Tropical food chains : governance regimes for quality management / / edited by Ruerd Ruben ... [et. al.].

• TeilnehmendeR: Ruben, Ruerd.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

Preface; Table of contents; Linking market integration, supply chain governance, quality and value added in tropical food chains; Ruerd Ruben, Aad van Tilburg, Jacques Trienekens and Martinus van Boekel ; Market outlets and governance regimes; Determinants of market outlet choice for mango producers in Costa Rica; Guillermo Zúñiga-Arias and Ruerd Ruben; Meeting and beating market requirements: competing in the big league; Sabine Willems; Guanxi and quality performance in Chinese vegetables chains; Hualiang Lu, Jacques Trienekens and S.W.F. (Onno) Omta

Supply chain governance and quality managementThe plight of small-scale primary producers in international Nile perch marketing channels; Emma Kambewa, Aad van Tilburg and Richard Abila; Quality management and governance in pork processing industries in China; Jiqin Han, Jacques Trienekens, Tao Tan and S.W.F. (Onno) Omta; Promoting milk quality in smallholders' cooperatives: evidence from [; Gian Nicola Francesconi ; Quality upgrading, bargaining and value distribution; Comparing individual and collective group contracts in the fresh pepper market in Costa Rica: a simulation approach

Fernando Sáenz-Segura, Marijke D'Haese, Robert Schipper and Ruerd RubenWho is interested in good quality cocoa from Ghana?; Anna Laven; Standards and market access in Indian cashew processing and international trade; Nienke Tander and Aad van Tilburg; Management and policy implications; Quality Analysis Critical Control Points in consumer-oriented agro-food chains; Ruud Verkerk, Anita Linnemann and Martinus van Boekel; The role of producer organisations in quality-oriented agrifood chains; an economic organisation perspective; Jos Bijman

Tropical food chains: issues, lessons and challengesRuerd Ruben, Aad van Tilburg, Jaques Trienekens and Martinus van Boekel; About the authors; Index