Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards: Challenges for Africa (International Political Economy Series)

This Collection Focuses On New Generations Of International Standards And Regulations In The Agro-food Sector And On Issues Relating To Conformity To Them In Low-income Countries. Its Analyses Draw Of Political Economy, Economics, Economic Geography And Economic Sociology--provided By Publisher. Agro-food Standards And Africa: Introduction / P. Gibbon & E. Lazaro -- Product Carbon Footprint Standards And Shemes / S. Bolwig & P. Gibbon -- Institutional Capacity For Food Safety Conformity In Tanzania / A. Akyoo & E. Lazaro -- An Analysis Of Organic Farming Schemes In East Africa / P. Gibbon, S. Bolwig, A. Akyoo, S. Jones, Y. Lin & L.l. Rants -- Challenges And Opportunities Of Organic Agriculture In Tanzania / E. Mbiha & G. Ashimogo -- Sustainability Standards And Agro-food Exports From East Africa / E. Lazaro, L. Riisgaard, F. Kilima, J. Makindara & R Mnenwa -- Localizing Private Social Standards: Standard Initiatives In Kenyan Cut Flowers / L. Riisgaard -- Food Safety Standards And Fishery Livelihoods In East Africa / R. Kadigi, N Mdoe, S Senkondo & Z. Mpenda -- When The Market Helps: Standards, Ecolabels And Resource Management In East African Export Fisheries / S. Ponte, R. Kadigi & W. Mitullah -- European Food Safety Regulation And Developing Countries' Regulatory Problems And Possibilities / M. Broberg -- Conclusion / S. Ponte. Edited By Peter Gibbon, Stefano Ponte And Evelyne Lazaro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables, Figures and Map......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Notes on Contributors......Page 13 List of Acronyms......Page 17 Governing through standards......Page 22 Trends in agro-food standards......Page 24 Standards, global value chain restructuring and exclusion......Page 31 Interventions aimed at greater inclusivity......Page 35 The contributions to this volume......Page 39 Introduction......Page 42 Why carbon footprinting?......Page 44 Methodological issues in product carbon footprinting......Page 45 ISO environmental standards and carbon footprinting......Page 47 Characteristics of product carbon footprinting schemes......Page 49 Consumer perceptions of and reactions to PCF......Page 59 Discussion and conclusion......Page 60 Introduction......Page 64 Standards for spices......Page 66 Local capacity for standards conformity assessment......Page 76 Concluding remarks......Page 87 Introduction......Page 91 Contract farming in Africa......Page 92 The economics of organic farming......Page 95 The organic contract farming schemes surveyed......Page 96 Research questions and methods......Page 103 Results......Page 106 Interpretation......Page 115 Conclusion......Page 117 Appendix: analytical strategy......Page 119 Background......Page 122 Developments in organic production, processing and marketing in Tanzania......Page 124 Problems, prospects and future outlook of the organic sector......Page 130 Conclusion......Page 132 Appendix......Page 133 Introduction......Page 141 Sustainability standards......Page 142 The standards and their local adoption......Page 144 UTZ CERTIFIED coffee in Tanzania......Page 146 GlobalGAP certified vegetables in Tanzania......Page 148 Social standards in the cut flower industries of Kenya and Tanzania......Page 152 Conclusion......Page 155 Introduction......Page 157 Private social standards and cut flowers in Kenya......Page 159 Kenyan social standard initiatives......Page 165 Conclusion......Page 178 Introduction......Page 183 The development of the Nile perch value chain in East Africa......Page 185 Livelihood dimensions......Page 190 Conclusion......Page 203 Introduction......Page 205 Meeting food safety standards......Page 206 Sustainability and fishery management systems......Page 211 Ecolabelling......Page 216 Conclusions......Page 221 The EU’s food safety regime......Page 226 Identifying the barriers......Page 227 Overcoming the barriers......Page 238 Perspectives for the future......Page 244 Appendix: Application of the European food safety regime and developing countries......Page 246 The content, coverage and proliferation of standards......Page 253 The governance of standards, local participation and issues related to conformity......Page 255 Standards, value chain restructuring and welfare outcomes......Page 260 Final remarks......Page 263 References......Page 265 Index......Page 286 Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries -- focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards. Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing developing country agro-food exports. This edited collection examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries, producers and exporters. The empirical focus is on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards -- and how they are implemented on the ground. Findings derive from a series of fieldwork-based studies carried out jointly by a group of researchers based in East Africa and Denmark under a collaborative research and capacity building programme. Key questions addressed in the book are: To what extent are agro-food standards and standard-setting processes changing? In what ways are these standards being practically implemented? Have enterprises in African countries achieved conformity with these standards? What barriers have they overcome to do so, and with what costs and benefits? Machine generated contents note: Introduction; P.Gibbon & E.Lazaro Climate Labeling Standards For Food And Developing Countries S.Bolwig & P.Gibbon A Problem Of Institutional Capacity? Food Safety Conformity Assessment In Tanzania A.Akyoo & E.Lazaro Production To Certified Organic Standards And Smallholder Revenue In East Africa P.Gibbon, S.Bolwig, A.Akyoo & S.Jones Issues In The Development Of Organic Agriculture In Tanzania E.Mbiha Sustainability Standards And Agro-Food Exports E.Lazaro, L.Riisgaard, F.Kilima & J.Makindara A Political Economy Of Social Standards In The Cut Flower Export Chain L.Riisgaard Food Safety Standards, The Nile Perch Value Chain And Fishery Livelihoods In East Africa R.Kadigi, N Mdoe, S Senkondo & Z.Mpenda When The Market Helps: Standards, Ecolabels And Resource Management In East African Export Fisheries S.Ponte, R.Kadigi & W.Mitullah The New EU Food Safety Regime And Developing Countries: A Legal Perspective M.Broberg Conclusion P.Gibbon, E.Lazaro & S.Ponte.