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Kate Ambler

Kate Amber is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Kate’s research broadly focuses on interventions that can increase incomes for smallholders and other microenterprises in agrifood value chains, with a specific focus on the inclusion of women. This includes work on programming in fragile settings, innovations in agricultural finance, and regulatory solutions for food safety. 

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Harness agrifood value chains to help farmers be climate smart: Incentives and structures exist to improve farming practices

2024Swinnen, Johan; Ronchi, Loraine; Reardon, Thomas
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Harness agrifood value chains to help farmers be climate smart: Incentives and structures exist to improve farming practices

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2024

Authors

Swinnen, Johan; Ronchi, Loraine; Reardon, Thomas

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Swinnen, Johan; Ronchi, Loraine; and Reardon, Thomas. 2024. Harness agrifood value chains to help farmers be climate smart: Incentives and structures exist to improve farming practices. Science 386(6725): 974-977. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr6193

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Agrifood Systems; Climate Change Mitigation; Farmers; Value Chains

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English

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Open Access

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Rich consumers and poor producers: Quality and rent distribution in global value chains

2009Swinnen, Johan; Vandeplas, Anneleen
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Rich consumers and poor producers: Quality and rent distribution in global value chains

In recent years, quality standards have become crucial for developing countries’ agricultural production systems in gaining access to high-value markets abroad or at home. High-value supply chains offer opportunities for high profits, but in order to comply with the required standards, suppliers in developing countries often need extensive support from agrifood companies. We use a theoretical model to investigate under which conditions such synergies between suppliers and agrifood companies are sustainable, and how created rents are distributed, in a context of factor market imperfections and weak contract enforcement. We also derive the implications of development.

Year published

2009

Authors

Swinnen, Johan; Vandeplas, Anneleen

Citation

Swinnen, Johan; and Vandeplas, Anneleen. 2009. Rich consumers and poor producers: Quality and rent distribution in global value chains. IFPRI Discussion Paper 932. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162380

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Contract Farming; Enforcement; Development; High-value Agricultural Products; Globalization; Markets

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English

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Open Access

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Global retail chains and poor farmers: Evidence from Madagascar

2009Minten, Bart; Randrianarison, Lalaina; Swinnen, Johan
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Global retail chains and poor farmers: Evidence from Madagascar

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2009

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Minten, Bart; Randrianarison, Lalaina; Swinnen, Johan

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Minten, Bart; Randrianarison, Lalaina; Swinnen, Johan. 2009. Global retail chains and poor farmers. World Development World Development 37(11): 1728-1741

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Madagascar

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Eastern Africa; Supermarkets; Retail; Contract Farming

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English

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Limited Access

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Media, monitoring, and capture of public funds: Evidence from Madagascar

2009Francken, Nathalie; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan
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Media, monitoring, and capture of public funds: Evidence from Madagascar

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2009

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Francken, Nathalie; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan

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Francken, Nathalie; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan. 2009. Media, monitoring, and capture of public funds. World Development World Development 37(1): 242-255

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Madagascar

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Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Eastern Africa; Media; Monitoring and Evaluation; Economic Systems; Corruption

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.01.005 Source record

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Growth in high-value export markets in sub-Saharan Africa and its development implications

2009Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan
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Growth in high-value export markets in sub-Saharan Africa and its development implications

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2009

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Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan

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Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan. 2009. Growth in high-value export markets in sub-Saharan Africa and its development implications. LICOS – Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance Discussion Paper Series 245

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Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Trade; Poverty; Supply Chains

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English

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Open Access

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Regional agreements and the World Trade organization negotiations

2003Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; Robinson, Sherman; Swinnen, Johan
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Regional agreements and the World Trade organization negotiations

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2003

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Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; Robinson, Sherman; Swinnen, Johan

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Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; Robinson, Sherman; Swinnen, Johan. 2003. Regional agreements and the World Trade organization negotiations. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(3): 679-683. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8276.00466

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Trade Agreements; Wto

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English

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Limited Access

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The broken broker system? Transacting on agricultural wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand)

2011Minten, Bart; Vandeplas, Anneleen; Swinnen, Johan
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The broken broker system? Transacting on agricultural wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand)

There is a vigorous debate on liberalization of the heavily regulated agricultural markets in India. A crucial institutional characteristic is the role of state-regulated brokers in wholesale markets. Relying on data from a unique survey in Uttarakhand, a state in North India, we find that regulations on margins are ineffective, since most brokers charge rates that significantly exceed the regulated ones. We also find that a majority of farmers self-select into long-term relationships with brokers. These relationships allow some of the farmers to interlink credit and insurance markets to the agricultural output market. This interlinkage does not, however, appear to be an instrument for farmer exploitation (since it does not lead to worse inputs, higher interest rates, or lower implicit output prices) but is seemingly an extra service provided by brokers to establish farmer loyalty and thereby ensure future supplies.

