Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 13 Issue 3

Quality determinates of rice price in open bag markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bailey Peterson-Wilhelm, Lawton Nalley, Alvaro Durand-Morat, Aaron Shew, Francis Tsiboe, Willy Mulimbi

Weaknesses in the grades and standards system in low-income countries across Sub-Saharan Africa undermine the transparency of agricultural markets. In the Democratic Republic of…

Artificial intelligence in agricultural value chain: review and future directions

C. Ganeshkumar, Sanjay Kumar Jena, A. Sivakumar, T. Nambirajan

This paper is a literature review on use of artificial intelligence (AI) among agricultural value chain (AVC) actors, and it brings out gaps in research in this area and provides…

Accessing value-added market through cooperatives: a case study of Sitajakhala Dugdha Utpadak Samabai Samiti Ltd., India

Dipanjan Kashyap, Sanjib Bhuyan

Member-owned business organizations, such as cooperatives, are engaged in various economic activities that touch our everyday lives. Sitajakhala Dugdha Utpadak Samabai Samiti…

Impacts of a saline water control project on aquaculture livelihoods in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Thu Trang Thi Ngo, Hong Quan Nguyen, Timothy Gorman, Quang Ngo Xuan, Phuong Lan Thi Ngo, Ann Vanreusel

Drought and salinity intrusion aggravated by climate change threaten agricultural livelihoods in Viet Nan's Mekong Delta. In response, authorities have built water management…

Relational contracts and value chain governance: exporter approaches to overcoming transaction costs in Rwanda's coffee sector

Andrew Gerard, Maria Claudia Lopez, John Kerr, Alfred R. Bizoza

In developing countries, local buyers often rely on relational contracting based on reciprocity and trust. This paper analyzes relational contracting and global value chain (GVC…

Telephone farmers and an emerging ecosystem are unlocking the hidden middle of agricultural value chains in Kenya through innovation

Meine Pieter van Dijk, Gigi Limpens, Julius Gatune Kariuki, Diederik de Boer

This article explores the potential of an emerging group of farmers in Kenya, namely the growing segment of urban-based medium-size farmers, often called “telephone farmers”. To…

Sustainability assessment of crops' production in India: empirical evidence from ARDL-ECM approach

Rita Rani Chopra

The study aims to evaluate the long- vs short-run relationships between crops' production (output) and crops' significant inputs such as land use, agricultural water use (AWU) and…

Winner-takes-all no more: radical transparency for sustainable specialty coffee value chains

Benjamin Marcus, Elif Sisli-Ciamarra, Lee Phillip McGinnis

The paper aims to understand the role of sensory quality scoring used at the competition auctions on pricing outcomes and how the auction process could be improved to increase…