Regoverning Markets

Dr Bill Vorley is with the International Institute for Environment and Development, which has a focus on policy and market research for sustainable agriculture and rural development. He has coordinated the Regoverning Markets programme since 2003. Previously, he was with the Institute for Agriculture Trade and Policy in Minneapolis, Minnesota as director of the Environment and Agriculture Programme. Dr Andrew Fearne is Principal Research Fellow at Kent Business School (KBS), University of Kent, where he is the Director of the Centre for Supply Chain Research. He is also the founding editor of the International Journal of Supply Chain Management. Derek Ray was a senior lecturer in agricultural economics in higher education before becoming a freelance writer and editor. He has lived and worked in the UK, and abroad in Malawi and the Sudan, and on projects in countries such as Kenya, Uzbekistan, Russia and India.

• Preface; Part 1 The Economic and Policy Context; Chapter 1 The Internationalization of Food Retailing: Opportunities and Threats for Small-scale Producers, Estelle Biénabe, Dave Boselie, Marie-Hélène Collion, Tom Fox, Pierre Rondot, Petra van de Kop, Bill Vorley; Part 2 Country Studies: Countries with Consolidating and Expanding Supermarkets and their Supply Chains; Chapter 2 Central America, Fernando Balsevich, Julio A. Berdegué, Louis Flores, Pilar Jano, Thomas A. Reardon, Paul Schuetz; Chapter 3 Ecuador, Miguel Zamora; Chapter 4 Thailand, Aree Wiboonponse, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Dave Boselie, Petra van de Kop; Chapter 5 Philippines, Larry N. Digal, Sylvia B. Concepcion; Chapter 6 South Africa, André Louw, Hilton Madevu, Danie Jordaan, Hester Vermeulen; Part 3 Country Studies: Countries in Transition from State Control; Chapter 7 Hungary, Imre Fert?, Csaba Forgács, Anikó Juhász, Gyöngyi Kürthy; Chapter 8 Poland, Jerzy Wilkin, Malgorzata Juchniewicz, Dominika Milczarek; Chapter 9 Romania, Dinu Gavrilescu, Mariana Grodea, Camelia Serbanescu, Crina Turtoi; Chapter 10 China, Xiang Bi, Xiaoxia Dong, Jikun Huang, Dinghuan Hu, Scott Rozelle; Chapter 11 Vietnam, Phan Thi Giac Tam; Part 4 Country Studies: Countries with Emerging Modern Supply Chains; Chapter 12 India, K.K. Upadhyay, Raghwesh Ranjan; Chapter 13 Pakistan, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Mosharraf Zaidi, Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed, Huma Nawaz Syal; Chapter 14 Bangladesh, Khandaker Mainuddin, Moinul I. Sharif, Mozaharul Alam, Dwijendra lal Mallick; Chapter 15 Kenya, James K. Nyoro, Joshua Ariga, Isaac K. Ngugi; Chapter 16 Uganda, Lucy Aliguma, James K. Nyoro; Chapter 17 Zambia, Rosemary A. Emongor, André Louw, Johann F. Kirsten; Part 5 Conclusions; Chapter 18 Restructuring of Agri-food Systems and Prospects for Small Producers, Bill Vorley, Andrew Fearne, Derek Ray;

The Authors make recommendations for different stakeholders for supporting smallholders to anticipate and adjust to dynamic retail changes. These include more government and donor attention to upgrading quality and services in traditional "wet" markets and building the capacity of farmer organizations to consolidate volumes of produce supplied and improve their quality, logistics and managerial expertise. The Journal of Pesticide Action Network UK. ’An important and thorough look at what happens when supermarkets meet small-scale producers in low- and middle-income countries. The editors' top recommendations for governments in countries experiencing rapid supermarket expansion are to invest in traditional markets, control supermarket power and support producer organisations.’ - Tom Macmillan, Food Ethics, The Magazine of the Food Ethics Council