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Moldova of agri-food industry recovery (2003)
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@MISC{Gorton03moldovaof,
author = {Matthew Gorton and Mikhail Dumitrashko and John White and Matthew Gortona and Mikhail Dumitrashkob and John Whitec},
title = {Moldova of agri-food industry recovery},
year = {2003}
}
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Abstract
Successor states of the Soviet Union have witnessed substantial falls in agri-food production since the break-up of the USSR. Supply chain disruption has been a major problem related to this decline. This paper identifies how asymmetric information between farmers and processors led to market failure in Moldova and how one dairy company has overcome such a crisis. The case study company has invested in better quality monitoring to effectively supervise contracts with commercial livestock farms. Small-scale peasant producers, from whom the transaction costs of procuring milk are greater, are being marginalised and the case study highlights the conflicts between development strategies based on bottom-up, pro-poor initiatives and programmes to exploit international competitive advantage.
Keyphrases
agri-food industry recovery market failure international competitive advantage supply chain disruption development strategy soviet union asymmetric information substantial fall case study company agri-food production transaction cost small-scale peasant producer case study pro-poor initiative quality monitoring successor state commercial livestock farm dairy company major problem
