Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries b focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards. INDICE: Global Agro-Food Standards and Africa: An Introduction; P.Gibbon& E.Lazaro Product Carbon Footprint Standards and Schemes; S.Bolwig& P.Gibbon Institutional Capacity for Food Safety Conformity in Tanzania; A.Akyoo& E.LazaroAn Analysis of Organic Contract Farming Schemes in East Africa; P.Gibbon, A.Akyoo, S.Bolwig, S.Jones, Y.Lin& L.Lund Rants Challenges and Opportunities of Organic Agriculture in Tanzania; E.Mbiha& G.Ashimogo Sustainability Standards And Agro-Food Exports; E.Lazaro, L.Riisgaard, F.Kilima, J.Makindara& R.Mnenwa Localizing Private Social Standards: Standards Initiatives in Kenyan Cut Flowers; L.Riisgaard Food Safety Standards and Fishery Livelihoods in East Africa; R.Kadigi, N.Mdoe, E.Senkondo& Z.Mpenda When The Market Helps: Standards, Ecolabels And Resource Management In East African Export Fisheries; S.Ponte, R.Kadigi& W.Mitullah European Food Safety Regulation and the Developing Countries Regulatory Problems and Possibilities; M.Broberg Conclusion; S.Ponte
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57951-4
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 21/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés