Vertical integration as a strategy to increase value absorption by primary producers: The Belgian sugar beet and the German rapeseed case
Vertical integration is a means of increasing market power. For some agricultural products, it is easier for farmers to exert control over their product beyond the farm gate, but for others it is more difficult. Cases in the latter category have two main characteristics. First, the farmer cannot sell the respective product to final consumers without processing. Second, processing is capital-intensive. Consequently, farmers have limited sales channels, and vertical integration of the supply chain is complex and challenging. It implies cooperation among farmers to process the raw material at a p... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | AIMS Agriculture and Food, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 659-682 (2022) |
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AIMS Press
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Schlagwörter: | supply chain / vertical integration / horizontal cooperation / qualitative research / sugar beet / rapeseed / Agriculture (General) / S1-972 / Food processing and manufacture / TP368-456 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26923708 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3934/agrfood.2022041 |