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JOURNAL OF AGRARIAN CHANGE
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 29-59Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00282.x
Keywords
global value chains; sustainable rural livelihoods; global agri-food system; non-traditional agricultural exports; institutions; Chile
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This paper integrates aspects of global value chain and sustainable rural livelihoods analyses in an exploration of the local impacts of agri-food globalization in Chile. In particular, it examines the evolution of the raspberry export sector in the context of Chile's non-traditional agricultural export boom, and considers its importance to smallholder growers and rural households in central Chile. The paper first outlines the geography and structural configuration of the global value chain for Chilean raspberries, and considers modes of governance and forms of coordination between key actors within the chain. Second, the terms and implications of smallholder grower participation in the value chain are explored in a discussion of access to key livelihoods assets. The paper concludes that institutional support to smallholders, even in the case of a crop that is widely seen to have a small-scale 'size bias', remains integral to their capacity to comply with required safety and quality standards and gain and retain market access via the value chain.
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