Agrifood Industry Transformation and Small Farmers in Developing Countries

By T. Reardon, Christopher B. Barrett, J. Berdegué, Jo Swinnen. 2009

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Subfields: Business and International Management, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Agriculture and Development: A Brief Review of the Literature (2011, positive): “Indeed, as reviewed in Reardon et al. (2009), supermarkets seem to favor large over small suppliers if they have the choice.”
How not to think of land-grabbing: three critiques of large-scale investments in farmland (2011, background): “…to the requirements of their food industry clients by better enforcing compliance with standards related to food safety (Reardon and Berdegué 2002, Reardon et al. 2009): while these objectives were sometimes achieved through the use of explicit contracts (long-term arrangements with producers)…”
Agricultural innovation and inclusive value-chain development: a review (2018, background): “…offer opportunities for marketing higher-value products that simply did not exist before, these markets generally demand considerably more in terms of business acumen, efficiency, and attention to quality and food safety standards than markets for traditional products (Reardon et al., 2009).”
Farmers' Producer Companies in India: A New Concept for Collective Action? (2012, background): “…that small farmers in particular in developing countries struggle to cope with the aforementioned trends in the global agrofood system, which confront them with challenges they find difficult to meet (Markelova et al, 2009; Maskaure and Henson, 2005; Narrod et al, 2007; 2009; Reardon et al, 2009).”
Multi-stakeholder platforms for linking small farmers to value chains: evidence from the Andes (2011, background): “A recent review by Reardon et al. (2009) confirmed a mixed picture with the exclusion of small farmers in contexts where small and large farmers coexist, but also evidence of positive effects on income and assets of small farmers where inclusion occurs.”
Adoption of food safety and quality standards among Chilean raspberry producers - Do smallholders benefit? (2013, background): “While upgrading and standard compliance might entail substantial benefits in terms of improved prices and better market access for producers, some experts fear that especially small-scale farmers might be excluded and marginalized from this development (Muradian and Pelupessy, 2005; Reardon et al., ”
Limitations of Contract Farming as a Pro-poor Strategy: The Case of Maize Outgrower Schemes in Upper West Ghana (2018, result): “Available studies show mixed results (Barrett et al. 2012; Abebe et al. 2013; Bellemare 2012; Miyata and Minot 2009; Wang et al. 2014; Reardon et al. 2009; Simmons, Winters, and Patrick 2005; Singh 2002; Warning and Key 2002; Oya 2012), and there is ongoing debate about CFAs’ role in rural economic…”
Supermarkets, farm household income, and poverty: Insights from Kenya (2011, background): “In light of these changes, there is a growing body of literature analyzing implications of supermarket expansion for rural households (Neven and Reardon, 2004; Pingali et al., 2007; Reardon et al., 2009).”
The Role of Smallholder Farms in a Changing World (2020, background): “Amid rapid economic growth, urbanisation and globalisation, food supply channels are becoming longer geographically but shorter in terms of participants (Reardon et al. 2009).”