Contracting for sustainability: an analysis of the Lake Victory-EU Nile perch chain

This publication explores how the international Nile perch fish chain should or can be organised to improve both welfare of local communities, sustainability of the fisheries and quality of the fish. Primary producers face a number of bottlenecks such as poor access to production facilities, ineffec...

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1. Verfasser: Kambewa, Emma Verah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2007
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Zusammenfassung:This publication explores how the international Nile perch fish chain should or can be organised to improve both welfare of local communities, sustainability of the fisheries and quality of the fish. Primary producers face a number of bottlenecks such as poor access to production facilities, ineffective enforcement of sustainable practices, lack of market (price) information, competition with international markets and degradation of the fisheries that lead to increasing food insecurity problems. In order to improve sustainability and quality, primary producers are open to contracts that enable them better access to production facilities and price information, and also to better integrate them into international channels. Sustainable practices can or should be part of these contracts. Although the downstream channel members and other stakeholders were not fully aware of the complexity and gravity of the
Beschreibung:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Wageningen Universiteit, 2007) under title: Balancing the people, profit and planet dimensions in international marketing channels : a study on coordinating mechanisms in the Nile perch channel from Lake Victoria. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169)
General introduction -- Contracts, sustainability and quality: a theoretical framework -- Welfare, sustainability and quality in the primary production stages of the Nile perch channel: A situational analysis -- Factors influencing preference for sustainability and quality-enhancing contracts among fishermen -- Factors influencing preference for sustainability and quality-enhancing contracts among middlemen -- Implementing sustainable and quality-enhancing practices in the Nile perch channel: the role of the downstream channel members and other stakeholders -- Conclusion, discussion and policy implications
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ISBN:9789086865987
9086865984
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-598-7

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