

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- 1 Agrifood Corporations, Global Governance, and Sustainability -- I Corporate Power in International Retail and Trade Governance -- 2 Retail Power, Private Standards, and Sustainability in the Global Food System -- 3...

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Working with Smallholders : A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains

International Finance Corporation, International Finance - 2018

-- Key Messages -- Purpose of This Handbook -- Supply-Side Challenges Facing Global Food and Agribusiness Companies -- Demand … Smallholder Farmers: The Business Case -- Overview -- Direct Lending to Farmers by Agribusiness Companies -- Attracting FIs … Lending for Farmers Delivering to an Agribusiness or Off-Taker -- Other Financial Products and Services for Smallholder …

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The Global Land Grab : Beyond the Hype

Kaag, Mayke - 2014

The last two years have seen a huge amount of interest in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing - the large-scale acquisition of land in the global South. This in-depth and empirically diverse volume takes a step back from the hype to explore a number of key questions: does the...

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Organizing supply chain processes for sustainable innovation in the agri-food industry

Cagliano, Raffaella (ed.); Caniato, Federico F. A. (ed.); … - 2016

This book explores the challenges of sustainable agri-food supply chains. It presents and discusses nine cases of organizational innovation, covering different phases of food production and facing different challenges, by proposing alternative models to the traditional paradigm of scale and...

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Food Justice.

Joshi, Anupama - 2010

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Series Foreword -- Introduction: Taking Root -- I An Unjust Food System -- 1 Growing and Producing Food -- 2 Accessing Food -- 3 Consuming Food -- 4 Food Politics -- 5 The Food System Goes Global -- II Food Justice Action and Strategies -- 6 Growing Justice -- 7...

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China's Livestock Revolution Agribusiness and Policy Developments in the Sheep Meat Industry : Agribusiness and Policy Developments in the Sheep Meat Sector

Waldron, S - 2007

China is one of the world's largest developing agricultural countries and dominates the international livestock revolution in terms of its aggregate size and growth rate. While the sheep meat industry is still in the early stages of development, it is an excellent example of the upheaval taking...

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Global supply chains, standards and the poor : how the globalization of food systems and standards affects rural development and poverty

Swinnen, Johan F. M. (ed.) - 2007

Using original research from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book reviews the recent restructuring of the global agri-food industry and the dramatic rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries. It focuses on the private standards and requirements imposed by...

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