Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 12 Issue 4

Cacao value chains and credence attributes: lessons from Ecuador

Alexis Villacis, Jeffrey Alwang, Victor Barrera

Motivated by transformations in global food systems and increasing demand for multidimensional credence attributes, the authors analyze cacao value chains in Ecuador – the main…

Credence attributes and opportunities: a cautionary tale of yerba mate in Paraguay

Jeffrey Alwang, Alexis Villacis, Victor Barrera

This study explores the determinants of growth of credence-based exports of yerba mate from Paraguay, potential for increased export growth, and the fragility of the…

Rise and fall (and recovery?) of the blueberry business in Argentina: an analysis of private and public–private strategies

Carlos Aggio, Darío Milesi, Vladimiro Verre, Leonardo Zanazzi, Miguel Lengyel

The purpose of this paper is to understand how Argentina has successfully developed a non-traditional export business such as blueberry, explain the causes of the most recent…

Public–private cooperation and the provision of public goods for lemons and citrus exports from Argentina and Uruguay

Jeremias Lachman, Ezequiel Tacsir, Martín Pereyra

The purpose of this paper is to study the lemon and citrus clusters in Argentina and Uruguay, in which the central role of public-private coordination in ensuring successful…

Public-private strategies to establish a successful avocado export cycle: cases from Colombia

Luis Fernando Pérez, Miguel I. Gómez

The purpose of this research is to study the Colombian avocado export industry, identify key insights associated with creating and sustaining the avocado value chain, and to…

How to successfully compete in modern export fruit markets? Lessons from a leading export producer in Argentina

Lilia Inés Stubrin, Anabel Marin, Lara Yeyati Preiss, Rocío Palacín Roitbarg

The purpose of this paper is to expand the understanding of the type of strategies that can be successful for firms located in the South to get integrated and compete in modern…

Growing from the South in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario

Anabel Marin, Lilia Ines Stubrin, Rocío Palacín Roitbarg

The authors aim to draw lessons for research and policy from an exception(nal) case of a firm's international expansion in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario, a company originally…

Traceability systems as a differentiation tool in agri-food value chains: a framework for public policies in Latin America

Juan Carlos Hallak, Andrés Tacsir

The goal of this paper is to develop a classification of traceability systems that will help academics and policymakers think of them as a tool for differentiation in agri-food…

The role of public–private coordination: the case of sweet cherries in Argentina 2000–2020

Florencia Jaureguiberry, Mariano Tappata

The purpose of this paper is to understand the sustained growth of sweet cherry exports in recent years in Argentina and to what extent the coordination mechanisms between public…

The nurturing role of the local support ecosystem in the development of the Agtech sector in Argentina

Jeremias Lachman, Andrés López

The objective of the paper is to learn about the enabling factors that fostered the development of the Agtech sector in Argentina. The authors analyze how the local ecosystem (S&T…

Sustainable businesses development in post-conflict zones: a case in rural Colombia

Emiliano Lopez Barrera, Luis Peña-Lévano, James Lowenberg-DeBoer, Carlos Fontanilla-Díaz, Mauricio Mosquera-Montoya

Farmers in Colombia have faced economic instability due to a long-lasting armed conflict. An attempt to support the rural community has been through the creation of productive…

The need for coordination to develop customized competitiveness in agrifood systems: lemon, pork, and dairy in Argentina

Andrea Lorena González, Juan Carlos Hallak, Gabriel Scattolo, Andrés Tacsir

The purpose of this research is to analyze the ability of agrifood systems to construct “customized competitiveness” strategies that can allow firms to meet the specific and…