标题：The Collective Action as Potential Driver of Bottom-up Reconfiguration from Captive to Relational Value Chain. The Case Study of the Northern District in Sierra Leone
期刊名称：International Journal on Food System Dynamics
印刷版ISSN：1869-6945
出版年度：2017
卷号：8
期号：4
页码：284-297
DOI：10.18461/ijfsd.v8i4.843
语种：English
出版社：CentMA
其他摘要：In recent decades, the increasing growth rate of the African cashew business has involved a large number of corporate actors such as global retailers, processors and exporters in cashew supply networks. The increasing role of agro-food supply chains enables African countries to enhance their position in global markets and to sustain local development and growth, by encouraging a higher market-orientation in the governance of global value chains. In this paper, an exploratory analysis based on a questionnaire involving 319 smallholder farmers in the North of Sierra Leone is conducted in order to explore the role of collective action in driving the potential bottom-up reconfiguration of cashew value chain. A change from captive to relational governance is expected to positively support the local industry upgrading, to reduce transaction costs and information asymmetries, and to increase the local development and growth by enhancing employment creation and poverty alleviation.
关键词：collective action;farmer organizations;global value chain;captive governance;Sierra Leone
