The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities for Development

By T. Reardon, J. Berdegué. 2002

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science

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Standards and Agro-Food Exports from Developing Countries: Rebalancing the Debate (2004, background): “While these efforts have been especially prominent amongst major food retailers, food manufacturers and restaurant chains in industrialized countries, systems of private food safety governance are also being applied more widely in middle-income and some low-income countries, in part through the inve”
Collective action for market chain innovation in the Andes (2009, background): “Consequently, the production practices and livelihoods of small Andean farmers are increasingly influenced by the demands of urban consumers, market intermediaries and food industries (Reardon and Berdegué, 2002; Wilkinson and Rocha, 2006).”
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: The Welfare Impacts of Contract Farming (2012, background): “Rather than relying on commodities purchased at the farm gate or on spot markets, however, supermarkets rely on complex supply chains in which commodities are produced under contract (Reardon and Berdegué, 2002; Reardon et al., 2003).”
Does Migration Reshape Expenditures in Rural Households? Evidence from Mexico (2006, positive): “20 nondurables because of their increasing importance in Latin America and elsewhere; see Reardon and Berdegué (2002).5 The investment categories include health, education, housing and other investments (hereafter referred to simply as “investments”).”
The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets (2006, positive): “…2002; Berdegué et al., 2004; Codron et al., 2004; Dries et al., 2004; Ghezan et al., 2002; Gutman, 2002; Hu et al., 2004; Neven and Reardon, 2004; Reardon and Berdegué, 2002; Reardon and Swinnen, 2004; Reardon et al., 2004; Rodriguez et al., 2002; Schwentesius and Gómez, 2002; Weatherspoon and…”
The (Evolving) Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Perspective (2011, background): “1 Tiffin and Irz (2006); Haggblade, Hazell and Dorosh (2007). 2 Ravallion and Datt (1996); Loayza and Raddatz (2006); Ravalllion and Chen (2007); Ligon and Sadoulet (2007); Christiaensen and Demery (2007); Suryahadi, Suryadarma, and Sumarto (2009).”
Rapid transformation of food systems in developing regions: Highlighting the role of agricultural research & innovations (2019, background): “Finally, supermarkets and processing companies also have a tendency for “re-intermediation” - to shift from procurement on the traditional fragmented spot market to use, as much as possible, specialized, dedicated wholesalers to procure and market (Reardon and Berdegué, 2002).”
The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications for the Agrifood Sector and Rural Development (2004, background): “The supply-side implications of these changes took a heavy toll of smaller and under-capitalised producers unable to meet the new requirements, with the resultant exclusion of many small producers, in addition to the creation of new dynamic markets for local farmers (Reardon and Berdegué, 2002).”
Farmer organization, collective action and market access in Meso-America: (2009, background): “This is particularly the case with changes in the retail system due, partly, to the growth and increasing concentration of supermarkets (Reardon 2005; Hu et al. 2004; Reardon and Berdegué 2002).”
Opening Spaces through Relocalization: Locating Potential Resistance in the Weaknesses of the Global Food System (2002, positive): “It is also the leading retailer in Taiwan, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Belgium.21 Reardon and Berdegué (2002) document the rapid consolidation of the Latin American supermarket industry by these transnational firms and argue that development policy must adapt to the resulting exclusion of sm”