Understanding Developing Country Strategic Responses to the Enhancement of Food Safety Standards

By S. Henson, S. Jaffee. 2008

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This paper explores the competing concepts of ‘standards as barriers’ and ‘standards as catalysts’ in the context of food safety standards in international trade in agricultural and food products. Through a review of existing evidence of the impact of food safety standards on developing country exports of agricultural and food products and the results of a series of country‐ and product‐specific case studies, it is suggested that food safety standards can act as both a barrier to trade and the basis of competitive positioning for developing countries in international markets. This suggests that broad conclusions about the trade effects of food safety standards on developing countries are problematic, rather the level and ways in which agricultural and food exports are impacted can be product, country, standard and even firm‐specific.

Subfields: Food Science, Plant Science, Strategy and Management

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Tariffs and non-tariff frictions in the world wine trade (2016, background): “…are not very restrictive, Santeramo and Cioffi (2012) found that a price ceiling is not as effective as tariffs for imported products in the EU; and Henson and Jaffee (2008) examined the concept of ‘standards as catalysts’ in he context of food safety standards in international trade, highlighting…”
Are middlemen facilitators or barriers to improve smallholders' welfare in rural economies? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia (2016, background): “Food value chains in developing economies are experiencing structural changes due to the rapid expansion of supermarkets and the increasingly strict quality and safety requirements of domestic and foreign customers (Henson and Jaffee, 2008; Swinnen and Maertens, 2007).”
The effectiveness of agricultural certification in developing countries: A systematic review (2018, background): “Some conclude that CS may actually undermine the incomes of the poorest farmers (Henson and Jaffee 2008), some found effects only for richer farmers”
Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario? (2011, background): “2 See Jaffee and Henson (2004); Farina and Reardon (2000); Henson and Jaffee (2008); Maertens and Swinnen (2007) and Wilson and Abiola (2003) for a more detailed discussion.”
Help or hindrance ? the impact of harmonized standards on african exports (2007, unknown): “2 Henson and Jaffee (2005) show through case studies that management capacity and strategic choices also play an important role.”
Non-Tariff Measures and Standards in Trade and Global Value Chains (2015, background): “…countries with a larger number of small and poor farms where implicit norms about food quality and safety in the local market differ substantially from the quality and safety standards that prevail in international markets (Henson and Jaffee, 2008; Henson and Humphrey, 2010; Reardon et al., 2009).”