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2011

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Minten, Bart; Vandeplas, Anneleen; Swinnen, Johan

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Minten, Bart; Vandeplas, Anneleen; Swinnen, Johan. 2011. The broken broker system?: Transacting on agricultural wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand). IFPRI Discussion Paper 1143. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154972

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India

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Asia; Southern Asia; Agricultural Marketing; Brokering

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English

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Open Access

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Research principles for developing country food value chains

2011
Reardon, Thomas; Sutradhar, Rajib; Gómez, M. I.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Buck, L. E.; De Groote, Hugo; Ferris, S.; Gao, H. O.; McCullough, E.; Miller, D. D.
…more Outhred, H.; Pell, A. N.; Retnanestri, M.; Ruben, R.; Struebi, P.; Swinnen, Johan; Touesnard, M. A.; Weinberger, Kantinka; Keatinge, J. D. H.; Milstein, M. B.; Yang, R. Y.
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Research principles for developing country food value chains

From farm to table, multidisciplinary research is needed to improve the economic benefit of food production in the developing world.

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2011

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Reardon, Thomas; Sutradhar, Rajib; Gómez, M. I.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Buck, L. E.; De Groote, Hugo; Ferris, S.; Gao, H. O.; McCullough, E.; Miller, D. D.; Outhred, H.; Pell, A. N.; Retnanestri, M.; Ruben, R.; Struebi, P.; Swinnen, Johan; Touesnard, M. A.; Weinberger, Kantinka; Keatinge, J. D. H.; Milstein, M. B.; Yang, R. Y.

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Reardon, Thomas; Sutradhar, Rajib; Gómez, M. I.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Buck, L. E.; De Groote, Hugo; Ferris, S.; Gao, H. O.; McCullough, E.; Miller, D. D.; Outhred, H.; Pell, A. N.; Reardon, Thomas; Retnanestri, M.; Ruben, R.; Struebi, P.; Swinnen, Johan; Touesnard, M. A.; Weinberger, Kantinka; Keatinge, J. D. H.; Milstein, M. B.; Yang, R. Y. 2011. Research principles for developing country food value chains. Science 332(6034): 1154-1155. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1202543

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Agricultural Value Chains; Developing Countries; Consumers; Resource Conservation; Natural Resources; Smallholders

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English

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Limited Access

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Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research

2011Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris; Badiane, Ousmane; Swinnen, Johan; von Braun, Joachim; Zilberman, David
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Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research

The long-term imbalances between supply and demand and international trade changes that triggered the recent crises in global food markets are also fueling a spike in overseas investments in agricultural land. Africa is a major destination of investment flows because it has the largest reserves of arable land.

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2011

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Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris; Badiane, Ousmane; Swinnen, Johan; von Braun, Joachim; Zilberman, David

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Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris; Badiane, Ousmane; Swinnen, Johan; von Braun, Joachim; and Zilberman, David. 2011. Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research. WCAO Thematic Research Note 1. Washington, D.C.; Dakar, Senegal: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154427

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Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Foreign Investment; Poverty; Poverty Reduction; Land Policies; Land

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English

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Open Access

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Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa

2012Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan
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Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa

The global food system is undergoing rapid processes of transformation and modernisation. This is causing important changes in developing‐country food supply chains, particularly in supermarket‐driven and high‐value export chains, but the welfare implications of these changes are poorly understood. This article analyses and compares the welfare effects in different horticulture export chains in sub‐Saharan Africa, disentangling different types of effects and the channels through which rural households are affected. Its main conclusion is that increased high‐value exports and the modernisation of export supply chains can bring about important positive welfare effects, which can occur in various ways through product‐ or labour‐market effects and through direct and indirect effects.

Year published

2012

Authors

Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan

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Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; and Swinnen, Johan. 2012. Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. Development Policy Review 30(4): 473-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00585.x

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Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Supply Chains; Poverty; Horticulture

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00585.x Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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