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A central objective of this paper is to further develop certain of the central categories of Global Commodity Chain (GCC) analysis and to apply them, first to a general consideration of what will be called ‘international trader-driven’ GCCs, and then to two GCCs for primary commodities emanating...
barrientos.pdf (435.45 KB) Transformation of global sourcing over recent decades has significant implications for gender relations of production in the developing world. Analysis of global production networks and value chains (GPN/GVC) provides important insights into the changing dynamics of global sourcing and its...
This chapter investigates some of the current meanings attached to a particular commodity, cocoa, and the way in which it is constructed as ethical or unethical. The question of how different parties create, build and sustain the ethical qualities of a product is especially significant in...
Quality Incentives in Informal Markets The Case of Ecuadorian Cocoa.pdf (222.42 KB) We investigate the economic importance of implicit quality incentives in an agricultural market that lacks the institutional capacity for measuring quality verifiably. We measure the magnitude of implicit price premiums for quality, and we distinguish empirically between hedonic-pricing and...
Jano&Hueth_Cocoa paper_AAEA2013.pdf (222.42 KB) This paper analyzes the productivity, technical efficiency and its determinants among cocoa producers in the Eastern region of Ghana. A multi-stage random sampling technique is used to obtain a cross sectional data on 190 respondents. The stochastic frontier model is adopted to analyze the...
Feasibility Study organic cocoa - Togo and cameroon.pdf (3.47 MB) The emergence of strong organic brands and the entry of mainstream food corporations in the organic cocoa market reflected the growing market for organic cocoa. So far, Latin American and Caribbean countries have been the main producers of organic cocoa beans.
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Comparison of Cocoa Beans from China, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.pdf (938.07 KB) So far, comprehensive studies have yet to be conducted on the total content variation of phenol and flavonoid and of gallic acid and epicatechin. Moreover, no study has explored the content and composition of free amino acids in commercially fermented and dried cocoa from different origins. To...
Geopgraphic and genetic Population Differentation of the Amazonian Chocolate tree.pdf (229.84 KB) Numerous collecting expeditions of Theobroma cacao L. germplasm have been undertaken in Latin-America. However, most of this germplasm has not contributed to cacao improvement because its relationship to cultivated selections was poorly understood. Germplasm labeling errors have impeded breeding...
MEAS Brief 2 - Gender and Extension - 2013_05_13.pdf (927.72 KB) To realize the gains of reducing gender equality, men and women farmers need access to information, skills and tools to improve yields. However, levels of contact between farmers and extension agents remain relatively low in general, and especially low among women (World Bank, 2010). The...
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