SOCIOCULTURAL AND ECONOMIC VALUES – ORGANIC FOOD CONSUMPTION IN FAIRS AND SUPERMARKETS IN CAMPINAS, SP. BRAZIL

This scientific research was meant to encompass the meaning of economic and sociocultural consumption and its relationship to human values such as: environmental respect, commitment to health principles, solidarity among rural and urban social groups, and economic aspects (prices etc.)

Tracing Uganda’s global primary organic pineapple value chain

The organic sector is one of the fastest growing sectors globally. The sector provides an opportunity for developing countries to export high value products in the global market. One such opportunity for Uganda is the export of organic pineapples. The organic pineapple enterprise is relatively new, having existed for approximately 10 years. This paper traces the organic pineapple value chain, characterises and explains the functions of the actors in the chain. The study used the Global Value Chain Analysis Framework, using data obtained from 140 organic farmers, 10 exporters and 3 support institutions in Uganda. It is clear from the study that the chain is private- sector-driven, has relatively young smallholder farmers, and comprises of 10 small scale export companies. Only 45% of the organic pineapples produced by farmers reach the organic consumers. Reasons for this included limited processing capacity of exporters, competition from conventional buyers and the few local organic consumers. Other reasons were declining soil fertility, limited regulative institutional support and poor infrastructure. We recommend increased use of soil amendments, favourable legislations and investment environment, increased horizontal coordination among exporters and increasing the range of the organic export products in order to increase organic pineapple sales.Keywords: Certification, organic consumer value strea

Urbanization and transformation of agri-food system: Opportunities for organic producers in developing countries

Developing countries especially in Sub-Saharan Africa are pronominally agricultural based. Where the majority of the population resides in rural areas and engaged in agriculture as a source of livelihood. However, recently there has been a growing debate globally on rapid urban population growth in developing countries. The aim of this paper is to present opportunities for organic producers emanating from transformations of agri-food systems in urban area. The paper is based on research activities of a project ‘Productivity and Growth in Organic Value Chains (ProGrOV)’. ProGrOV is collaboration between universities in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Denmark addressing the need for sustainable development of smallholder farming systems in East Africa with focus on value chains for local high-value markets as well as export chains. The project addresses innovations for improving production as well as market access. The transformations of agri-food systems addressed in this paper resulting from urbanization are evidenced by proliferation of supermarkets, specialized organic-food shops, food supply to tourist industry and traditional farmer markets. Efforts for promoting organic products in East Africa have traditionally focused on export markets this paper based on evidence from ProGrOV studies argue that there is opportunity for developing domestic organic product value chains to meet the demand from urban population growth and transformed agri-food systems

TRACING UGANDA\u2019S GLOBAL PRIMARY ORGANIC PINEAPPLE VALUE CHAIN

The organic sector is one of the fastest growing sectors globally. The sector provides an opportunity for developing countries to export high value products in the global market. One such opportunity for Uganda is the export of organic pineapples. The organic pineapple enterprise is relatively new, having existed for approximately 10 years. This paper traces the organic pineapple value chain, characterises and explains the functions of the actors in the chain. The study used the Global Value Chain Analysis Framework, using data obtained from 140 organic farmers, 10 exporters and 3 support institutions in Uganda. It is clear from the study that the chain is private- sector-driven, has relatively young smallholder farmers, and comprises of 10 small scale export companies. Only 45% of the organic pineapples produced by farmers reach the organic consumers. Reasons for this included limited processing capacity of exporters, competition from conventional buyers and the few local organic consumers. Other reasons were declining soil fertility, limited regulative institutional support and poor infrastructure. We recommend increased use of soil amendments, favourable legislations and investment environment, increased horizontal coordination among exporters and increasing the range of the organic export products in order to increase organic pineapple sales.L\u2019agriculture organique est un secteur en essor rapide dans le monde. Ce secteur offre aux pays en voie de d\ue9veloppement d\u2019exporter des produits de grande valeur sur le march\ue9 international. Une telle opportunit\ue9 pour Ouganda est l\u2019exportation de l\u2019ananas organique. Cette chaine de valeur est relativement neuve, car, n\u2019ayant existe que pendant 10 ans. La pr\ue9sente \ue9tude retrace la chaine de valeur de l\u2019ananas organique, fais sa caract\ue9risation et explique le r\uf4le des acteurs de la chaine. Cette \ue9tude s\u2019est servi du cadre de travail de l\u2019analyse globale des chaines de valeurs, les donn\ue9es utilis\ue9es ont \ue9t\ue9 collect\ue9es aupr\ue8s de 140 producteurs de l\u2019ananas organique, 10 exportateurs et 3 institutions d \u2018appui en Ouganda. L\u2019\ue9tude a clairement indique que le secteur est essentiellement prive, avec de petits de producteurs relativement jeunes et 10 petites entreprises d\u2019exportation. De toute la quantit\ue9 d\u2019ananas organique produite, Seulement 45% arrivent au niveau des consommateurs locaux. Ceci est d\ufb \ue0 la faible capacit\ue9 de transformation en produits finaux, a la comp\ue9tition venant des acheteurs non locaux. Autres raisons \ue9voqu\ue9es sont la baisse de fertilit\ue9 des sols, le manque d\u2019infrastrure, de lois et d\u2019institution de regulation. Nous recommandons que l\u2019ammendement des sols soit renforc\ue9, que l\u2019environnement des affaires et les l\ue9gislations visent \ue0 favoriser le secteur, que la collaboration entre exportateurs soit renforc\ue9e afin de promouvoir le secteur d\u2019ananas organique