A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions
| Autor: | Sarah Young, Guigonan Serge Adjognon, Ashley Casandra Celestin, Ayala Wineman, Jaron Porciello, Alessandra Galiè, Justice A. Tambo, Thomas Reardon, Nasra Gathoni, Livia Bizikova, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Carolina Vargas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sustainable development
Global and Planetary Change Ecology Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Urban Studies Product (business) 0502 economics and business Sustainable agriculture 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Food systems 050202 agricultural economics & policy Business Asset (economics) Small and medium-sized enterprises Productivity Industrial organization Nature and Landscape Conservation Food Science Market failure |
| Zdroj: | Nature Sustainability. 3:799-808 |
| ISSN: | 2398-9629 |
| Popis: | Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to end hunger, achieve food and nutrition security and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030. This requires that small-scale producers be included in, and benefit from, the rapid growth and transformation under way in food systems. Small-scale producers interact with various actors when they link with markets, including product traders, logistics firms, processors and retailers. The literature has explored primarily how large firms interact with farmers through formal contracts and resource provision arrangements. Although important, contracts constitute a very small share of smallholder market interactions. There has been little exploration of whether non-contract interactions between small farmers and both small- and large-scale value chain actors have affected small farmers’ livelihoods. This scoping review covers 202 studies on that topic. We find that non-contract interactions, de facto mostly with small and medium enterprises, benefit small-scale producers via similar mechanisms that the literature has previously credited to large firms. Small and medium enterprises, not just large enterprises, address idiosyncratic market failures and asset shortfalls of small-scale producers by providing them, through informal arrangements, with complementary services such as input provision, credit, information and logistics. Providing these services directly supports Sustainable Development Goal 2 by improving farmer welfare through technology adoption and greater productivity. To promote sustainable agriculture, small-scale producers must be included in the transformation of food systems. This scoping review finds that non-contract interactions provide producers with services such as credit, information and logistics. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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