In this paper, we examine the processes of initiation, construction and transformation of the organic cocoa network from Ghana. We address in particular how the state responded to and engaged with civil-society actors in the organic cocoa network and to what extent state involvement reshaped state–business–civil society relations? While most of the literature argues that globalization and liberalization processes weakened the state's position as key player in the development and management of agro-food networks, the case of the (organic) cocoa sector in Ghana is often depicted as an exception because of the strong position the state still occupies in it. Employing a global commodity network perspective to analyse the Ghanaian organic cocoa ...
Cocoa is an agricultural good produced mostly in West Africa. The export of cocoa is paramount for t...
Critical studies on the interlinkages of access, power and sustainability in high value tropical com...
Critical studies on the interlinkages of access, power and sustainability in high value tropical com...
In this paper, we examine the processes of initiation, construction and transformation of the organi...
This PhD study provides a detailed description and analysis of upgrading opportunities for small-sca...
This chapter looks at the degree of state involvement and the modes of market governance in the coco...
This chapter looks at the degree of state involvement and the modes of market governance in the coco...
In the twenty-first century, African farmers are still in the grips of economic stagnation and are b...
We witness a promotion of hybrid partnerships, where actors with different competences and resources...
Smallholders in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana supply over 60% of the cocoa to the USD120bn global chocolat...
This paper examines the factors that bring about the participation of smallholders in lead firm gove...
There is mixed feeling and mixed reaction from various quarters in recent times towards the percepti...
The increased use of sustainability standards in the international trade in cocoa challenges compani...
Value chain analyses have focused mainly on collaboration between chain actors, often neglecting col...
This master thesis will follow the product chain of cocoa from a sustainability perspective, from th...
Cocoa is an agricultural good produced mostly in West Africa. The export of cocoa is paramount for t...
Critical studies on the interlinkages of access, power and sustainability in high value tropical com...
Critical studies on the interlinkages of access, power and sustainability in high value tropical com...
In this paper, we examine the processes of initiation, construction and transformation of the organi...
This PhD study provides a detailed description and analysis of upgrading opportunities for small-sca...
This chapter looks at the degree of state involvement and the modes of market governance in the coco...
This chapter looks at the degree of state involvement and the modes of market governance in the coco...
In the twenty-first century, African farmers are still in the grips of economic stagnation and are b...
We witness a promotion of hybrid partnerships, where actors with different competences and resources...
Smallholders in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana supply over 60% of the cocoa to the USD120bn global chocolat...
This paper examines the factors that bring about the participation of smallholders in lead firm gove...
There is mixed feeling and mixed reaction from various quarters in recent times towards the percepti...
The increased use of sustainability standards in the international trade in cocoa challenges compani...
Value chain analyses have focused mainly on collaboration between chain actors, often neglecting col...
This master thesis will follow the product chain of cocoa from a sustainability perspective, from th...
Cocoa is an agricultural good produced mostly in West Africa. The export of cocoa is paramount for t...
Critical studies on the interlinkages of access, power and sustainability in high value tropical com...
Critical studies on the interlinkages of access, power and sustainability in high value tropical com...