Proceedings of the international symposium on fresh produce supply chain management
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With the increasing need to assure consumers that the food they intend to consume is safe and nutritious, the food industry is moving away from the traditional means of buying towards a more direct and reliable means of procurement where buyers exert greater control over prices, quality and production methods. Unable to respond to the demands of the institutional buyers, there is a very real risk in the transitional economies that most smallholder farmers will become increasingly marginalized an d face diminishing returns. Development agencies worldwide are giving increasing attention to the concepts of supply chain management in seeking to address the growing income disparity between smallholder farmers and the urban community. This publication is the proceedings of the "International Symposium on Fresh Produce Supply Chain Management" held from 6 to 10 December 2006 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It contains 43 case studies of successful horticultural marketing around the world, divided int o three sections: market analyses, supply chain management and quality management. The papers address the following questions: do producers know what consumers want? How can farmers and traders coordinate their activities to meet the needs of the institutional market? How is it possible to introduce and implement quality assurance systems for horticultural producers? Also included is a summary of the policy recommendations that were proposed during the presentations and interventions to develop competitive agribusinesses and agro-industries within the horticultural sector.