Commodity Chains, Rural Development and the Global Agri-food System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward R T Challies, Edward Challies (0000-0003-0689-858X, Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 375-394 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00095.x |
| OpenAlex | W1989715264 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 55 |
Taking as its starting point the enduring 'agrarian question', or crisis, of uneven rural development, the paper traces the evolution of the global commodity chain approach as a means for conceptualising the complexities and contradictions of the global agri-food system. Of central concern is the potential that commodity chain analysis has for illuminating the dynamics of local development. Much useful critique and debate (reflecting debate within human geography more generally) has highlighted theoretical and methodological shortcomings within commodity chain analysis, and critique and subsequent innovations have potentially strengthened the utility of the commodity chain approach. However, it is argued that if commodity chain studies are to effectively grasp the complexities of contemporary agri-food globalisation, and its challenges for local social and economic development, they must maintain a global production-consumption gaze, while not losing sight of local productive relations and rural livelihoods at the roots of the chains. In order to be inclusive of small-scale primary producers, it is argued, commodity chain analyses might usefully incorporate aspects of rural livelihoods approaches
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Business · Commodity · Commodity chain · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Food security · Food systems · Geography · Globalization · Livelihood · Market economy · Microeconomics · Social science · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Organic Food and Agriculture
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |