In This Issue: Small and Midscale Food Value Chains: A State of the Art

Authors

  • Duncan Hilchey Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2011.014.019

Keywords:

Editorial, Value Chains, Supply Chains

Abstract

First paragraph:

In this issue of JAFSCD we present the state of the art in small and medium-sized food value chains — primarily from a North American perspective, but also with perspectives from Europe and South America. Values-based food supply chains (value chains) are strategic alliances between farms, ranches, and other supply chain partners who deal in sufficient volumes of high-quality, differentiated food products and distribute rewards equitably across the supply chain. As Stevenson and colleagues remind us, in FVCs, farmers and ranchers are treated as strategic partners, not as interchangeable — and exploitable — input suppliers. Ideally, all partners in these business alliances recognize that creating maximum value for the product depends on significant interdependence, collaboration, and mutual support.

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Author Biography

Duncan Hilchey, Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

Duncan Hilchey is publisher and editor in chief of JAFSCD.
Cover of volume 1, issue 4

Published

2011-09-10

How to Cite

Hilchey, D. (2011). In This Issue: Small and Midscale Food Value Chains: A State of the Art. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 1(4), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2011.014.019

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