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Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Barrett, Christopher B., Reardon, Thomas, Swinnen, Johan, Zilberman, David·2022·Journal of Economic Literature

DOI 10.1257/jel.20201539

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Agri-food value chains (AVCs) intermediate the flow of products between largely rural farmers, fisherfolk, or herders and increasingly urban consumers. The theoretical models that historically structured research on the economic development process assumed away AVC functions, however, and AVC firms and workers were necessarily omitted from the household data that generated most empirical findings in the agricultural and development economics literatures. As a result, the discipline has somewhat overlooked the rapid growth and structural change in AVCs over the past few decades that turned AVCs into major employers and sources of value addition, as well as key loci for technology transfer and foreign investment. This paper offers an integrated, structured, empirical narrative of how and why AVC revolutions occur in developing countries, the impacts of those changes, and the abundant economic research opportunities these structural changes afford economists. (JEL L14, L81, O13, O33, Q12, Q13, Q17)

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Authors: Barrett, C. B., Reardon, T., Swinnen, J., & Zilberman, D.
Affiliations: Cornell University (US)
Michigan State University (US)
International Food Policy Research Institute (US)
University of California, Berkeley (US)
ORCID: Barrett, Christopher B.
Reardon, Thomas
Swinnen, Johan
Zilberman, David
Venue: Journal of Economic Literature
Publisher: American Economic Association
Published: 2022-12-01
Volume: 60
Issue: 4
Pages: 1316-1377
ISSN: 0022-0515 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1257/jel.20201539
OpenAlex: W3121596959
Cited by: 371
References: 147
Citations by year: 2026: 117 · 2025: 89 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 22
FWCI: 84.43
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Economic Literature (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
IFPRI E-brary (International Food Policy Research Institute) (submittedVersion)
CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
International Food Policy Research Institute (International Food Policy Research Institute) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
Keywords: agri-food value chains, low- and middle-income countries, urban-rural relations, value addition, technology transfer, foreign investment, agricultural employment, economic development

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