Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards.
Autorentext
PETER GIBBON is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. His recent work includes Trading Down: Africa, Value Chains and The Global Economy (with Stefano Ponte).
STEFANO PONTE is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. His recent work includes Trading Down: Africa, Value Chains and The Global Economy (with Peter Gibbon) and The Coffee Paradox: Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development (with Benoit Daviron).
EVELYNE LAZARO is Senior Research Fellow in Agricultural Economics at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania. She has published extensively on soil and water management and on agro-food standards.
Inhalt
Global Agro-Food Standards and Africa: An Introduction; P.Gibbon& E.Lazaro Product Carbon Footprint Standards and Schemes; S.Bolwig& P.Gibbon Institutional Capacity for Food Safety Conformity in Tanzania; A.Akyoo& E.Lazaro An Analysis of Organic Contract Farming Schemes in East Africa; P.Gibbon, A.Akyoo, S.Bolwig, S.Jones, Y.Lin& L.Lund Rants Challenges and Opportunities of Organic Agriculture in Tanzania; E.Mbiha& G.Ashimogo Sustainability Standards And Agro-Food Exports; E.Lazaro, L.Riisgaard, F.Kilima, J.Makindara& R.Mnenwa Localizing Private Social Standards: Standards Initiatives in Kenyan Cut Flowers; L.Riisgaard Food Safety Standards and Fishery Livelihoods in East Africa; R.Kadigi, N.Mdoe, E.Senkondo& Z.Mpenda When The Market Helps: Standards, Ecolabels And Resource Management In East African Export Fisheries; S.Ponte, R.Kadigi& W.Mitullah European Food Safety Regulation and the Developing Countries Regulatory Problems and Possibilities; M.Broberg Conclusion; S.Ponte
Titel
Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards
Untertitel
Challenges for Africa
EAN
9780230281356
ISBN
978-0-230-28135-6
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
21.05.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.13 MB
Anzahl Seiten
275
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch
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