Supermarket Procurement Practices in Developing Countries: Redefining the Roles of the Public and Private Sectors

By D. Boselie, S. Henson, D. Weatherspoon. 2003

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Strategy and Management

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Small Farmers, NGOs, and a Walmart World: Welfare Effects of Supermarkets Operating in Nicaragua (2013, unknown): “…level, and on whether there has been exclusion based on farm size or non-land assets (Barrett and Reardon 2000; Blandon, Henson, and Islam 2009; Key and Runsten 1999; Kirsten and Sartorius 2002; Gibbon 2003; Dolan and Humphrey 2000; Boselie, Henson, and Weatherspoon 2003; Reardon et al. 2003).”
Adoption of food safety and quality standards among Chilean raspberry producers - Do smallholders benefit? (2013, background): “However, smallholders can have a comparative advantage in labor-intensive sectors like the fruit and vegetable sector due to their access to cheap family labor (Key and Runsten, 1999) and smallholder sourcing may be considered as a signal of social responsibility in the marketing strategy of retaile”
Non-Tariff Measures and Standards in Trade and Global Value Chains (2015, background): “Some empirical studies have pointed out that the inclusion of smallholder farms in high-standards trade and the adoption of private standards by smallholders is only possible with external support from development programs, public – private partnerships or collective action (e.g., Henson et al., 201”
Small Farmers and Big Retail: trade-offs of supplying supermarkets in Nicaragua (2012, background): “, 2009; Key and Runsten, 1999; Kirsten and Sartorius, 2002; Gibbon, 2003) and identified (Dolan and Humphrey, 2000; Boselie et al., 2003; Reardon et al., 2003) the exclusion of small farmers from supermarket supply chains.”
The Future of Small Farms: New Directions for Services, Institutions and Intermediation (2010, background): “14 Boselie et al. 2003 consider five cases where small farms are being assisted to link into domestic or international supermarket supply chains.”
The strategic use of private quality standards in food supply chains (2012, unknown): “…also a strong debate on whether increasing quality requirements by large retailers may impose entry barriers for suppliers in developing countries, in particular for small-scale producers (e.g., OECD 2007, 2006; EC 2006; García Martinez and Poole 2004; Balsevich et al. 2003; Boselie et al. 2003).”