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The Dynamics of Vertical Coordination in Agrifood Chains in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : Implications for Policy and World Bank Operations.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank.
- Series:
- Environment Department Papers
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access to Finance.
- Advisory Services.
- Agribusiness.
- Agricultural Sector.
- Agriculture.
- Bankruptcy.
- Collateral.
- Cooperatives.
- Cotton.
- Crops & Crop Management Systems.
- Developing Countries.
- Economics.
- Fertilizer.
- Financial Crisis.
- Financial Institutions.
- Foreign Direct Investment.
- Globalization.
- Grains.
- Inflation.
- International Finance.
- Investment Climate.
- Labor Policies.
- Market Economy.
- Marketing.
- Monopolies.
- Overemployment.
- Privatization.
- Productivity.
- Profitability.
- Property Rights.
- Public Policy.
- Public-Private Partnerships.
- Seeds.
- Smallholders.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Sugar.
- Technical Assistance.
- Trade Protection.
- Transaction Costs.
- Transparency.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to Finance.
- Advisory Services.
- Agribusiness.
- Agricultural Sector.
- Agriculture.
- Bankruptcy.
- Collateral.
- Cooperatives.
- Cotton.
- Crops & Crop Management Systems.
- Developing Countries.
- Economics.
- Fertilizer.
- Financial Crisis.
- Financial Institutions.
- Foreign Direct Investment.
- Globalization.
- Grains.
- Inflation.
- International Finance.
- Investment Climate.
- Labor Policies.
- Market Economy.
- Marketing.
- Monopolies.
- Overemployment.
- Privatization.
- Productivity.
- Profitability.
- Property Rights.
- Public Policy.
- Public-Private Partnerships.
- Seeds.
- Smallholders.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Sugar.
- Technical Assistance.
- Trade Protection.
- Transaction Costs.
- Transparency.
- Other Title:
- Dynamics of Vertical Coordination in Agrifood Chains in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2011.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- A major problem in the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) during the transition was the breakdown of the relationships of farms with input suppliers and output markets. The simultaneous privatization and restructuring of the farms and of the up- and downstream companies in the agrifood chain has caused major disruptions. The result is that many farms and rural households face serious constraints in accessing essential inputs (feed, fertilizer, seeds, capital, et cetera) and in selling their products. The problems are worsened by the lack of public institutions necessary to support market-based transactions, such as for enforcing property rights and contractual agreements. The objective of the study is to analyze Vertical Coordination (VC) in agrifood supply chains in ECA and to identify options for improved policies, institutions, and investments which Governments could make, and which the World Bank could support, in order to improve links in the agricultural marketing and processing chain and increase access of farmers to input and output markets. This is especially important in those countries where contractual arrangements are slow to develop. It is also important if farmers are to be lifted out of subsistence farming and into a modern agrifood economy.
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