Agrofood chains: a viable alternative for sustainable rural development or consolidation of big business?

Beginning in the 90s, following patterns that responded to the global corporate food regime, the government of Ecuador encouraged the formation of agro-food chains, among them, the chain of corn-animal feed- poultry. The food chain includes two service links (SL) and four productive links (PL) contr...

• Main Author: Yumbla, María Rosa (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: agro-food chains; global industrial food systems; value chains; contract farming; consumer; agribusiness; market power; Cadenas agroalimentarias; cadenas de valor; agricultura de contrato; consumo; agroindustria; poder de mercado
• Online Access: https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/eutopia/article/view/1032