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Governance, coordination and distribution along commodity value chains

Rome, 4-5 April 2006

Year of publication 2007

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 297 p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title FAO Commodities and Trade Proceedings

Series number No. 2

Synopsis (short abstract) The changing patterns of value chains in agriculture affect equity between producers and buyers and equity among producers themselves, alter the allocation of resources in agriculture and have implications for domestic as well as international policy. This set of workshop proceedings is published to assist in the understanding and analysis of the implications of these developments, particularly the development of market power among the participants in these markets.

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