TY - JOUR

T1 - The Interaction of Global Value Chains and Rural Livelihoods

T2 - The case of smallholder raspberry growers in Chile

AU - Challies, Edward R. T.

AU - Murray, Warwick E.

PY - 2011/1

Y1 - 2011/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Economics

KW - global value chains

KW - sustainable rural livelihoods

KW - agri-food system

KW - non-traditional agricultural exports (NTAE)

KW - Chile

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78651376857&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00282.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00282.x

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 11

SP - 29

EP - 59

JO - Journal of Agrarian Change

JF - Journal of Agrarian Change

SN - 1471-0366

IS - 1

ER -