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Quality and safety in the traditional horticultural marketing chains of Asia

Year of publication 2006

Author Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Agricultural management, marketing and finance occasional paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper examines what happens within the horticultural supply chain to affect safety and quality and what are the constraints faced within that chain that have an adverse impact on the ability to make improvements. The paper tentatively concludes that traditional marketing systems currently provide little motivation or incentive for farmers to make improvements to either quality or safety.

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