Title: Supply chains in export agriculture, competition, and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Porto, Guido and Chauvin, Nicolas Depetris and Olarreaga, Marcelo

Place: Washington, DC [etc.]

Publisher: World bank [etc.]

Year: cop. 2011

PAGE: --

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agriculture, agricultural products, agricultural product marketing, food exports, commodity trade, farmers, rural poverty, household surveys, simulation methods, small farms, exports, governance, economics, africa south of sahara, benin, burkina faso, ivory coast, ghana, malawi, rwanda, uganda, zambia, africa

Abstract: The focus of this book is on a neglected source of \"real costs\" for farmers in low-income countries: market power along the supply chain. The authors argue that the exercise of market power along the supply chain will have a number of possible effects.

URL: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/523721468007540532/supply-chains-in-export-agriculture-competition-and-poverty-in-sub-saharan-africa

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