Can fruit and vegetable aggregation systems better balance improved producer livelihoods with more equitable distribution?

ABSTRACT: The need for food systems to generate sustainable and equitable benefits for all is a global imperative. However, whilst ample evidence exists linking smallholder farmer coordination and aggregation (i.e. the collective transport and marketing of produce on behalf of multiple farmers) to improved market participation and farmer incomes, the extent to which interventions that aim to improve farmer market engagement may co-develop equitable consumer benefits remains uncertain. This challenge is pertinent to the horticultural systems of South Asia, where the increasing purchasing power of urban consumers, lengthening urban catchments, underdeveloped rural infrastructures and inadequate local demands combine to undermine the delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to smaller, often rural or se

SUBMITTER: Cooper GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520944 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature