Donald Mitchell, Harry De Gorter, Stephen Haley, Steven Jaffee, Will Martin, John Nash, ...
exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the...
THE ROLES OF THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS IN ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF SEED SYSTEMS (1994)
Jaffee, Steven, Srivastava, Jitendra
Seeds are crop-based agriculture's most important input, yet few developing countries have succeeded in establishing efficient seed production and supply systems. In many developing countries the...
Private trader response to market liberalization in Tanzania's cashew nut industry
Between World War II and the early 1970s, Tanzania developed one of the world's largest cashew nut industries. In 1973-74, marketed production reached 145,000 tons (about 30 percent of world...
Standards and agro-food exports from developing countries: rebalancing the debate
Jaffee, Steven, Henson, Spencer
The proliferation and increased stringency of food safety and agricultural health standards is a source of concern among many developing countries. These standards are perceived as a barrier to the...
Understanding Developing Country Strategic Responses to the Enhancement of Food Safety Standards
This paper explores the competing concepts of 'standards as barriers' and 'standards as catalysts' in the context of food safety standards in international trade in agricultural and food products....
Henson, Spencer, Jaffee, Steven, Cranfield, John, Blandon, Jose, Siegel, Paul
This paper provides the results of an international survey of practitioners with experience in facilitating the participation of African smallholder farmers in supply chains for higher-value and/or...
A Strategic Perspective on the Impact of Food Safety Standards on Developing Countries
Henson, Spencer, Jaffee, Steven
This paper explores the competing concepts of ‘standards as barriers’ and standards as catalysts’ in the context of food safety standards in international trade in agricultural and food...