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0 private standards, handling and hygiene in fruit export supply chains: a preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of parallel standards.
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| Author | Vermeulena, H. Jordaana, D. Korstenb, L. Kirstena, J. |
| Abstract | With the emergence of private food safety and quality standards in developed countries fruit exporting countries in the developing world face increasing constraints to access markets in the rich industrialised countries in the North. Producers in the South have no alternative as to make the necessary investments on farms and in pack houses to comply with the requirements of these food quality and safety standards. The export of fresh fruit is an important component of South African agricultural exports, with citrus fruit exported to markets such as Europe being of particular importance. This paper reports selected results from a large research project into the impact of private standard compliance on the quality of the fruit and the returns to farmers. The research process involved a multi-disciplinary analysis of Agricultural Economics and Microbiology / Plant pathology as we analysed the dynamics of the citrus export supply chain from the farms in South Africa to the end consumer in Europe. Sampled fruit containers were followed through the whole supply chain which allowed us to provide an exposé of the behaviour of the different actors in the citrus supply chain and obtain some evidence of poor handling and hygiene standards by means of a comparison of the experimental observations with various relevant components of the EurepGAP control points and |
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| Subject Keyword | Economic Impact Parallel Standard Preliminary Evaluation Private Standard Fruit Export Supply Chain Food Quality Agricultural Economics Various Relevant Component End Consumer Citrus Export Supply Chain Microbiology Plant Pathology Experimental Observation Developed Country Developing World Face South Africa Whole Supply Chain Access Market Private Food Safety Research Process Pack House Fruit Container Necessary Investment Fresh Fruit Private Standard Compliance Multi-disciplinary Analysis Different Actor Important Component Citrus Supply Chain Particular Importance Hygiene Standard South African Agricultural Export Large Research Project Safety Standard Citrus Fruit Poor Handling Quality Standard Rich Industrialised Country Eurepgap Control Point |
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