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Author Hebinck, Paul

Title Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (229 pages)
Series Routledge ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods
Routledge ISS studies in rural livelihoods.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 The construction of new, nested markets and the role of rural development policies: some introductory notes; 2 Newly emerging, nested markets: a theoretical introduction; 3 The visible hand in building new markets for rural economies; 4 Family farming, institutional markets and innovations in public policy: food and nutritional security as a driver for governmental intervention
5 Participatory systems of certification and alternative marketing networks: the case of the Ecovida Agroecology Network in South Brazil6 The construction of new nested markets and rural development in China; 7 Rural governance and the unfolding of nested markets in Europe; 8 Smallholder irrigators and fresh produce street traders in Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, South Africa; 9 Beyond land transfers: the dynamics of socially driven markets emerging from Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme; 10 In the shadow of global markets for fish in Lake Victoria, Tanzania
Summary This book focuses on empirical experiences related to market development, and specifically new markets with structurally different characteristics than mainstream markets. Europe, Brazil, China and the rather robust and complex African experiences are covered to provide a rich multidisciplinary and multi-level analysis of the dynamics of newly emerging markets. Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets analyses newly constructed markets as nested markets. Although they are specific market segments that are nested in the wider commodity markets for food, they have a different nature
Notes 11 Reconsidering the contribution of nested markets to rural developmentIndex
Print version record
Subject Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Rural development.
New agricultural enterprises.
Agricultural industries.
Produce trade.
rural development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Agricultural industries
Agriculture -- Economic aspects
New agricultural enterprises
Produce trade
Rural development
Form Electronic book
Author Schneider, Sergio.
Van der Ploeg, Jan Douwe
ISBN 9781317753773
1317753771
0415746345
9780415746342
1317753763
9781317753766
9781322130101
1322130108