Quality and innovation in food chains : Lessons and insights from Africa / edited by Jos Bijman and Verena Bitzer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter / Jos Bijman and Verena Bitzer -- 1. Quality improvement in food value chains: searching for integrated solutions / J. Bijman and V. Bitzer -- 2. Linking smallholder farmers to high quality food chains: appraising institutional arrangements / A. Royer, J. Bijman, and V. Bitzer -- 3. Quality challenges and opportunities in the pineapple supply chain in Benin / D.D.A.A. Arinloye and M.A.J.S. van Boekel -- 4. Willingness to pay for market information received by mobile phone among smallholder pineapple farmers in Benin / D.D.A.A. Arinloye, A.R. Linnemann, G. Hagelaar, S.W.F. Omta, O.N. Coulibaly, and M.A.J.S. van Boekel -- 5. Improving seed potato quality in Ethiopia: a value chain perspective / A. Hirpa, M.P.M. Meuwissen, W.J.M. Lommen, A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink, A. Tsegaye, and P.C. Struik -- 6. Diverging quality preferences along the supply chain: implications for variety choice by potato growers in Ethiopia / G.K. Abebe, J. Bijman, S. Pascucci, S.W.F. Omta, and A. Tsegaye -- 7. Keeping up with rising quality demands? New institutional arrangements, upgrading and market access in the South African citrus industry / V. Bitzer, A. Obi, and P. Ndou -- 8. Towards achieving sustainable market access by South African smallholder deciduous fruit producers: the road ahead / B. Grwambi, P. Ingenbleek, A. Obi, R.A. Schipper, and H.C.M. van Trijp -- 9. Institutional co-innovation in value chain development: a comparative study of agro-export products in Uganda and Peru / A.H.J. Helmsing and W. Enzama -- 10. Towards stable access to EU markets for the Beninese shrimp chain: quality, legal and marketing issues / S.A. Adekambi, D.S. Dabade, K. Kindji, H.M.W. den Besten, M. Faure, M.J.R. Nout, B. Sogbossi, and P.T.M. Ingenbleek -- 11. Quality management in supply chains of non-timber forest products: the case of gum arabic in Senegal / G. Mujawamariya, K. Burger, and M. D’Haese -- 12. Co-innovation for quality in African food chains: discovering integrated quality solutions / A. Groot Kormelinck and J. Bijman.

Improving product quality has become essential for food chains in developing countries. Quality and innovation in food chains: lessons from Africa presents a set of case studies on food quality improvement and innovation in African food chains, with cases from South Africa, Ethiopia, Benin, Uganda and Senegal. The book is based on interdisciplinary collaborative research projects. An interdisciplinary approach leads to better insights in the opportunities and constraints for quality improvement, and helps public and private actors in seizing the opportunities and removing the constraints. This publication shows how a co-innovation perspective can be developed and applied. Co-innovation entails the combination of technical, organisational and institutional changes, the involvement of various chain actors, and the introduction of complementary innovations at different levels of the food chain. Quality and innovation in food chains: lessons from Africa is an essential read for anyone involved in studying, supporting and implementing quality improvements and innovations in food chains.

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