Food Standards and Smallholders Upgrading in Local Linkages
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Horizon Research Publishing Corporation
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The study examines the influence of food
safety, health and quality standards on smallholders
upgrading in local linkages between agriculture and tourism
sectors in developing countries. It draws evidence from
horticultural-tourism value chain in Zanzibar as a case study.
In-depth interviews with the tourist hotels’ procurement
managers/chefs, intermediaries, individual smallholders, key
informant from farmer organization, focus group discussions,
observation and documentary review were conducted.
Collected data was qualitatively analyzed through pattern
matching technique. The results show that smallholders are
heavily challenged to comply with food standards given their
small size and lack of resources and support among others.
These limit their ability to upgrading farming activities and
access tourist hotels’ market. As a result the local linkage
between agriculture and tourism in Zanzibar is persistently
weak. This suggests that rural policies need to be redesigned
to enhance smallholders upgrade and comply with food
safety, health and quality standards.
DANIDA under BSU-GEP (Building Stronger Universities – Growth and Employment) project and University of Dar es salaam Business School (UDBS)
DANIDA under BSU-GEP (Building Stronger Universities – Growth and Employment) project and University of Dar es salaam Business School (UDBS)
Keywords
Standards, Smallholders, Upgrading, Value Chain, Local Linkage, Horticulture, Zanzibar, Tourism