Quality and innovation in food chains : : lessons and insights from Africa / / edited by J. Bijman, V. Bitzer.

• TeilnehmendeR: Bijman, J.,; Bitzer, V.,
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen, [Netherlands] : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

• Table of contents ; Preface; 1. Quality improvement in food value chains: searching for integrated solutions; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Defining food quality; 1.3 Different perspectives of food chain analysis; 1.4 Market access and the debate around the impact of quality standards; 1.5 From innovation to co-innovation; 1.6 Outline of the book; References; 2. Linking smallholder farmers to high quality food chains: appraising institutional arrangements; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Institutional constraints to quality improvement
• 2.3 Evaluating institutional arrangements from a quality improvement perspective2.4 Interactions among and combinations of the different institutional arrangements; 2.5 Conclusions and policy implications; References; 3. Quality challenges and opportunities in the pineapple supply chain in Benin; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Quality issues along the pineapple value chain; 3.3. Opportunities for quality improvement; 3.4 Conclusions; References; Appendix 3.1. Global SWOT analysis of pineapple value chains
• Appendix 3.2. Constraints along the pineapple value chain and recommended solutions 4. Willingness to pay for market information received by mobile phone among smallholder pineapple f; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Overview of pineapple supply chains in Benin; 4.3 Data collection and methods; 4.4 Mobile phone-based market information system experiences in Ghana: Esoko case study; 4.5 Information asymmetry and importance of mobile phone use by smallholder pineapple farmers in Benin; 4.6 Farmers' willingness to pay for a mobile-based market information system in Benin
• 4.7 Concluding remarksReferences; Appendix 4.1. Description of variables and hypothesised signs.; Appendix 4.2. Correlation matrix and descriptive statistics of variables.; 5. Improving seed potato quality in Ethiopia: a value chain perspective; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Conceptual framework; 5.3 Methodology; 5.4 Results: performance analysis; 5.5 Improvement options for the seed potato value chains; 5.6 Conclusions; References; 6. Diverging quality preferences along the supply chain: implications for variety choice by potato; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Overview of the Ethiopian potato sector6.3 Conceptual framework: quality preferences alignment; 6.4 Materials and methods; 6.5 Results and discussion; 6.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix 6.1. An overall difference in mean ranks test of the production-related quality attributes across main varieties.; Appendix 6.2. An overall difference in mean ranks test of the market-related quality attributes across main varieties. ; 7. Keeping up with rising quality demands? New institutional arrangements, upgrading and market acc; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Governance, quality and upgrading in global value chains