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Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards: Challenges for Africa (International Political Economy)
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Description for Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards: Challenges for Africa (International Political Economy)
Hardcover. Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries -- focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards. Editor(s): Gibbon, Peter; Ponte, Stefano; Lazaro, Evelyne. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries – focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards.
Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries – focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy Series
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230579514
SKU
V9780230579514
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About N/A
PETER GIBBON is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. His recent work includes Trading Down: Africa, Value Chains and The Global Economy (with Stefano Ponte). STEFANO PONTE is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. His recent work includes Trading Down: Africa, Value Chains and The Global Economy (with Peter Gibbon) and The Coffee Paradox: ... Read more
Reviews for Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards: Challenges for Africa (International Political Economy)
'...the editors do a fantastic job...of summarising what is surely a growing trend in agro-food trade, and some authors, notably Riisgaard, offer valuable insights into the local politics of standards and how these are shaped by the continued power of Northern retailers within the value chain.' - Review of African Political Economy