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Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards P. Gibbon

Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards By P. Gibbon

Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards by P. Gibbon


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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.

Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards Summary

Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards: Challenges for Africa by P. Gibbon

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.

Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards Reviews

'...the editors do a fantastic job...of summarising what is surely a growing trend in agro-food trade, and some authors, notably Riisgaard, offer valuable insights into the local politics of standards and how these are shaped by the continued power of Northern retailers within the value chain.' - Review of African Political Economy

About P. Gibbon



PETER GIBBON is Senior Researcher at theDanish 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) andThe 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.

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

NPB9780230579514
9780230579514
0230579515
Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards: Challenges for Africa by P. Gibbon
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2010-05-21
275
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