Conditioning factors to market fruits and vegetables from family farms to supermarket supply chains

Abstract

Globally, increasing number of fruits and vegetables are being consumed to maintain healthy eating habits. Family farming plays a crucial role in fruits and vegetables production; products are marketed in supply chains, which are increasingly demanding, diversified, and complex. Participation of the family farms in each of these supply chains is subject to their ability to meet the increasingly strict participation criteria. In this context, this study identified the main factors that affect the participation of the family farmers in the supermarket supply chains for fresh fruits and vegetables. A systematic literature review was conducted, covering the period from 2005 to 2019. Results indicated eleven variables that affect the participation of the fruits and vegetables family farms in the supermarket supply chains. These variables were grouped in an analytical framework, which comprised four factors: characteristics of the producer, characteristics of the farm, institutional aspects, and available infrastructure. This framework is useful for the development and implementation of the public and private policies for successful participation of fruits and vegetables family farmers in supermarket supply chains.

Risk Factor Assessment of the Smallholder Baby Vegetable Production in Eswatini

“…Input prices, constraint, farm size, and the unavailability of input on time are major factors of supply in agriculture [33][34][35]. Also, access to quality inputs limited productivity in s scale irrigation in Zimbabwe [36][37]. The average farm size was 1.4 ha for this grou Fluctuating product prices were attributable to the grade value where multicol fruit, overgrown and a wilted harvest were under-graded and discarded.…”

“…Input prices, credit constraint, farm size, and the unavailability of input on time are major factors of input supply in agriculture [33][34][35]. Also, access to quality inputs limited productivity in small-scale irrigation in Zimbabwe [36,37]. The average farm size was 1.4 ha for this group.…”

“…The high probability of product prices variation and delayed payments in the clustered production could be a lack of bargaining power [46]. Delayed payments limit the financial resources of enterprises and the use of quality inputs [36][37][38][39][40]. Yield changes, disease, and pesticides positively and significantly influenced the future outcomes of private grower enterprises in this group.…”

A closer look at farmers’ participation in the supermarket supply chain using bibliometric and content analyses

“…This review was of a wider nature and included supermarkets as a part of it. Further, De Oliveira and Batalha (2021) analyzed the literature on the topic from 2005 to 2019 and found 11 dominating variables that affect the participation decision of farmers in the supermarket supply chain. The literature reviews on this topic suggest that there are many non-economic concepts that affect the participation of farmers in the supermarket supply chain.…”