Quality control in nonstaple food markets: evidence from India

Fafchamps, Marcel; Hill, Ruth Vargas; Minten, Bart

doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00297.x

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“…Suppliers cannot access accurate information on the quality attributes of the product and buyers must deal with heterogeneous inputs of variable qualities while at the same time, being able to deliver a uniform and stable final product to consumer markets (Raynaud et al, 2005). Price uncertainty occurs when producers and buyers cannot access accurate information about the quality attributes of the product; thus, rather than reflecting the opportunity costs of production, the final price may simply reflect the relative strength of bargaining (Fafchamps et al, 2008;Kyeyamwa et al, 2008). Williamson (1985) has argued that in the case of environmental uncertainty and absent asset specificity, market governance is preferred because of its low cost and strong performance incentives.…”

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Contractual arrangements and food quality certifications in the Mexican avocado industry

Arana-Coronado¹,

Bijman²,

Omta³

2013

Span. j. agric. res.

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The adoption of private quality certifications in agrifood supply chains often requires specific investments by producers which can be safeguarded by choosing specific contractual arrangements. Based on a survey data from avocado producers in Mexico, this paper aims to analyze the impact of transaction costs and relationship characteristics of the joint choice of contractual arrangements and quality certifications. Using a bivariate probit model, it shows that a producer's decision to adopt private quality certifications is directly linked to high levels of asset specificity and price. In order to ensure the high level of specificity under the presence of low levels of price uncertainty, producers have relied on relational governance supported by the expectation of continuity in their bilateral relationships with buyers.Additional key words: bivariate probit; Persea americana Mill.; relationship characteristics; transaction costs. This work has three Supplementary Tables that do not appear in the printed article but that accompany the paper online.Abbreviations used: Arrangement R (relational arrangement); Arrangement S (simple market arrangement); Asset_sp (asset specificity); BU_damage (uncertainty whether buyer will damage the orchard); BU_payment (uncertainty whether buyer will stick to the payment arrangement); Buyer commitment (buyer commitment); continuity (expectation of continuity); EU_demand (demand uncertainty); EU_pri-ce (price uncertainty); EU_volume (volume uncertainty); information (information exchange); JLSV (Local Plant Health Board).

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Section: Transaction Costsmentioning

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Contractual arrangements and food quality certifications in the Mexican avocado industry

Arana-Coronado¹,

Bijman²,

Omta³

2013

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…Moreover, the long value chains typical of African agricultural markets mean that even if a quality premium is paid by the ultimate processors or consumers, farmers are unlikely to receive higher prices, particularly because aflatoxin contamination is an unobservable trait (Fafchamps, Hill, and Minten 2008). Establishing direct procurement relationships between farmers or farmer associations and processors will likely be necessary for farmers to benefit from higher prices (and thus for them to be motivated to improve their management of aflatoxin on-farm, where contamination typically begins).…”

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Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition

Ayalew¹,

Hoffmann²,

Lindahl³

et al. 2016

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Focusing the 2015 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) on nutrition will contribute to a broader understanding of the critical role of nutrition in achieving international, continental, and national economic growth targets through agriculture, food security, and nutrition. This report presents information and analysis in support of evidence-based policy making that should inform the second generation of CAADP national investment plans now being developed. This is an important moment for shaping the region’s future and ensuring that the much-needed agriculture-led growth and development agenda can simultaneously deliver on improving nutrition, saving lives, improving productivity and health, and curbing nutrition-related diseases and the associated public health expenditures. These investment plans should address not only the usual elements of undernutrition but also widespread micronutrient deficiencies (termed “hidden hunger”) and the growing problem of overweight and obesity that is associated with economic growth.1 introduction 2 The African union policy environment toward enabling action for nutrition in Africa 3 Africa’s progress toward meeting current nutrition targets 4 Economic development and nutrition transition in Ghana: taking stock of food consumption patterns and trends 5 Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: what has been done, and what needs to be done? 6 Lessons learned from the evaluation of Helen Keller International’s enhanced homestead food production program 7 The role of biofortification as part of more diverse diets in Africa: progress, challenges, and opportunities 8 The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: the aflatoxin story 9 The challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned in evidence-informed decision making in Africa 10 Evaluating nutrition-sensitive programs: challenges, methods, and opportunities 11 Supporting multisectoral action: capacity and nutrition leadership challenges facing Africa 12 Tracking key CAADP indicators and implementation processes 13 Summary and policy recommendations: toward a nutrition revolution for AfricaReportPRIFPRI1; ReSAKSS; HarvestPlus; B Promoting healthy food systemsDSGD; WCAO; ESAO; HarvestPlus; PHND; A4NH; MTIDCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH

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“…One of the most effective ways to build trust is to increase the game chains and change the one-shot game to a repeated game, which is difficult to achieve in non-cooperative games. Fafchamps [40] believes that the low efficiency of information transmission and the feedback on the agricultural products value chain will lead to a decline in the quality and safety of agricultural products. If the information platform is constructed and optimized, both buyers and sellers will adopt positive methods to actively pursue long-term and stable cooperation.…”

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The Effectiveness of the Multilateral Coalition to Develop a Green Agricultural Products Market in China Based on a TU Cooperative Game Analysis

2018

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Green agriculture can improve biodiversity, increase farmers' income, reduce agricultural non-point source pollution, solve food safety issues, and will be an important way to promote sustainable development in China. At present, the green transformation of China's agriculture has encountered a bottleneck in the development of a green agricultural product market. How to develop a green agricultural product market has become an issue worthy of in-depth study in the academia. Previous studies have already given persuasive explanations for the inability to form a green agricultural product market, but few have explored its development path from the angle of cooperation. By employing the method of a Transferable Utilities (TU) cooperative game, and based on theoretical analyses and hypothetical data, this thesis aims to prove the effectiveness of the multilateral coalition to develop the green agricultural product market in China. The results show the effectiveness of the developed model of the green agricultural product market in which producers, consumers, food safety inspection departments, and e-commerce platforms cooperate with each other. This model meets the objective needs of the times and that of the market economy. According to the marginal contribution value of participants in different coalition orders, this thesis finds 6 kinds of coalition orders. When producers and consumers of green agricultural products enter the coalition in the last place, the marginal contribution value is maximized, which reflects the importance of the supply side and demand side of green agricultural products. In other words, the development of the green agricultural product market is a dynamic process-determined by consumers and promoted by producers-in which both sides promote and restrict each other. Finally, this article presents two policy recommendations: at the national level, to clearly proposes a strategy to build a green agricultural product e-commerce platform in China and to launch a pilot application for the specialized e-commerce platform for green agricultural products in the Guizhou province.

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Quality control in nonstaple food markets: evidence from India

Cited by 71 publications

References 30 publications

Contractual arrangements and food quality certifications in the Mexican avocado industry

Contractual arrangements and food quality certifications in the Mexican avocado industry

Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition

The Effectiveness of the Multilateral Coalition to Develop a Green Agricultural Products Market in China Based on a TU Cooperative Game Analysis

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