Title: Food safety requirements in African green bean exports and their impact on small farmers

Authors: Okello, Julius Juma and Narrod, Clare and Roy, Devesh

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)

Year: 2007

Journal: IFPRI discussion paper

Volume: 737

PAGE: --

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agricultural product marketing, beans, small farms, food standards, rules and regulations, private sector, public sector, poverty alleviation, africa south of sahara, ethiopia, kenya, zambia

Abstract: Public-private partnerships have played a key role in retaining smallholders in the supply chain, especially when these smallholders are able to monitor their own food safety requirements through collective action.

URL: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00737.pdf

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