Compliance with private standards is rapidly becoming the decisive factor distinguishing inclusion and exclusion from the market for agricultural producers. If Africa would manage to increase its total exports by just 1%, this would make an impact surpassing the entire western development aid....

ch. 1. Including small-scale producers in dynamic markets : Carrefour's quality lines in China / Dinghuan Hu and Xia Dandan -- ch. 2. Local procurement from small-scale farmers by rural supermarkets in South Africa / Estelle Bienabe and Hester Vermeulen -- ch. 3. Integrating small farmers in...

This paper analyses the food price trends in South Africa during two periods of rapid food price inflation that occurred in the decade 2000 - 10 and unpacks the political reaction and policy responses to the food price crises in these two periods. Based on personal recollection of events during...