TY - BOOK ID - 65497546 TI - Supply chain management in African agriculture : innovative approaches to commodity value chains PY - 2020 SN - 3030542092 9783030542092 3030542084 PB - Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Agricultural industries KW - Business logistics KW - Agriculture KW - Management science. KW - Management. KW - Supply chain management KW - Industrial management KW - Logistics KW - Agribusiness KW - Industries KW - Quantitative business analysis KW - Management KW - Problem solving KW - Operations research KW - Statistical decision KW - Business. KW - Operations research. KW - Agriculture. KW - Business and Management, general. KW - Operations Research, Management Science. KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Operational analysis KW - Operational research KW - Industrial engineering KW - Management science KW - Research KW - System theory KW - Trade KW - Economics KW - Commerce UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65497546 AB - This book examines supply and value chains in African agriculture, providing both a thorough analysis of existing practices and practical business models for future development. It examines why Africa is a net importer of food, despite its vast agricultural potential, using the tomato value chain in Ghana as a case study. The book explores commodity value chain structures; commodity clusters, arenas, linkages and business models; systematic constraints within commodity value chains; and value chain profiling in practice among others. It would benefit policy makers, policy implementers, development practitioners, agri-entrepreneurs, researchers and all those who have interests in the transformation of African agriculture. It will also be an excellent reference material for students of agriculture management, agribusiness, agricultural economics, and rural development. . ER -