Development of a Sustainably-Competitive Agriculture

Purvis, Gordon; Downey, Liam; Beever, D. E.; Doherty, Michael L.; Monahan, Frank J.; Sheridan, Helen; McMahon, Barry J.

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1905-7_3

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“…This transformation process encouraged business models that mainly pursued economic gains at the expense of neglecting society and the environment (Purvis et al 2012). In order to seize opportunities arising from increasing demands for food and easier access to international markets, agribusinesses have, over the past century, used natural resources and chemicals to excess, in an effort to increase their production.…”

Section: Development Of Sustainable Agri-food Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to seize opportunities arising from increasing demands for food and easier access to international markets, agribusinesses have, over the past century, used natural resources and chemicals to excess, in an effort to increase their production. As a consequence, the ability of agrifood sectors to feed future generations has been drawn into question (Murdoch et al 2000;Roekel et al 2002;Paloviita 2010;Purvis et al 2012). …”

Section: Development Of Sustainable Agri-food Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Without this, ensuring food security for a global population of more than nine billion people by the middle of this century would seem to be insurmountable (Thompson et al 2007;Godfray et al 2010;Purvis et al 2012;Soussana 2014). It has been realised that sustainable development in the agri-food sector cannot be achieved without integrating it across entire value chains, because improvements in one part of the chain could be lost to problems arising at subsequent stages (Ilbery & Maye 2005;Vasileiou & Morris 2006;Vermeir & Verbeke 2006;Fritz & Schiefer 2008;Glover et al 2014).…”

Section: Development Of Sustainable Agri-food Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This need coincides with an accelerating drive towards sustainable development of agri-food industries around the world, in order to provide growing populations with adequate supplies of safe, nutritious and affordable food (Godfray et al 2010;Chabowski et al 2011;Delai & Takahashi 2011;Purvis et al 2012).…”

Section: An Overview Of the Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

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Pakistan is one of the world's leading mango producing and exporting countries. However, Pakistan's mango industry is beset with a number of chain-wide challenges that not only lower the value of mangoes to consumers and reduce the profitability of value chain actors, but also hinder the industry's potential contribution to the country's socio-economic development. As a result, there is now a growing realisation that the mango industry must be developed on a sustainable basis. This coincides with an accelerating drive towards sustainable development of agri-food industries around the world, in order to provide growing populations with adequate supplies of safe and affordable food.Thus, this study aimed to find out how the performance of value chains could be improved in order to bring sustainable development to Pakistan's mango industry. It focused on four issues: 1) consumers' mango value preferences and the implications of these preferences for the industry's development; 2) the structure and performance of the mango industry; 3) constraints on sustainable development of the industry; and 4) measures needed to address consumer, economic, social and environmental issues in the value chains so as to promote industry's sustainable development.A conceptual framework that integrated value chain and triple bottom line (TBL) sustainable development approaches was developed arguing that sustainable development could not be achieved without improving economic, social and environmental performance across entire value chains. A case study methodology was adopted and the case study participants included consumers, value chain actors and public stakeholders in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh.To understand mango value preferences, five focus group discussions involving 40 consumers and a survey of 450 consumers was conducted. Thematic content analysis was performed on focus group data whereas descriptive statistics and clusters analysis were employed to analyse survey data. In order to understand the industry's structure, performance and constraints, 150 in-depth interviews were held with value chain actors such as retailers, wholesalers, commission agents, exporters, preharvest contractors, growers and input suppliers and representatives of public stakeholders. Data from the interviews were analysed using thematic content analysis.Consumer data showed the importance of both intrinsic (search and experience) and extrinsic (safety and marketing) quality attributes in mango buying. In-depth analysis of these attributes revealed three consumer segments -mango lovers, value seekers and safety conscious. Mango lovers concentrated primarily on search and experience attributes and safety conscious attached more importance to safety related attributes. Value seekers however considered all attributes important. In general consumers expressed their dissatisfaction with the mango value delivered to them because of use of Calcium III carbide for mango ripening, retailer malpractices and ineffective government regula...

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Section: Development Of Sustainable Agri-food Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Development Of Sustainable Agri-food Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Development Of Sustainable Agri-food Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: An Overview Of the Researchmentioning

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Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

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“…On the other hand, increasing attention is paid to the economic potential arising from adding value to produce rather than increasing its volume [41]. Quality attributes are increasingly sought after by consumers and in this context policy-oriented documents promote the production of food "that is demonstrably superior from multiple (quality, safety, health and environment) perspectives" ( [52], p. 39, [53,54]). Ireland's policy Food Wise2025 explicitly emphasises the need to build on increasing value over volume and targeting higher value-added markets as a means of increasing economic returns at farm level ( [55], p. 35).…”

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Co-Operation among Irish Beef Farmers: Current Perspectives and Future Prospects in the Context of New Producer Organisation (PO) Legislation

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Irish beef farms have experienced poor viability longitudinally, with industry and policy actors citing ‘crisis’ levels in 2013. A crucial differentiator between the beef sector and the dairy sector, which has higher farm incomes, is well-developed infrastructure of farmer-owned dairy processing and marketing co-operatives. To address the lack of representative farmer organisations and power imbalances in the beef supply chain, in 2016 the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) legislated for the establishment of beef Producer Organisations (POs), facilitating beef producers to collectively strengthen their market positioning. While PO legislation is a significant development in potentially enabling supply chain integration of farmers, how the legislation is operationalised by Irish beef industry stakeholders will ultimately shape the nature and breadth of engagement with the PO model and, consequently, the impact of the legislation. In a context where there is little or no prior experience of such organisations in the beef sector, this paper presents an analysis of current stakeholder views in relation to the establishment of POs. Research involved a desk based review of the submissions made during the consultation period for the beef PO legislation and interviews with key informants in the Irish beef industry. We analysed Irish stakeholders’ views through the lens of lessons learned from the existing literature on how POs operate internationally. Results indicate some stakeholders’ perceptions of the need for a nationally coordinated approach in the establishment of an Association of POs, which concurs with the literature. However, stakeholders have not emphasised the benefits of Interbranch Organisations (IBOs), which involve vertical collaboration with other chain actors such as processors and retailers, an approach that has proven successful internationally. Nor have Irish stakeholders identified the potential of differentiating or premiumising beef products, which, according to international evidence, is necessary for improving profitability and farm-level incomes. Stakeholders identified the main threats to the future success of POs in Ireland as members’ lack of commitment and processors’ lack of willingness to engage with POs.

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Development of a Sustainably-Competitive Agriculture

Cited by 8 publications

References 119 publications

Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

Value chain performance improvement for sustainable mango industry development in Pakistan

Co-Operation among Irish Beef Farmers: Current Perspectives and Future Prospects in the Context of New Producer Organisation (PO) Legislation

A comparison of winter bird communities in agricultural grassland and cereal habitats in Ireland: implications for Common Agricultural Policy reform

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